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Odyssey, The: Deluxe Edition
By: Homer; Fagles, Robert (trans.); Knox, Bernard (contrib.)
Published by: Penguin Group Inc.
This is a new translation of Homer's epic about Odysseus and his encounters with both natural and divine forces on the ten-year voyage home to Ithaca after the Trojan War. It contains an introduction and notes by Bernard Knox.
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Price: $14.95
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Oedipus Trilogy
By: Sophocles; Storr, F. (trans.)
Published by: The Floating Press
Oedipus the King also known as Oedipus Rex,/i> , is a Greek tragedy, written by Sophocles and first performed ca. 429 BC. The play was the second of Sophocles' three Theban plays to be produced, but comes first in the internal chronology of the plays, followed by Oedipus at Colonus and then Antigone . Over the centuries it has come to be regarded by many as the Greek tragedy par excellence . [Adapted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus_rex under the terms of the GNU-FDL]
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Price: $4.99
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The Routledge Book of World Proverbs
By: Stone, Jon R.
Published by: Routledge
Drawing together proverbs that transcend culture, time and space to provide a collection that is both useful and enjoyable, The Routledge Book of World Proverbs is, unquestionably, a book of enduring interest.
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Price: $26.95
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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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Price: $11.99
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American Folklore
By: Brunvand, Jan (ed.)
Published by: Taylor & Francis
Contains over 500 articles Ranging over foodways and folksongs, quiltmaking and computer lore, Pecos Bill, Butch Cassidy, and Elvis sightings, more than 500 articles spotlight folk literature, music, and crafts; sports and holidays; tall tales and legendary figures; genres and forms; scholarly approaches and theories; regions and ethnic groups; performers and collectors; writers and scholars; religious beliefs and practices. The alphabetically arranged entries vary from concise definitions to detailed surveys, each accompanied by a brief, up-to-date bibliography. Special features *More than 2000 contributors *Over 500 articles spotlight folk literature, music, crafts, and more *Alphabetically arranged *Entries accompanied by up-to-date bibliographies *Edited by America's best-known folklore authority
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Price: $66.00
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American Regional Folklore
By: Mood-Leopold, Terry Ann
Published by: ABC-CLIO
A guide to American regional folklore with advice on conducting research, regional essays, and an annotated bibliography. It covers library research, including how to locate a library suitable for folklore research, how to understand a library's resources, and how to construct a research strategy.
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Price: $105.00
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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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Price: $35.95
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Antigone
By: Sophocles
Published by: Oxford University Press (US)
Echoing through western culture for more than two millennia, Sophocles' play has been a touchstone of thinking about human conflict and human tragedy, the role of the divine in human life, and the degree to which men and women are the creators of their own destiny. This translation of the Antigone is both extremely faithful to the Greek.
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Price: $27.00
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Aphrodite and Eros
By: Breitenberger, Barbara
Published by: Routledge
This book offers a groundbreaking revision of the popular image of Aphrodite and Eros that lives on in Roman poetry (Venus and Cupid) and has inspired artists for centuries.
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Price: $65.00
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