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Travelling Heroes
In the Epic Age of Homer
Written by Robin Lane Fox
Format: Hardcover, 496 pages
On Sale: April 7, 2009
Price: $32.50
The eighth century B.C. was the formative age of the great epics of Homer, a remote and, in some ways, mysterious era. In this groundbreaking book, Robin Lane Fox takes us into that time before history to explore questions ranging from the origins of the Greek gods to the spread of... Read more >
In the Epic Age of Homer
Written by Robin Lane Fox
Format: Hardcover, 496 pages
On Sale: April 7, 2009
Price: $32.50
The eighth century B.C. was the formative age of the great epics of Homer, a remote and, in some ways, mysterious era. In this groundbreaking book, Robin Lane Fox takes us into that time before history to explore questions ranging from the origins of the Greek gods to the spread of... Read more >
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The Odyssey
Written by Homer
Translated by Charles Stein
Format: Trade Paperback, 656 pages
On Sale: October 7, 2008
Price: $22.95
Most translations of The Odyssey are in the kind of standard verse form believed typical of high-serious composition in the ancient world. Yet some scholars believe the epic was originally composed in a less formal, phrase-by-phrase prosody. Charles Stein employs the latter approach in this dramatic, and in some ways truer... Read more >
Written by Homer
Translated by Charles Stein
Format: Trade Paperback, 656 pages
On Sale: October 7, 2008
Price: $22.95
Most translations of The Odyssey are in the kind of standard verse form believed typical of high-serious composition in the ancient world. Yet some scholars believe the epic was originally composed in a less formal, phrase-by-phrase prosody. Charles Stein employs the latter approach in this dramatic, and in some ways truer... Read more >
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Literature and the Gods
Written by Roberto Calasso
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: June 4, 2002
Price: $15.00
Brilliant, inspired, and gloriously erudite, Literature and the Gods is the culmination of Roberto Calasso’s lifelong study of the gods in the human imagination. By uncovering the divine whisper that lies behind the best poetry and prose from across the centuries, Calasso gives us a renewed sense of the mystery and... Read more >
Written by Roberto Calasso
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: June 4, 2002
Price: $15.00
Brilliant, inspired, and gloriously erudite, Literature and the Gods is the culmination of Roberto Calasso’s lifelong study of the gods in the human imagination. By uncovering the divine whisper that lies behind the best poetry and prose from across the centuries, Calasso gives us a renewed sense of the mystery and... Read more >
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