Author : Homer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Achilles (Greek mythology)
ISBN : IND:30000055102689
Sing Me, Goddess
Homer
Sing Me Goddess
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Wrath Goddess Sing
Maya Deane
Author : Maya Deane
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780063161207
Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya Deane Pdf
Drawing on ancient texts and modern archeology to reveal the trans woman’s story hidden underneath the well-known myths of The Iliad, Maya Deane’s Wrath Goddess Sing weaves a compelling, pitilessly beautiful vision of Achilles’ vanished world, perfect for fans of Song of Achilles and the Inheritance trilogy. The gods wanted blood. She fought for love. Achilles has fled her home and her vicious Myrmidon clan to live as a woman with the kallai, the transgender priestesses of Great Mother Aphrodite. When Odysseus comes to recruit the “prince” Achilles for a war against the Hittites, she prepares to die rather than fight as a man. However, her divine mother, Athena, intervenes, transforming her body into the woman’s body she always longed for, and promises her everything: glory, power, fame, victory in war, and, most importantly, a child born of her own body. Reunited with her beloved cousin, Patroklos, and his brilliant wife, the sorceress Meryapi, Achilles sets out to war with a vengeance. But the gods—a dysfunctional family of abusive immortals that have glutted on human sacrifices for centuries—have woven ancient schemes more blood-soaked and nightmarish than Achilles can imagine. At the center of it all is the cruel, immortal Helen, who sees Achilles as a worthy enemy after millennia of ennui and emptiness. In love with her newfound nemesis, Helen sets out to destroy everything and everyone Achilles cherishes, seeking a battle to the death. An innovative spin on a familiar tale, this is the Trojan War unlike anything ever told, and an Achilles whose vulnerability is revealed by the people she chooses to fight…and chooses to trust.
Homer
Jonathan S. Burgess
Author : Jonathan S. Burgess
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780857726247
Homer by Jonathan S. Burgess Pdf
What reader could fail to be enthralled by the Iliad and the Odyssey, those greatest heroic epics of antiquity? Yet the author of those immortal text remains, in the end, an enigma. The central paradox of 'Homer' is that- while recognized as producing poetry of incomparable genius- even in the ancien world nobody knew who he was. As a result, the myth-maker became the subject of myth. For the satirist Lucian (c.125-180 CE) he ws a captive Babylonian. Other traditions have Homer born in Smyrna, or on the island of Chios, or portray him as a blind and wandering minstrel. In his new and authoritative introduction, Jonathan S. Burgess addresses fundamental questions of provenance and authorship. Besides conveying why these epics have been cherished down the ages, he discusses their historical sources and the possible impact on the Iliad and Odyssey of Indo-European, Near Eastern and folktale influences. Tracing their transmission through the ancient, medieval and modern periods, the author further examines questions of theory and reception.
Sing, Goddess!
Jane Watson,Amy Bearce,Lyssa Chiavari,Sarah Dale,Dorothy Dreyer,Mary Fan,Janina Franck,Jessica Gunn,Leigh Hellman,Amy McNulty,Selenia Paz
Author : Jane Watson,Amy Bearce,Lyssa Chiavari,Sarah Dale,Dorothy Dreyer,Mary Fan,Janina Franck,Jessica Gunn,Leigh Hellman,Amy McNulty,Selenia Paz
Publisher : Snowy Wings Publishing
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-24
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9798201119843
Sing, Goddess! by Jane Watson,Amy Bearce,Lyssa Chiavari,Sarah Dale,Dorothy Dreyer,Mary Fan,Janina Franck,Jessica Gunn,Leigh Hellman,Amy McNulty,Selenia Paz Pdf
Aphrodite. Zeus. Medusa. Hercules. You've heard their names. You thought you knew their stories... until now. Lose yourself in this collection of eleven young adult re-imaginings of Greek myths from the authors of Snowy Wings Publishing. From magical kingdoms under the sea to the halls of a modern high school, from Ancient Greece to the distant future, you will find romance, courage, fantasy, danger, and more. With each story bringing a twist on a classic legend, there is something for everyone to enjoy again and again. Across the ages, the Muses call: SING, GODDESS!
Very Little-- Almost Nothing
Simon Critchley
Author : Simon Critchley
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0415340489
Very Little-- Almost Nothing by Simon Critchley Pdf
A compelling read, Very Little ... Almost Nothing opens up new ways of understanding finitude, modernity and the nature of imagination. Revised edition with a new preface by the author.
Leonidas, Or, The Bridal of Thanatos
Frederick Harvey Barling
Author : Frederick Harvey Barling
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590055146
Leonidas, Or, The Bridal of Thanatos by Frederick Harvey Barling Pdf
Women Poets and Myth in the 20th and 21st Centuries
Rosa Burillo,María Porras Sánchez,Esther Sánchez-Pardo
Author : Rosa Burillo,María Porras Sánchez,Esther Sánchez-Pardo
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781527520653
Women Poets and Myth in the 20th and 21st Centuries by Rosa Burillo,María Porras Sánchez,Esther Sánchez-Pardo Pdf
This book rereads and re-examines the important tradition of women poets and theorists who have both critically and creatively engaged with the study and reconsideration of the role played by myths in our Western society, assessing their impact in different eras. Such poets and theorists as H.D., Laura Riding, Denise Levertov, Margaret Atwood, Anne Carson, and Natalie Diaz have responded to myths, either by recreating, rewriting, and interrogating the power of myths to articulate our reality, or by creating and “begetting” new myths for the present. In order to interrogate whether myths throughout the 20th and 21st centuries can act as catalysts for new ideas and imaginative re-creations, this volume travels the path of essential works of poetry by women.
Myth, Masculinity & Me
David M. Martin, MA
Author : David M. Martin, MA
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781645300953
Myth, Masculinity & Me by David M. Martin, MA Pdf
Myth, Masculinity & Me By: David M. Martin In today’s gender revolution we often hear people identifying as “more or less masculine” or “more or less feminine.” But do we really know what masculinity is? Is it a concrete and definable category or something that is more ambiguous and mutable? In this book, the author takes the reader along with him on his personal journey exploring his relationship with and growing understanding of masculinity. Along the way the reader will hear about both healthy and unhealthy, or “toxic,” masculinity. The way is perilous and strewn with personal landmines and pathogenic beliefs inherited from culture, family and institutions. This book utilizes an archetypal and mytho-poetic framework to analyze, experience and form a new relationship to “masculinity” and the innermost self. Through the story of Peter Pan, the author analyzes archetypal masculinity from infancy through childhood. Next the author takes the reader through The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde to discuss the major split most men face between their inner reality, exterior persona and the shadow that lurks behind them. Finally, the author takes a bold leap into the story of Beowulf to battle the dragons of cultural stereotypes, falsely imposed limitations and dangerous self beliefs that affect the individual, not just as a man, but as a human. This is one man’s story. It is about learning and taking responsibility for the kind of life we ultimately want to lead, as well as the kind of world we want to leave behind to those who follow.
Hesperos
P. J. Finglass,C. Collard,N. J. Richardson
Author : P. J. Finglass,C. Collard,N. J. Richardson
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2007-10-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780199285686
Hesperos by P. J. Finglass,C. Collard,N. J. Richardson Pdf
A wide-ranging collection of articles on Greek poetry written by distinguished scholars from four continents. It honours the achievement of Martin West, and includes a full bibliography of his academic publications.
Courtesans and Fishcakes
James N. Davidson
Author : James N. Davidson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226137438
Courtesans and Fishcakes by James N. Davidson Pdf
As any reader of the Symposium knows, the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates conversed over lavish banquets, kept watch on who was eating too much fish, and imbibed liberally without ever getting drunk. In other words, James Davidson writes, he reflected the culture of ancient Greece in which he lived, a culture of passions and pleasures, of food, drink, and sex before—and in concert with—politics and principles. Athenians, the richest and most powerful of the Greeks, were as skilled at consuming as their playwrights were at devising tragedies. Weaving together Greek texts, critical theory, and witty anecdotes, this compelling and accessible study teaches the reader a great deal, not only about the banquets and temptations of ancient Athens, but also about how to read Greek comedy and history.
Show Tunes
Steven Suskin
Author : Steven Suskin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2010-03-09
Category : Music
ISBN : 019974209X
Show Tunes by Steven Suskin Pdf
Show Tunes fully chronicles the shows, songs, and careers of the major composers of the American musical theatre, from Jerome Kern's earliest interpolations to the latest hits on Broadway. Legendary composers like Gershwin, Rodgers, Porter, Berlin, Bernstein, and Sondheim have been joined by more recent songwriters like Stephen Schwartz, Stephen Flaherty, Michael John LaChiusa, and Adam Guettel. This majestic reference book covers their work, their innovations, their successes, and their failures. Show Tunes is simply the most comprehensive volume of its kind ever produced, and this newly revised and updated edition discusses almost 1,000 shows and 9,000 show tunes. The book has been called "a concise skeleton key to the Broadway musical" (Variety) and "a ground-breaking reference work with a difference" (Show Music)-or, as the Washington Post observed, "It makes you sing and dance all over your memory." The eagerly anticipated Fourth Edition, updated through May, 2009, features the entire theatrical output of forty of Broadway's leading composers, in addition to a wide selection of work by other songwriters. The listings include essential production data and statistics, the most extensive information available on published and recorded songs, and lively commentary on the shows, songs, and diverse careers. Based on meticulous research, the book also uncovers dozens of lost musicals-including shows that either closed out of town or were never headed for Broadway-and catalogs hundreds of previously unknown songs, including a number of musical gems that have been misplaced, cut, or forgotten. Informative, insightful, and provocative, Show Tunes is an essential guide for anyone interested in the American musical.
American Epic
Garrett Epps
Author : Garrett Epps
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780199974764
American Epic by Garrett Epps Pdf
In 1987, E.L. Doctorow celebrated the Constitution's bicentennial by reading it. "It is five thousand words long but reads like fifty thousand," he said. Distinguished legal scholar Garrett Epps--himself an award-winning novelist--disagrees. It's about 7,500 words. And Doctorow "missed a good deal of high rhetoric, many literary tropes, and even a trace of, if not wit, at least irony," he writes. Americans may venerate the Constitution, "but all too seldom is it read." In American Epic, Epps takes us through a complete reading of the Constitution--even the "boring" parts--to achieve an appreciation of its power and a holistic understanding of what it says. In this book he seeks not to provide a definitive interpretation, but to listen to the language and ponder its meaning. He draws on four modes of reading: scriptural, legal, lyric, and epic. The Constitution's first three words, for example, sound spiritual--but Epps finds them to be more aspirational than prayer-like. "Prayers are addressed to someone . . . either an earthly king or a divine lord, and great care is taken to name the addressee. . . . This does the reverse. The speaker is 'the people,' the words addressed to the world at large." He turns the Second Amendment into a poem to illuminate its ambiguity. He notices oddities and omissions. The Constitution lays out rules for presidential appointment of officers, for example, but not removal. Should the Senate approve each firing? Can it withdraw its "advice and consent" and force a resignation? And he challenges himself, as seen in his surprising discussion of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in light of Article 4, which orders states to give "full faith and credit" to the acts of other states. Wry, original, and surprising, American Epic is a scholarly and literary tour de force.
Singing to the Goddess
Rachel Fell McDermott
Author : Rachel Fell McDermott
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Devotional poetry, Bengali
ISBN : 9780195134339
Singing to the Goddess by Rachel Fell McDermott Pdf
This collection presents 145 brief Bengali lyric poems dedicated to the Hindu goddesses Kali and Uma. These poems were written from the early-18th century up to the contemporary period. They represent the Bengali tradition of goddess worship (Saktism).
Sing, Goddess!: A YA Anthology of Greek Myth Retellings
Jane Watson
Author : Jane Watson
Publisher : Snowy Wings Publishing
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-24
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1952667518
Sing, Goddess!: A YA Anthology of Greek Myth Retellings by Jane Watson Pdf
with stories by Amy Bearce, Lyssa Chiavari, Sarah Dale, Dorothy Dreyer, Mary Fan, Janina Franck, Jessica Gunn, Leigh Hellman, Amy McNulty, Selenia Paz, and Jane Watson Aphrodite. Zeus. Medusa. Hercules. You've heard their names. You thought you knew their stories... until now. Lose yourself in this collection of eleven young adult re-imaginings of Greek myths from the authors of Snowy Wings Publishing. From magical kingdoms under the sea to the halls of a modern high school, from Ancient Greece to the distant future, you will find romance, courage, fantasy, danger, and more. With each story bringing a twist on a classic legend, there is something for everyone to enjoy again and again. Across the ages, the Muses call: SING, GODDESS!
The Odyssey
Homer
Author : Homer
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780520966871
The Odyssey by Homer Pdf
The Odyssey is vividly captured and beautifully paced in this swift and lucid new translation by acclaimed scholar and translator Peter Green. Accompanied by an illuminating introduction, maps, chapter summaries, a glossary, and explanatory notes, this is the ideal translation for both general readers and students to experience The Odyssey in all its glory. Green’s version, with its lyrical mastery and superb command of Greek, offers readers the opportunity to enjoy Homer’s epic tale of survival, temptation, betrayal, and vengeance with all of the verve and pathos of the original oral tradition.
