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The Shah Nameh (The Book of Kings), The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan (The Flower Garden) are amongst the greatest works of Persia, containing ...
A major new retelling of the Greek myths for a new generation, with original drawings by world-renowned artist Chris Ofili.
Charlotte Higgins' spellbinding new collection ...
Natalie Haynes is the nation's muse' Adam Rutherford
The Greek myths are among the world's most important cultural building blocks and they have ...
Join Egyptologist Garry J. Shaw on a tour up the Nile, through a beautiful and fascinating landscape populated with a rich mythology: the stories of ...
Few classical stories are as exciting as that of Jason and the Golden Fleece. The legend of the boy, who discovers a new identity as ...
How do myths that were deeply embedded in the customs and beliefs of their original culture find themselves retold and reinterpreted across the world, centuries ...
An extraordinary tale of transformation from the renowned Italian writer, thinker and publisher
'When hunting began, it was not a man who chased an animal ...
What is the difference between a ghost and a ghoul? How do you tell a good Jinn from a bad one? Where would you find ...
An encyclopedic A-to-Z guide, this beautifully illustrated volume offers hundreds of rich, fascinating definitions of 700 major and minor characters, creatures, and places of classical ...
Goddesses, monsters, humans and the semi-divine - whether courageous or meek, gruesome or irresistible, female characters are ever present on the peripheries of the great Greek ...
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Through ancient art, evocative myth, intriguing archaeological discoveries and philosophical explorations ...
The story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty, sees the Greeks launch a thousand ...
This book redresses the relative lack of work published on the role of war in classical myth and legend. At the same time it debunks ...
The stories of Finn MacCoul and his warriors were once told at every fireside in Scotland and Ireland. After centuries in obscurity, this collection brings ...
