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Classical Mythology Mark P. O. Morford · 1971 · 524p · ≈ 17h · Moderate An excellent primer on classical mythology for readers who have little or no background of classical knowledge. Shares: Klassieke oudheid, Mythologie, Classical Mythology, Mythology

Who's who in classical mythology Michael Grant · 1973 · 367p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Who's Who in Classical Mythology is the most complete and detailed reference book of its kind. It offers scholarly, yet accessible accounts of those mythological tales surrounding such gods as Apollo, Zeus, Athena and Dionysus, and mortals such as Achilles, Odysseus, Jason, Aeneas, Romulus and Remus and Tarquin.It contains over 1200 extensive entries, covering both Greek and Roman characters,… Shares: Klassieke oudheid, Mythologie, Dictionaries, Classical Mythology

Biographie universelle, ancienne et moderne, ou, Histoire par ordre alphabétique de la vie ... Joseph François Michaud · 1812 · 617p · ≈ 20h · Demanding Shares: Dictionnaires français, French, Mythologie, Dictionaries

Everyman's dictionary of non-classical mythology Egerton Sykes · 1952 · 280p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares: Dictionnaires, Mythologie, Dictionaries, Mythology

Wonder Book Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1852 · 246p · ≈ 8h · Challenging O jovem Eustáquio conta histórias da Grécia antiga para a turma de crianças na casa de campo de Tanglewood, e os entretém com as viagens do herói Hércules, o domador de Pégaso e o combate contra a terrível Quimera, o encontro de Perseu com a icônica Medusa, entre outras aventuras. Baseando-se na mitologia grega, o autor Nathaniel Hawthorne reescreveu engenhosamente as histórias de personagens e… Shares: Mythologie ancienne, Classical Mythology, Mythology

Dictionnaire des symboles Chevalier, Jean · 1969 · ★ 4.5 · 1060p · ≈ 35h · Challenging This remarkable and wide-ranging book is an inventory of symbols and the symbolic imagination. The editors and their fifteen contributors are drawn from a variety of scholarly backgrounds - including anthropology, ethnology, psychotherapy and art history. This diversity of approach is responsible for the book's unique character, a reflection of the multiplicity of symbols and signs and the… Shares: Dictionnaires, French, Mythologie, Dictionaries

Collins Robert French English Dictionary Beryl T. Atkins · 1978 · ★ 4.2 · 2285p · ≈ 76h · Challenging "The richest resource for lovers of the French language everywhere. Key features: it's comprehensive and authoritative, with all the words and phrases you need, including specialist vocabulary from every field; language notes that help you deal with the complexities of translation; a clear layout now with colour; all the very latest words and phrases from contemporary French and English; insight… Shares: Dictionnaires français, Français, French, Dictionaries

Mutterrecht und Urreligion Johann Jakob Bachofen · 1900 · 305p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Shares: Mitologia E Mito, Mythologie ancienne, Classical Mythology, Mythology

Myths of the Greeks and Romans Michael Grant · 1962 · 487p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Summarizes Greek and Roman myths, traces their origins, and follows their evolution from classical times to the present day. Shares: Mythologie ancienne, Classical Mythology, Mythology

The Greek myths Robert Graves · 1955 · ★ 4.1 · 412p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Robert Graves, classicist, poet, and unorthodox critic, retells the Greek legends of gods and heroes for a modern audience And, in the two volumes of The Greek Myths, he demonstrates with a dazzling display of relevant knowledge that Greek Mythology is “no more mysterious in content than are modern election cartoons.” His work covers, in nearly two hundred sections, the creation myths; the… Shares: Klassieke oudheid, Mythologie, Classical Mythology, Mythology

The encyclopedia of mythology Arthur Cotterell · 1998 From one of the world's leading historians?a comprehensive narrative of the 3,000 years that have formed Asia's people, culture, and global destiny Tracing its origins in Mesopotamia to its modern role on the global geopolitical stage, historian Arthur Cotterell offers a compelling, lively, and readable account of one of the most culturally diverse, and often misunderstood, parts of the world.… Shares: Mythologie ancienne, Mythologie, Classical Mythology, Mythology

Myth and meaning Claude Lévi-Strauss · 1978 · ★ 3.8 · 54p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Ever since the rise of science and the scientific method in the seventeenth century, we have rejected mythology as the product of superstitious and primitive minds. Only now are we coming to a fuller appreciation of the nature and role of myth in human history. In these five lectures originally prepared for the CBC, Claude Lévi-Strauss, one of the world's greatest living thinkers, offers the… Shares: Mitologia E Mito, Mythologie, Mythology

Interpretations of Greek Mythology (Routledge Revivals) Jan N. Bremmer · 2013 · 295p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Interpretations of Greek Mythology, first published in1987, builds on the innovative work of Walter Burkert and the ‘Paris school’ of Jean-Pierre Vernant, and represents a renewal of interpretation of Greek mythology. The contributors to this volume present a variety of approaches to the Greek myths, all of which eschew a monolithic or exclusively structuralist hermeneutic method. Specifically,… Shares: Mythologie grecque, Mythology

A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1800 · ★ 3.9 · 224p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Six legends of Greek mythology, retold for children by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Included are The Gorgon’s Head, The Golden Touch, The Paradise of Children, The Three Golden Apples, The Miraculous Pitcher, and The Chimaera. In 1838, Hawthorne suggested to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that they collaborate on a story for children based on the legend of the Pandora’s Box, but this never materialized. He… Shares: Mythologie ancienne, Mythologie grecque, Classical Mythology, Mythology

Bibliotheca Apollodorus of Athens · 1782 · 291p · ≈ 9h · Demanding Apollodorus' Library has been an invaluable source book for early Greek myths from the time of its compilation in the first/second century BC to the present, influencing writers from the scholars of Byzantium to Robert Graves. It provides a complete history of Greek myth, telling the story of each of the families of heroic mythology and the various adventures associated with the main heroes and… Shares: Mythologie grecque, Mythologie, Mythology

Introduction to mythology Lewis Spence · 1921 · 334p · ≈ 11h · Challenging What mythology is and how it has been explained - the solar theory, the ghost theory, the ritual theory - set out by a working folklorist for readers who wanted the arguments before the stories. Shares: Mythologie, Mythology

Lexikon der germanischen Mythologie Rudolf Simek · 1984 · 550p · ≈ 18h · Moderate Shares: Mythologie, Dictionaries, Mythology

Larousse gastronomique Montagné, Prosper · 1938 · ★ 4.6 · 1098p · ≈ 36h · Challenging Since its original publication, larouusse gastronomique has been one of the most important book in any food library. A combination of an encylopedia and a cookbook. Have been explained with pictures. I recommend. Shares: Dictionnaires français, French, Dictionaries

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