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  • From Homer to Hatzi-Yavrouda

    Aspects of Oral Narration in the Greek Tradition

    Edited by Marianthi Kaplanoglou, George Katsadoros, Birgit Olsen, Christos Zafiropoulo ...
    Series series Monographs of the Danish Institute at Athens
    "From Homer to Hatzi-Yavrouda – Aspects of Oral Narration in the Greek Tradition" provides a multidisciplinary discussion of the concept of orality in the framework of Greek narrative tradition, from Antiquity to the 21st century. Orality is a prominent concept in contemporary folkloristics, philology, and other related fields and a basic concept for the study of culture in a historical and ... Read more

    $29.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tracing the Indo-Europeans

    New evidence from archaeology and historical linguistics

    Edited by Thomas Olander, Kristian Kristiansen, Birgit Anette Olsen ...
    Recent developments in aDNA has reshaped our understanding of later European prehistory, and at the same time also opened up for more fruitful collaborations between archaeologists and historical linguists. Two revolutionary genetic studies, published independently in Nature, 2015, showed that prehistoric Europe underwent two successive waves of migration, one from Anatolia consistent with the ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Classical Mythology

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Helen Morales ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    From Zeus and Europa, to Diana, Pan, and Prometheus, the myths of ancient Greece and Rome seem to exert a timeless power over us. But what do those myths represent, and why are they so enduringly fascinating? Why do they seem to be such a potent way of talking about our selves, our origins, and our desires? This imaginative and stimulating Very Short Introduction goes beyond a simple retelling of ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • A Companion to Greek Mythology

    Edited by Ken Dowden, Niall Livingstone ...
    Series series Wiley Companions to the Ancient World
    A Companion to Greek Mythology presents a series of essays that explore the phenomenon of Greek myth from its origins in shared Indo-European story patterns and the Greeks’ contacts with their Eastern Mediterranean neighbours through its development as a shared language and thought-system for the Greco-Roman world.Features essays from a prestigious international team of literary expertsIncludes ... Read more

    $46.00 USD

  • Approaches to Greek Myth

    by Lowell Edmunds ...
    "A handy introduction to some of the more useful methodological approaches to and the previous scholarship on the subject of Greek myths." — PhoenixSince the first edition of Approaches to Greek Myth was published in 1990, interest in Greek mythology has surged. There was no simple agreement on the subject of "myth" in classical antiquity, and there remains none today. Is myth a narrative or a ... Read more

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  • Resurrection and Reception in Early Christianity

    by Richard C. Miller ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Religion
    This book offers an original interpretation of the origin and early reception of the most fundamental claim of Christianity: Jesus’ resurrection. Richard Miller contends that the earliest Christians would not have considered the New Testament accounts of Jesus’ resurrection to be literal or historical, but instead would have recognized this narrative as an instance of the trope of divine ... Read more

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  • The Cambridge Companion to Homer

    Edited by Robert Fowler ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    The Cambridge Companion to Homer is a guide to the essential aspects of Homeric criticism and scholarship, including the reception of the poems in ancient and modern times. Written by an international team of scholars, it is intended to be the first port of call for students at all levels, with introductions to important subjects and suggestions for further exploration. Alongside traditional ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • The Book of Greek and Roman Folktales, Legends, and Myths

    by William Hansen ...
    The first anthology ever to present the entire range of ancient Greek and Roman stories—from myths and fairy tales to jokesCaptured centaurs and satyrs, talking animals, people who suddenly change sex, men who give birth, the temporarily insane and the permanently thick-witted, delicate sensualists, incompetent seers, a woman who remembers too much, a man who cannot laugh—these are just some of ... Read more

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  • The Cambridge Companion to Greek Mythology

    Edited by Roger D. Woodard ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    Professor Roger Woodard brings together a group of the world's most authoritative scholars of classical myth to present a thorough treatment of all aspects of Greek mythology. Sixteen original articles guide the reader through all aspects of the ancient mythic tradition and its influence around the world and in later years. The articles examine the forms and uses of myth in Greek oral and written ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • A Companion to Classical Receptions

    Edited by Lorna Hardwick, Christopher Stray ...
    Examining the profusion of ways in which the arts, culture, and thought of Greece and Rome have been transmitted, interpreted, adapted and used, A Companion to Classical Receptions explores the impact of this phenomenon on both ancient and later societies.Provides a comprehensive introduction and overview of classical reception - the interpretation of classical art, culture, and thought in later ... Read more

    $50.00 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion

    Edited by Esther Eidinow, Julia Kindt ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    This handbook offers both students and teachers of ancient Greek religion a comprehensive overview of the current state of scholarship in the subject, from the Archaic to the Hellenistic periods. It not only presents key information, but also explores the ways in which such information is gathered and the different approaches that have shaped the area. In doing so, the volume provides a crucial ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Untangling Blackness in Greek Antiquity

    by Sarah F. Derbew ...
    How should articulations of blackness from the fifth century BCE to the twenty-first century be properly read and interpreted? This important and timely new book is the first concerted treatment of black skin color in the Greek literature and visual culture of antiquity. In charting representations in the Hellenic world of black Egyptians, Aithiopians, Indians, and Greeks, Sarah Derbew dexterously ... Read more

    $22.99 USD