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Myths, Muses and Mortals gives new insight into a multitude of life experiences in ancient Greece. The book introduces the lives of the ancient Greeks through extracts taken from a range of sources, including poems, plays, novels, histories, lawsuits, inscriptions and private note-tablets. The voices speak for themselves in fresh translation, but in addition William Furley gives the narratives historical context and illuminates the literary genre in which they appear. The texts are grouped around important areas of life – love relations, travel and trade, social status, divine signs, daily events, warfare, philosophies, dress code and private and public celebration – giving voice to the variety of lives experienced by the citizens of ancient Greece and an insight into the Greek mind.

Sold as a multi-volume set – the individual volumes are also available for purchase.Heliodorus' Aithiopika, or 'Ethiopian Tale', is an adventure romance written probably in the fourth century AD, focusing on the young, beautiful lovers Charikleia and Theagenes. Beginning at the Delphic Oracle, which foretells a bright future for the couple in a 'dark land of the Sun', the story takes them from elopement from their families in Greece, aided by a mysterious old priest from Egypt, across the Aegean to shipwreck at the Nile Delta and capture by an outlaw band. From there they survive further perils at the hands of the Persian overlords of Egypt before finally arriving in Meroë, capital of ancient Ethiopia and birthplace of Charikleia, who had been exposed by the Queen of Ethiopia at birth for her anomalous white skin.Heliodorus stands as the last and most sophisticated of the surviving Greek novelists in terms of plot and expression. Whilst the story itself is racy and clear, the diction is refined and elaborate, the expression complex. This is partly due to the literary movement, the Second Sophistic, to which Heliodorus belongs, and partly to the pursuit of paideia, or literary, philosophical, and rhetorical savvy, which characterized educated Greco-Roman society in Heliodorus’ time. Heliodorus himself says he was born a Phoenician in Emesa (modern Homs) in Syria from a family descended from the Sun. A later biographical note records his conversion to Christianity.Volume One contains Books 1-5 of Aithiopika, with a substantial Introduction, a General Introduction by Nikoletta Kanavou, the Greek text and facing-page English translation, as well as commentary on Books 1-5.Volume Two contains Books 6-10 of Aithiopika, with Greek text, facing-page English translation and commentary. In addition there is further analysis of Heliodorus' themes, language and style and appendices containing Philip the Philosopher: Interpretation of ‘Charikleia’, and Michael Psellos: Comparison of Heliodorus and Achilles Tatius.

Sold as a multi-volume set – the individual volumes are also available for purchase.Heliodorus' Aithiopika, or 'Ethiopian Tale', is an adventure romance written probably in the fourth century AD, focusing on the young, beautiful lovers Charikleia and Theagenes. Beginning at the Delphic Oracle, which foretells a bright future for the couple in a 'dark land of the Sun', the story takes them from elopement from their families in Greece, aided by a mysterious old priest from Egypt, across the Aegean to shipwreck at the Nile Delta and capture by an outlaw band. From there they survive further perils at the hands of the Persian overlords of Egypt before finally arriving in Meroë, capital of ancient Ethiopia and birthplace of Charikleia, who had been exposed by the Queen of Ethiopia at birth for her anomalous white skin.Heliodorus stands as the last and most sophisticated of the surviving Greek novelists in terms of plot and expression. Whilst the story itself is racy and clear, the diction is refined and elaborate, the expression complex. This is partly due to the literary movement, the Second Sophistic, to which Heliodorus belongs, and partly to the pursuit of paideia, or literary, philosophical, and rhetorical savvy, which characterized educated Greco-Roman society in Heliodorus’ time. Heliodorus himself says he was born a Phoenician in Emesa (modern Homs) in Syria from a family descended from the Sun. A later biographical note records his conversion to Christianity.Volume Two contains Books 6-10 of Aithiopika, with Greek text, facing-page English translation and commentary. In addition there is further analysis of Heliodorus' themes in the form of a register, and appendices containing Philip the Philosopher: Interpretation of ‘Charikleia’, and Michael Psellos: Comparison of Heliodorus and Achilles Tatius.

Sold as a multi-volume set – the individual volumes are also available for purchase.Heliodorus' Aithiopika, or 'Ethiopian Tale', is an adventure romance written probably in the fourth century AD, focusing on the young, beautiful lovers Charikleia and Theagenes. Beginning at the Delphic Oracle, which foretells a bright future for the couple in a 'dark land of the Sun', the story takes them from elopement from their families in Greece, aided by a mysterious old priest from Egypt, across the Aegean to shipwreck at the Nile Delta and capture by an outlaw band. From there they survive further perils at the hands of the Persian overlords of Egypt before finally arriving in Meroë, capital of ancient Ethiopia and birthplace of Charikleia, who had been exposed by the Queen of Ethiopia at birth for her anomalous white skin.Heliodorus stands as the last and most sophisticated of the surviving Greek novelists in terms of plot and expression. Whilst the story itself is racy and clear, the diction is refined and elaborate, the expression complex. This is partly due to the literary movement, the Second Sophistic, to which Heliodorus belongs, and partly to the pursuit of paideia, or literary, philosophical, and rhetorical savvy, which characterized educated Greco-Roman society in Heliodorus’ time. Heliodorus himself says he was born a Phoenician in Emesa (modern Homs) in Syria from a family descended from the Sun. A later biographical note records his conversion to Christianity.Volume One contains Books 1-5 of Aithiopika, with a substantial Introduction, a General Introduction by Nikoletta Kanavou, the Greek text and facing-page English translation, as well as commentary on Books 1-5.

Die Autoren geben ihren Lesern ein möglichst vollständiges Bild der antiken griechischen religiösen Hymnen, die entweder bei religiösen Zeremonien gesungen wurden oder in literarischen Kontexten vorkamen, die solche Zeremonien nachahmten. Der Schwerpunkt liegt dabei auf der Ausgabe der griechischen Texte, die aus den Ausgrabungsstätten von u.a. Delphi, Epidauros und Athen vom 4. Jahrhundert v. Chr. an hervorgegangen sind als auch auf denjenigen, die durch die Manuskripttradition oder auf Papyrus überliefert wurden.Das Material wurde in zwei Bände aufgeteilt. Der erste Band bietet eine Einführung, Übersetzungen und allgemeine Einführungen zu den einzelnen Texten (alle griechischen Zitate werden in diesem Band übersetzt) für den Leser ohne Griechischkenntnisse. Der zweite Band enthält die griechischen Texte sowie das gesamte wissenschaftliche Material in Zusammenhang mit seiner detaillierten Interpretation.

Die Autoren geben ihren Lesern ein möglichst vollständiges Bild der antiken griechischen religiösen Hymnen, die entweder bei religiösen Zeremonien gesungen wurden oder in literarischen Kontexten vorkamen, die solche Zeremonien nachahmten. Der Schwerpunkt liegt dabei auf der Ausgabe der griechischen Texte, die aus den Ausgrabungsstätten von u.a. Delphi, Epidauros und Athen vom 4. Jahrhundert v. Chr. an hervorgegangen sind als auch auf denjenigen, die durch die Manuskripttradition oder auf Papyrus überliefert wurden.Das Material wurde in zwei Bände aufgeteilt. Der erste Band bietet eine Einführung, Übersetzungen und allgemeine Einführungen zu den einzelnen Texten (alle griechischen Zitate werden in diesem Band übersetzt) für den Leser ohne Griechischkenntnisse. Der zweite Band enthält die griechischen Texte sowie das gesamte wissenschaftliche Material in Zusammenhang mit seiner detaillierten Interpretation.

William Furley und Victor Gysembergh haben hier eine Edition mit Einleitung und Kommentar aller bisher bekannten Papyrus-Fragmente, die die antike griechische Eingeweideschau betreffen, zusammengestellt. Es sind Fragmente antiker Lehrschriften zum Thema, die zwar aus dem Ägypten der ersten nachchristlichen Jahrhunderte stammen, aber den Wissensstand früherer Zeiten im gesamtgriechischen Raum spiegeln. Interessant ist vor allem die geheimnisvolle Sprache der Priester auf diesem Gebiet, die die Schafsleber als Mikrokosmos des Menschen und seiner Umgebung darstellt. Die Autoren gehen insbesondere der Frage nach, ob und in welchem Maße die altgriechische Eingeweideschau direkt auf mesopotamische Vorbilder zurückgeht, wie oft in der Forschung behauptet wird. Die Ergebnisse werfen ein interessantes Licht auf antike Rezeptionsprozesse zwischen Griechenland und dessen östlichen Nachbarn.