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Dragon in the West
From Ancient Myth to Modern Legend
Av Daniel Ogden
E-bok, 2021
450 kr
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An exploration of how the image and idea of the dragon has evolved through history How did the dragon get its wings? Everyone in the modern West has a clear idea of what a dragon looks like and of the sorts of stories it inhabits, not least devotees of the fantasies of J. R. R. Tolkien, J. K. …
The Oxford Handbook of Heracles
Av Daniel Ogden
Inbunden, 2021
2566 kr
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Heracles is the quintessential ancient Greek hero. The rich and massive tradition associated with him encompasses myths of all kinds: quest myths, monster-fights, world-foundational myths, aetiological myths, philosophical myths, allegorical myths, and more. It informs and is informed by every …
Oxford Handbook of Heracles
Av Daniel Ogden
E-bok, 2021
1718 kr
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Heracles is the quintessential ancient Greek hero. The rich and massive tradition associated with him encompasses myths of all kinds: quest myths, monster-fights, world-foundational myths, aetiological myths, philosophical myths, allegorical myths, and more. It informs and is informed by every …
Oxford Handbook of Heracles
Av Daniel Ogden
E-bok, 2021
1718 kr
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Heracles is the quintessential ancient Greek hero. The rich and massive tradition associated with him encompasses myths of all kinds: quest myths, monster-fights, world-foundational myths, aetiological myths, philosophical myths, allegorical myths, and more. It informs and is informed by every …
Dragon in the West
From Ancient Myth to Modern Legend
Av Daniel Ogden
E-bok, 2021
450 kr
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An exploration of how the image and idea of the dragon has evolved through history How did the dragon get its wings? Everyone in the modern West has a clear idea of what a dragon looks like and of the sorts of stories it inhabits, not least devotees of the fantasies of J. R. R. Tolkien, J. K. …
Werewolf in the Ancient World
Av Daniel Ogden
E-bok, 2021
375 kr
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In a moonlit graveyard somewhere in southern Italy, a soldier removes his clothes in readiness to transform himself into a wolf. He depends upon the clothes to recover his human shape, and so he magically turns them to stone, but his secret is revealed when, back in human form, he is seen to carry …
Werewolf in the Ancient World
Av Daniel Ogden
E-bok, 2021
375 kr
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In a moonlit graveyard somewhere in southern Italy, a soldier removes his clothes in readiness to transform himself into a wolf. He depends upon the clothes to recover his human shape, and so he magically turns them to stone, but his secret is revealed when, back in human form, he is seen to carry …
Magic, Witchcraft and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds
Av Daniel Ogden
Häftad, 2009
748 kr
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In a culture where the supernatural possessed an immediacy now strange to us, magic was of great importance both in the literary and mythic tradition and in ritual practice. Recently, ancient magic has hit a high in popularity, both as an area of scholarly inquiry and as one of general, popular …
Greek Bastardy in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
Av Daniel Ogden
Inbunden, 1996
5112 kr
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Societies are defined at their margins. In the ancient Greek world bastards were often marginal, their affinities being with the female, the alien, the servile, the poor, and the sick. The study of bastardy in ancient Greece is therefore of an importance that goes far beyond the subject's intrinsic …
The Dragon in the West
From Ancient Myth to Modern Legend
Av Daniel Ogden
Inbunden, 2021
676 kr
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An exploration of how the image and idea of the dragon has evolved through historyHow did the dragon get its wings? Everyone in the modern West has a clear idea of what a dragon looks like and of the sorts of stories it inhabits, not least devotees of the fantasies of J. R. R. Tolkien, J. K. …
The Werewolf in the Ancient World
Av Daniel Ogden
Inbunden, 2021
514 kr
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In a moonlit graveyard somewhere in southern Italy, a soldier removes his clothes in readiness to transform himself into a wolf. He depends upon the clothes to recover his human shape, and so he magically turns them to stone, but his secret is revealed when, back in human form, he is seen to carry …
Dragons, Serpents, and Slayers in the Classical and Early Christian Worlds
A Sourcebook
Av Daniel Ogden
E-bok, 2013
571 kr
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Stories about dragons, serpents, and their slayers make up a rich and varied tradition within ancient mythology and folklore. In this sourcebook, Daniel Ogden presents a comprehensive and easily accessible collection of dragon myths from Greek, Roman, and early Christian sources. Some of the …
Drakon
Dragon Myth and Serpent Cult in the Greek and Roman Worlds
Av Daniel Ogden
Inbunden, 2013
4708 kr
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Drakon: Dragon Myth and Serpent Cult in the Greek and Roman Worlds is the first substantial survey to be focally devoted to the 'dragon' or the supernatural serpent, the drakon or draco, in Greek and Roman myth and religion. Almost every major myth cycle of the Greek and Roman worlds featured a …
Philip II and Alexander the Great
Father and Son, Lives and Afterlives
Av Elizabeth Carney, Daniel Ogden m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
2810 kr
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The careers of Philip II and his son Alexander the Great (III) were interlocked in innumerable ways: Philip II centralized ancient Macedonia, created an army of unprecedented skill and flexibility, came to dominate the Greek peninsula, and planned the invasion of the Persian Empire with a combined …
Philip II and Alexander the Great
Father and Son, Lives and Afterlives
Av Daniel Ogden, Elizabeth Carney
E-bok, 2010
1834 kr
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The careers of Philip II and his son Alexander the Great (III) were interlocked in innumerable ways: Philip II centralized ancient Macedonia, created an army of unprecedented skill and flexibility, came to dominate the Greek peninsula, and planned the invasion of the Persian Empire with a combined …
Philip II and Alexander the Great
Father and Son, Lives and Afterlives
Av Daniel Ogden, Elizabeth Carney
E-bok, 2010
1834 kr
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The careers of Philip II and his son Alexander the Great (III) were interlocked in innumerable ways: Philip II centralized ancient Macedonia, created an army of unprecedented skill and flexibility, came to dominate the Greek peninsula, and planned the invasion of the Persian Empire with a combined …
Dragons, Serpents, and Slayers in the Classical and Early Christian Worlds
A Sourcebook
Av Daniel Ogden
Inbunden, 2013
2652 kr
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Stories about dragons, serpents, and their slayers make up a rich and varied tradition within ancient mythology and folklore. In this sourcebook, Daniel Ogden presents a comprehensive and easily accessible collection of dragon myths from Greek, Roman, and early Christian sources. Some of the …
Dragons, Serpents, and Slayers in the Classical and Early Christian Worlds
A Sourcebook
Av Daniel Ogden
E-bok, 2013
571 kr
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Stories about dragons, serpents, and their slayers make up a rich and varied tradition within ancient mythology and folklore. In this sourcebook, Daniel Ogden presents a comprehensive and easily accessible collection of dragon myths from Greek, Roman, and early Christian sources. Some of the …
Dragons, Serpents, and Slayers in the Classical and Early Christian Worlds
A Sourcebook
Av Daniel Ogden
Häftad, 2013
916 kr
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Stories about dragons, serpents, and their slayers make up a rich and varied tradition within ancient mythology and folklore. In this sourcebook, Daniel Ogden presents a comprehensive and easily accessible collection of dragon myths from Greek, Roman, and early Christian sources. Some of the …
Pausanias of Sparta
From Victor to Traitor
Av Daniel Ogden
Inbunden, 2026
254 kr
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The story of Pausanias, the general who defeated the Persians invading Greece and changed the course of historyWeaving together ancient sources, Daniel Ogden tells the gripping story of the enigmatic and controversial Spartan regent to an underage king. Pausanias (ca. 505–ca. 467 BCE) would never …
Perseus
Av Daniel Ogden
Häftad, 2008
633 kr
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The son of Zeus, Perseus belongs in the first rank of Greek heroes. Indeed to some he was a greater hero even than Heracles. With the help of Hermes and Athena he slew the Gorgon Medusa, conquered a mighty sea monster and won the hand of the beautiful princess Andromeda. This volume tells of his …
Companion to Greek Religion
Av Daniel Ogden
E-bok, 2008
2753 kr
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This major addition to Blackwell’s Companions to the Ancient World series covers all aspects of religion in the ancient Greek world from the archaic, through the classical and into the Hellenistic period. Written by a panel of international experts Focuses on religious life as it was experienced by …
Greek and Roman Necromancy
Av Daniel Ogden
Häftad, 2004
531 kr
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In classical antiquity, there was much interest in necromancy--the consultation of the dead for divination. People could seek knowledge from the dead by sleeping on tombs, visiting oracles, and attempting to reanimate corpses and skulls. Ranging over many of the lands in which Greek and Roman …
Greek and Roman Necromancy
Av Daniel Ogden
E-bok, 2019
735 kr
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In classical antiquity, there was much interest in necromancy--the consultation of the dead for divination. People could seek knowledge from the dead by sleeping on tombs, visiting oracles, and attempting to reanimate corpses and skulls. Ranging over many of the lands in which Greek and Roman …
Crooked Kings of Ancient Greece
Av Daniel Ogden
Inbunden, 1997
1389 kr
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By comparing traditional narratives concerning archaic colonists and tyrants, Ogden shows that monarchic rulers in archaic Greece were often paradoxically conceptualized as deformed scapegoats or as evil malformed babies of sinister birth. This way of thinking helped to explain their extraordinary …
Alexander the Great
Myth, Genesis and Sexuality
Av Daniel Ogden
Häftad, 2011
583 kr
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What are ancient texts saying to us when they describe Alexander the Great’s romantic relationship with his wife Barsine, or comment on his homosexual relationship with Hephaestion? What did it mean when the ancient writers told that Alexander had been sired by a thunderbolt or by a gigantic snake? …
Tyrants of Corinth
Legends of Cypselus and Periander
Av Daniel Ogden
Inbunden, 2024
2586 kr
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The Tyrants of Corinth is the first monograph in English devoted to the archaic tyranny of Corinth and the engaging legends of Cypselus and Periander, which embrace such themes as hidden babies, animal helpers, arbitrary violence, necrophilia and vengeful ghosts.This detailed study of the ancient …
Tyrants of Corinth
Legends of Cypselus and Periander
Av Daniel Ogden
Häftad, 2024
652 kr
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The Tyrants of Corinth is the first monograph in English devoted to the archaic tyranny of Corinth and the engaging legends of Cypselus and Periander, which embrace such themes as hidden babies, animal helpers, arbitrary violence, necrophilia and vengeful ghosts.This detailed study of the ancient …
Tyrants of Corinth
Legends of Cypselus and Periander
Av Daniel Ogden
E-bok, 2024
745 kr
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The Tyrants of Corinth is the first monograph in English devoted to the archaic tyranny of Corinth and the engaging legends of Cypselus and Periander, which embrace such themes as hidden babies, animal helpers, arbitrary violence, necrophilia and vengeful ghosts. This detailed study of the ancient …
Tyrants of Corinth
Legends of Cypselus and Periander
Av Daniel Ogden
E-bok, 2024
729 kr
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The Tyrants of Corinth is the first monograph in English devoted to the archaic tyranny of Corinth and the engaging legends of Cypselus and Periander, which embrace such themes as hidden babies, animal helpers, arbitrary violence, necrophilia and vengeful ghosts. This detailed study of the ancient …
