The Delphic Oracle

The Delphic Oracle
Author: Joseph Fontenrose
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 494
Release: 2023-07-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0520331311

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 1978.

Chinkon Kishin

Chinkon Kishin
Author: Birgit Staemmler
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
Total Pages: 494
Release: 2009
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3825868990

Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece

Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece
Author: Nigel Wilson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 829
Release: 2013-10-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 113678800X

Examining every aspect of the culture from antiquity to the founding of Constantinople in the early Byzantine era, this thoroughly cross-referenced and fully indexed work is written by an international group of scholars. This Encyclopedia is derived from the more broadly focused Encyclopedia of Greece and the Hellenic Tradition, the highly praised two-volume work. Newly edited by Nigel Wilson, this single-volume reference provides a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the political, cultural, and social life of the people and to the places, ideas, periods, and events that defined ancient Greece.

Delphi Complete Works of Daniel Defoe (Illustrated)

Delphi Complete Works of Daniel Defoe (Illustrated)
Author: Daniel Defoe
Publisher: Delphi Classics
Total Pages: 5039
Release: 2013-11-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1908909420

Widely regarded as the Father of the Novel, Daniel Defoe is a paramount literary figure, who deserves a place in all digital libraries. This comprehensive eBook offers readers the complete FICTIONAL works, with a wide range of non-fiction works too. (Version 2) Features: * concise introductions to the novels and other works * images of how the pamphlets first appeared, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * the complete novels and shorter fiction * ROBINSON CRUSOE and other novels are fully illustrated * packed full of images relating to Defoes life, works, places and film adaptations * EVEN includes Defoes poetry and travel works * includes all three volumes of Defoes enormous travel work A TOUR THRO THE WHOLE ISLAND OF GREAT BRITAIN * rare pamphlets and essays * features the BONUS text of William Mintos biography of Defoe explore the writers literary world! * scholarly ordering of texts in chronological order and literary genres, allowing easy navigation around Defoes immense oeuvre Please note: due to the scarcity of some non-fiction works, this is a complete FICTIONAL works of Defoe, with a generous selection of non-fiction texts. As soon as other texts become available, they will be added as free updates for customers who have already purchased this eBook. Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to view our range of bestselling titles CONTENTS: The Novels Robinson Crusoe The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Captain Singleton Journal of the Plague Year Colonel Jack Moll Flanders Roxana The Shorter Fiction The Consolidator A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal Atlantis Major A Short Narrative of His Grace John, D. of Marlborogh The King of Pirates Dickory Cronke Memoirs of a Cavalier The Memoirs of Major Alexander Ramkins The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campbell The Pirate Gow The History of the Remarkable Life of John Sheppard The Military Memoirs of Captain George Carleton The History of the Pyrates The Poetry The True-Born Englishman Hymn to the Pillory The Travel Writing A Tour Thro’ the Whole Island of Great Britain A New Voyage Round the World The Non-Fiction The Storm An Essay upon Projects The Political History of the Devil Serious Reflections of Robinson Crusoe The Complete English Tradesman Other Pamphlets and Essays The Biographies Daniel Defoe by William Minto Daniel Defoe by George Saintsbury Daniel Defoe by Leslie Stephen Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to view our range of bestselling titles

Girls and Women in Classical Greek Religion

Girls and Women in Classical Greek Religion
Author: Matthew Dillon
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 447
Release: 2003-09-02
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1134365098

It has often been thought that participation in fertility rituals was women's most important religious activity in classical Greece. Matthew Dillon's wide-ranging study makes it clear that women engaged in numerous other rites and cults, and that their role in Greek religion was actually more important than that of men. Women invoked the gods' help in becoming pregnant, venerated the god of wine, worshipped new and exotic deities, used magic for both erotic and pain-relieving purposes, and far more besides. Clear and comprehensive, this volume challenges many stereotypes of Greek women and offers unexpected insights into their experience of religion. With more than fifty illustrations, and translated extracts from contemporary texts, this is an essential resource for the study of women and religion in classical Greece.