18 books like Omero, Iliade

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The Song of Troy Colleen McCullough · 1998 · ★ 4.0 · 523p · ≈ 17h · Moderate Retelling of the tragic and terrible saga of the Trojan war, a 3000-year-old tale of enduring love, abiding hate, vengeance, betrayal, honour and sacrifice. Shares: Trojan War. fast, Trojan War, Greece, Greek Mythology

The Trojan War Olivia E. Coolidge · 1952 · ★ 3.6 · 250p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Retells legends of the heroes of the Trojan War, which began with Paris of Troy's abduction of Helen, wife of Menelaus, lord of Greece. Shares: Trojan War, Greece, Greek Mythology

Tales of Troy and Greece Andrew Lang · 1907 · 227p · ≈ 7h · Challenging A magnificent collection of the most stirring myths from the ancient world, Andrew Lang's Tales of Troy and Greece presents five major narrative cycles that have shaped the literary imagination for centuries. Illustrated by H.J. Ford, this classic work brings together the greatest heroes and adventures of Greek legend in vivid, accessible prose. The collection opens with "Ulysses the Sacker of… Shares: Trojan War. fast, Trojan War, Greek Mythology

Troilus and Cressida William Shakespeare · 1609 · ★ 3.4 · 544p · ≈ 18h · Demanding With new editors who have incorporated the most up-to-date scholarship, this revised Pelican Shakespeare series will be the premiere choice for students, professors, and general readers well into the twenty-first century.Each volume features: Authoritative, reliable texts High quality introductions and notes New, more readable trade trim size An essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare and… Shares: Trojan War. fast, Trojan War

Mythe et société en Grèce ancienne Jean-Pierre Vernant · 1974 · 252p · ≈ 8h · Moderate This book is a stimulating and largely persuasive collection of essays on the interrelations between social institutions and mythical thinking in ancient Greek society. What is fundamental to the author's approach is a determination to see the meaning of Greek myth and of Greek social institutions in patterns of association and opposition, in the articulations of a system of ideas. It is in this… Shares: Greece, Greek Mythology

Heroes of Greece and Troy Roger Lancelyn Green · 1960 · 337p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Un acercamiento perfecto para el público más joven a la cultura clásica y sus mitos, en una magistral versión de la última gran leyenda de la Edad Heroica, el asedio de Troya: con su caída comienza la Historia. Roger Lancelyn Green se acerca una vez más a la mitología, en esta ocasión para contar la extraordinaria historia de Helena, cuyo rostro lanzó mil naves al mar, y la del juicio de Paris;… Shares: Trojan War, Greek Mythology

The story of the Golden Fleece Padraic Colum · 1957 · 174p · ≈ 5h · Moderate "Still unequaled as an introduction to the classic myths."—Publishers WeeklyGeared toward young readers, the classic retellings of stories from ancient myth presented in this volume center on the Argonauts' quest for the golden fleece. Generations have thrilled to compelling renditions of the adventures of heroic Jason and the sorceress Medea, mighty Heracles, the minstrel Orpheus, and other… Shares: Greece, Greek Mythology

Trojan War Blake A. Hoena · 2017 · 112p · ≈ 3h · Moderate What happens when the gods disagree? They send the mightiest of heroes to fight a war. But which hero will you be, and who will you side with: Greece’s King Menelaus or Paris, a prince from the city of Troy? If the gods favor you, you just may survive the fighting. Shares: Trojan War, Greek Mythology

Stories from Homer Alfred John Church · 1878 · 307p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Homer's epic poem The Odyssey is one of the greatest and most influential literary works ever produced. However, its complex language and dense web of allusions and metaphors can be difficult for some readers to untangle. In The Story of the Odyssey, author Alfred John Church presents a more straightforward rendering of the events related in Homer's version. It's a great introduction to the poem… Shares: Trojan War, Greek Mythology

Troy Stephen Fry · 2020 · ★ 4.3 · 432p · ≈ 14h · Moderate "A retelling of the Greek myth of the Trojan war"-- Shares: Trojan War, Greek Mythology

Growth and guilt Luigi Zoja · 1995 · 244p · ≈ 8h · Moderate The relentless exploitation of the earth's resources and technologys boundless growth are a matter of urgent concern. When did this race towards the limitless begin? The Greeks, who shaped the basis of Western thinking, lived in mortal fear of humanity's hidden hunger for the infinite and referred to it as hubris, the one true sin in their moral code. Whoever desired or possessed too much was… Shares: Greece, Greek Mythology

Euripides Erich Segal · 1968 · ★ 3.8 · 177p · ≈ 5h · Moderate TABLE OF CONTENTS: Euripides’ theater of ideas / William arrowsmith -- Euripides and the gods / G. M. A. Grube -- The virtues of Admetus / Anne Pippin Burnett -- On Euripides’ Medea / Eilhard Schlesinger -- The Hippolytus of Euripides / Bernard M. W. Knox -- Watching the Trojan women / Eric A. Havelock -- Why the Trojan women? / Jean-Paul Sartre -- Orestes / Christian Wolff -- Tragedy and… Shares: Critique et interprétation, Greek Mythology

Greek myths Geraldine McCaughrean · 1992 · ★ 4.0 · 96p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Presents retellings of sixteen Greek myths, including the stories of Pandora, Daedalus and Icarus, King Midas, Jason, and Odysseus. Shares: Trojan War, Greek Mythology

Psyche Erwin Rohde · 1898 · 626p · ≈ 20h · Demanding THIS book offers an account of the opinions held by the Greeks about the life of the human soul after death, and is thus intended as a contribution to the history of Greek religion. Such an undertaking has in a special measure to contend with the difficulties that face any inquiry into the religious life and thought of the Greeks. Greek religion was a natural growth, not a special foundation, and… Shares: Greece, Greek Mythology

Homer Όμηρος · 1833 · 360p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Homer (; , ; possibly born ) was an ancient Greek poet who is traditionally credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Homer was highly revered in ancient Greek society and is considered one of the most influential authors in history. The question of Homers identity and existence—dubbed the "Homeric… Shares: Trojan War, Greek Mythology

Mythology Edith Hamilton · 1940 · ★ 4.0 · 497p · ≈ 16h · Challenging 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… Shares: Trojan War, Greek Mythology

Olympos Dan Simmons · 2005 · ★ 4.0 · 891p · ≈ 29h · Moderate Beneath the gaze of the gods, the mighty armies of Greece and Troy met in fierce and glorious combat, scrupulously following the text set forth in Homer's timeless narrative. But that was before one observer -- Twenty-first Century scholar Thomas Hockenberry -- stirred the bloody brew; before an enraged Achilles joined forces with his archenemy Hector; and before the fleet-footed mankiller turned… Shares: Greece, Greek Mythology

The Trojan women of Euripides Euripides · 1905 · ★ 3.9 · 94p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Published in 1915, this book features Gilbert Murray’s translation of Euripides’ 415 BCE tragedy. The play chronicles the aftermath of the Trojan War, specifically the suffering of the Trojan women at the hands of the Greeks. Shares: Trojan War, Greek Mythology

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