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Waco TX: Baylor University Press, 2008 Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st US Ed... A collection of essays that explores the paradoxical attitudes that women in the US have exhibited over a span of more than two centuries. It examines the attempts of several influential American women, including Margaret Fuller, Edith Hamilton and Hilda Doolittle, to interpret myth for an audience that distrusted it.281p, illus bibliography, Note on ffep else fine.
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American Women and Classical Myths
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American philanthropy in the Near East : 1820-1960
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Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 1970 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st.US Edition. Surveys American Educational and Missionary organizations and charities active in Greece, Turkey, the Balkans and the Middle East. Chapters on : The Grecian adventure/Strivings in Malta and Syria, 1820-1861/ Christian philanthropists in Turkey, 1831-1861 Independent colleges, 1863-1914 / Philanthropy, progress, and nationalism, 1861-1914 / New ventures in the Balkans, 1858-1914 Near East relief, 1915-1930 / Philanthropy in transition, 1920-1930 /Near East Foundation, 1930-1940 / Independent colleges since 1930 /Near East Foundation since 1940 /Retrospect and prospect 322p. map. index, DJ repaired now in plastic sleeve. Name of owner on ffep,, else fine..
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Ancient Greek Myths and Modern Drama : A Study in Continuity
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New Yorl: New York University Press, 1969 Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Pbk.Ed... ". investigates the motives which prompted these dramatists to reinterpret the ancient legends, the methods used in creating new plays, and the ways in which the different treatments vary from their source and from one another" The dramatists discussed are Cocteau, O'Neill, Eliot, Sartre, Montherlant. Anouilh, Giraudaux, Jack Richardson, De Bosis, Lenormand, Maxwell Anderson and Tennessee Williams. 202 pp, bibliography..
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Ariadne : a Cretan Myth
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Studley: Brewin Books., 1992 Book. New. Soft cover. 1st.UK Ed.. Part 1: From Knossos To Naxos, Part 2: Adriani of Askifou, Part 3: Rea and Theo come to the Plateau. "Aspects of Cretan history, both ancient and modern are used fictionally together with the idea of a "soul thread" [the clew] surviving through many generations of Cretan women, to imply hope for a continually creative future for "Mother Crete" 130p., illus..
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Arion and the Dolphin : A Libretto By Vikram Seth
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London: Phoenix House, 1994 Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st UK Edition. "Arion and the Dolphin is an opera in 9 scenes for professional and community performers. The music is composed by Alec Roth and the libretto is by Vikram Seth. It was commissioned by the Baylis programme at the English National Opera and was first performed in Plymouth on June 1994 " 60 pages ( Libretto ONLY).
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Astrology and Religion Among the Greeks and Romans
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New York: Dover, 1960 Book. Very Good. Pbk.. Reprint. "The material in this book was originally a series of lectures given in 1912 under the auspices of the American Committe for Lectures on the History of Religions . leter expanded .for publication. .they form a readable, direct and throroughly nontechnical explanation of the sorce and developmen tof a belief that had enormous effect on Western civilization." 115p. index (some underlinings).
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Athenian Myths and Institutions: Words in Action
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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991 Book. As New. Soft cover. "This book provides an introduction to the critical interpretation of Athenian myths. It does not retell the various myths under consideration, but rather examines the myths from a variety of perspectives, including the traditional historical and literary-critical interpretations, as well as the more modern approaches of anthropologists, feminist critics, and in particular, the work of the French structuralists Jean-Pierre Vernant, Marcel Detienne, and Pierre Vidal-Naquet. " 229p. bibliography.index.
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The Bride From the Sea : An Introduction to the Study of Greek Mythology
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London: Macmillan., 1973 Book. Illus. by Drawings By Jonathan Wolstenholme. Very Good+. Soft cover. 1st.UK Ed.. A "wide-ranging and entertaining review of Greek mythology using the well known story of Peleus and Thetis .. for an explanation of the Greek myths as legends, as folktales and as pure myths. 114p. illus. maps. index.Neat tight copy, paper cover slightly scuffed.
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By Jove ! Brush Up Your Mythology
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New York: HarperCollins, 1992 Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st.US Edition.. . Meet the myriad gods and goddesses, heroes and heroines, beasts and monsters, and magical places that have lent their names and stories to our language in 'By Jove!', a fun and informative journey through the world of classical mythology" 237p. illus.index Illustrated end papers..
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The Classic Myths in English Literature and Art
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New York: Ginn & Co, 1911 Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. Revised Edition. "Based originally on Bulfinch's Age of the fable. Accompanied by an interpretive and illustrative commentary" Foldout genealogical chart of Greek Gods. 597p. illus. glossary, mythology and source indexes..
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Classic Myths To Read Aloud
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New York: Crown Publishers, 1992 Book. Fine. Soft cover. The great stories of Greek and Roman mythology specially arranged to be read aloud. 264p. Small remainder mark, else fine.
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Classical Mythology
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New York: David McKay, 1976 Book. Fine. Soft cover. Reprint. 4987p.plates,.maps. bibliography. index Crisp tight copy.
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Elleniki Mythologia : Tomos D - Dodekatheo, Hepheistos, Dionysos, Mikroteroi Kai Omadikoi Theoi
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Athens: To Vima, 2013 Book. New Book from Greece. Soft cover. Reissue.. Volume 4 of a 4 volume set [parts will NOT be sold separately ] Introduced and edited by Ioannis Th. Kakridis with contributions by Evangelos N. Roussos, Nikolaos Papachatzis, Catherine Kamaretta, Aristoxenos D. Skiadas.383p. illus.bibliograph.[ WorldCat lists NO copies of this edition in the in the USA].
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Elleniki Mythologia : Tomos B - Kosmogonia Dodekatheos , Dias Ka Hera
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Athens: To Vima, 2013 Book. New Book from Greece. Soft cover. Reissue.. Volume 2 of a 4 volume set [parts will NOT be sold separately ] Introduced and edited by Ioannis Th. Kakridis with contributions by Evangelos N. Roussos, Nikolaos Papachatzis, Catherine Kamaretta, Aristoxenos D. Skiadas.238p. illus. bibliography [WorldCat lists NO copies of this edition in the USA].
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Elleniki Mythologia : Tomos G - Dodekatheo Athesn, Posieidonas, Demetra, Apollon, Artemis, Hermes. Ares, Aphrodite
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Athens: To Vima, 2013 Book. New Book from Greece. Soft cover. Reissue.. Volume 3 of a 4 volume set [parts will NOT be sold separately ] Introduced and edited by Ioannis Th. Kakridis with contributions by Evangelos N. Roussos, Nikolaos Papachatzis, Catherine Kamaretta, Aristoxenos D. Skiadas.256p. illus. bibliography WorldCat lists NO copies of this edition in the in the USA].
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Epilegomena to the Study of Greek Religion AND Themis : a Study of the Social Origins of Greek Religion
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New York: University Books, 1962 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Re-issue. Omnibus volume containing the texts of two classic works on Greek religion and mythology : "Epilegomena" is from the first edition published CUP 1921, and "Themis" from the 2nd. edition CUP 1927. This is a genuine book, not a version you have to wait to get printed off from digital file . Clean crisp copy. Has a "cancelled stamp" on outside of pages, else fine.
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The Essential Saffron Companion
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londo: Grum Street, 2013 Book. Illus. by Madeleine David. New. Soft cover. Reissue.. Since ancient times Saffron has been used not only as a seasoning but as a medicinal plant, and its history features in many countries and cultures such as ancient Greece, Persia and Rome as well as England, primarily in Saffron Walden, Essex... The slender, dry crocus filaments add a rich colour, fragrance and flavour to food, qualities which have been much prized in the cuisines of many countries.160p. illus bibliography ndex.
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Five Stages of Greek Religion
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London: Watts & Co., 1946 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Reprint. Studies based on a course of lectures on ancient Greek religious practices and beliefs,originally delivered April 1912 at Columbia University . ".be begins by describing the background of primitive and bloody rites that may still be dimly perceived through the clear surface of the Greek myths; continues with the classic religion of the Olympian Gods (.); describes the religion of the Philosophic schools of the fourth centry BC ; and then in a classic chapter on the "failure of Nerve" portrays the breakdown of rational Greek religion under the impact of religions of the East; ot of that clash was to arise Christianity. A last chapter drescribes the affort of Julian the Apostate to retore a purified and . sophisticated paganism." 221p. index. An original vintage copy, NOT one you have to wait to get printed.
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Four Ages of Man : The Classical Myths
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Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1962 Book. Very Good+. Paper Covered Boards. 1st Can Ed.. The ancient myths of Greece and Rome set out in four phases - creation and coming of the gods, pastoral life and ordering of the seasons, adventures and labours of the heroes, war, tragic tales and decline into history. 211p.illus.index.maps on end papers.
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The Glory of Hera : Greek Mythology and the Greek Family
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Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1992 Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Pbk Ed... The ancient Athenians were "quarrelsome as friends, treacherous as neighbors, brutal as masters, faithless as servants, shallow as lovers--all of which was in part redeemed by their intelligence and creativity." Thus writes Philip Slater in this classic work on narcissism and family relationships in fifth-century Athenian society. Exploring a rich corpus of Greek mythology and drama, he argues that the personalities and social behavior of the gods were neurotic, and that their neurotic conditions must have mirrored the family life of the people who perpetuated their myths. The author traces the issue of narcissism to mother-son relationships, focusing primarily on the literary representation of Hera and the male gods and showing how it related to devalued women raising boys in an ambitious society dominated by men. "The role of homosexuality in society, fatherless families, working mothers, women's…
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