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Folktales in Homer's Odyssey Folktales in Homer's Odyssey Denys Lionel Page 141 p. 22 cm OL1180869W
10 plays 10 plays Euripides The Greek playwright Euripedes was misunderstood in his own time, but the topics he chose to write about--women's role in society, war, religion, and the human condition--are still relevant today. Th… OL15006210W
Myths & legends Myths & legends Philip Wilkinson Presents a guide to myths and ancient legends from the cultures of Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Oceania, including creation tales and stories of heroes, gods, mythical beings, and magical … OL15539187W
The Iliad in a nutshell The Iliad in a nutshell Michael Squire "The 'Tabulae Iliacae' (Iliac tablets) are a collection of twenty-two miniature marble reliefs from the early Roman Empire; all of them are inscribed in Greek, and most depict the panoramic vistas of… OL16728211W
Circe Circe Madeline Miller In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child--not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to… OL18012166W
Favorite Greek Myths Favorite Greek Myths Mary Pope Osborne Retells twelve tales from Greek mythology, including the stories of King Midas, Echo and Narcissus, the Golden Apples, and Cupid and Psyche. OL19760702W
Travelling Heroes Travelling Heroes Lane Robin Fox "This remarkable book throws new light on the history and travels of Greeks in the eighth century B.C., the formative age of the great epics of Homer. Drawing on a lifetime's familiarity with Greek l… OL20687863W
Zeus in early Greek mythology and religion Zeus in early Greek mythology and religion Olga A. Zolotnikova "This monograph examines the religious and mythological concepts of Zeus from prehistoric times until the Early Archaic period. The research was performed as an interdisciplinary study involving the … OL23104830W
Savage Energies Savage Energies Walter Burkert "We often think of classical Greek society as a model of rationality and order. Yet as Walter Burkert demonstrates in these influential essays on the history of Greek religion, there were archaic, sa… OL2972761W
The Goddess The Goddess Christine Downing In a series of chapters each focusing on a different goddess or mythical woman, Christine Downing traces her own path of individuation from maiden-daughter to mature woman. A therapist, university pr… OL3236682W
Travelling Heroes Travelling Heroes Robin Lane Fox This remarkable and daringly original book proposes a new way of thinking about the Greeks and their myths in the age of the great Homeric hymns. It combines a lifetime's familiarity with Greek liter… OL3673829W
Guide to Sophocles' Antigone Guide to Sophocles' Antigone Joan V. O'Brien Guide to 7 passages from Antigone to be used with A.C. Pearson's text of the play, with the author's interlinear text of : The Bilingual selections from Sophocles' Antigone, or with an annotated scho… OL4308973W
Mythology Mythology Edith Hamilton There has long been a need for the stories of ancient mythology written to appeal to the twentieth-century mind. Edith Hamilton's orderly and lucid presentation of Greek, Roman and Norse mythology pr… OL5262120W
Ὀδύσσεια Ὀδύσσεια Όμηρος The Odyssey (/ˈɒdəsi/; Greek: Ὀδύσσεια, Odýsseia) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other work ascribed to Homer. The poem i… OL61982W
Iphigenia in Aulis Iphigenia in Aulis Euripides 2 volumes ; 22 cm OL66487W
Age of fable Age of fable Thomas Bulfinch Drawing on the works of Homer, Ovid, Virgil, and other classical authors, as well as an immense trove of stories about the Norse gods and heroes, The Age of Fable offers lively retellings of the myth… OL77559W
The Complete World of Greek Mythology The Complete World of Greek Mythology Richard Buxton The Complete World of Greek Mythology OL8009355W
Hermes and His Children Hermes and His Children Rafael Lopez-Pedraza v, 135 p., [6] leaves of plates : 22 cm OL8264085W
Demeter and Persephone Demeter and Persephone Tamara Agha-Jaffar "The classical Greek myth of Demeter and her daughter Persephone as told in Homer's Hymn to Demeter has been used most often to explain the cycle of the seasons. However, a closer examination will re… OL8569032W
Myth and the Creative Process Myth and the Creative Process Jacob E. Nyenhuis "In a century that was dominated by science and technology, the wide-ranging artwork of Michael Ayrton (1921-75) is truly a tribute to the enduring power of Greek myth. Theorists often discuss the li… OL9206604W
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