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Celtic Mythology: A Concise Guide to the Gods, Sagas and Beliefs

Greek Mythology - Norse Mythology - Egyptian Mythology - Celtic Mythology

by Hourly History ...

Series 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 ... Read more

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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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ULYSSES

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by James Joyce, Brent Holloway ...

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1500 Eternal Masterpieces of Fairy Tales: Cinderella, Rapunzel, The Spleeping Beauty, The Ugly Ducking, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, The Happy Prince, Blue Beard...

by Aleksander Chodźko, Andrew Lang, Hans Christian Andersen, Brothers Grimm, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Charles Perrault ...

Here you will find more than 1500 fairy tales, such as "Aladdin", "Sinbad the Sailor", "The Ugly Ducking", "Little Tin Soldier", "The Little Match Girl", "Blue Beard", "Beauty and the Beast", "Puss in Boots", "The Happy Prince", "The Little Mermaid", "Cinderella", "Rapunzel", and "The Sleeping Beauty". ... Read more

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Here you will find more than 1500 fairy tales, such as "Aladdin", "Sinbad the Sailor", "The Ugly Ducking", "Little Tin Soldier", "The Little Match Girl", "Blue Beard", "Beauty and the Beast", "Puss in Boots", "The Happy Prince", "The Little Mermaid", "Cinderella", "Rapunzel", and "The Sleeping Beauty".
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The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales

by The Brothers Grimm ...

When Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published their Children's and Household Tales in 1812, followed by a second volume in 1815, they had no idea that such stories as "Rapunzel," "Hansel and Gretel," and "Cinderella" would become the most celebrated in the world. Yet few people today are familiar with the majority of tales from the two early volumes, since in the next four decades the Grimms would ... Read more

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The Greek Plays

Sixteen Plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides

by Sophocles, Aeschylus, Euripides ...

Series series Modern Library Classics
A landmark anthology of the masterpieces of Greek drama, featuring all-new, highly accessible translations of some of the world’s most beloved plays, including Agamemnon, Prometheus Bound, Bacchae, Electra, Medea, Antigone, and Oedipus the KingFeaturing translations by Emily Wilson, Frank Nisetich, Sarah Ruden, Rachel Kitzinger, Mary Lefkowitz, and James RommThe great plays of Ancient Greece are ... Read more

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Troy

Our Greatest Story Retold

by Stephen Fry ...

Series Book 3 - Stephen Fry’s Greek Myths
AN EPIC BATTLE THAT LASTED TEN YEARS. A LEGENDARY STORY THAT HAS SURVIVED THOUSANDS.'An inimitable retelling of the siege of Troy . . . Fry's narrative, artfully humorous and rich in detail, breathes life and contemporary relevance into these ancient tales' OBSERVER'Stephen Fry has done it again. Well written and super storytelling' 5***** READER REVIEW________'Troy. The most marvellous k... ... Read more

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AN EPIC BATTLE THAT LASTED TEN YEARS. A LEGENDARY STORY THAT HAS SURVIVED THOUSANDS.'An inimitable retelling of the siege of Troy . . . Fry's narrative, artfully humorous and rich in detail, breathes life and contemporary relevance into these ancient tales' OBSERVER'Stephen Fry has done it again. Well written and super storytelling' 5***** READER REVIEW________'Troy. The most marvellous k...
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Magic in Ancient Greece and Rome

by Prof Lindsay C. Watson ...

Parting company with the trend in recent scholarship to treat the subject in abstract, highly theoretical terms, Magic in Ancient Greece and Rome proposes that the magic-working of antiquity was in reality a highly pragmatic business, with very clearly formulated aims - often of an exceedingly malignant kind.In seven chapters, each addressed to an important arm of Greco-Roman magic, the volume ... Read more

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Parting company with the trend in recent scholarship to treat the subject in abstract, highly theoretical terms, Magic in Ancient Greece and Rome proposes that the magic-working of antiquity was in reality a highly pragmatic business, with very clearly formulated aims - often of an exceedingly malignant kind.In seven chapters, each addressed to an important arm of Greco-Roman magic, the volume
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Juste la fin du monde de Jean-Luc Lagarce

Les Fiches de lecture d'Universalis

by Encyclopaedia Universalis ...

Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d’Universalis !Créée le 1er octobre 1999, quatre ans après la mort de Jean-Luc Lagarce (1957-1995), par Joël Jouanneau au théâtre Vidy-Lausanne, la pièce Juste la fin du monde est entrée au répertoire de la Comédie-Française en 2008, dans une mise en scène de Michel Raskine. Elle a fait l’objet d’une adaptation au cinéma par Xavier Dolan, qui a ... Read more

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La Divine Comédie (Version complète les 3 volumes)

by Dante Alighieri ...

Ce livre comporte une table des matières dynamique, à été relu et corrigé.Il est parfaitement mis en page pour une lecture sur liseuse électronique.Dans la Divine Comédie, la Terre est fixe au centre de l'Univers. Autour d'elle tournent les neuf cieux :Les sept cieux des planètes.Le ciel des étoiles fixes.Le premier mobile (ou ciel cristallin).Au-delà, se trouve l'Empyrée.Le Diable est au centre ... Read more

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Four Seasons in Rome

On Twins, Insomnia and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World

by Anthony Doerr ...

On the same day that his wife gave birth to twins, Anthony Doerr received the Rome Prize, an award that gave him a year-long stipend and studio in Rome…‘Four Seasons in Rome’ charts the repercussions of that day, describing Doerr's varied adventures in one of the most enchanting cities in the world, and the first year of parenthood. He reads Pliny, Dante, and Keats – the chroniclers of Rome who ... Read more

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On the same day that his wife gave birth to twins, Anthony Doerr received the Rome Prize, an award that gave him a year-long stipend and studio in Rome…‘Four Seasons in Rome’ charts the repercussions of that day, describing Doerr's varied adventures in one of the most enchanting cities in the world, and the first year of parenthood. He reads Pliny, Dante, and Keats – the chroniclers of Rome who
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Greek Mythology

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by Robert Garland ...

The timeless stories of Greek mythology come to life in these reimagined tales written in the voices of Zeus, Oedipus, Odysseus, and many others.Though the gods are featured prominently in Greek mythology, there is nothing sacred about it. Anyone is free to bring their own interpretation to these stories, just as Homer, Sophocles, and Euripides did centuries ago. In this volume, classicist and ... Read more

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The Mighty Dead

Why Homer Matters

by 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 ... Read more

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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
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Jason and Medea

by Apollonius of Rhodes ...

Series series Penguin Little Black Classics
'The Argonauts were terrified at the sight. But Jason planting his feet apart stood to receive them, as a reef in the sea confronts the tossing billows in a gale.'The tragic, epic love affair that allowed Jason to get the Golden Fleece.Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with ... Read more

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'The Argonauts were terrified at the sight. But Jason planting his feet apart stood to receive them, as a reef in the sea confronts the tossing billows in a gale.'The tragic, epic love affair that allowed Jason to get the Golden Fleece.Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with
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Gli dèi alle sei

L'Iliade all'ora dell'aperitivo

by Giovanni Nucci ...

Ci siamo fatti un'idea degli dèi che osservano tutto dall'alto dell'Olimpo: guardano gli eroi combattere nella piana davanti Troia e commentano, parteggiano per gli uni o per gli altri, ogni tanto intervengono muovendo da lì le azioni degli eroi, pedine sulla scacchiera. Ma le cose non stanno esattamente così: non c'è una sola azione della guerra narrata nell' Iliade che non abbia dietro di sé l ... Read more

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Ci siamo fatti un'idea degli dèi che osservano tutto dall'alto dell'Olimpo: guardano gli eroi combattere nella piana davanti Troia e commentano, parteggiano per gli uni o per gli altri, ogni tanto intervengono muovendo da lì le azioni degli eroi, pedine sulla scacchiera. Ma le cose non stanno esattamente così: non c'è una sola azione della guerra narrata nell' Iliade che non abbia dietro di sé l
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The Origins of Early Christian Literature

Contextualizing the New Testament within Greco-Roman Literary Culture

by Robyn Faith Walsh ...

Conventional approaches to the Synoptic gospels argue that the gospel authors acted as literate spokespersons for their religious communities. Whether described as documenting intra-group 'oral traditions' or preserving the collective perspectives of their fellow Christ-followers, these writers are treated as something akin to the Romantic poet speaking for their Volk - a questionable framework ... Read more

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Conventional approaches to the Synoptic gospels argue that the gospel authors acted as literate spokespersons for their religious communities. Whether described as documenting intra-group 'oral traditions' or preserving the collective perspectives of their fellow Christ-followers, these writers are treated as something akin to the Romantic poet speaking for their Volk - a questionable framework
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Norse Mythology: The Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes Handbook

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

by 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 ... Read more

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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
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The Uses of Enchantment (National Book Award Winner)

The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales

by Bruno Bettelheim ...

Winner of the National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award"A charming book about enchantment, a profound book about fairy tales."—John Updike, The New York Times Book ReviewBruno Bettelheim was one of the great child psychologists of the twentieth century and perhaps none of his books has been more influential than this revelatory study of fairy tales and their universal importance ... Read more

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Winner of the National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award"A charming book about enchantment, a profound book about fairy tales."—John Updike, The New York Times Book ReviewBruno Bettelheim was one of the great child psychologists of the twentieth century and perhaps none of his books has been more influential than this revelatory study of fairy tales and their universal importance
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Politics, Kingship, and Poetry in Medieval South India

Moonset on Sunrise Mountain

by Whitney Cox ...

In this compelling new study, Whitney Cox presents a fundamental re-imagining of the politics of pre-modern India through the reinterpretation of the contested accession of Kulottunga I (r.1070–1120) as the ruler of the imperial Chola dynasty. By focusing on this complex event and its ramifications over time, Cox traces far-reaching transformations throughout the kingdom and beyond. Through a ... Read more

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In this compelling new study, Whitney Cox presents a fundamental re-imagining of the politics of pre-modern India through the reinterpretation of the contested accession of Kulottunga I (r.1070–1120) as the ruler of the imperial Chola dynasty. By focusing on this complex event and its ramifications over time, Cox traces far-reaching transformations throughout the kingdom and beyond. Through a
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The Odyssey

by Homer ...

Translated by Walter Shewring ...

Series series Oxford World's Classics
This prose translation of the Odyssey is so successful that it has taken its place as one of the few really outstanding versions of Homer's famous epic poem. It is the story of the return of Odysseus from the siege of Troy to his home in Ithaca, and of the vengeance he takes on the suitors of his wife Penelope. Odysseus's account of his adventures since leaving Troy includes his encounter with the ... Read more

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This prose translation of the Odyssey is so successful that it has taken its place as one of the few really outstanding versions of Homer's famous epic poem. It is the story of the return of Odysseus from the siege of Troy to his home in Ithaca, and of the vengeance he takes on the suitors of his wife Penelope. Odysseus's account of his adventures since leaving Troy includes his encounter with the
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Pandora's Jar

Women in the Greek Myths

by Natalie Haynes ...

**In the many retellings of the Greek myths, the focus is generally on gods and heroes, but Natalie Haynes refocuses our gaze on the remarkable women at the centre of these ancient stories.'Funny, sharp explications of what these sometimes not-very-nice women were up to!' – Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's Tale**The Greek myths are among the world's most important cultural building blocks ... Read more

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**In the many retellings of the Greek myths, the focus is generally on gods and heroes, but Natalie Haynes refocuses our gaze on the remarkable women at the centre of these ancient stories.'Funny, sharp explications of what these sometimes not-very-nice women were up to!' – Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's Tale**The Greek myths are among the world's most important cultural building blocks
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Egil's Saga

by Leifur Eiriksson ...

Egil's Saga tells the story of the long and brutal life of tenth-century warrior-poet and farmer Egil Skallagrimsson: a morally ambiguous character who was at once the composer of intricately beautiful poetry, and a physical grotesque capable of staggering brutality. The saga recounts Egil's progression from youthful savagery to mature wisdom as he struggles to avenge his father's exile from ... Read more

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Egil's Saga tells the story of the long and brutal life of tenth-century warrior-poet and farmer Egil Skallagrimsson: a morally ambiguous character who was at once the composer of intricately beautiful poetry, and a physical grotesque capable of staggering brutality. The saga recounts Egil's progression from youthful savagery to mature wisdom as he struggles to avenge his father's exile from
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The Power of Myth

by 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 ... Read more

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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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The Hero with a Thousand Faces

by Joseph Campbell ...

Series series The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell
Explore the Hero's Journey in stories as old as humanity and as new as last night's dreamThe latest incarnation of Oedipus, the continued romance of Beauty and the Beast, stand this afternoon on the corner of 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue, waiting for the traffic light to change. — Joseph CampbellSince its release in 1949, The Hero with a Thousand Faceshas influenced millions of readers by ... Read more

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Explore the Hero's Journey in stories as old as humanity and as new as last night's dreamThe latest incarnation of Oedipus, the continued romance of Beauty and the Beast, stand this afternoon on the corner of 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue, waiting for the traffic light to change. — Joseph CampbellSince its release in 1949, The Hero with a Thousand Faceshas influenced millions of readers by
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Boiotia in Antiquity

Selected Papers

by Albert Schachter, Hans Beck ...

Boiotia was - next to Athens and Sparta - one of the most important regions of ancient Greece. Albert Schachter, a leading expert on the region, has for many decades pioneered and fostered the exploration of it and its people through his research. His seminal publications have covered all aspects of its history, institutions, cults, and literature from late Mycenaean times to the Roman Empire, ... Read more

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Boiotia was - next to Athens and Sparta - one of the most important regions of ancient Greece. Albert Schachter, a leading expert on the region, has for many decades pioneered and fostered the exploration of it and its people through his research. His seminal publications have covered all aspects of its history, institutions, cults, and literature from late Mycenaean times to the Roman Empire,
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ULYSSES

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Juste la fin du monde de Jean-Luc Lagarce

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Greek Mythology

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Jason and Medea

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The Origins of Early Christian Literature

Norse Mythology: The Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes Handbook

The Uses of Enchantment (National Book Award Winner)

Politics, Kingship, and Poetry in Medieval South India

The Odyssey

Pandora's Jar

Egil's Saga

The Power of Myth

The Hero with a Thousand Faces

Boiotia in Antiquity