Gods and Heroes of Ancient Greece

Gods and Heroes of Ancient Greece

Author: Gustav Schwab

Publisher: Pantheon

ISBN: 9780307805188

Category: Fiction

Page: 768

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From fire-stealing Prometheus to scene-stealing Helen of Troy, from Jason and his golden fleece to Oedipus and his mother, this collection of classic tales from Greek mythology demonstrates the inexhaustible vitality of a timeless cultural legacy. These stories of heroes and powerful gods and goddesses are set forth simply and movingly, in language that retains the power and drama of the original works by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Homer. Introduction by Werner Jaeger With black-and-white illustrations throughout Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library
Gods and Heroes in Late Archaic Greek Art
Language: en
Pages: 375

Gods and Heroes in Late Archaic Greek Art

Authors: Karl Schefold, Luca Giuliani
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 1992-12-03 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

This volume is the sequel to Karl Schefold's Myth and Legend in Early Greek Art, and the second in his ambitious project to trace the representation of the Greek myths in Greek art from the beginnings down to the Hellenistic period.
Celtic Gods and Heroes
Language: en
Pages: 104

Celtic Gods and Heroes

Authors: Marie-Louise Sjoestedt
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-09-18 - Publisher: Courier Corporation

Noted French scholar and linguist discusses gods of the continental Celts, beginnings of mythology in Ireland, Irish mother-goddesses and chieftain-gods, and heroes.
Gods and Heroes
Language: en
Pages: 304

Gods and Heroes

Authors: Korwin Briggs
Categories: Juvenile Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-08-21 - Publisher: Workman Publishing

Meet the Original Superheroes. Before there was Batman, Wonder Woman, or Black Panther...there was Indra, Hindu king of gods, who battled a fearsome snake to save the world from drought. Athena, the powerful Greek goddess of wisdom who could decide the fate of battles before they even began. Okuninushi, the
Gods and Heroes
Language: en
Pages: 321

Gods and Heroes

Authors: Michael Foss
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-01-24 - Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books

The travelling storyteller combined many talents: scholar, educator, linguist, poet and musician. He showed learning, curiosity and judgement, but most of all he could not resist a good story. True to their original telling and stripped of the sanitization of later centuries, these powerful tales make compelling reading. The traveller's
Slavic Gods and Heroes
Language: en
Pages: 186

Slavic Gods and Heroes

Authors: Judith Kalik, Alexander Uchitel
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-07-11 - Publisher: Routledge

This book offers a radical reinterpretation of the Slavic pagan religion made on the basis of a thorough re-examination of all reliable sources. What did Slavic pagan religion have in common with the Afro-American cult of voodoo? Why were no Slavic gods mentioned before the mid-tenth century, and why were