The Hero and the Sea: Patterns of Chaos in Ancient Myth (Student Notebooks)

Ancient myths about watery chaos uniquely transcend time and culture to speak to the universal human condition as expression to the hopes, aspirations and fears that have defined-for ancient thinkers as well as modern scientists-what it means to be human in a chaotic world.

The Hero and the Sea examines the mythological pattern of heroic battles with watery chaos in the Gilgamesh Epic, the Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Old Testament, in the light of anthropology, comparative religion, literature, mythology, psychology, and modern chaos theory; how mythic patterns of heroic battle with chaotic adversaries respond to the cultural needs, religious concerns, and worldview of their audience. The last chapter explores points of contact between the ancient mythic patterns and the discoveries of modern scholars engaged in the theoretical study of chaos and chaotics.

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Six Chapters:
Chapter I - Mythic Patterns
Chapter II - Gilgamesh and the Heroic Confrontation with Death
Chapter III - Achilles and the Scamander
Chapter IV - Odysseus and Poseidon
Chapter V - Old Testament Patterns: Creation, Flood, Exodus
Chapter VI - Chaos and Cosmology: the Modern View
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Also available:

Vergil's Aeneid: Hero War Humanity - ISBN 0865165963
Classical Mythology & More: A Reader Workbook - ISBN 0865165734

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