Andromache Euripides - Clinging to the altar of the sea-goddess Thetis for sanctuary, Andromache delivers the play's prologue, in which she mourns her misfortune (the destruction of Troy, the deaths of her husband Hector and their child Astyanax, and her enslavement to Neoptolemos) and her persecution at the hands of Neoptolemos' new wife Hermione and her father Menelaus, King of Sparta.
The Age of Fable Thomas Bulfinch - Thomas Bulfinch collected and interpreted the legends of the world for everyday people, so that those who lacked extensive schooling could still understand the mythological allusions that fill classic and contemporary literature.
Esta apasionante y amena guia te transportara al origen de los mitos pero tambien a los resortes y motivaciones que han movido al ser humano a lo largo de los tiempos.
Parmenides Plato - This Plato is an English translation of one of the more challenging and enigmatic of Plato's dialogues between Socrates and Parmenides and Zeno of Elea, that begins with Zeno defending his treatise of Parmenidean monism against those partisans of plurality.
There are those who believe that the lesson of the Pharaohs does not benefit us much; Because the connection between us and them has been severed in language, religion, politics, society, culture and the arts, but this belief is wrong.
An heiligen Wassern Jakob Christoph Heer - Im Dorf Sankt Peter im Schweizer Hochgebirge leben die Bewohner des regenarmen Glottertales mit der ständigen Gefahr von Gletscherabbrüchen, die ihre Lebensader, eine abenteuerlich konstruierte Wasserleitung, zerstören könnten.
The Prophet - Kahlil Gibran - Kahlil Gibran published "e;The Prophet"e; in 1923 and saw immediate success, but its real popularity came after his death.
The Epic of Kings, Hero Tales of Ancient Persia Firdausi - The Epic of Kings, Hero Tales of Ancient Persia (The Shahnameh) is an epic poem by the Persian poet Firdausi, written between 966 and 1010 AD.
The Age of Chivalry Thomas Bulfinch - The Bulfinch version of myth, published for genteel Americans just as the first studies of mythography were appearing in Germany, presents the myths in their literary versions, without unnecessary violence, sex, psychology or ethnographic information.
Zur Selbstprüfung der Gegenwart empfohlen Søren Kierkegaard - Dieses eBook: "Zur Selbstprüfung der Gegenwart empfohle" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.
The Bustan Sadi - If among the twenty-two works with which Sadi enriched the literature of his country the Gulistan rank first in popularity, the Bustan (lit.
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc Mark Twain - Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, by the Sieur Louis de Conte is an 1896 novel by Mark Twain which recounts the life of Joan of Arc.
Sigfrid und Kriemhild Unbekannt - Im Lande der Burgunden zu Worms am Rhein herrschte König Gunther mit seinen Brüdern Gernot und Giselher, sie hatten eine Schwester namens Kriemhild, die mit ihrer Mutter Ute am Hofe lebte.
Ten Years Later - Alexandre Dumas - The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later is the third and last of the d'Artagnan Romances, following The Three Musketeers and Twenty Years After.
Monetary development represents one of the fields of humanitarian response to challenges, as monetary systems have evolved from commodity to credit, that is, from money whose commodity value represents part of its monetary value to money whose commodity value is not important in determining its monetary value, whether it is banknotes issued by central banks or current accounts in the books.
Success in study lies in the will; The belief that success can be achieved; Which means achieving several positive things that make us happy and make us feel comfortable and reassured.
