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Penelope’s Bones

A New History of Homer’s World through the Women Written Out of It

par Emily Hauser ...

Weaving together literary and archaeological evidence, Emily Hauser illuminates the rich, intriguing lives of the real women behind Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey.Achilles. Agamemnon. Odysseus. Hector. The lives of these and many other men in the greatest epics of ancient Greece have been pored over endlessly in the past three millennia. But these are not just tales about heroic men. There are scores ... En savoir plus

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Weaving together literary and archaeological evidence, Emily Hauser illuminates the rich, intriguing lives of the real women behind Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey.Achilles. Agamemnon. Odysseus. Hector. The lives of these and many other men in the greatest epics of ancient Greece have been pored over endlessly in the past three millennia. But these are not just tales about heroic men. There are scores
... En savoir plus
Great Dialogues of Plato

par Plato ...

Traduit par W. H. D. Rouse ...

Written in the form of debates, Great Dialogues of Plato comprises the most influential body of philosophy of the Western world—covering every subject from art and beauty to virtue and the nature of love. ... En savoir plus

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Written in the form of debates, Great Dialogues of Plato comprises the most influential body of philosophy of the Western world—covering every subject from art and beauty to virtue and the nature of love.
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Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea

Journeys Through Ancient Literature

par Emily Wilson ...

**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"An enthralling and profoundly relevant book." —Salman Rushdie"I adored reading these joyful, illuminating, and engrossing journeys through ancient literature." —Madeline MillerMost Anticipated Books of Fall: Goodreads, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus ReviewsFrom the most celebrated translator of our time comes a visionary exploration of how translation reshapes and ... En savoir plus

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**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"An enthralling and profoundly relevant book." —Salman Rushdie"I adored reading these joyful, illuminating, and engrossing journeys through ancient literature." —Madeline MillerMost Anticipated Books of Fall: Goodreads, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus ReviewsFrom the most celebrated translator of our time comes a visionary exploration of how translation reshapes and
... En savoir plus
The Power of Myth

par Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An extraordinary book that reveals how the themes and symbols of ancient narratives continue to bring meaning to birth, death, love, and war.“Campbell has become the rarest of intellectuals in American life: a serious thinker who has been embraced by the popular culture.”—NewsweekThe Power of Myth launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his ... En savoir plus

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An extraordinary book that reveals how the themes and symbols of ancient narratives continue to bring meaning to birth, death, love, and war.“Campbell has become the rarest of intellectuals in American life: a serious thinker who has been embraced by the popular culture.”—NewsweekThe Power of Myth launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his
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Talking Classics

The Shock of the Old

par Mary Beard ...

The incomparable Mary Beard is back, and she’s talking all things classics.Why the ongoing fascination with the ancient world? This witty, approachable book asks why—for better or (sometimes) worse—antiquity continues to exert such a powerful hold on the contemporary imagination. Recalling a formative childhood encounter with a four-thousand-year-old piece of bread in a museum, Beard introduces ... En savoir plus

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The incomparable Mary Beard is back, and she’s talking all things classics.Why the ongoing fascination with the ancient world? This witty, approachable book asks why—for better or (sometimes) worse—antiquity continues to exert such a powerful hold on the contemporary imagination. Recalling a formative childhood encounter with a four-thousand-year-old piece of bread in a museum, Beard introduces
... En savoir plus
Norse Mythology: The Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes Handbook

From Vikings to Valkyries, an Epic Who's Who in Old Norse Mythology

par Kelsey A. Fuller-Shafer, PhD ...

Discover the gods, goddesses, and heroes from Norse mythology with this beautiful handbook that captures the ancient stories that captivated the Vikings.Learn more about your favorite Norse gods, goddesses, and heroes with this collection of profiles that share the real stories behind the characters.With characters from Norse myths coming to life on the big and small screens, and in the pages of ... En savoir plus

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Discover the gods, goddesses, and heroes from Norse mythology with this beautiful handbook that captures the ancient stories that captivated the Vikings.Learn more about your favorite Norse gods, goddesses, and heroes with this collection of profiles that share the real stories behind the characters.With characters from Norse myths coming to life on the big and small screens, and in the pages of
... En savoir plus
天光雲影共徘徊：歐麗娟品讀古詩詞（套書）

par 歐麗娟 ...

當你覺得文學離生活很遙遠時，歐麗娟是名引渡的說書人。她旁徵博引，上溯神話、下至唐宋詩，跨越七個時代、涵蓋四十七位詩人，梳理典故意象在文化長河中的流變，串起《詩經》、張九齡、卞之琳的月亮，以及我們夜深人靜時沒來由的孤寂。在她的述說中，我們總能從古人的故事裡，辨認出自己的心事。當你覺得自己離文學很近時，歐麗娟又是個偵探。她看見了你沒留意到的蛛絲馬跡，以實事求是的考究精神探尋字句真意，還原一個更撼動人心的詩歌世界：悠然形象深植人心的陶淵明，在他生活的時代裡貧窮、孤獨而邊緣，他的超脫之下是怎樣的掙扎與智慧？現代看來浪漫的楓樹，在古代為何成為鬼魂出沒常見的背景？而當人世紛亂擾攘，讓你憂傷無奈時，歐麗娟看見文學如何照進人心最複雜幽深之處：遠古人類面對流行疫病、毒蛇猛獸所帶來的無所不在的死亡恐懼，發展出變形神話，以再生和對抗意識將恐懼昇華；《詩經》中先上車後補票、心靈出軌 ... En savoir plus

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當你覺得文學離生活很遙遠時，歐麗娟是名引渡的說書人。她旁徵博引，上溯神話、下至唐宋詩，跨越七個時代、涵蓋四十七位詩人，梳理典故意象在文化長河中的流變，串起《詩經》、張九齡、卞之琳的月亮，以及我們夜深人靜時沒來由的孤寂。在她的述說中，我們總能從古人的故事裡，辨認出自己的心事。當你覺得自己離文學很近時，歐麗娟又是個偵探。她看見了你沒留意到的蛛絲馬跡，以實事求是的考究精神探尋字句真意，還原一個更撼動人心的詩歌世界：悠然形象深植人心的陶淵明，在他生活的時代裡貧窮、孤獨而邊緣，他的超脫之下是怎樣的掙扎與智慧？現代看來浪漫的楓樹，在古代為何成為鬼魂出沒常見的背景？而當人世紛亂擾攘，讓你憂傷無奈時，歐麗娟看見文學如何照進人心最複雜幽深之處：遠古人類面對流行疫病、毒蛇猛獸所帶來的無所不在的死亡恐懼，發展出變形神話，以再生和對抗意識將恐懼昇華；《詩經》中先上車後補票、心靈出軌
... En savoir plus
Fortson's Gods & Goddesses of The Bible: Jupiter

Fortson's Gods & Goddesses of The Bible

par Dante Fortson ...

Collections series Fortson's Gods & Goddesses of The Bible
The stars have always served as the great canvas upon which humanity paints its deepest fears, highest aspirations, and most complex mythologies. Among these celestial bodies, the planet Jupiter has long held a position of singular prominence. To the naked eye, it appears as a steady, brilliant light that does not flicker like the distant stars, but moves with a majestic, deliberate pace across ... En savoir plus

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The stars have always served as the great canvas upon which humanity paints its deepest fears, highest aspirations, and most complex mythologies. Among these celestial bodies, the planet Jupiter has long held a position of singular prominence. To the naked eye, it appears as a steady, brilliant light that does not flicker like the distant stars, but moves with a majestic, deliberate pace across
... En savoir plus
Divine Might

Goddesses in Greek Myth

par Natalie Haynes ...

New York Times bestselling author Natalie Haynes returns to the world of ancient Greek myth in this scintillating follow-up to Pandora’s Jar.Few writers today have reshaped our view of the ancient Greek myths more than revered bestselling author Natalie Haynes. Divine Might is a female-centered look at Olympus and the Furies, focusing on the powerful Greek goddesses whose prowess, passions, ... En savoir plus

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New York Times bestselling author Natalie Haynes returns to the world of ancient Greek myth in this scintillating follow-up to Pandora’s Jar.Few writers today have reshaped our view of the ancient Greek myths more than revered bestselling author Natalie Haynes. Divine Might is a female-centered look at Olympus and the Furies, focusing on the powerful Greek goddesses whose prowess, passions,
... En savoir plus
Ordinary Wonder Tales

par Emily Urquhart ...

Shortlisted for the 2023 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for NonfictionA journalist and folklorist explores the truths that underlie the stories we imagine—and reveals the magic in the everyday.“I’ve always felt that the term fairy tale doesn’t quite capture the essence of these stories,” writes Emily Urquhart. “I prefer the term wonder tale, which is Irish in origin, for its suggestion of awe ... En savoir plus

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Shortlisted for the 2023 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for NonfictionA journalist and folklorist explores the truths that underlie the stories we imagine—and reveals the magic in the everyday.“I’ve always felt that the term fairy tale doesn’t quite capture the essence of these stories,” writes Emily Urquhart. “I prefer the term wonder tale, which is Irish in origin, for its suggestion of awe
... En savoir plus
European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages

par Ernst Robert Curtius ...

Collections series Bollingen Series
Published just after the Second World War, European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages is a sweeping exploration of the remarkable continuity of European literature across time and place, from the classical era up to the early nineteenth century, and from the Italian peninsula to the British Isles. In what T. S. Eliot called a "magnificent" book, Ernst Robert Curtius establishes medieval Latin ... En savoir plus

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Published just after the Second World War, European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages is a sweeping exploration of the remarkable continuity of European literature across time and place, from the classical era up to the early nineteenth century, and from the Italian peninsula to the British Isles. In what T. S. Eliot called a "magnificent" book, Ernst Robert Curtius establishes medieval Latin
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The Education of Cyrus

par Xenophon ...

Traduit par Wayne Ambler ...

Collections series Agora Editions
"The Education of Cyrus is a major work of classical political philosophy that provides a portrait of extraordinary political ambition.... Ambler's precise translation makes it possible to engage in a close textual reading that establishes Xenophon as an important political thinker."―Translation ReviewXenophon's masterpiece, The Education of Cyrus, is a work that was admired by Machiavelli for its ... En savoir plus

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"The Education of Cyrus is a major work of classical political philosophy that provides a portrait of extraordinary political ambition.... Ambler's precise translation makes it possible to engage in a close textual reading that establishes Xenophon as an important political thinker."―Translation ReviewXenophon's masterpiece, The Education of Cyrus, is a work that was admired by Machiavelli for its
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The Routledge Companion to Media and Fairy-Tale Cultures

Modifié par Pauline Greenhill, Jill Terry Rudy, Naomi Hamer, Lauren Bosc ...

Collections series Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Companions
From Cinderella to comic con to colonialism and more, this companion provides readers with a comprehensive and current guide to the fantastic, uncanny, and wonderful worlds of the fairy tale across media and cultures. It offers a clear, detailed, and expansive overview of contemporary themes and issues throughout the intersections of the fields of fairy-tale studies, media studies, and cultural ... En savoir plus

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From Cinderella to comic con to colonialism and more, this companion provides readers with a comprehensive and current guide to the fantastic, uncanny, and wonderful worlds of the fairy tale across media and cultures. It offers a clear, detailed, and expansive overview of contemporary themes and issues throughout the intersections of the fields of fairy-tale studies, media studies, and cultural
... En savoir plus
Keep the Aspidistra Flying

par George Orwell ...

Collections series Oxford World's Classics
"Money is what God used to be. Good and evil have no meaning any longer except failure and success." Disgusted by society's materialism, Gordon Comstock leaves his job in advertising to pursue an ill-fated career as a poet. In his race to the bottom, only Rosemary, his long-suffering girlfriend, challenges Gordon's self-destructive course. The novel contains the most sustained reflections on the ... En savoir plus

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"Money is what God used to be. Good and evil have no meaning any longer except failure and success." Disgusted by society's materialism, Gordon Comstock leaves his job in advertising to pursue an ill-fated career as a poet. In his race to the bottom, only Rosemary, his long-suffering girlfriend, challenges Gordon's self-destructive course. The novel contains the most sustained reflections on the
... En savoir plus
The Sappho Companion

par Margaret Reynolds ...

Born around 630BC on the Greek island of Lesbos, Sappho is now regarded as the greatest lyrical poet of ancient Greece, ironic and passionate, capturing the troubled depths of love. Her work survives only in fragments, yet her influence extends throughout Western literature, fuelled by the speculations and romances which have gathered around her name, her story and her sexuality.This remarkable ... En savoir plus

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Born around 630BC on the Greek island of Lesbos, Sappho is now regarded as the greatest lyrical poet of ancient Greece, ironic and passionate, capturing the troubled depths of love. Her work survives only in fragments, yet her influence extends throughout Western literature, fuelled by the speculations and romances which have gathered around her name, her story and her sexuality.This remarkable
... En savoir plus
The Mighty Dead

Why Homer Matters

par Adam Nicolson ...

Longlisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction (now the Bailie Gifford)‘A thrilling and complex book, enlarges our view of Homer … There’s something that hits the mark on every page’ Claire Tomalin, Books of the Year, New StatesmanLonglisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-FictionIn this passionate and deeply personal book, Adam Nicolson sets out to explain why these great ... En savoir plus

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Longlisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction (now the Bailie Gifford)‘A thrilling and complex book, enlarges our view of Homer … There’s something that hits the mark on every page’ Claire Tomalin, Books of the Year, New StatesmanLonglisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-FictionIn this passionate and deeply personal book, Adam Nicolson sets out to explain why these great
... En savoir plus
Le meraviglie di Milano

par Bonvesin de la Riva ...

Traduit par Ettore Verga ...

Collections series Sguardi sulla storia
Saggi - saggio (115 pagine) - Io mi accingo a dir cose stupefacenti sia per gli stranieri che per i cittadini; sì, anche per questi, non faccia meraviglia, giacché tale è la grandezza di questa città che agli stessi suoi figli non sarà facil cosa comprenderla per intero.Il De magnalibus urbis Mediolani di Bonvesin de la Riva è un trattato scritto nel 1288 teso a magnificare la grandezza e le ... En savoir plus

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Saggi - saggio (115 pagine) - Io mi accingo a dir cose stupefacenti sia per gli stranieri che per i cittadini; sì, anche per questi, non faccia meraviglia, giacché tale è la grandezza di questa città che agli stessi suoi figli non sarà facil cosa comprenderla per intero.Il De magnalibus urbis Mediolani di Bonvesin de la Riva è un trattato scritto nel 1288 teso a magnificare la grandezza e le
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Wood Nymph Seeks Centaur

A Mythological Dating Guide

par Francesca Lia Block ...

Navigating the world of dating can be like wandering an enchanted forest, full of creatures with peculiar habits and baffling behavior. In Wood Nymph Seeks Centaur, Francesca Lia Block provides a guide to this often-treacherous terrain, classifying all those mystifying men and women into various types of mythical forest fauna-Fauns and Werewolves, Mermaids and Banshees.After answering questions to ... En savoir plus

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Navigating the world of dating can be like wandering an enchanted forest, full of creatures with peculiar habits and baffling behavior. In Wood Nymph Seeks Centaur, Francesca Lia Block provides a guide to this often-treacherous terrain, classifying all those mystifying men and women into various types of mythical forest fauna-Fauns and Werewolves, Mermaids and Banshees.After answering questions to
... En savoir plus
A Study in Scarlet

par Arthur Conan Doyle, Darryl Jones ...

Collections series Oxford World's Classics
'There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life.' In Arthur Conan Doyle's A Study in Scarlet a popular cultural phenomenon is born. We meet two of the most famous characters in modern literary history: the consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, an army doctor home on sick leave, for the first time. Through Watson we learn a little about the ... En savoir plus

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'There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life.' In Arthur Conan Doyle's A Study in Scarlet a popular cultural phenomenon is born. We meet two of the most famous characters in modern literary history: the consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, an army doctor home on sick leave, for the first time. Through Watson we learn a little about the
... En savoir plus
Far From the Madding Crowd

par Thomas Hardy ...

Collections series Collins Classics
HarperCollins is proud to present one of Hardy's most popular novels, and now a major film, from our range of timeless literary classics.‘I shall do one thing in this life – one thing certain – that is, love you, and long for you, and keep wanting you till I die’Independent and spirited, Bathsheba Everdene owns the hearts of three men. Striving to win her love in different ways, their ... En savoir plus

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HarperCollins is proud to present one of Hardy's most popular novels, and now a major film, from our range of timeless literary classics.‘I shall do one thing in this life – one thing certain – that is, love you, and long for you, and keep wanting you till I die’Independent and spirited, Bathsheba Everdene owns the hearts of three men. Striving to win her love in different ways, their
... En savoir plus
Njal's Saga

Written in the thirteenth century, Njal's Saga is a story that explores perennial human problems-from failed marriages to divided loyalties, from the law's inability to curb human passions to the terrible consequences when decent men and women are swept up in a tide of violence beyond their control. It is populated by memorable and complex characters like Gunnar of Hlidarendi, a powerful warrior ... En savoir plus

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Written in the thirteenth century, Njal's Saga is a story that explores perennial human problems-from failed marriages to divided loyalties, from the law's inability to curb human passions to the terrible consequences when decent men and women are swept up in a tide of violence beyond their control. It is populated by memorable and complex characters like Gunnar of Hlidarendi, a powerful warrior
... En savoir plus
Selections from Tacitus Annals I

An Edition for Intermediate Students

Collections series Bloomsbury Classical Languages
This is the first intermediate-student edition of a selection from Tacitus' Annals I. Sections 3–7, 11–14, 16–30 and 46–49 are included as Latin text with an accompanying commentary and vocabulary. Focusing on a deliberately concise extract from the original, this edition is designed to be manageable for students reading the text for the first time while also perfectly encapsulating the interest ... En savoir plus

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This is the first intermediate-student edition of a selection from Tacitus' Annals I. Sections 3–7, 11–14, 16–30 and 46–49 are included as Latin text with an accompanying commentary and vocabulary. Focusing on a deliberately concise extract from the original, this edition is designed to be manageable for students reading the text for the first time while also perfectly encapsulating the interest
... En savoir plus
Celtic Mythology: A Concise Guide to the Gods, Sagas and Beliefs

Greek Mythology - Norse Mythology - Egyptian Mythology - Celtic Mythology

par Hourly History ...

Collections series Greek Mythology - Norse Mythology - Egyptian Mythology - Celtic Mythology
The gifted W.B. Yeats wrote of his own people "...even a newspaperman, if you entice him into a cemetery at midnight, will believe in phantoms, for everyone is a visionary if you scratch him deep enough. But the Celt, unlike any other, is a visionary without scratching." This introduction to Celtic Mythology will serve the novice well – for it is a complicated history with the earliest written ... En savoir plus

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The gifted W.B. Yeats wrote of his own people "...even a newspaperman, if you entice him into a cemetery at midnight, will believe in phantoms, for everyone is a visionary if you scratch him deep enough. But the Celt, unlike any other, is a visionary without scratching." This introduction to Celtic Mythology will serve the novice well – for it is a complicated history with the earliest written
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Heroes Masked and Mythic

Echoes of Ancient Archetypes in Comic Book Characters

par Christopher Wood ...

Epic battles, hideous monsters and a host of petty gods--the world of Classical mythology continues to fascinate and inspire. Heroes like Herakles, Achilles and Perseus have influenced Western art and literature for centuries, and today are reinvented in the modern superhero.What does Iron Man have to do with the Homeric hero Odysseus? How does the African warrior Memnon compare with Marvel's ... En savoir plus

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Epic battles, hideous monsters and a host of petty gods--the world of Classical mythology continues to fascinate and inspire. Heroes like Herakles, Achilles and Perseus have influenced Western art and literature for centuries, and today are reinvented in the modern superhero.What does Iron Man have to do with the Homeric hero Odysseus? How does the African warrior Memnon compare with Marvel's
... En savoir plus

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