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Heroes: The Greek Myths Reimagined
Uncovering Greek Mythology: A Beginner's Guide
into the World of Greek Gods and Goddesses (Mythology
Collection) Paperback December 10, 2020
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The
Complete World of Greek Mythology
Greek myths are among the most complex and
influential stories ever told. From the first millennium BC until
today, the myths have been repeated in an inexhaustible series of
variations and reinterpretations. They can be found in the latest
movies and television shows and in software for interactive
computer games.
This book combines a retelling of Greek myths with a comprehensive account of the world in which they developed�their themes, their relevance to Greek religion and society, and their relationship to the landscape.
- "Contexts, Sources, Meanings" describes the main literary and artistic sources for Greek myths, and their contexts, such as ritual and theater.
- "Myths of Origin" includes stories about the beginning of the cosmos, the origins of the gods, the first humans, and the founding of communities.
- "The Olympians: Power, Honor, Sexuality" examines the activities of all the main divinities.
- "Heroic exploits" concentrates on the adventures of Perseus, Jason, Herakles, and other heroes.
- "Family sagas" explores the dramas and catastrophes that befall heroes and heroines.
- "A Landscape of Myths" sets the stories within the context of the mountains, caves, seas, and rivers of Greece, Crete, Troy, and the Underworld.
- "Greek Myths after the Greeks" describes the rich tradition of retelling, from the Romans, through the Renaissance, to the twenty-first century.
Who's
Who in Greek and Roman Mythology DVD
Learn about the gods, heroes, and weird
creatures that provided Greek and Roman mythology with a
bizarre but interesting cast of characters. Hear about
their rather complicated interactions and understand why myths
were important to ancient people.
You Are There: Ancient Greece / Triumph DVD
Ancient Civilizations Athens and Ancient Greece DVD
The
Iliad
This groundbreaking English version by Robert Fagles is the most
important recent translation of Homer's great epic poem.
The verse translation has been hailed by scholars as the new
standard, providing an Iliad that delights modern
sensibility and aesthetic without sacrificing the grandeur and
particular genius of Homer's own style and language. The
Iliad is one of the two great epics of Homer,
and is typically described as one of the greatest war stories of
all time, but to say the Iliad is a war story does not
begin to describe the emotional sweep of its action and
characters: Achilles, Helen, Hector,
and other heroes of Greek myth and history in the tenth
and final year of the Greek siege of Troy.
Cliffsnotes
Homer's the Odyssey
The Odyssey is an epic poem that unfurls the story of Odysseus'
triumph over Troy and arduous journey home to reclaim
his kingdom. It has the elements of romance and adventure and the
psychological development of character thousands of years before
Freud. At 2,500 years old, it is one of the finest books ever
written; as poetry, it sets the standard for comparison; and it
serves as one of the foundations of the Western world's cultural
heritage.
A
Genealogical Chart of Greek Mythology
This unique work is the first comprehensive genealogical chart of
virtually all of the named figures of Greek mythology
that can be shown to be related. The product of more than 35 years
of research, the book includes a 72-page continuous chart that
links 3,673 named figures into a single "family tree" spanning 20
generations and an 80-page index that provides a citation to an
authoritative ancient source for each relationship.
The genealogy begins with Chaos and--based on works by Hesiod, Homer, Aeschylus, Pindar, Bacchylides, Herodotus, Euripides, Apollodorus, Pausanias, Diodorus Siculus, and scores of other ancient poets, playwrights, and writers--continues down through the Titans, the gods, legendary kings, and such well-known figures of literature as Odysseus, Jason, Antigone, and Helen of Troy, as well as hundreds of obscure figures, including their spouses, paramours, children, and descendants.
The chart shows all of the known relationships--parental, marital, and extramarital--of each figure. In addition to furnishing a citation for each relationship, the index provides brief descriptive information and indicates the quadrant and page of the continuous chart where the relationship is depicted. A two-page master chart illustrates the relationships among the principal figures.
The
Greek Myths
Endymion, Pelops, Daedalus,
Pygmalion -- we recognize the names, but what are the
stories behind these and other familiar gods from the Greek
pantheon -- names that recur throughout the history of
European culture?
Drawing on an enormous range of sources, Robert Graves has brought together elements of these myths in simple narrative form. He retells the adventures of the most important gods and heroes of the ancient Greeks. His work has become the reference for the serious scholar as well as the casual inquirer.
Dionysos
No other god of the Greeks is as widely present in the
monuments and nature of Greece and Italy, in the
sensuous tradition of antiquity, as Dionysos. In myth
and image, in visionary experience and ritual representation, the
Greeks possessed a complete expression of indestructible
life, the essence of Dionysos. In this work, the noted
mythologist and historian of religion Carl Kerenyi
presents a historical account of the religion of Dionysos
from its beginnings in the Minoan culture down to its
transition to a cosmic and cosmopolitan religion of late antiquity
under the Roman Empire. From the wealth of Greek literary,
epigraphic, and monumental traditions, Kerenyi constructs a
picture of Dionysian worship, always underlining the
constitutive element of myth.
Included in this study are the secret cult scenes of the women's mysteries both within and beyond Attica, the mystic sacrificial rite at Delphi, and the great public Dionysian festivals at Athens. The way in which the Athenian people received and assimilated tragedy in its immanent connection with Dionysos is seen as the greatest miracle in all cultural history. Tragedy and New Comedy are seen as high spiritual forms of the Dionysian religion, and the Dionysian element itself is seen as a chapter in the religious history of Europe.
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