Richard Buxton
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In the latest Blackwell Classics podcast special, we welcome Richard Buxton, Professor of Greek Language and Literature at the University of Bristol, to talk about his book 'Forms of Astonishment'. The book is an illustrated study of a number of Greek myths about the metamorphosis of humans and gods. Buxton explores how these transformations were present through a wide variety of contexts and asks whether the Greeks really took these tales seriously.
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