Author: Gary Paulsen
Publisher: Yearling
ISBN: 0307803902
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 55
Book Description
A horrid shriek erupted from behind the stairs, and clammy, leathery wings exploded into Warren’s face. He slammed his eyes shut and beat the Gorgon off, hearing Rick’s sword swish through empty air. Warren dove back, rolled on his shoulder, and came up clear, his sword slicing in every direction… With his turned-up nose and pointy ears, Warren Trumbull looks a lot like a pig. Even in a world of evil warlocks and eight-foot cyclops, Warren is an oddball. He gets the worst assignments working for Prince Charming’s Damsel in Distress Rescue Agency: assignments like exterminating a Gorgon—a mean, green, scaly, creature with the power to turn humans to stone. Warren doesn’t want to become a rockhead. But he’ll need all his courage, and surprising secret weapon, to win his wildest battle ever!
The Gorgon Slayer
Author: Gary Paulsen
Publisher: Yearling
ISBN: 0307803902
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 55
Book Description
A horrid shriek erupted from behind the stairs, and clammy, leathery wings exploded into Warren’s face. He slammed his eyes shut and beat the Gorgon off, hearing Rick’s sword swish through empty air. Warren dove back, rolled on his shoulder, and came up clear, his sword slicing in every direction… With his turned-up nose and pointy ears, Warren Trumbull looks a lot like a pig. Even in a world of evil warlocks and eight-foot cyclops, Warren is an oddball. He gets the worst assignments working for Prince Charming’s Damsel in Distress Rescue Agency: assignments like exterminating a Gorgon—a mean, green, scaly, creature with the power to turn humans to stone. Warren doesn’t want to become a rockhead. But he’ll need all his courage, and surprising secret weapon, to win his wildest battle ever!
Publisher: Yearling
ISBN: 0307803902
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 55
Book Description
A horrid shriek erupted from behind the stairs, and clammy, leathery wings exploded into Warren’s face. He slammed his eyes shut and beat the Gorgon off, hearing Rick’s sword swish through empty air. Warren dove back, rolled on his shoulder, and came up clear, his sword slicing in every direction… With his turned-up nose and pointy ears, Warren Trumbull looks a lot like a pig. Even in a world of evil warlocks and eight-foot cyclops, Warren is an oddball. He gets the worst assignments working for Prince Charming’s Damsel in Distress Rescue Agency: assignments like exterminating a Gorgon—a mean, green, scaly, creature with the power to turn humans to stone. Warren doesn’t want to become a rockhead. But he’ll need all his courage, and surprising secret weapon, to win his wildest battle ever!
Perseus, the Gorgon-slayer (pt. 1)
Author: Manmohan Ghose
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Teacher notes
Author: Jane O'Loughlin
Publisher: Magic Bean
ISBN: 9781863744218
Category : Perseus (Greek mythology)
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
Perseus - the Gorgon slayer (Classics S.)
Publisher: Magic Bean
ISBN: 9781863744218
Category : Perseus (Greek mythology)
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
Perseus - the Gorgon slayer (Classics S.)
Perseus the Gorgon Slayer
Author: William John Gordon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Black Athena
Author: Martin Bernal
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 197880721X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1018
Book Description
Winner of the 1990 American Book Award What is classical about Classical civilization? In one of the most audacious works of scholarship ever written, Martin Bernal challenges the foundation of our thinking about this question. Classical civilization, he argues, has deep roots in Afroasiatic cultures. But these Afroasiatic influences have been systematically ignored, denied or suppressed since the eighteenth century—chiefly for racist reasons. The popular view is that Greek civilization was the result of the conquest of a sophisticated but weak native population by vigorous Indo-European speakers—Aryans—from the North. But the Classical Greeks, Bernal argues, knew nothing of this “Aryan model.” They did not see their institutions as original, but as derived from the East and from Egypt in particular. This long-awaited third and final volume of the series is concerned with the linguistic evidence that contradicts the Aryan Model of ancient Greece. Bernal shows how nearly 40 percent of the Greek vocabulary has been plausibly derived from two Afroasiatic languages – Ancient Egyptian and West Semitic. He also reveals how these derivations are not limited to matters of trade, but extended to the sophisticated language of politics, religion, and philosophy. This evidence, according to Bernal, greatly strengthens the hypothesis that in Greece an Indo-European-speaking population was culturally dominated by Ancient Egyptian and West Semitic speakers. Provocative, passionate, and colossal in scope, this volume caps a thoughtful rewriting of history that has been stirring academic and political controversy since the publication of the first volume.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 197880721X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1018
Book Description
Winner of the 1990 American Book Award What is classical about Classical civilization? In one of the most audacious works of scholarship ever written, Martin Bernal challenges the foundation of our thinking about this question. Classical civilization, he argues, has deep roots in Afroasiatic cultures. But these Afroasiatic influences have been systematically ignored, denied or suppressed since the eighteenth century—chiefly for racist reasons. The popular view is that Greek civilization was the result of the conquest of a sophisticated but weak native population by vigorous Indo-European speakers—Aryans—from the North. But the Classical Greeks, Bernal argues, knew nothing of this “Aryan model.” They did not see their institutions as original, but as derived from the East and from Egypt in particular. This long-awaited third and final volume of the series is concerned with the linguistic evidence that contradicts the Aryan Model of ancient Greece. Bernal shows how nearly 40 percent of the Greek vocabulary has been plausibly derived from two Afroasiatic languages – Ancient Egyptian and West Semitic. He also reveals how these derivations are not limited to matters of trade, but extended to the sophisticated language of politics, religion, and philosophy. This evidence, according to Bernal, greatly strengthens the hypothesis that in Greece an Indo-European-speaking population was culturally dominated by Ancient Egyptian and West Semitic speakers. Provocative, passionate, and colossal in scope, this volume caps a thoughtful rewriting of history that has been stirring academic and political controversy since the publication of the first volume.
Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece
Author: Alan H. Sommerstein
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110384876
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 461
Book Description
The oath was an institution of fundamental importance across a wide range of social interactions throughout the ancient Greek world, making a crucial contribution to social stability and harmony; yet there has been no comprehensive, dedicated scholarly study of the subject for over a century. This volume of a two-volume study explores the nature of oaths as Greeks perceived it, the ways in which they were used (and sometimes abused) in Greek life and literature, and their inherent binding power.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110384876
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 461
Book Description
The oath was an institution of fundamental importance across a wide range of social interactions throughout the ancient Greek world, making a crucial contribution to social stability and harmony; yet there has been no comprehensive, dedicated scholarly study of the subject for over a century. This volume of a two-volume study explores the nature of oaths as Greeks perceived it, the ways in which they were used (and sometimes abused) in Greek life and literature, and their inherent binding power.
The Classic Myths in English Literature
Author: Charles Mills Gayley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art (2nd ed.) (1911)
Author: Thomas Bulfinch
Publisher: Litres
ISBN: 5040836252
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1053
Book Description
Publisher: Litres
ISBN: 5040836252
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1053
Book Description
Indo-European Folk-Tales and Greek Legend
Author: W. R. Halliday
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107679087
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
This book contains the text of the Gray Lectures delivered in 1932 on the influence of Indo-European legend on Greek myth.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107679087
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
This book contains the text of the Gray Lectures delivered in 1932 on the influence of Indo-European legend on Greek myth.
indo-european folk-tales and greek legends
Author:
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description