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Greek and Roman Mythology

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Herakles and Hercules: Exploring a Graeco-Roman Divinity
edited by Louis Rawlings and Hugh Bowden
Herakles and Hercules: two names for a figure of pervasive appeal in Antiquity. He was a hero of myth and a god with cult associations. He was ancestor of Macedonian kings, patron of Carthaginian generals and of Roman emperors, and a role model for Stoic philosophers. As a performer of the famous labours, wanderer, liberator, madman and murderer of kin, Herakles-Hercules has retained his fascination down to the present. The eleven new studies in ...
Hardback. Publisher's Price GB £45.00, Our Price GB £19.95

Greek and Roman Myths: A Guide to the Classical Sources
by Philip Matyszak
The subtitle of this book may prove slightly misleading for this isn't really a guide to sources, but a lively introduction to Classical mythology. Philip Matyszak provides a synthesis of the main myths and legends, told in a chronological or hierarchical narrative from the creation of the universe and the early gods and immortals, to the Olympian Gods, other immortals, heroes, and finally to the Trojan War. Alongside the stories he gives a sense ...
Hardback. Price GB £12.95

Night's Black Agents: Witches, Wizards and the Dead in the Ancient World
by Daniel Ogden
Ogden presents a robust, no-nonsense introduction to magic in the ancient world - the introduction consists largely of an astoundingly forthright dismissal of almost all recent theorizing on the subject. His style of writing is hugely engaging, and the book interweaves retelling of Greek and Roman myths and stories about the supernatural with scholarly analysis. During the course of the book we meet the ancestors of many of our own horror ...
Hardback. Price GB £30.00

Classical Mythology: A Very Short Introduction
by Helen Morales
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 ...
Paperback. Price GB £6.99

Gods, Demigods and Demons: A Handbook of Greek Mythology
by Bernard Evslin
A concise yet wide-ranging encyclopaedia of Greek mythology that promises a vivid introduction to the great myths of ancient Greece. The readable and informative entries convey the significance of Greek mythology and its place at the core of Western culture. Whether you find yourself caught up in the single combat of Hector and Achilles before the looming walls of Troy; or find yourself transported, like Odysseus, by the haunting song of the ...
Paperback. Price GB £12.99

Im Spiegel des Mythos: Bilderwelt und Lebenswelt/Lo specchio del mito: Immaginario e realta
edited by Francesco de Angelis and Susanne Muth
This volume looks at representations of Greek myth in Roman pictorial art and literature. With contributions by such scholars as Paul Zanker and Kathleen Coleman, it is a must for anyone keen on keeping up to date with current views on Roman mythological imagery. It is not the easiest of reads, however, as the papers are in German and Italian!156p, many b/w pls, German/Italian/English text (Palilia 6, Reichert 1999)
Paperback. Price GB £28.00

Flint, Valerie I. J.
Evidence for witchcraft and magic in the Greek and Roman worlds comes from a variety of largely written sources including fictional literature, historical narratives, philosophical and scientific works, religious texts and performative sources. This book is divided into four parts with each author discussing different source material dating from the Homeric period to the rise of Christianity. Subjects: curse tablets and voodoo dolls (D ...
Paperback. Price GB £34.99
Hardback. Price GB £80.00

Interpretatio Etrusca: Greek Myths on Etruscan Mirrors
by L B van der Meer
293p, 109 illus. (Gieben 1995)
Paperback. Price GB £38.00

Story of Venus
Dalby, Andrew
Switching his attention from The Story of Bacchus to Venus, Andrew Dalby explores the mythological history of the goddess of love immortalised by Botticelli. His biography begins with the many different versions of her origins and birth as she emerged from the sea on a scallop-shell onto the shores of Cyprus. From here, he examines Venus' first appearance on Mount Olympia, her unsuccessful marriage to Hephaistos arranged by Zeus and her ...
Paperback. Publisher's Price GB £10.99, Our Price GB £3.95

Myth, Ritual and Metallurgy in Ancient Greece and Recent Africa
by Sandra Blakely
In this volume, Sandra Blakely considers technological myths and rituals associated with ancient Greek daimones, who made metal; and African rituals in which iron plays a central role. Noting the rich semantic web of associations that has connected ...
Hardback. Price GB £53.00