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Tags: travelogue (1), French edn. (1), with an introductory booklet by Bernard Knox (1), audio-book: excerpts from Fagles' translation of Homer's 'Iliad' (1), ancient Carthage (1), based on Vergil (1), ancient Roman myth (1), Overview of the ancient Classical world. (1), Troy Priam Achilles (1), Highly individual 'take' on the Greek myths ~ conforms to its own internal logic. Excellent translation from the Italian by Tim Parks. (1), Magisterial work on Sparta's later history. (1), Necessary reading on ancient Greece (1), conte philosophique ou roman: "En attendant (1), tout en cultivant notre jardin" ... (1), mieux vaut rire que pleurer (1), NRF Gallimard (1), ~ a Loeb pocket book! (1), the title says it all! (1), explanation of the structure of reality: quantum mechanics to time travel: knowledge (1), from The 'Odyssey' to Pavese ~ a survey on great literature. (1), Jas. Frazer (1), Jung; Yeats (1), Lawrence & Joyce ... (1), Semi-autobiographical journal (1), Eng. trans. by W. Baskin (1), computation & evolution. (1), Excerpts from texts (1), more than just mystery. (1), Murder mystery concerning a group of American students of classical Greek. It's a tragedy about a 'fatal flaw' ~ more than murder (1), Polemical figure in the reaches of Eng. history ~ largely ignores the Tudor tradition & WS' calumnies. (1), Seminal work on Greek religion (1), but with a Christianising cast (1), & now slightly out-dated ~ but still useful. (1), Hadrian & Antinous (1), books XIII-XVI (1), French language edn. (1), 'Why did other civilisations know nothing of tragedy?' (1), etc. Readable (1), Novel by the author of 'The Viper of Milan' - looks at the figure of Richard III as being affected by the horrors of his childhood and his exile from England (1), trenchant and witty.' Exactly. Just so! (1), Front cover blurb: 'A provocative tour of what is happening now in Classics - learned (1), and the changes in beliefs about immortality between the era of Homer and the Classical age. (1), Necessary reference for PhD reading: death and the afterlife in ancient Greek culture (1), Essential reading on the failure of the C5thBC Sicilian Expedition. (1), using the Adonis narrative as a litmus test for various approaches' - Alan Dundes (1), Prof. of Anthropology & Folklore (1), erudite overview of the major C19th and C20th theories of myth (1), 'a concise (1), Another essential component of the PhD booklist (1), museums and art books and place it back in its homeland goes a long way to recapturing what the art and artefacts meant to their creators. (1), 2006 reprint - takes in new finds. Boardman's attempt to take Greek art out of galleries (1), he asks questions like (1), 1903 & 1908 ~ necessary for any student of ancient Greek religion. Seminal work (1), Brilliant history of the Athenians' navy in the Persian and Peloponnesian wars. Exceptionally well-written - think 'scholarly' combined with a novelistic style. (Penguin edn. (1), now slightly out-dated ~ but still useful. (1), Digitally remastered facsimile reprint of original editions (1), A biography of Fifth century Athens' pin-up boy. Over-heavy on battles and military and naval combat. OTOH (1), this is what the publisher's name (1), Pen & Sword Military (1), conveys! (1), US.) (1), Part of an ever-increasing PhD book list! J.-P. Vernant's contemporary scholarship can't be ignored in modern 'takes' on the ancient world - he reconfigures Greek thought and literature. For example (1), 'Scholarly but accessible (1), wide-ranging in both time and space (1), yet having well-signposted thematic concentrations [...] 'The Greek World' has much to offer specialist and non-specialist students of ancient Greek society (1), civilisation and culture alike' - Paul Cartledge (1), Cambridge University. (1), THE Classics and Classical studies blogging queen! (Daily Telegraph) (1), anthropology: ancient Greek religious practices (1), fiction of the imagination (in Italian) (1), First edition. (1), Athens (1), A history of art book which reads more like a 'tec novel. (1), Easy-access guide to all things ancient Greek ... (1), translated by Wright!. (1), the book's much better than the televised version. (1), Seminal volume of essays on SF ~ a classic by the doyenne of SF&F writers. (1), Classics undergrad reading (1), Strictly speaking (1), The basis for a recent TV prog. (1), Exactly what the title says! (1), Self-explanatory title! (1), university of California (1), Illus. (1), Reference reading (1), US. (1), Voltaire (1), Homer in translation. (1), Eliot (1), English poetry (1), elegant (1), Berkeley (1), 1868 (1), Romans (1), ancient Rome (1), 1912 (1), First edition (1), Freud (1), ancient heroes (1), Freya Stark (1), Betjeman (1), Greek myths (1), Greek & Roman (1), Indispensable for Classics students (1), An era of ancient Greek history which changed the world. (1), colour & B&W; tipped-in plates & woodcuts. (1), Archaeological guide to ancient Greece. (1), Maunsel & Co. Ltd. (1), London: Wm. Heinemann (1), 1859 & 2nd edn. (1), Illus. by Marjorie Anderson ~ inc both 1st edn. (1), ancient Greek sacred architecture (1), essays ~ ancient Greece (1), 1896-8). (1), Trans. of the Latin text of Carlo Giussani (Turin (1), Old English poetry ~ C7th to C11thAD. (1), the giant of C20th English poetry (1), literary & real. (1), Fiction: Roman conquest of Britain. (1), Fiction: Freud & Oedipus (1), The figure of Achilles. (1), Vital source book by a former director of the BSR (1), One of the best books of the year. Reviewed on Amazon. (1), Academic Arthurian studies tome. (1), Fiction: vintage Gissing. (1), traveller extraordinaire. (1), Fiction: life & career of Alkibiades. (1), Storm Jameson ~ C20th lit. essays (1), Fiction: humour (1), classical world & / or ancient Rome. (1), Early Renault ~ Theseus (1), Fiction - the world of academic research! (1), Athens & Cretan legend.. (1), Ancient Greece in film &c. (1), Fiction: Dark fantasy (1), Fiction: life of Alkibiades (1), Fiction: life of Alkibiades. (1), Fiction: life of Timoleon of Syracuse. (1), and poetic ~ vintage Bowen. (1)
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Beigetreten: Nov 21, 2010

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Über mich: PhD student, subject fields of Classical Studies & ancient Greek religion - specific thesis topic is 'athanasia' (immortality) in the ancient myth of Orpheus.
Ort: Scotland
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