Much more than a series of battle scenes, the Iliad is a work of extraordinary pathos and profundity that concerns itself with issues as fundamental as the meaning of life and deat...9999903117605Homer,
Oxford University Press
martes, 7 de mayo de 2024
A new captivating, inspiring, and totally perspective-shifting volume from the wife and husband team behind Gender Swapped Fairy Tales The Greek myths were first told thousands of...9999903108467Karrie Fransman Jonathan ...
Faber & Faber
lunes, 15 de abril de 2024
Stories of the Greek Gods and Heroes Vividly RetoldThe Greek Myths contains some of the most thrilling, romantic and unforgettable stories in all human history. From Achilles rampant on the fields of Troy, to the gods at sport on M...9999903107941Robin Waterfield
QUERCUS
domingo, 14 de abril de 2024
A general introduction to the classical world from its origins to the fall of the Roman empire. The book focuses on questions of how we know about Classical civilization from archa...9999903107897Stephen Kershaw
Robinson Publishing
domingo, 14 de abril de 2024
The book leads the reader through these vibrant stories, from the origins of the gods through to the homecomings of the Trojan heroes. All the familiar narratives are here, along w...9999903107880Stephen Kershaw,
Robinson Publishing
domingo, 14 de abril de 2024
In this lively and very readable history of the Roman Empire from its establishment in 27 BC to the barbarian incursions and the fall of Rome in AD 476, Kershaw draws on a range of...9999903107873Stephen P. Kershaw
Constable
domingo, 14 de abril de 2024
A fascinating collection of fairy tales by one of Ireland's greatest writers. A selection of nineteen stories taken from the author's book "Folk and Fairy Tales of Ireland". These...9999903105800W. B. Yeats
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
miércoles, 10 de abril de 2024
With Maps of the World's Great Empires and a Complete Geological Diagram of the Earth"Six millennia of world history at a glance, in more than 400 illustrations. Through thousands of dates, facts and quotes, all in chronological sequence, a 30-foot, visual panorama...9999903102731
Barnes Noble Books
lunes, 1 de abril de 2024
For use in schools and libraries only. The Beowulf story retold from the monster's point of view reveals the darker side of human nature and values.9999903102311John Gardner
Penguin Books Ltd
domingo, 31 de marzo de 2024
Traces the cultural developments of distinct periods in ancient Egyptian history through examples of architecture, sculpture, and artifacts.9999903098867Cyril Aldred
London; Thames & Hudson
martes, 26 de marzo de 2024
The Last Pagans Or the First Modern Europeans?'From the Fury of the Northmen deliver us, O Lord.' Between the eighth and eleventh centuries, the Vikings surged from their Scandinavian homeland to trade, raid and invade al...9999903086581Jonathan Clements,
Constable and Robinson
sábado, 24 de febrero de 2024
Assisted by his brother Hasdrubal, Hannibal rose to command the people of Carthage in 221 B.C. Drawing on the accounts of Livy and Polybius, Ernle Bradford documents the Punic War ...9999903085706Ernle Dusgate Selby Bradf...
Editors Varis
viernes, 23 de febrero de 2024
Humans cannot live without stories. But one story has proved itself the most durable and hauntingly real of all time. The mythic tale of Adam and Eve has shaped conceptions of huma...9999903073574Stephen Greenblatt
Bodley Head
jueves, 25 de enero de 2024
A modern prose version of the classical epic relates the wanderings and homecoming of a Greek warrior and hero9999903072331Homer
Wordsworth Editions, Ltd
miércoles, 24 de enero de 2024
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