Download or read book The Shadow of the Parthenon written by Peter Green and published by . This book was released on 1972-01-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Shadow of the Parthenon written by Peter Green and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2008-12-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lively combination of scholarship and unorthodoxy makes these studies in ancient history and literature unusually rewarding. Few of the objects of conventional admiration gain much support from Peter Green (Pericles and the "democracy" of fifth-century Athens are treated to a very cool scrutiny) but he has a warm regard for the real virtues of antiquity and for those who spoke with "an individual voice." The studies cover both history and literature, Greece and Rome. They range from the real nature of Athenian society to poets as diverse as Sappho and Juvenal, and all of them, without laboring any parallels, make the ancient world immediately relevant to our own. (There is, for example, a very perceptive essay on how classical history often becomes a vehicle for the historian's own political beliefs and fantasies of power.) The student of classical history will find plenty in this book to enrich his own studies. The general reader will enjoy the vision of a classical world which differs radically from what he probably expects.

Download or read book The Hibbert Journal written by Lawrence Pearsall Jacks and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 984 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A quarterly review of religion, theology, and philosophy.

Download or read book Academy Notes written by Buffalo Fine Arts Academy and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Shadow of the Centaurs An Ancient Greek Mystery written by Saviour Pirotta and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-04 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth book in the ancient Greek Mysteries series is a mix of Sherlock Holmes and ancient Greece from bestselling author Saviour Pirotta, with stunning illustrations from up-and-coming illustrator Freya Hartas. This exciting adventure will have readers gripped from start to finish. Scribe Nico and his perceptive friend Thrax are back in Athens and Nico is looking forward to the spooky festival of Anthesteria and the lavish feasting at Master Lykos's house. But when the boys suspect a plot to assassinate the general of Athens, they must put the fun aside and infiltrate the Society of Centaurs. Will they discover the true identity of the society's leader, and will they stop the assassination? This dramatic and mysterious tale is packed with wonderful characters and insight into the daily life of the ancient Greeks, a required topic in the Key Stage 2 History curriculum. Perfect for fans of the Roman Mysteries, or anyone interest in ancient Greece.

Download or read book Home Killings written by Marcos Villatoro and published by Dell. This book was released on 2004 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rookie cop Romilia Chacón finds herself involved in her first big case when she uncovers cermonially slaughtered cadavers, and it is up to her to determine who is responsible for the killings.

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Download or read book Greek Sculpture written by Edmund von Mach and published by Parkstone International. This book was released on 2023-12-28 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greek Sculpture is probably the most well known aspect of Greek art, for a contemporary it expresses the most beautiful ideal and plastic perfection. It is the first of the Ancient Arts that looked to free itself from the imitative constraints, of the faithful representation of nature. Only a small part of the production of Greek Sculpture is known to us. Many of the masterpieces described by Antique literature are henceforth lost or badly damaged, and a large part, we know are copies, more or less skillful and faithful to the Roman era. Many have been restored by Western Sculptors, from the Renaissance to nowadays, and often in a meaning very different from the original work: a discobolous is thus turned into a dying gladiator, this god received the attributes of another, the legs of this statue are transplanted to the torso of this other one. “The soul of Greek Sculpture contains in it all sculpture. Its essential simplicity, defies all definition. We can feel it, but we can not express it. ‘Open your eyes, study the statues, look, reflect and look again,’ is the perpetual perception of anyone who wants to learn or know about Greek Sculpture.”

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Download or read book The Acropolis written by Eleana Yalouri and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-22 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Acropolis in Athens has captured the imaginations of readers, writers and travellers for centuries and every year draws crowds from all over the world. One of the world's most famous heritage sites, it has long been a national monument of Greece and a potent symbol of western civilization. But the Acropolis is typically viewed in the context of 5th-century-BC Athenian society, while the multiple local and international meanings and identities that the site shapes today are overlooked. This book looks at the meaning of the Acropolis in contemporary Greece. How are global ideas adopted and adapted by local cultures? How do Greeks deal with the national and international features of their ancient classical heritage? How do the global cultural constructions surrounding the Acropolis become part of local practices which project Greek cultural difference?The author examines this historic site as a powerful agent for negotiations of power on an international level. Drawing from a wide range of sources as well as original fieldwork, this handsomely illustrated book will make compelling reading for anyone interested in heritage issues, archaeology, anthropology material culture studies, and tourism.

Download or read book Jacob s Room written by Virginia Woolf and published by Joe Books Ltd. This book was released on 2017-11-28 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young man's life during the early years of the twentieth century is examined through the eyes of those closest to him. As Jacob Flanders grows from childhood to adulthood, the events and people that influence his life are examined solely through the perspectives of others, leading to an incomplete understanding of who Jacob really is. Virginia Woolf's third novel Jacob's Room is a character study that ponders how well any person can be known. Following the author's more conventional novels The Voyage Out and Night and Day, Jacob's Room is as an important modernist text, demonstrating Woolf's progression as a writer of modernist literature. Be it mystery, romance, drama, comedy, politics, or history, great literature stands the test of time. ClassicJoe proudly brings literary classics to today's digital readers, connecting those who love to read with authors whose work continues to get people talking. Look for other fiction and non-fiction classics from ClassicJoe.

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