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Menschenopfer und Mord am Altar
by Dirk Steuernagel
A survey of Greek mythology on Etruscan graves, starting with a catalogue of the most common myths depicted - the sacrifices of Polyxena and Iphigenia and the recognition of Paris, for example - and instances in Etruscan sarcophagi and urns. This is followed by a discussion of the significance of Greek mythology in Etruscan graves and a catalogue of the monuments. 222p, 50 b/w pls (Dr Ludwig Reichert, 1998)
Paperback. Price US$68.00
Greek Gods, Human Lives
by Mary Lefkowitz
The mythology of ancient Greece has fascinated readers for two millennia and has formed the basis of Western civilization. The Greek gods are a perennial source of delight because they seem so much like us: in their rages, their love affairs, and their obsession with honor, the gods often appear all too human.
In Greek Gods, Human Lives, preeminent classicist Mary Lefkowitz reintroduces readers to the literature of ancient ...
Hardback. Price US$30.00
Aspects of the Cult of Cybele and Attis on the Monuments from the Republic of Croatia
by Aleksandra Nikoloska
The cult of Cybele and Attis is a spiritual phenomenon of wide chronological and geographical range. There is abundant documentation of its existence, but even more numerous are the works of scholars engaged in the interpretation of the cult and the ...
Paperback. Price US$72.50
Have You Been to Delphi? Tales of the Ancient Chronicle in Modern Minds
by Roger Lipsey
Yes, I have been to Delphi but this is probably not the book to read before, during or after a visit. Lipsey's aim is to reinterpret tales from ancient visitors to Delphi in order to explain the relevance of the Oracle to the modern world. The book avoids ...
Paperback. Price US$19.95
Hardback. Price US$59.50
Die Adonis-Gärten: Gewürtze und Düfte in der griechischen Mythologie
by Marcel Detienne
A German translation of Marcel Detienne's study which challenges the view that the vegetation god Adonis represented the annual cycle of growth and decay in agriculture, Detienne contrasts the festivals of Adonis with those dedicated to Demeter and ...
Hardback. Price US$49.50
Liebesleiden in der Antike: Die Erotika Pathemata des Parthenios
edited by Kai Brodersen
A German translation, with Greek text, of the Erotika Pathemata of Parthenius of Nicaea in Asia Minor. During the 1st century BC he summarised in prose the tales of lost or unrequited love that were drawn from the works of a range of Greek poets ...
Hardback. Price US$31.50
Light of the Gods: The Role of Light in Archaic and Classical Greek Cult
by Eva Parisinou
A detailed and informative study of the use and significance of light and fire from the 7th to 4th century BC as portrayed in literary texts, inscriptions, art and physical remains. Eva Parisinou looks at both earthly lighting devices such as torches and ...
Hardback. Price US$90.00
The Olympians: Ancient Deities As Archetypes
edited by Joanne H. Stroud
Twelve dimensions of human emotion and behavior revealed through the ancient gods, such as Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Artemis, Athena, Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Demeter, Hestia, and Hermes. 132p (Continuum 1998)
Paperback. Publisher's Price US$18.95, Our Price US$6.98
The Great God Pan
by John Boardman
A lively survey by a leading expert on Greek art, examining the representation of the cloven-hoofed deity from archaic Greece, through Pan's `rediscovery' in the Renaissance and up to our own times, accompanied by many illustrations of related art and ...
Hardback. Price US$16.95
The Experiences of Tiresias: The Feminine and the Greek Man
by Nicole Loraux
Tiresias was the Greek shepherd struck with blindness on seeing Athena's naked body; Loraux uses this image as a metaphor for the subject of this book, the ambivalence in the self-definition of Greek men in relation to women. She shows that the `official' ...
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