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Die Erzählung von Meleagros: Zur literarischen Entwicklung der kalydonischen Kultlegende
by Peter Grossardt
A detailed and heavily annotated analysis of the myth of the Calydonian boar hunt and other adventures in the story of Meleagros. Grossardt examines the literary context of a wide range of Homeric, Greek, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine texts and sources ...
Hardback. Price GB £88.00
Greek Nymphs: Myth, Cult, Lore
by Jennifer Larson
`This well-illustrated book examines nymphs as both religious and mythopoetic figures, tracing their development and significance in Greek culture from Homer through the Hellenistic period. The book includes a survey of the evidence for myths and cults of ...
Paperback. Price GB £21.00
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 GB £15.95
Hardback. Price GB £42.50
Memories of Odysseus: Frontier Tales from Ancient Greece
by François Hartog
First published in French in 1996, this is a new English translation of Hartog's examination of how Greeks opposed themselves to `others', how they perceived themselves and how they, initially through the persona of Odysseus, moved through the outside ...
Paperback. Price GB £18.00
Hardback. Price GB £55.00
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 GB £27.50
The Daily Life of the Greek Gods
by Giulia Sissa and Marcel Detienne, translated by Janet Lloyd
The omnipresent Greek gods were an essential part of everyday life and, as Homer wrote, born from the same mother as the human race. The authors interpret sources in new and innovative ways to study the similarities, differences and the intricate ...
Paperback. Price GB £16.50
Hardback. Price GB £32.50
Greek Myths and Legends
by Diana Ferguson
Diana Ferguson retells thirty Greek myths, each accompanied by lavish photographs of vases, mosaics and scuptures. The myths are arranged by four themes: the Gods of Olympus, which tells the story of the divine family from Cronos to the deluge; the Magic ...
Hardback. Price GB £17.99
An Introduction to Greek Mythology: Stories, Symbols and Culture
by John M Bell, edited by Padraig O'Cleirigh and Rex Barrell
This volume, based on the lectures of Dr John Bell, aims to encourage readers with some knowledge of Greek mythology to consider more deeply the significance of the myths and their cultural context. The study is arranged into ten parts which highlight the ...
Hardback. Price GB £49.95
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 GB £17.50
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 GB £50.00
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