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Albertson, Fred C. MARS AND RHEA SILVIA IN ROMAN ART
Latomus 2012 2870312776 / 9782870312773 Softcover Fine
Among the stories surrounding the legendary foundation of the city of Rome by the twins, Romulus and Remus, previous scholarly attention has focused primarily on one scene – the depiction of the she-wolf nursing the twins following their miraculous salvation from the floodwaters of the Tiber. This book examines another event in the cycle, the conception of the twins, in which the Vestal Virgin, Rhea Silvia, is visited in her sleep and raped by the god Mars. Some fifty-one examples of the encounter of Mars and Rhea Silvia are analyzed, drawn from coins, relief sculpture, gems, wall painting, mosaics, and pottery, covering a time frame from the motif’s origin in the early 1st century B. C. To its disappearance in the late 4th century A. D. An analysis of the scene's iconographical evolution and its documented periods of popularity, both in the public and private sphere, are associated with contemporary trends in Roman literature, religion, and art. This monograph on the representation of Mars and Rhea Silvia is not simply a self-contained study of a single motif over a specific time frame. Within the realm of Roman art, the book discusses larger issues concerning the relationship between art, myth and religion, and political propaganda, drawing from methodologies of appropriation (Kopienkritik) , word and image, semiotics, and memory culture. As such, the book constitutes a case study whose conclusions may serve as guidelines for the study of Roman art in general. ; Collection Latomus Volume 336; 241 pages
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Anderson, Graham FAIRYTALE IN THE ANCIENT WORLD
Routledge 2000 0415237033 / 9780415237031 Paperback Very Good
Gift inscription from the author to the half-title. Light shelfwear. ; In this, the first modern study of the ancient fairytale, Graham Anderson asks whether the familiar children's fairytale of today existed in the ancient world. He examines texts from the classical period and finds many stories which resemble those we know today, including: * a Jewish Egyptian Cinderella* a Snow White whose enemy is the goddess Artemis* a Pied Piper at Troy. He puts forward many previously unsuspected candidates as classical variants of the modern fairytale and argues that the degree of violence and cruelty in the ancient tales means they must have been meant for adults. ; 256 pages
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Apollodorus; Sir James G. Frazer (Trans. ) APOLLODORUS: THE LIBRARY [2 VOLUMES] Volume I & Volume II
Harvard University Press & William Heinemann 1954 Hardcover Very Good+ in Good dust jacket
Both volumes have former owner's name in black marker to ffeps else Books are fine. Both DJ spines are browned and are somewhat tatty with chipping and small tears in Good condition. ; V1: (1954) 403 pp; V2: (1956) 546 pp. ; 2 Volume Set COMPLETE. Loeb Classical Library No. 121, 122; Vol. 2018-01-02; The Library provides in three books a grand summary of traditional Greek mythology and heroic legends. Written in clear and unaffected style, the compendium faithfully follows the Greek literary sources. It is thus an important record of Greek accounts of the origin and early history of the world and their race. This work has been attributed to Apollodorus of Athens (born c. 180 BCE) , a student of Aristarchus. But the text as we have it was written by an author probably living in the first or second century of our era.
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Austin, Norman HELEN OF TROY AND HER SHAMELESS PHANTOM
Cornell University Press 1994 0801429552 / 9780801429552 Hardcover Fine in Fine dust jacket
Contents: Part 1. The Traditional Helen: The Helen of the Iliad, Sappho's Helen & the Problem of the Text; Part 2. The Revised Helen: The Helen of the Odyssey; Stesichorus & his 'Palinode'; Herodotus & Helen in Egypt; Euripides' Helen: The Final Revision. Includes a glossary of greek terms. ; Myth and Poetics; 9.25 x 1 x 6.25 Inches; 223 pages
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Austin, Norman HELEN OF TROY AND HER SHAMELESS PHANTOM
Cornell University Press 1994 0801429552 / 9780801429552 Hardcover Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Very minor shelfwear to DJ. ; Contents: Part 1. The Traditional Helen: The Helen of the Iliad, Sappho's Helen & the Problem of the Text; Part 2. The Revised Helen: The Helen of the Odyssey; Stesichorus & his 'Palinode'; Herodotus & Helen in Egypt; Euripides' Helen: The Final Revision. Includes a glossary of greek terms. ; Myth and Poetics; 9.25 x 1 x 6.25 Inches; 223 pages
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Austin, Norman HELEN OF TROY AND HER SHAMELESS PHANTOM
Cornell University Press 1994 0801429552 / 9780801429552 Hardcover Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Faint foxing to textblock else book is fine. Slight wear to DJ. Dustjacket is protected in plastic sleeve. ; Contents: Part 1. The Traditional Helen: The Helen of the Iliad, Sappho's Helen & the Problem of the Text; Part 2. The Revised Helen: The Helen of the Odyssey; Stesichorus & his 'Palinode'; Herodotus & Helen in Egypt; Euripides' Helen: The Final Revision. Includes a glossary of greek terms. ; Myth and Poetics; 9.25 x 1 x 6.25 Inches; 223 pages
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Babrius; Afredi Eberhard (ed.) BABRII FABULAE Ex Recensione
Weidmannsche Buchhandlung 1875 Hardcover Very Good
Former classics scholar's name on ffep (Alan E. Samuel). Former owner's bookplate on inner cover. Foxing to ffeps. Pages are browned. Corners are worn. Light chipping to a few pages. Browning to front cover. ; Greek writer of fables who lived probably in the second century AD. Greek text with latin apparatus. ; 100 pages
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Bacchylides; Immanuelis Bekkeri [Immanuel Bekker] (Ed. ) APOLLODORI [APOLLODORUS] BIBLIOTHECA Ex Recognitione Immanuelis Bekkeri
B. G. Teubner 1854 Hardcover Good with no dust jacket
Book has been rebound in dark green boards. Edgewear to spine ends (light chipping). Rubbing to boards. Light bump to top corners. Front free Endpaper (orange) has section neatly excised (about 1/3). Does not affect text. Inner hinges weakening but firmly attached. Browning to pages. Some foxing. ; Text in Ancient Greek; Preface in Latin. Handbook of mythology formerly attributed to Apollodorus, of Athens, now generally regarded as spurious; Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum Et Romanorum Teubneriana TEUBNER; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 143 pages
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Baldarelli, Beatrice ACCIUS UND DIE VORTROJANISCHE PELOPIDENSAGE
Ferdinand Schöningh 2004 3506717855 / 9783506717856 Softcover Very Good
Light rubbing to wraps. Some pencil marginalia to text (by R. E. Fantham). Minor shelfwear. ; Wohl kaum ein anderer Mythenkomplex griechischen Ursprungs übte auf Rom eine solche Faszination aus wie die Geschichte von den Pelopiden. Welche Bedeutung man dem Thema beigemessen hat, bezeugen die zahlreichen Tragödien mit dem Titel Atreus oder Thyestes, in deren Zentrum der den sittlichen Tiefpunkt des Geschlechtes markierende Frevel der coena Thyestea stand. Die Untersuchung geht den Voraussetzungen und Bedingungen nach, die den außergewöhnlichen Erfolg gerade dieses Mythos ermöglichten. Es zeigt sich, dass die große ideologische Aussagekraft, die der Mythos im Verständnis des römischen Publikums entfaltete, auf die ganz spezifische Gestalt zurückzuführen ist, welche der Tragiker Accius dem Stoff in mehreren seiner Dramen verliehen hat. ; Studien Zur Geschichte Und Kultur Des Altertums, Neue Folge, 1. Reihe: Monographien. Band 24; 336 pages
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Baldick, Julian HOMER AND THE INDO-EUROPEANS Comparing Mythologies
I. B. Tauris 1994 1850438315 / 9781850438311 Hardcover Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
Former owner's name in pencil and blindstamp to ffep. Else very minor shelfwear to book and DJ. ; This study in comparative mythology interprets the Greek myths in the light of the mythologies of other Indo-European cultures - Indian, Celtic, Scandinavian, Roman, Greek, Iranian and Ossetian. The author uses a modified version of the schema proposed by the French theorist Dumezil to consider the profound connections between such works as the "Iliad", the "Odyssey", the Indian epics - the "Ramayana" and the "Mahabharata" - the Iranian "Book of Kings" and the Scandinavian "Yaglingasaga". The book includes a long critical exposition of the discipline of comparative mythology from its 18th-century origins to the revival of the discipline by Dumezil and his followers from 1938 to the present. It also reassesses the profound critique of Dumezil which linked him with Nazi ideology. ; 256 pages
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Baldick, Julian HOMER AND THE INDO-EUROPEANS Comparing Mythologies
I. B. Tauris 1994 1850438315 / 9781850438311 Hardcover Very Good+ in Fine dust jacket
Faint foxing to ffep and top of textblock else book is fine. ; This study in comparative mythology interprets the Greek myths in the light of the mythologies of other Indo-European cultures - Indian, Celtic, Scandinavian, Roman, Greek, Iranian and Ossetian. The author uses a modified version of the schema proposed by the French theorist Dumezil to consider the profound connections between such works as the "Iliad", the "Odyssey", the Indian epics - the "Ramayana" and the "Mahabharata" - the Iranian "Book of Kings" and the Scandinavian "Yaglingasaga". The book includes a long critical exposition of the discipline of comparative mythology from its 18th-century origins to the revival of the discipline by Dumezil and his followers from 1938 to the present. It also reassesses the profound critique of Dumezil which linked him with Nazi ideology. ; 256 pages
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Barney, Stephen A. CHAUCER'S TROILUS Essays in Criticism
Archon Books 1980 0208018220 / 9780208018229 Hardcover Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Dustjacket is protected in mylar and taped down to book. ; Contents include: 17 Essays: George Lyman Kittredge ("On the 'Troilus'" from Seven Types of Ambiguity) ; C. S. Lewis ("What Chaucer Really Did to 'Il Filostrato'") others including: Morton W. Bloomfield; E. Talbot Donaldson, Norman Davis, John Leyerle, and many others. ; 323 pages
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