Author: Graf Leo TolstoyPublisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465528709
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
Redemption and Two Other Plays
Author: Graf Leo TolstoyPublisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465528709
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
Myth and History in Ancient Greece
Author: Claude CalamePublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691114587
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
Surely the ancient Greeks would have been baffled to see what we consider their "mythology." Here, Claude Calame mounts a powerful critique of modern-day misconceptions on this front and the lax methodology that has allowed them to prevail. He argues that the Greeks viewed their abundance of narratives not as a single mythology but as an "archaeology." They speculated symbolically on key historical events so that a community of believing citizens could access them efficiently, through ritual means. Central to the book is Calame's rigorous and fruitful analysis of various accounts of the foundation of that most "mythical" of the Greek colonies--Cyrene, in eastern Libya. Calame opens with a magisterial historical survey demonstrating today's misapplication of the terms "myth" and "mythology." Next, he examines the Greeks' symbolic discourse to show that these modern concepts arose much later than commonly believed. Having established this interpretive framework, Calame undertakes a comparative analysis of six accounts of Cyrene's foundation: three by Pindar and one each by Herodotus (in two different versions), Callimachus, and Apollonius of Rhodes. We see how the underlying narrative was shaped in each into a poetically sophisticated, distinctive form by the respective medium, a particular poetical genre, and the specific socio-historical circumstances. Calame concludes by arguing in favor of the Greeks' symbolic approach to the past and by examining the relation of mythos to poetry and music.
The History of Colonization from the Earliest Times to the Present Day
Author: Henry Crittenden MorrisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Colonization
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Atlas of the Historical Geography of the Holy Land
Author: George Adam SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atlases
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
An Introduction to the History of the principal Kingdoms and States of Europe ... Made English from the original by J. Crull : the third edition, with additions
Author: Samuel Freiherr von PufendorfPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
Time and History in the Ancient Near East
Author: Lluis FeliuPublisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 1575068567
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 861
Book Description
In July, 2010, the International Association for Assyriology met in Barcelona, Spain, for 5 days to deliver and listen to papers on the theme “Time and History in the Ancient Near East.” This volume, the proceedings of the conference, contains 70 of the papers read at the 56th annual Rencontre, including the papers from several workshop sessions on “architecture and archaeology,” “early Akkadian and its Semitic context,” “ Hurrian language,” “law in the ancient Near East,” “Middle Assyrian texts and studies,” and a variety of additional papers not directly related to the conference theme. The photo on the back cover shows only a representative portion of the attendees, who were warmly hosted by faculty and students from the University of Barcelona.
History for Ready Reference
Author: Josephus Nelson LarnedPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 854
Book Description
The Mythology and Fables of the Ancients, Explain'd from History
Author: Banier (M. l'abbé, Antoine)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fables, French
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
A Guide to Massachusetts Local History
Author: Charles Allcott FlaggPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
A Primary Source History of the Colony of South Carolina
Author: Heather HasanPublisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 9781404204362
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Maps, documents, and artwork are used to introduce the history of South Carolina Colony to the time of the American Revolution.