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Book Achilles in California

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  • Author : Paul Luchessa
  • Publisher : iUniverse
  • Release :
  • ISBN : 059529233X
  • Pages : 209 pages

Download or read book Achilles in California written by Paul Luchessa and published by iUniverse. This book was released on with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Achilles

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  • Author : Katherine Callen King
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 1987
  • ISBN : 0520074076
  • Pages : 359 pages

Download or read book Achilles written by Katherine Callen King and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The powerful portrait of the glorious Greek warrior Achilles presented in Homer's Iliad imbued a particular soldier with transcendent value, linking "soldier" with "hero" in Western culture. Tracing Achilles' appearances in the works of poets, generals, philosophers, priests, and patriots, Katherine Callen King establishes the moral or political significance attached to the hero as a response to shifting mores and contemporary issues.

Book Achilles

    Book Details:
  • Author : Katherine Callen King
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1987
  • ISBN : 9780700600311
  • Pages : 335 pages

Download or read book Achilles written by Katherine Callen King and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Achilles

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  • Author : Mike Chapman
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2004-04-01
  • ISBN : 9780967608051
  • Pages : 244 pages

Download or read book Achilles written by Mike Chapman and published by . This book was released on 2004-04-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Story of Achilles from birth to death, the greatest hero in Greek literature/history and the hero of the Trojan War. All the great characters of the Trojan War cycle are here and presented in a fashion that makes history come alive.

Book California Cultivator

Download or read book California Cultivator written by and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 1090 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Achilles  Choice

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  • Author : Larry Niven
  • Publisher : Macmillan
  • Release : 1991-03-15
  • ISBN : 9780812510836
  • Pages : 262 pages

Download or read book Achilles Choice written by Larry Niven and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1991-03-15 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jillian Shomer competes for the future of humanity in the Eleventh Olympiad in the late 21st century.

Book The Song of Achilles

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  • Author : Madeline Miller
  • Publisher : A&C Black
  • Release : 2012-04-12
  • ISBN : 1408826135
  • Pages : 370 pages

Download or read book The Song of Achilles written by Madeline Miller and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-04-12 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION 2012 Greece in the age of heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the court of King Peleus and his perfect son Achilles. Despite their differences, Achilles befriends the shamed prince, and as they grow into young men skilled in the arts of war and medicine, their bond blossoms into something deeper - despite the displeasure of Achilles's mother Thetis, a cruel sea goddess. But when word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped, Achilles must go to war in distant Troy and fulfill his destiny. Torn between love and fear for his friend, Patroclus goes with him, little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they hold dear.

Book The Transvestite Achilles

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  • Author : P. J. Heslin
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2005-08-11
  • ISBN : 1139446738
  • Pages : 371 pages

Download or read book The Transvestite Achilles written by P. J. Heslin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-08-11 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Statius' Achilleid is a playful, witty, and open-ended epic in the manner of Ovid. As we follow Achilles' metamorphosis from wild boy to demure girl to lover to hero, the poet brilliantly illustrates a series of contrasting codes of behaviour: male and female, epic and elegiac. This first full-length study of the poem addresses not only the narrative itself, but also sets the myth of Achilles on Scyros within a broad interpretive framework. The exploration ranges from the reception of the Achilleid in Baroque opera to the anthropological parallels that have been adduced to explain Achilles' transvestism. The study's expansive approach, which includes Ovid and Ovidian reception, psychoanalytic perspectives and theorizations of gender in antiquity, makes it essential reading not only for students of Statius, but for students of Latin literature, and of gender in antiquity.

Book The Fate of Achilles

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  • Author :
  • Publisher : Getty Publications
  • Release : 2011
  • ISBN : 1606060856
  • Pages : 40 pages

Download or read book The Fate of Achilles written by and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2011 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retelling of the life and fate of Achilles in Homer's Iliad.

Book The War That Killed Achilles

Download or read book The War That Killed Achilles written by Caroline Alexander and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-10-15 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Spectacular and constantly surprising." -Ken Burns Written with the authority of a scholar and the vigor of a bestselling narrative historian, The War That Killed Achilles is a superb and utterly timely presentation of one of the timeless stories of Western civilization. As she did in The Endurance and The Bounty, New York Times bestselling author Caroline Alexander has taken apart a narrative we think we know and put it back together in a way that lets us see its true power. In the process, she reveals the intended theme of Homer's masterwork-the tragic lessons of war and its enduring devastation.

Book Updates in the Management of Acute and Chronic Lesions of the Achilles Tendon  An issue of Foot and Ankle Clinics of North America

Download or read book Updates in the Management of Acute and Chronic Lesions of the Achilles Tendon An issue of Foot and Ankle Clinics of North America written by Phinit Phisitkul and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2019-07-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue of Foot and Ankle Clinics, guest edited by Dr. Phinit Phisitkul, will cover essential topics related to Updates in the Management of Acute and Chronic Lesions of the Achilles Tendon. Under the guidance of long-time series Consulting Editor Dr. Mark Myerson, Dr. Phistikul and his contributing authors will explore topics of interest for practitioners in the field. Articles include, but are not limited to: Anatomical and functional considerations in Achilles tendon lesions; Minimally invasive treatments for acute Achilles tendon ruptures; Open Reconstructive strategies for Chronic Achilles Tendon Ruptures; Maximizing the return to sports after Achilles tendon rupture in athletes; Nonsurgical treatment modalities for Insertional Achilles tendinopathy; Surgical strategies for the treatment of Insertional Achilles Tendinopathy; Minimally invasive and endoscopic treatment of Haglund syndrome; Management of complications related to Achilles tendon surgery; Biologics in the treatment of Achilles tendon pathologies; and Endoscopic reconstruction for Chronic Achilles Tendon Ruptures, among others.

Book Improve Your Achilles Tendon Rupture

Download or read book Improve Your Achilles Tendon Rupture written by Carlos Antonio Espósito Barreiro and published by Carlos Antonio Espósito Barreiro. This book was released on 2022-04-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a physiotherapist suffers an Achilles tendon rupture and decides to share it, it is not only a great opportunity to learn about rehabilitation after an Achilles tendon rupture, but it also becomes an unconditional support that will accompany you throughout your recovery process, and with the backing of the most up-to-date scientific evidence. What Carlos Espósito reflects in this book, is the result of an intimate relationship between the therapist's capacity for objective resolution, and empathy from learning about him as a patient. You will understand that you have a fellow traveller who will anticipate each of your concerns from the first minute, from the first doubt, in any of its phases. You will discover that the path is much easier if you understand what is happening to you and what measures you should take to solve it.

Book Reconstructing the Shield of Achilles

Download or read book Reconstructing the Shield of Achilles written by Kathleen Vail and published by . This book was released on 2018-06 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details the author's reconstruction of the shield of Achilles, using Homer as her guide in the creative process.

Book The Achilles Tendon

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  • Author : James A. Nunley
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2008-12-10
  • ISBN : 0387792066
  • Pages : 252 pages

Download or read book The Achilles Tendon written by James A. Nunley and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-12-10 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disorders of the Achilles tendon are universal, affecting people in a wide range of age groups. Because the Achilles tendon is one of the most pow- ful musculotendinous structures in the body, the impact of an injury to the Achilles tendon becomes magnified. There is a wide range of disorders or problems that can involve the insertional region, where pathology may rest with bone, tendon, or bursae. A completely different set of pathologic entities resides in the noninsertional region, one of which may include the frustrating degenerative tendinopathy. As our growing population ages but remains phy- cally active longer into life, the incidence of these disorders will continue to increase. I am proud to be given the opportunity to write the foreword to this text, which is intended for foot and ankle surgeons worldwide. Seldom does a book on a single entity become a current concepts review, as this work has. Too often, textbooks are not published for several years after the chapters have been written, making them obsolete upon publication. Not so with this book, which deals with timely topics on the Achilles tendon. Dr. James Nunley has compiled this work in slightly over a year, thus providing the reader with sta- of-the-art material. Dr. Nunley had the foresight to create a much needed techniques-oriented book dealing with the complexities of the Achilles tendon. His approach was to develop a comprehensive guide to managing Achilles tendon problems.

Book California  Court of Appeal  2nd Appellate District   Records and Briefs

Download or read book California Court of Appeal 2nd Appellate District Records and Briefs written by California (State). and published by . This book was released on with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Achilles  the Young Hero of Thessaly

Download or read book Achilles the Young Hero of Thessaly written by C. A. Read and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Death and Afterlife of Achilles

Download or read book The Death and Afterlife of Achilles written by Jonathan S. Burgess and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2009-01-08 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Achilles' death -- by an arrow shot through the vulnerable heel of the otherwise invincible mythic hero -- was as well known in antiquity as the rest of the history of the Trojan War. However, this important event was not described directly in either of the great Homeric epics, the Iliad or the Odyssey. Noted classics scholar Jonathan S. Burgess traces the story of Achilles as represented in other ancient sources in order to offer a deeper understanding of the death and afterlife of the celebrated Greek warrior. Through close readings of additional literary sources and analysis of ancient artwork, such as vase paintings, Burgess uncovers rich accounts of Achilles' death as well as alternative versions of his afterlife. Taking a neoanalytical approach, Burgess is able to trace the influence of these parallel cultural sources on Homer's composition of the Iliad. With his keen, original analysis of hitherto untapped literary, iconographical, and archaeological sources, Burgess adds greatly to our understanding of this archetypal mythic hero.