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Books on: greek myths athens

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Greek Myths and Mesopotamia: Parallels and Influence in the Homeric Hymns and Hesiod

Book by Charles Penglase; Routledge, 1994

Subjects:

Hesiod--Theogony, Hesiod--Works And Days, Homeric Hymns, Mythology, Assyro-Babylonian, Mythology, Greek

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

The Mesopotamian influence on Greek mythology in literary works of the epic period is considerable - yet it is a largely unexplored field. In this book Charles Penglase investigates major Mesopotamian and Greek myths. His examination concentrates on journey myths. A major breakthrough is achieved in ...
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The Mesopotamian influence on Greek mythology in literary works of the epic period is considerable - yet it is a largely unexplored field. In this book Charles Penglase investigates major Mesopotamian and Greek myths. His examination concentrates on journey myths. A major breakthrough is achieved in the recognition of the extent of Mesopotamian influence and in the understanding of the colourful myths involved.The results are of significant interest, especially to scholars and students of ancient Greek and Near Eastern religion and mythology.
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Greek Myths and Christian Mystery

Book by Hugo S. J. Rahner; Biblo and Tannen, 1971

Subjects:

Christianity And Other Religions--Greek, Greece--Religion, Mysteries, Religious, Mythology, Greek

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

GREEK MYTHS AND CHRISTIAN MYSTERY GREEK MYTHS AND CHRISTIAN MYSTERY by Hugo S. J. Rahner With...heights of Christian illumination. Hence the books title Greek Myths and Christian Mystery . For all their wisdom, the Greeks could...
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The Queen of the Air: Being a Study of the Greek Myths of Cloud and Storm

Book by John Ruskin; Biblo-Moser, 1869

Subjects:

Athena (Greek Deity), Mythology, Greek

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...The play of the Greek imagination in...all these minor myths of storm concentrating...than even with Athens in their material...of the Apolline myths -- to trace for you the Greek conception of...obscure at all. The Greek creed was, of...Madonna. In Athens itself, the centre...
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The Odyssey in Athens: Myths of Cultural Origins

Book by Erwin F. Cook; Cornell University Press, 1995

Subjects:

Athens (Greece)--Religious Life And Customs, Epic Poetry, Greek--History And Criticism, Epic Poetry, Greek--Religious Aspects, Erechtheum (Athens, Greece), Homer--Knowledge--Athens (Greece), Homer--Odyssey, Mythology, Greek, In Literature, Odysseus (Greek Mythology) In Literature

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Athens : myths of cultural...Odyssey. 2. Athens Greece...Epic poetry, Greek History and...Odyssey" in Athens: Myths of Cultural...cults and myths in which...evidence from Athens, Corinth...precedents in Greek religious...
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Athens and Sparta: Constructing Greek Political and Social History from 478 BC

Book by Anton Powell; Routledge, 2001

Subjects:

Athens (Greece)--Politics And Government, Athens (Greece)--Social Conditions, Greece--Politics And Government--To 146 B.C, Greece--Social Conditions--To 146 B.C, Sparta (Extinct City)--Politics And Government, Sparta (Extinct City)--Social Conditions

Collections: History, Entire Library

'Athens and Sparta' is a handbook to the study of fifth century BC Greek history and society. It encourages the reader to engage critically with the evidence, presenting a wide selection of ancient source material along with clear analysis and narrative.

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Journal Articles on: greek myths athens

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Greek Myths, Christian Mysteries, and the Tautegorical Symbol

Journal article by Nicholas Halmi; Wordsworth Circle, Vol. 36, 2005

Subjects:

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor--Criticism and interpretation, English romanticism, 1798-1832--Criticism and interpretation, English romanticism, 1798-1832--Religious aspects, Greek mythology--Influence, Prometheus Bound (Play)--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

Greek Myths, Christian Mysteries, and the Tautegorical...following, in which the liberal admixture of Greek and Latin terms is representative: "The...debasing influences" of polytheism in ancient Athens (1277), then those same doctrines had to...
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Black and White Myths: Etymology and Dialectics in Mallarmé's "Sonnet En YX"

Journal article by Paul Allen Miller; Texas Studies in Literature and Language, Vol. 36, 1994

Subjects:

Literature--History And Criticism, Philology

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...how they relate to the various Greek and Sanskrit solar myths associated with the Phenix...last lines with another set of myths based on the cycles of the sun...Vesper ; Robert Graves, The Greek Myths (New York: Penguin Books...
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Language, Ethics, and the Other Between Athens and Jerusalem: a Comparative Study of Plato and Rosenzweig

Journal article by L. Anckaert; Philosophy East & West, Vol. 45, 1995

Subjects:

Philosophy, Philosophy, Asian

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...grounds in mythical speech. In myths, temporal and relational reality...content is staged preeminently by Greek tragedy. Tragedy is the language...his or her own silence. 28 Greek tragedy is marked by the paradoxical...representative and founder of the Greek tradition. Rosenzweigs structure...
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Manners and Myths in the Novels of P. H. Newby

Journal article by Stanley Poss; Critique, Vol. 12, 1970

Subjects:

Fiction--20th Century--History And Criticism

Collections: Entire Library

...of his marriage to the chic and fascinating Renee, late of Athens. But Guy dies of typhoid, "silently, even mockingly" in January...and parents by telling them that Guy has left them a charming Greek daughter-in-law. Hes not sure how hes going to manage this...
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European Unemployment: Myths and Realities

Journal article by Theodore Pelagidis; Challenge, Vol. 41, 1998

Subjects:

Europe--Economic policy, European Union--Economic policy, Unemployment--Economic aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...PELAGIDIS is assistant professor of international economics at the Institute of International Relations, Panteion University of Athens. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the International Symposium "Rethinking Democracy and the Welfare State...

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Magazine Articles on: greek myths athens

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Freedom in Sparta and Athens: The Stark Contrast between Ancient Sparta and Athens Makes Abundantly Clear That Cultural Achievement Occurs Only Where Men Are Free

Magazine article by Dennis Behreandt; The New American, Vol. 22, May 29, 2006

Subjects:

Atheism--Social aspects, Athens, Greece--Cultural policy, Freedom--Social aspects, Greek history--Social aspects, Greeks--Social aspects, Liberty--Social aspects, Sparta, Greece--Cultural policy

Collections: Entire Library

...of the Hellenistic age that flowing of Greek culture and learning across the Mediterranean...a great and leading city, but it was in Athens only that freedom found a home. As a result...none other than Heracles, just one of the myths or legends associated with Sparta. The...
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Splitting Images: Communication in Classical Athens

Magazine article by Edith Hall; History Today, Vol. 44, July 1994

Subjects:

Athens, Greece--History, Communication in politics--History, Democracy--History, Oratory--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...the archetypal myths and narratives...In democratic Athens, there were no...phenomenon known in Greek as thorubos. Thorubos...Crux: Essays in Greek History presented...The Invention of Athens: The Funeral Oration...in Democratic Athens: Rhetoric, Ideology...the Barbarian: Greek Self-Definition...
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Was Plato the Only Greek Gay?

Magazine article by Kwasi Kwarteng; New Statesman, Vol. 128, August 23, 1999

Subjects:

Civilization, Greek--Social aspects, Homosexuality--Social aspects, Philosophers--Attitudes, Plato--Attitudes

Collections: Entire Library

...distorted them. The myths about Greek homosexuality...associated with Athens, just one city-state...vote. Ancient Athens turns out to...enlightenment. Stories of Greek homosexual love...Without the myths and idealisation...abandoned long ago. Greek homosexuality...
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September 11 and the War against Terrorism: The Greek Reaction

Magazine article by Konstantinos Kotzias; Contemporary Review, Vol. 281, November 2002

Subjects:

Anti-Americanism, Greeks--Attitudes, Greeks--Political aspects, War on Terrorism, 2001---International aspects, World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001--International aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...and at the same time accuse the US of), has to do with the Greek mentality. The mentality of the victim, of t he conspiracies...The mentality of the victim, however, is more often based on myths. Considering Greeces position in the world today and comparing...
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The Bumbling, Moustachioed Terrorists; November 17 Were Part of Greek Mythology: Bold, Daring and Secretive, They Eluded Police for Decades. Now, They Are Being Unmasked as Plump and Banal

Magazine article by Helena Smith; New Statesman, Vol. 131, August 5, 2002

Subjects:

Greece--Social aspects, Terrorism--Greece, Terrorists--Cases

Collections: Entire Library

...of gossip that is the Greek capital could quite understand...comfort, commuting between Athens, Paris and a villa on...translates for a living. All myths diehard. But in the case...per cent of the adult Greek population regard the...attacks in the ouzeries of Athens. November 17 may have...

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Newspaper Articles on: greek myths athens

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Eye-Catching Site for Greek Myths

Newspaper article by Joe Szadkowski; The Washington Times, October 14, 2001

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...al. I personally enjoy Greek mythology, and I like to...wrote centuries after the myths were first narrated, but...adventures while journeying to Athens to discover his true heritage...bizarre stories surrounding Greek myths. Cyber-sitter synopsis...
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PROSPECTS GO DOWN THE PAN; Gifts: Greek Players Celebrate Papadopoulos' Second, While (Right) Salpigidis Nets the Third Dejected Dons: Chris Clark and Lee Miller Troop off Disconsolately at the End in Athens Last Night

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 26, 2007

Subjects:

UEFA Cup (Soccer)

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Disconsolately at the End in Athens Last Night. Byline...seeds Panathinaikos. A Greek travesty? Not in the...be the latest of the myths associated with this...season ticketsonly Gifts: Greek players celebrate Papadopoulos...district of downtown Athens. As in Dnipro, manager...
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Official Consults U.S. on Security; 2004 Olympics in Athens at Issue

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, October 24, 2002

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...began more than a decade ago, when first Athens sought an invitation, only to be passed...years earlier. "Whatever sympathy the Greek public may have had for November 17 dwindled...number of foreign officials, "lived by myths" and "behaved like gangsters." The downfall...
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Blood Red: We Must Make Sure Athens Is Not Repeated; Gatecrashers May Spoil Reds' Euro Party

Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), August 18, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...into Europe with Shankly As the stories, myths and romanticism grew, aided by the clubs...again. Part of the problem by the time of Athens was those who missed it were determined...in Europe with a couple of title wins. GREEK TRAGEDY: The shambles of Athens wrecked...
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75,000 SPECTATORS AND FOUR BILLION TV VIEWERS WATCH BIG OPENING PARTY: GREECE IS TTHE WORLD; Athens All Fired Up as Olympic Flame Comes Home

Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), August 14, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Greeks got off to a winning start. MR AND MYTHS: Performers represent different ages of Greek history. Below, Naomi; FIVE-RINGED CIRCUS: Flames...last nights spectacular opening ceremony in Athens; NAKED AMBITION: Men perform as classical statues...

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