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Classical (Etruscan, Greek, Roman) eBooks
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Singing for the Gods
By: Kowalzig, Barbara
Published by: OUP Oxford
A new approach to an old question - the relationship between myth and ritual. Barbara Kowalzig shows how choral performances of myth and ritual, taking place all over the ancient Greek world in the early fifth century BC, helped to effect social and political change in their own time. - ;Singing for the Gods develops a new approach towards an old question in the study of religion - the relationship of myth and ritual. Focusing on ancient Greek religion, Barbara Kowalzig exploits the joint occurrence of myth and ritual in archaic and classical Greek song-culture. She shows how choral performances of myth and ritual, taking place all over the ancient Greek world in the early fifth century BC, help to effect social and political change in their own time. Religious song emerges as integral to a rapidly changing society hovering between local, regional, and panhellenic identities and between aristocratic rule and democracy. Drawing on contemporary debates on myth, ritual, and performance in social anthropology, modern history, and theatre studies, this book. establishes Greek religion's dynamic role and gives religious song-culture its deserved place in the study of Greek history. -
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The Trojan War
By: Strauss, Barry
Published by: SIMON & SCHUSTER
The Trojan War is the most famous conflict in history, the subject of Homer's Iliad, one of the cornerstones of Western literature. Although many readers know that this literary masterwork is based on actual events, there is disagreement about how much of Homer's tale is true. Drawing on recent archeological research, historian and classicist Barry Strauss explains what really happened in Troy more than 3,000 years ago.
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Ancient Greek Cults
By: Larson, Jennifer
Published by: Routledge
Detailed enough to be used as a quick reference tool or text, this book uses archaeological, epigraphic, and literary sources; and incorporating current scholarly theories to serve as an excellent companion to any introduction to Greek mythology.
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Price: $39.95
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Animals, Gods and Humans
By: Gilhus, Ingvild Slid
Published by: Routledge
Consulting a range of key texts and source material, this book covers 800 years and provides a detailed analysis of early Christian attitudes to, and the position of, animals in Greek and Roman life and thought. Of interest to classicists, it examines the dominant themes and developments in the conception of animals.
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Apollo
By: Graf, Fritz
Published by: Routledge
From his first attestations in Homer, to the opposition between Apollo and Dionysos in nineteenth- and twentieth-century thinking, Graf examines Greek religion and myth to provide a full account of Apollo in the ancient world.
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Price: $30.95
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Athena
By: Deacy, Susan
Published by: Routledge
The definitive assessment of the various represenations and approaches to Athena, Susan Deacy does what no other has done before and brings all the aspects of this legendary figure into one, outstanding study.
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Price: $28.95
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Athenian Myths and Institutions
By: Tyrrell, Wm Blake; Brown, Frieda S.
Published by: Oxford University Press (US)
This book analyzes the relationships between Athenian myths and the institutions that informed them. In particular, it examines how myths encode thoughts on ritual, the code of the warrior, marriage, and politics. Combining traditional historical and literary criticism with the approaches of anthropologists, feminist critics, and cultural historians, the authors study specific examples of the epic and tragedy, as well as funeral orations and the Parthenon marbles, to illuminate the ways mythic media exploited the beliefs, concepts, and practices of fifth-century Athens, simultaneously exemplifying and shaping that culture.
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Classical Mythology
By: Morales, Helen
Published by: OUP Oxford
From Zeus and Europa, to Diana, Pan, and Prometheus, the myths of ancient Greece and Rome seem to exert a timeless power over us. But what do those myths represent, and why are they so enduringly fascinating? This imaginative and stimulating Very Short Introduction goes beyond a simple retelling of the stories to explore the rich history and diverse interpretations of classical myths in both high art and popular culture. - ;From Zeus and Europa, to Diana, Pan, and Prometheus, the myths of ancient Greece and Rome seem to exert a timeless power over us. But what do those myths represent, and why are they so enduringly fascinating? Why do they seem to be such a potent way of talking about our selves, our origins, and our desires?. This imaginative and stimulating Very Short Introduction goes beyond a simple retelling of the stories to explore the rich history and diverse interpretations of classical myths. It is a wide-ranging account, examining how classical myths are used and understood in both high art and popular culture, taking the reader from the temples of Crete to skyscrapers in New York, and finding classical myths in a variety of unexpected places: from arabic poetry and Hollywood films, to. psychoanalysis, the bible, and New Age spiritualism. -
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Cliffs Notes: Virgil's The Aeneid
By: McDougall, Richard; Pavlos, Suzanne
Published by: Hungry Minds
This concise supplement to Virgil's Aeneid helps students understand the overall structure of the work, actions and motivations of the characters, and the social and cultural perspectives of the author.
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A Companion to Greek Religion
By: Ogden, Daniel
Published by: Wiley-Blackwell
Covers various aspects of religion in the ancient Greek world from the archaic, through the classical and into the Hellenistic period. This book contains essays that provide a survey of a particular area reflecting contemporary scholarship. It emphasises on religious life as experienced by the Greeks at different times and in different places.
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Price: $170.00
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