18 books like Myths of the Greeks and Romans
Grecian and Roman mythology
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Mystagogus poeticus, or, The muses interpreter
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The myths of Greece & Rome
This book is a detailed treatise on Greek and Roman mythology, dealing comprehensively with the Gods, demi-Gods and heroes of Greco-Roman legend. Highly Detailed and illustrated, this book constitutes a veritable encyclopaedia of Greek and Roman mythology, including descriptions of notable characters: Jupiter, Juno, Minerva, Apollo, Diana, Venus, Mercury, Mars, Vulcan, Neptune, Pluto, Bacchus,…
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Wonder Book
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…
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A handbook of Greek mythology, including its extension to Rome
For use by laymen, students, scholars.
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A story of the golden age
You have heard of Homer, and of the two wonderful poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey, which bear his name. No one knows whether these poems were composed by Homer, or whether they are the work of many different poets. And, in fact, it matters very little about their authorship. Everybody agrees that they are the grandest poems ever sung or written or read in this world; and yet, how few persons,…
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The age of fable
The Age of Fable is a Mythological type of book. It contains many Greek and Roman myths, including simplified versions of The Iliad and The Odyssey, as well as a selection of Norse and “eastern” myths. Thomas Bulfinch’s goal was to make the ancient myths accessible to a wide audience, and so it is suitable for children.
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Mythology
This deluxe edition of the world's most beloved, bestselling classic on Greek, Roman, and Norse mythology is stunningly illustrated with specially commissioned full-color plates and a beautiful gold-bordered pages. Since its original publication in 1942, Edith Hamilton's Mythology has sold millions of copies throughout the world and established itself as a perennial bestseller. For nearly…
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Mythology
There has long been a need for the stories of ancient mythology written to appeal to the twentieth-century mind. Edith Hamilton's orderly and lucid presentation of Greek, Roman and Norse mythology promises the casual reader and the avid student a sound, modern and adult key to the foundation stones of world literature. Her years of study of classical literature have already produced notable books…
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De sapientia veterum
The father of Empiricism, the Elizabethan philosopher Francis Bacon was an advocate and practitioner of the scientific method during the scientific revolution. His pioneering works argued for the possibility of scientific knowledge based only upon inductive reasoning and careful observation of events in nature. This comprehensive eBook presents Bacon’s collected works, with numerous…
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A book of myths
Just as a little child holds out its hands to catch the sunbeams, to feel and to grasp what, so its eyes tell it, is actually there, so, down through the ages, men have stretched out their hands in eager endeavour to know their God. And because only through the human was the divine knowable, the old peoples of the earth made gods of their heroes and not unfrequently endowed these gods with as…
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The Myths of Plato
tr., with introductory and other observations
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D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths
A re-telling of the myths of ancient Greece for children.
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Mythology
Jane Harrison examines the festivals of ancient Greek religion to identify the primitive "substratum" of ritual and its persistence in the realm of classical religious observance and literature. In Harrison's preface to this remarkable book, she writes that J. G. Frazer's work had become part and parcel of her "mental furniture" and that of others studying primitive religion. Today, those who…
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Margaret and her friends
The only firsthand account of one of Fuller's famous "Conversations," the first of which to men were invited. Guests included Bronson Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Sophia and George Ripley, Sophia and Elizabeth Peabody, Caroline Sturgis and Jones Very. Dall, who went on the become a major figure in the woman's rights movement in Massachusetts, includes direct quotes attributed to Fuller and…
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Cyclops Tells All
OF COURSE you think my actions were horrific and heartless, that dining on Odysseus' men was unforgivable. You don't know the other side of the myth. Well, let me tell you...
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The Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer
Three thousand years ago the world was still young. The western continent was a huge wilderness, and the greater part of Europe was inhabited by savage and wandering tribes. Only a few nations at the eastern end of the Mediterranean and in the neighbouring parts of Asia had learned to dwell in cities, to use a written language, to make laws for themselves, and to live in a more orderly fashion.…
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The Greek mythology
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