From Hesiod's first person account of his encounters with the Muses on Mount Helikon to Theokritos' nymphs, love between goddesses and mortal men provides the ancient Greeks with a way of articulating ... Read more
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On the morning of September 11, 2001, the entire world was introduced to Al Qaeda and its enigmatic leader, Osama bin Laden. But the organization that changed the face of terrorism forever and unleash ... Read more
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How did an ancient mythological figure who stole fire from the gods become a face of the modern, lending his name to trailblazing spaceships and radical publishing outfits alike? How did Prometheus co ... Read more
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Black Prometheus addresses the specific conditions under and the pointed implications with which an ancient story about different orders of gods dueling over the fate of humanity became such a promine ... Read more
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Mark P. O. Morford; Robert J. Lenardon; Michael Sham
Pages
880 Pages
Format
Paperback
Size
208 x 254 mm
Pub date
Sep 2014
Brings classical myths to life through a dynamic combination of poetic narratives and enlightening commentary
Offers historical and cultural background
Provides ample interpretive material
Ex ... Read more
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Classical myths are a subject of enduring fascination, widely evoked and re-told in both high art and popular culture.
A lively and wide-ranging exploration, placing the emphasis on understanding ... Read more
Athena seized the writhing serpent and hurled it into the sky, and fixed it to the very pole of the heavens.'
The constellations we recognize today were first mapped by the ancient Greeks, who arra ... Read more
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In ancient Greece, epiphanies were embedded in cultural production, and employed by the socio-political elite in both perpetuating pre-existing power-structures and constructing new ones. This volume ... Read more
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At the heart of this volume are three trials held in Athens in the fourth century BCE. The defendants were all women and in each case the charges involved a combination of ritual activities. Two were ... Read more
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At the heart of this volume are three trials held in Athens in the fourth century BCE. The defendants were all women and in each case the charges involved a combination of ritual activities. Two were ... Read more
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