Classical Mythology: A Very Short Introduction
8 best books like Classical Mythology: A Very Short Introduction (Helen Morales): Metamorphoses, Theogony / Works and Days, Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West, Classical Myth, A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers, The Rock Rats, The Greek and Roman Myths: A Guide to the Classical Stories, Minority Monsters!
Prized through the ages for its splendor and its savage, sophisticated wit, The Metamorphoses is a masterpiece of Western culture--the first attempt to link all the Greek myths, before and after Homer, in a cohesive whole, to the Roman myths of Ovid's day. Horace Gregory, in this modern translation,...
Theogony / Works and Days
| Author | Hesiod |
| ISBN | 0192839411 |
Hesiod, one of the oldest known Greek poets, stands out as the first personality in European literature. The Theogony contains a systematic genealogy of the gods from the beginning of the world and an account of their violent struggles before the present order was established. The Works and Days, a...
Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
| Author | Tom Holland |
| ISBN | 0385513119 |
In 480 B.C., Xerxes, the King of Persia, led an invasion of mainland Greece. Its success should have been a formality. For seventy years, victory—rapid, spectacular victory—had seemed the birthright of the Persian Empire. In the space of a single generation, they had swept across the Near East,...
| Author | Barry B. Powell |
| ISBN | 0131962949 |
For courses in Classical Mythology in Classics, English, or other departments. Comprehensive and scholarly, this well-designed and class-tested text presents Greek and Roman myths in a lively and easy-to-read manner. It features fresh translations, numerous illustrations (ancient and modern)...
| Author | Kate L. Turabian |
| ISBN | 0226823377 |
Dewey. Bellow. Strauss. Friedman. The University of Chicago has been the home of some of the most important thinkers of the modern age. But perhaps no name has been spoken with more respect than Turabian. The dissertation secretary at Chicago for decades, Kate Turabian literally wrote the book on the...
| Author | Ben Bova |
| ISBN | 0812579887 |
The second book in the Asteroid Wars subset continues the story of the human race moving out to exploit the resources of the asteroid belt. The two main corporations, Astro and Humphreys are still fighting for control with the prospectors and miners (the rock rats) caught in the middle. Things eventually...
The Greek and Roman Myths: A Guide to the Classical Stories
| Author | Philip Matyszak |
| ISBN | 0500251738 |
Who was Pandora and what was in her famous box? How did Achilles get his Achilles heel? What exactly is a Titan? And why is one computer virus known as a Trojan horse?
The myths of ancient Greece and Rome can seem bewilderingly complex, yet they are so much a part of modern life and discourse...
| Author | Tab Kimpton |
| ISBN | 0957040385 |
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