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The Greek Myths is the definitive and comprehensive edition of Robert Graves's classic imaginative and poetic retelling of the Greek myths. 'Icarus disobeyed his ...
'Richly documented and convincingly presented' -- New Society Mods and Rockers, skinheads, video nasties, designer drugs, bogus asylum seeks and hoodies. Every era has its own ...
Who was Pandora and what was in her famous box? Why is a brand of sportswear named after the goddess Nike? How did Achilles get ...
An A-Z encyclopedia of the classical myths and great mythical figures of ancient Greece and Italy, this title features over 160 entries describing the central ...
This is the truth about demons and demonology - in more than 400 entries. The conflict between good and evil can be found in every culture ...
Fabulous animals, specters from the shadow world, nature spirits, and sacred beings: these are the monstrous, marvelous, and mythic creatures that have come down to ...
The ancient civilization of Mesopotamia thrived between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates over 4,000 years ago. The myths collected here, originally written in cuneiform ...
Zora Neale Hurston brings us Black America's folklore as only she can, putting the oral history on the written page with grace and understanding ...
Around the world, people looked to the skies to tell them when to sow and harvest their crops, and when the rains would come. The ...
"I think this version is terrific. The light enjambed English hexameters are a great success. The effect is properly propulsive." - Prof A D Nuttall, Oxford ...
The verses have influenced artists from the Renaissance onwards, from Botticelli to Shelley and Tennyson, Andre Gide and Stravinsky.
Composed for recitation at festivals, these ...
New edition of one of the most powerful of the Icelandic prose sagas
Written in the thirteenth century, Njal's Saga is a story that ...
A profound exploration of the Celtic spiritual tradition, and particularly of the Celtic visionary imagination.Connecting this with both the Platonic and Islamic traditions, this ...
A tale of princely jealousy and vengeance, the Saga has been an inspiration for Wagner and J.R.R. Tolkien
Based on Viking Age poems ...
