Wedding, Gender, and Performance in Ancient Greece traces the wedding song tradition, its imagery, and its tropes as a genre that became crystallized throughout the ages.
Wedding, Gender, and Performance in Ancient Greece traces the wedding song tradition, its imagery, and its tropes as a genre that became crystallized throughout the ages.
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 unmissable new YA Greek myth re-imagining from Bea Fitzgerald, TikTok superstar and triple-Sunday Times bestselling author of Girl, Goddess, Queen, The End Crowns All, and A Beautiful Evil.
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.
Todo el mundo conoce, ha oído alguna vez o tal vez incluso ha difundido historias que normalmente se engloban dentro de lo que conocemos como "leyendas urbanas", de carácter más o menos terrorífico o inquietante, o también burlón o humorístico: la chica de la curva, los animales amenazantes que surgen del inodoro, conspiraciones de toda laya.
The ancient state of Rhodes was famous for many things in the Hellenistic period; it emerged as an economic powerhouse thanks to its strategic position on maritime trade routes, its status further bolstered by its proud independence in an era of great kings, and its cultural successes and heritage celebrated by contemporaries as well as later writers.
The ancient state of Rhodes was famous for many things in the Hellenistic period; it emerged as an economic powerhouse thanks to its strategic position on maritime trade routes, its status further bolstered by its proud independence in an era of great kings, and its cultural successes and heritage celebrated by contemporaries as well as later writers.
Although most historians have sought the roots of atheism in the history of "e;free thought,"e; Alan Charles Kors contends that attacks on the existence of God were generated above all by the vitality and controversies of orthodox theistic culture itself.
In the eyes of many, "e;spirituality,"e; particularly in its non-religious form, is nothing but a secularized, individualized, or even commodified version of traditional religion.
From the Archaic to the Roman imperial period, an impressive number of gods and goddesses are attested in the Greek world under the titles of Soter and Soteira ('Saviour').
From the Archaic to the Roman imperial period, an impressive number of gods and goddesses are attested in the Greek world under the titles of Soter and Soteira ('Saviour').
The Material Dynamics of Festivals in the Graeco-Roman East explores the various ways in which the experience of civic festivals in the Graeco-Roman East was created and framed by material culture.
The Material Dynamics of Festivals in the Graeco-Roman East explores the various ways in which the experience of civic festivals in the Graeco-Roman East was created and framed by material culture.
Studies on the Derveni Papyrus, volume II brings together two new editions of the first fragmentarily extant columns of the Derveni Papyrus and seven scholarly articles devoted to their interpretation.
Studies on the Derveni Papyrus, volume II brings together two new editions of the first fragmentarily extant columns of the Derveni Papyrus and seven scholarly articles devoted to their interpretation.
Arete and the Odyssey's Poetics of Interrogation explores how the enigmatic Phaeacian queen, Arete, is at the heart of an epic-scale "e;poetics of interrogation"e; used throughout the Odyssey to negotiate Odysseus' kleos, or epic renown.
Arete and the Odyssey's Poetics of Interrogation explores how the enigmatic Phaeacian queen, Arete, is at the heart of an epic-scale "e;poetics of interrogation"e; used throughout the Odyssey to negotiate Odysseus' kleos, or epic renown.
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Weltgeschichte - Frühgeschichte, Antike, Note: 2,3, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In dieser Seminararbeit soll geprüft werden, inwiefern das delphische Orakel bei der Gründung Kyrenes mitwirkte.
'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.
'A great storyteller' Madeline Miller, author of CirceIn this powerful new collection, Charlotte Higgins foregrounds Greek mythology's most enduring heroines.
For almost three thousand years, the Odyssey has captured imaginations with seafaring adventure, romance, friendships, as well as feats of heroism and of bloody revenge.
In this dark romance reimagining of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, Sadare and Daesra are torn apart in the underworld - and new relationships may complicate their way back to one another.
Götter, Geister, Dämonen, Sagengestalten und Heroen bilden in der griechischen Mythologie ein buntes Kaleidoskop: Kosmische Götter stehen neben chthonischen Urwesen, apollinische Lichtgestalten neben Verkörperungen unheimlich-dämonischer Mächte, einheimische Götter neben solchen, die aus dem Orient gekommen sind, meist in Verbindung mit uralten Mysterienkulten.
