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 ... 続きを読む
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 ... 続きを読む
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 ... 続きを読む
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 ... 続きを読む
Mark P. O. Morford; Robert J. Lenardon; Michael Sham
ページ
880 ページ
フォーマット
Paperback
サイズ
208 x 254 mm
刊行日
2014年09月
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 ... 続きを読む
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 ... 続きを読む
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 ... 続きを読む
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 ... 続きを読む
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 ... 続きを読む
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 ... 続きを読む
