The Survival of the Pagan Gods: The Mythological Tradition and Its Place in Renaissance Humanism and Art

The gods of Olympus died with the advent of Christianity--or so we have been taught to believe. But how are we to account for their tremendous popularity during the Renaissance? This illustrated book, now reprinted in a new, larger paperback format, offers the general reader first a discussion of mythology in late antiquity and the Middle Ages, and then a multifaceted look at the far-reaching role played by mythology in Renaissance intellectual and emotional life.

© 2021 Princeton University Press (Ebook): 9780691240206

Translators: Barbara F. Sessions

Release date

Ebook: 7 December 2021