Author: AesopPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Fables from Æsop and Myths from Palæphatus ... With a vocabulary by John T. White
Author: Aesop“The” Academy
Author: The Academy and Literature
Author: Academy, with which are Incorporated Literature and the English Review
Author: Some of the More Familiar Fables of Phædrus
Author: Phaedrus PhaedrusPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780656042586
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Excerpt from Some of the More Familiar Fables of Phaedrus: With a Vocabulary by John T. White, D.D. Oxon Ment. For the most part only portions of authors are read in the earlier stages of education, and a pupil is taken from one work to another in each successive half-year or term; so that a book needlessly large and proportionably expensive is laid aside after a short and but partial use. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
The Oxford Dictionary of Classical Myth and Religion
Author: S. R. F. PricePublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192802897
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 599
Book Description
The Dictionary of Classical Myth and Religion offers a fully rounded and highly authoritative point of access to all aspects of ancient religious life and thought. Dr Simon Price and Dr Emily Kearns, area advisers for the third edition of the Oxford Classical Dictionary, have come together to select, revise, edit, and in some cases wholly recast, a large number of key entries from OCD to create this handy, accessible reference work on mythology and religion in the Graeco-Roman world. Bringing to the attention of a wider audience the authority and scholarly rigour of OCD, the Oxford Dictionary of Classical Myth and Religion provides students, teachers, and general readers with an affordable comprehensive, and wide-ranging A-Z reference source. The Dictionary is unique in that in addition to Greek myths and Roman festivals it covers Greek and Roman religious places, monuments, religious personnel, divination, astrology, and magic, and also contains many entries on Judaism and Christianity in Greek and Roman times.
Anthology of Classical Myth
Author: Stephen M. TrzaskomaPublisher: Hackett Publishing
ISBN: 1624664997
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
This new edition of Anthology of Classical Myth offers selections from key Near Eastern texts—the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, Epic of Creation (Enuma Elish), and Atrahasis; the Hittite Song of Emergence; and the flood story from the book of Genesis—thereby enabling students to explore the many similarities between ancient Greek and Mesopotamian mythology and enhancing its reputation as the best and most complete collection of its kind.
Sex in the Ancient World from A to Z
Author: John YoungerPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134547021
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Comprehensive, reliable and eye-opening, this A to Z examines the sexual practices, expressions and attitudes of the Greeks and Romans, from Catullus and Caligula, to orgies and obscenity to pederasty and prostitution.
The Dictionary of Classical Mythology
Author: Pierre GrimalPublisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN: 9780631201021
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
The Dictionary of Classical Mythology is a unique companion to the ancient Greek and Roman myths and legends.
