Aspects of Death in Early Greek Art and Poetry

Aspects of Death in Early Greek Art and Poetry
Author: Emily Vermeule
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 341
Release: 2023-11-10
Genre:
ISBN: 0520310829

The ancient Greeks devoted a significant portion of their poetic and artistic energy to exploring themes of death. Vermeule examines the facts and fictions of Greek death, including burial and mourning, visions of the underworld, souls and ghosts, the value of heroic death in battle, the quest for immortality, the linked powers of death, sleep, and love, and more. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1979.

Great Goddesses

Great Goddesses
Author: Nikita Gill
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2019-09-03
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 0593085647

Bestselling poet, writer, and Instagram sensation Nikita Gill returns with a collection of poetry and prose retelling the legends of the Goddesses, both great and small, in their own words. With lyrical prose and striking verse, beloved poet Nikita Gill (Fierce Fairytales, Wild Embers) uses the history of Ancient Greece and beyond to explore and share the stories of the mothers, warriors, creators, survivors, and destroyers who shook the world. In pieces that burn with empathy and admiration for these women, Gill unearths the power and glory of the very foundations of mythology and culture that have been too-often ignored or pushed aside. Complete with beautiful hand-drawn illustrations, Gill's poetry and stories weave old and forgotten tales of might and love into an empowering collection for the modern woman.

Poetry Into Drama

Poetry Into Drama
Author: C. J. Herington
Publisher:
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1985-01-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780520051003

Greek and Latin Poetry

Greek and Latin Poetry
Author: Angelo Poliziano
Publisher: I Tatti Renaissance Library
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre:
ISBN: 9780674984578

Angelo Poliziano (1454-1494) was one of the great scholar-poets of the Renaissance and a leading figure in the Florence during the Age of the Medici. This I Tatti edition contains all of his Greek and Latin poetry (with the exception of the Silvae in ITRL 14) translated into English for the first time.

Epic Lessons

Epic Lessons
Author: Peter Toohey
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2013-04-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1135035342

Didactic Epic was enormously popular in the ancient world. It was used to teach Greeks and Romans technical and scientific subjects, but in verse. Epic Lessons shows how this scientific poetry was intended not just to instruct but also to entertain. Praise for its predecessor, Reading Epic 'Toohey's erudition makes the complexities and the strangeness of these ancient poems appear as clear as daylight and his enthusiasm renders them as attractive as the latest blockbuster.' - JACT Review

The Rise of the Greek Epic

The Rise of the Greek Epic
Author: Gilbert Murray
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2019-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 9789353708061

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. We have represented this book in the same form as it was first published. Hence any marks seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.