The wrath of Achilles, the fall of heroes and the will of the gods - The Iliad is Homer's towering epic of the Trojan War, published here in Alexander Pope's celebrated verse translation.
The Odyssey is Homer's epic of homecoming - the ten-year voyage of Odysseus back from Troy, through monsters, gods and the lure of the sea - published here in Alexander Pope's celebrated verse translation.
Obra extraordinaria, además de por su contenido, por las extraordinarias circunstancias que la rodean, las "Fábulas mitológicas" son, junto con la "Biblioteca mitológica" de Apolodoro, uno de los compendios fundamentales de mitos de la Antigüedad grecorromana.
La figura de la primera poeta del mundo occidental está envuelta en un misterio que ha suscitado curiosidad, admiración y rechazo a lo largo de los siglos.
Además del gran valor que tiene para la historia de la épica antigua la "Tebaida", del poeta y maestro latino Estacio (45-96), por cuanto se trata de la única epopeya que ha llegado hasta nosotros, y además íntegra, referente al ciclo tebano -y, por lo tanto, en la estela de tragedias como "Los Siete contra Tebas", de Esquilo; "Antígona", "Edipo rey" y "Edipo en Colono", de Sófocles; o "Fenicias" y "Suplicantes", de Eurípides, todas presentes en esta colección-, el poema merece por sí mismo ser rescatado del olvido.
"Dein Sohn wird dich töten und seine Mutter zur Frau nehmen" – diese fürchterliche Prophezeiung bringt den griechischen König Laios dazu, seinem Sohn die Fußsohlen zu durchstechen und ihn in der Wildnis auszusetzen.
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2021 im Fachbereich Philosophie - Philosophie außerhalb der abendländischen Tradition, Note: 1,3, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, wie und warum Odysseus in den gegebenen Situationen zu einer bestimmten List greift und inwiefern er damit sein Selbstbild definiert.
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Griechisch / Altgriechisch, Note: 2,0, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit Homers "Odyssee".
'Irresistibly fascinating' MARIE CLAIRE GREECE'Essential' VICTORIA HISLOP'Brilliantly conceived' PAUL CARTLEDGEAn enormous bestseller in Greece, this is a bold, witty retelling of the story of Ancient Greece by a rising star in archaeologyTwo strangers meet in a trapped elevator.
From Mimesis to Myth traces the transformation of a Greek account of the life of Cyprian of Carthage into the legendary tale of Cyprian of Antioch as a means of exploring how late antique Christian authors and audiences interpreted the fictional qualities of hagiographic narratives.
From Mimesis to Myth traces the transformation of a Greek account of the life of Cyprian of Carthage into the legendary tale of Cyprian of Antioch as a means of exploring how late antique Christian authors and audiences interpreted the fictional qualities of hagiographic narratives.
The Buildings is a sixth-century text by Prokopios of Kaisareia (Caesarea Maritima) on the building works attributed to the eastern Roman emperor Justinian I (r.
The second edition of Animals in Greek and Roman Thought: A Sourcebook offers a detailed introduction to Greco-Roman thought on the intellectual and emotional capacities of non-human animals and on the ethical dimensions of human-non-human animal interactions.
The Buildings is a sixth-century text by Prokopios of Kaisareia (Caesarea Maritima) on the building works attributed to the eastern Roman emperor Justinian I (r.
The second edition of Animals in Greek and Roman Thought: A Sourcebook offers a detailed introduction to Greco-Roman thought on the intellectual and emotional capacities of non-human animals and on the ethical dimensions of human-non-human animal interactions.
