Author: Mary Renault
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Lion Gateway: Heroic Battles Greeks persians Marathon, Salamis, Thermopylae
Author: Mary Renault
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
The Idea of Marathon
Author: Sonya Nevin
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350157619
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
The Battle of Marathon changed the course of history in ancient Greece. To many, the impossible seemed to have been achieved - the mighty Persian Empire halted in its advance. What happened that day, why was the battle fought, and how did people make sense of it? This bold new history of the battle examines how the conflict unfolded and the ideas attached to it in antiquity and beyond. Many thought the battle offered lessons in how people should behave, with heroism to be emulated and faults to be avoided. While the battle itself was fought in one day, the battle for the idea of Marathon has lasted ever since. After immersing you in the battle, this work will help you to explore how the ancient Athenians used the battle in their relations between themselves and others, and how the battle continued to be used to express ideas about gods, empire, and morality in the age of Alexander and his successors, at Rome and in Greece under the Roman Empire, and in the ages after antiquity, even in our own era, in which Marathon plays a remarkable role in sport, film, and children's literature with each retelling a re-imagining of the battle and its meaning. A clash of weapons, gods, and principles, this is Marathon as you've never seen it before!
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350157619
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
The Battle of Marathon changed the course of history in ancient Greece. To many, the impossible seemed to have been achieved - the mighty Persian Empire halted in its advance. What happened that day, why was the battle fought, and how did people make sense of it? This bold new history of the battle examines how the conflict unfolded and the ideas attached to it in antiquity and beyond. Many thought the battle offered lessons in how people should behave, with heroism to be emulated and faults to be avoided. While the battle itself was fought in one day, the battle for the idea of Marathon has lasted ever since. After immersing you in the battle, this work will help you to explore how the ancient Athenians used the battle in their relations between themselves and others, and how the battle continued to be used to express ideas about gods, empire, and morality in the age of Alexander and his successors, at Rome and in Greece under the Roman Empire, and in the ages after antiquity, even in our own era, in which Marathon plays a remarkable role in sport, film, and children's literature with each retelling a re-imagining of the battle and its meaning. A clash of weapons, gods, and principles, this is Marathon as you've never seen it before!
Twentieth Century Fiction
Author: George Woodcock
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349170666
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349170666
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
American Book Publishing Record
Author:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1558
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1558
Book Description
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
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Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
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Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Writers Directory
Author: NA NA
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349036501
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1555
Book Description
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349036501
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1555
Book Description
Mary Renault
Author: David Sweetman
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
One of the most popular novelists of the 20th century, and the first to present homosexual love in popular novels, Renault shunned publicity. In a candid biography, Sweetman, one of few ever granted an interview with the reclusive Renault, tells her intriguing and fascinating story. Photos.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
One of the most popular novelists of the 20th century, and the first to present homosexual love in popular novels, Renault shunned publicity. In a candid biography, Sweetman, one of few ever granted an interview with the reclusive Renault, tells her intriguing and fascinating story. Photos.
The National Union Catalogs, 1963-
Author:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 650
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Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
Social Education
Author: Erling Messer Hunt
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
Includes section "Book reviews".
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
Includes section "Book reviews".
St. James Reference Guide to English Literature: 20th Century Fiction
Author:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 804
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