Dialogues of the Gods (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
84
Utgivningsdatum
2008-11-26
Förlag
Black Box Press
Medarbetare
Of Samosata, Lucian
Illustrationer
black & white illustrations
Dimensioner
229 x 152 x 5 mm
Vikt
136 g
Antal komponenter
1
Komponenter
2:B&W 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm Perfect Bound on Creme w/Gloss Lam
ISBN
9780578001678

Dialogues of the Gods

av Baudelaire Jones, Lucian Of Samosata
Häftad,  Engelska, 2008-11-26
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By the time of Lucian, popular religion had ceased to hold much influence over the hearts of the cultured classes. Philosophy was the new God, but there were efforts in some circles to divert men's minds from the philosophical sects and restore a sort of unorthodox faith in the old religion. Against this artificial revival of mythological faith, Lucian pitted the influence of his tremendous satirical powers. In the "Dialogues of the Gods," he pulls the curtain aside-exposing the Gods as they engage in private disputes, domestic brawls, and love affairs, with their jealousies and scandals, their paltry strifes and petty motives. The lesson is simple: Can one worship beings with such weaknesses, such foibles, and such scandalous and immoral lives? This new translation by Baudelaire Jones breathes fresh life into ancient deities such as Zeus, Hera, Hermes, Aphrodite, Poseidon, and Athena, revealing complex, contradictory, sex-obsessed creatures that modern mortals can surely relate to.
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