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Publisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 1606060120
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 64

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A retelling of Homer's The Odyssey.

Author: Homer
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Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Bruce LaFontaine
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486433288
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Twenty-seven dramatic, ready-to-color illustrations depict the legendary Greek hero and his crew as they encounter the terrible Cyclops, confront a tribe of giant cannibals, and face other challenges. Captions.

Author: Clifton Fadiman
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60

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Author: Francois Hartog
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474468942
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 273

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No detailed description available for "Memories of Odysseus".

Author: Mary W. Helms
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400859549
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 311

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What do long-distance travelers gain from their voyages, especially when faraway lands are regarded as the source of esoteric knowledge? Mary Helms explains how various cultures interpret space and distance in cosmological terms, and why they associate political power with information about strange places, peoples, and things. She assesses the diverse goals of travelers, be they Hindu pilgrims in India, Islamic scholars of West Africa, Navajo traders, or Tlingit chiefs, and discusses the most extensive experience of long-distance contact on record--that between Europeans and native peoples--and the clash of cultures that arose from conflicting expectations about the "faraway.". The author describes her work as "especially concerned with the political and ideological contexts or auras within which long-distance interests and activities may be conducted ... Not only exotic materials but also intangible knowledge of distant realms and regions can be politically valuable `goods,' both for those who have endured the perils of travel and for those sedentary homebodies who are able to acquire such knowledge by indirect means and use it for political advantage." Originally published in 1988. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author: Charles Lamb
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Odysseus (Greek mythology)
Languages : en
Pages : 170

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Author: Timothy Severin
Publisher:
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Category : Classical geography
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Mauricio Obregon
Publisher: Modern Library
ISBN: 0375506810
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 146

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The story of Jason and the Argonauts and Homer's tales of Ulysses' wanderings are among the greatest of the ancient epics, but they are not merely fiction. Following the clues in the classical texts, Mauricio Obregón here maps the likely routes of these adventurers and reveals the remaining traces of the things and places they describe, re-creating the geographical discovery of the ancient world. Obregón takes us with him on his reenactments of the hazardous adventures of Jason, sailing east along the coast of the Black Sea, and of Ulysses, sailing clockwise around the Mediterranean. These voyages map the two major seas of the ancient era and help us understand how the Greeks viewed their world — including the many startling deductions they were able to make about it (such as the circumference of the earth) from what today seems like limited knowledge. Obregón has also traced the voyages depicted in the Norse legends, followed adventurous Muslims on southern journeys, and emulated the Polynesians who managed to traverse the seemingly limitless Pacific. He scrutinizes every detail of sailing in ancient times, such as the mechanics of navigation: The stars, for example, which the mariners took as their guides, were not in the positions that we see them in today, a crucial fact in re-creating past voyages. This wonderful book contains more than forty drawings and photographs, including depictions of the explorers' ships based on the descriptions in the literature that has come down to us, the facts hidden in the fiction, from ancient times.

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Languages : en
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