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This unique introduction emphasizes how ancient Scandinavians understood and made use of their mythological stories.
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Jane Alison, the critically acclaimed author of The Love Artist, now takes on an equally demanding and in some ways more rigorous challenge:... Læs mere
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Archaic Greeks honored gods by offering dedications, often inscribed with epigrams. This book reconstructs ancient encounters with... Læs mere
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Originally published: Locust Valley, N.Y.: J. J. Augustin, 1975.
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What is poetry? Why do human beings produce and consume it? What effects does it have on them? Can it give them insight into truth, or is it dangerously misleading? This book is a wide-ranging study of the very varied answers ancient philosophers gave to these questions.
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Scholars have long maintained that Machiavelli's "The Prince" does not develop a single sustained argument but rather presents a set of disparate... Læs mere
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Presents a selection from Ovid's Metamorphoses, his witty, amusing and richly influential collection of Greek and Roman myths. The book is designed for... Læs mere
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The aim of this book is to explore the realm of the imaginary world of Greek mythology and present the reader with a categorization of monstrosity, referring to some of the most noted examples in each category.
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This selection of lapidary nuggets drawn from 33 of antiquity’s major authors includes poetry, dialogue, philosophical writing, history, descriptive reporting, satire, and fiction—giving a glimpse at the wide range of arts and sciences, thought and styles, of Greco-Roman culture.
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Medieval Literature and Social Politics brings together seventeen articles by literary historian Stephen Knight. It will be... Læs mere
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This volume introduces readers to classical Chinese literature from its beginnings (ca. 10th century BCE) to the tenth century BCE... Læs mere
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This book investigates the history of violence in medieval Iceland, testing theoretical tools by applying them to a series of case studies drawn from the Icelandic sagas.