Author: R. L. HunterPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521604383
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
This book analyses Apollonuis' epic poem about the quest for the Golden Fleece.
The Argonautica of Apollonius
Author: R. L. HunterPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521604383
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
This book analyses Apollonuis' epic poem about the quest for the Golden Fleece.
The Animal Kingdom
Author: Georges baron CuvierPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anatomy, Comparative
Languages : en
Pages : 812
Book Description
Votan and Other Novels
Author: John JamesPublisher: Gollancz
ISBN: 1473214041
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
In the second century AD, a Greek nobleman is travelling and living abroad in Germany while carrying on an affair with a military man's wife. When discovered, he takes an emergency business trip to save his life and packs amongst his belongings certain items that lead the people he encounters to think him a Norse God, a fortuitous point of view which he does little to dispel. Forced to keep up the pretence of being a god while staying one step ahead of his lover's jealous husband, Photinus must juggle the severity of his situation with the enjoyment of being a god. Published here with its sequel, NOT FOR ALL THE GOLD IN IRELAND and companion volume MEN WENT TO CATTREATH, VOTAN is one of the highpoints of modern fantasy.
The Epic Gaze
Author: Helen LovattPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107016118
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
Re-envisions epic from Homer to Nonnus through theories of the gaze.
Wearing the Cloak
Author: Marie-Louise NoschPublisher: Oxbow Books
ISBN: 1842176935
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
Wearing the Cloak contains nine stimulating chapters on Roman military textiles and equipment that take textile research to a new level. Hear the sounds of the Roman soldiers' clacking belts and get a view on their purchase orders with Egyptian weavers. Could armour be built of linen? Who had access to what kinds of prestigious equipment? And what garments and weapons were deposited in bogs at the edge of the Roman Empire? The authors draw upon multiple sources such as original textual and scriptural evidence, ancient works of art and iconography and archaeological records and finds. The chapters cover - as did the Roman army - a large geographical span: Egypt, the Levant, the Etruscan heartland and Northern Europe. Status, prestige and access are viewed in the light of financial and social capacities and help shed new light on the material realities of a soldier's life in the Roman world.
Texts, Ideas, and the Classics
Author: S. J. HarrisonPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780199247462
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
This book aims to promote a simple idea: that, in the contemporary context of the study and interpretation of classical literature at universities, traditional classical scholarship and modern theoretical ideas need to work with each other in the common task of the interpretation of texts. Such dialogue and co-operation is not merely desirable; it is essential to ensure the survival and relevance of the study of classical literature in the twenty-first century. The topics selected were chosen by a panel of distinguished practitioners as traditional areas of classical literary studies where the importance of co-operation of theory and scholarship could be shown in different ways by scholars who ranged widely in their views: "literary language," "narrative," "genre," "historicism," and "reception and history of scholarship."
Jason and the Argonauts: A Retelling in Prose of Apollonius of Rhodes Argonautica
Author: David BrucePublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1312139714
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Jason and the Argonauts tells the story of their quest to find the Golden Fleece. They sail from Greece into the Black Sea. With the help of the sorceress Medea, they succeed in getting the Golden Fleece but then have to sail back home. This myth is one of the most important myths of ancient Greece.
Stone and Shield
Author: Thomas DevensPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
The Emperor is dead. His son now inherits the throne to the Emrosian Empire and he dreams of greatness.The mercenaries of the Stone and the Shield have fulfilled their contract in the southern deserts of Ahnvesh. Now they must begin their journey to the imperial capital of Emros City to be paid. A long march and an odd job stand between them, a hefty payment, and possible retirement. But as they march, the Empire they thought they knew is changing.In the far west the Councilors of Guilion seek answers to their own problems, and those that would effect the future of the world. Their source of power nears its end, their ties to the Empire are failing. Now, they must decide which part of their world matters most.
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