This book combines a retelling of Greek myths with a comprehensive account of the world in which they developed—their themes, their relevance to Greek religion and society, and their relationship to the landscape.

Richard Buxton poses the question of how seriously the Greeks took these tales, and in doing so also illuminates issues explored by anthropologists and students of religion.

This is the second edition of a useful introductory book on a technique that has revolutionized neuroscience, specifically cognitive neuroscience.

In an accessible and academically authoritative investigation, this book explores the depth and subtlety of their mythology and reception, from classical antiquity to the present day, to demonstrate that there is far more to the monster ...

Lavishly illustrated throughout, If Matthew Flinders had Wings charts a modern-day adventure completed more than 200 years after Matthew Flinders' original journey.

This work brings together eleven of Richard Buxton's studies of Greek mythology and Greek tragedy, focusing especially on the interrelationship between the two, and their importance to the Greeks themselves.

This is a study of Greek myths in relation to the society in which they were originally told.