Nemesis And The Swan

Author : Lindsay K. Bandy
Publisher : Blackstone Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-27
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781094059730

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Nemesis and the Swan by Lindsay K. Bandy Pdf

From her prison cell in revolutionary Paris, nineteen-year-old aristocrat Hélène d’Aubign recalls the events that led her to choose between following in her parents’ unforgivable footsteps or abandoning the man she loves. Despite her world of privilege, Hélène is inspired early on by the radical ideas of her progressive governess. Though her family tries to intervene, the seeds of revolution have already been planted in Hélène’s heart, as are the seeds of love from an unlikely friendship with a young jeweler’s apprentice. Hélène’s determination to find true love is as revolutionary as her attempt to unravel the truth behind a concealed murder that tore her family apart. As violence erupts in Paris, Hélène is forced into hiding with her estranged family, where the tangled secrets of their past become entwined with her own. When she finally returns to the blood-stained streets of Paris, she finds everything—and everyone—very much changed. In a city where alliances shift overnight, no one knows whom to trust. Faced with looming war, the mystery of her family’s past, and the man she loves near death, Hélène will soon find out if doing one wrong thing will make everything right, or if it will simply push her closer to the guillotine.

Author : Angela L. Cotten,Christa Davis Acampora
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780791480571

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Cultural Sites of Critical Insight by Angela L. Cotten,Christa Davis Acampora Pdf

Bringing together criticism on both African American and Native American women writers, this book offers fresh perspectives on art and beauty, truth, justice, community, and the making of a good and happy life. The essays draw on interdisciplinary, feminist, and comparative methods in the works of writers such as Toni Morrison, Leslie Silko, Alice Walker, Linda Hogan, Paula Gunn Allen, Luci Tapahonso, Phillis Wheatley, and Sherley Anne Williams, making them more accessible for critical consideration in the fields of aesthetics, philosophy, and critical theory. The contributors formulate unique frameworks for interpreting the multiple levels of complex, cultural play between Native American and African American women writers in America, and pave the way for innovative hermeneutic possibilities for reassessing writers of both traditions.

Author : Emma Stafford
Publisher : Classical Press of Wales
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2000-12-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781914535246

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Worshipping Virtues by Emma Stafford Pdf

The Greeks, in Dr. Johnson's phrase, 'shock the mind by ascribing effects to non-entity'. The culture of ancient Greece was thronged with personifications. In poetry and the visual arts, personified figures of what might seem abstractions claim our attention. This study examines the logic, the psychology and the practice of Greeks who worshipped these personifications with temples and sacrifices, and addressed them with hymns and prayers. Emma Stafford conducts case-studies of deified 'abstractions', such as Peitho (Persuasion), Eirene (Peace) and Hygieia (Health). She also considers general questions of Greek psychology, such as why so many of these figures were female. Modern scholars have asked, Did the Greeks believe their own myths? This study contributes importantly to the debate, by exploring widespread and creative popular theology in the historical period.

Author : Roberto Calasso
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780804151344

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The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony by Roberto Calasso Pdf

Presenting the stories of Zeus and Europa, Theseus and Ariadne, the birth of Athens and the fall of Troy, in all their variants, Calasso also uncovers the distant origins of secrets and tragedy, virginity, and rape. "A perfect work like no other. (Calasso) has re-created . . . the morning of our world."--Gore Vidal. 15 engravings.

Author : Nicole Loraux
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781400864065

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The Experiences of Tiresias by Nicole Loraux Pdf

Nicole Loraux has devoted much of her writing to charting the paths of the Greek "imaginary," revealing a collective masculine psyche fraught with ambivalence as it tries to grasp the differences between nature and culture, body and soul, woman and man. The Experiences of Tiresias, its title referring to the shepherd struck blind after glimpsing Athena's naked body, captures this ambivalence in exploring how the Greek male defines himself in relationship to the feminine. In these essays, Loraux disturbs the idea of virile men and feminine women, a distinction found in official discourse and aimed at protecting the ideals of male identity from any taint of the feminine. Turning to epic and to Socrates, however, she insists on a logic of an inclusiveness between the genders, which casts a shadow over their clear, officially defined borders. The emphasis falls on the body, often associated with feminine vulnerability and weakness, and often dissociated from the ideal of the brave, self-sacrificing male warrior. But heroes such as the Homeric Achilles, who fears yet fights bravely, and Socrates, who speaks of the soul through the language of the body, challenge these representations. The anatomy of pain, the heroics of childbirth, the sorrows of tears, the warrior's wounds, and the madness of the soul: all these experiences are shown to engage with both the masculine and the feminine in ways that do not denigrate the experiences for either gender. Originally published in 1995. 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 : Jordi Pàmias
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110545326

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Apollodoriana by Jordi Pàmias Pdf

A growing interest in myth over the last decades has brought to the fore the main mythographical manual that has came down to us from Antiquity: Apollodorus’ Bibliotheca. A number of recent editions shows this trend, like the commented translations of Carrière & Massonie (1991) and Scarpi & Ciani (1996), the translations of Guidorizzi (1995), Brodersen (2004), Dräger (2005) and Smith & Trzaskoma (2007) or the critical text by Papathomopoulos (2010). The publication of the first two volumes (2010 and 2012) of Cuartero’s massive critical and commented bilingual edition for the Fundació Bernat Metge series seemed the occasion to address this text from innovative scholarly perspectives. The origins of the present volume lay in a colloquium held at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in 2013. Despite its crucial interest for the scientific study of ancient myth, no conference devoted to this engaging text was held prior to that one. And, to this date, no monographic volume on Apollodorus’ mythology exists either. To cover a broader scope of analysis, three further papers have been commissioned to other specialists. This collection of essays is meant to be a homage to Francesc J. Cuartero.

Author : Eratosthenes,Hyginus,Aratus
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-14
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780191026522

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Constellation Myths by Eratosthenes,Hyginus,Aratus Pdf

'Athena seized the writhing serpent and hurled it into the sky, and fixed it to the very pole of the heavens.' The constellations we recognize today were first mapped by the ancient Greeks, who arranged the stars into patterns for that purpose. In the third century BC Eratosthenes compiled a handbook of astral mythology in which the constellations were associated with figures from legend, and myths were provided to explain how each person, creature, or object came to be placed in the sky. Thus we can see Heracles killing the Dragon, and Perseus slaying the sea-monster to save Andromeda; Orion chases the seven maidens transformed by Zeus into the Pleiades, and Aries, the golden ram, is identified flying up to the heavens. This translation brings together the later summaries from Eratosthenes' lost handbook with a guide to astronomy compiled by Hyginus, librarian to Augustus. Together with Aratus's astronomical poem the Phaenomena, these texts provide a complete collection of Greek astral myths; imaginative and picturesque, they also offer an intriguing insight into ancient science and culture. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Author : Ian Ridpath
Publisher : Lutterworth Press
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-06-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780718847814

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Star Tales by Ian Ridpath Pdf

Every night, a pageant of Greek mythology circles overhead. Perseus flies to the rescue of Andromeda, Orion faces the charge of the snorting Bull, and the ship of the Argonauts sails in search of the Golden Fleece. Constellations are the invention of the human imagination, not of nature. They are an expression of the human desire to impress its own order upon the apparent chaos of the night sky. Modern science tells us that these twinkling points of light are glowing balls of gas, but the ancient Greeks, to whom we owe many of our constellations, knew nothing of this. Ian Ridpath, well-known astronomy writer and broadcaster, has been intrigued by the myths of the stars for many years. Star Tales is the first modern guide to combine all the fascinating myths in one book, illustrated with the beautiful and evocative engravings from two of the leading star atlases: Johann Bode's Uranographia of 1801 and John Flamsteed's Atlas Ceolestis of 1729. This is an excellent reference and the perfect gift for the armchair astronomer and those interested in classical mythology alike.

Author : Richard J. Finneran
Publisher : Springer
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1982-06-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781349053247

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Yeats Annual by Richard J. Finneran Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781472503046

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No Laughing Matter by Anonim Pdf

No Laughing Matter is a wide-ranging collection of new studies of the comic theatre of Athens, from its origins until the 340s BCE. Fifteen international scholars employ an array of approaches and methodologies that will appeal to Classics and Theatre scholars while still remaining accessible to students. By including discussions of fragmentary authors alongside Aristophanes, the collection provides a broad understanding of the richness of Athenian comedy. The collection showcases the best of the new scholarship on Old and Middle Comedy, using the most up-to-date texts and tools. No Laughing Matter has been prepared in tribute to Professor Ian Storey of Trent University (Peterborough, Ontario), whose work on Athenian comedy will continue to shape scholarship for many years to come.

Author : Kieron Connolly
Publisher : Amber Books Ltd
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781782741978

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Stories of the Constellations by Kieron Connolly Pdf

The stories behind the 12 star signs (such as the Gemini twins, the Taurus bull), along with more than 25 other characters from mythology who also have a place in the heavens, such as Perseus carrying Medusa’s head of snakes, three-headed dog Cerberus and hero Hercules fighting the dragon Draco.

Author : J.E. Harrison
Publisher : Рипол Классик
Page : 593 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : History
ISBN : 9785872589761

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Themis by J.E. Harrison Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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themis a study of the social origins of greek religion by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jane E. Harrison
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010-06-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108009492

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Themis by Jane E. Harrison Pdf

The revolutionary classical scholar Jane Ellen Harrison pieces together the origins of early Greek religion in this seminal 1927 work.

Author : Amy C. Smith
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-22
Category : Art
ISBN : 9789004194175

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Polis and Personification in Classical Athenian Art by Amy C. Smith Pdf

Ancient Greek artists pioneered in the allegorical use of personifications of political ideas, events, places, institutions, and peoples in visual arts. This book surveys and interprets these personifications within the intellectual and political climate of the golden age of Athens.