For decades, Classical Myth has been one of the most popular and best-selling texts for the study of classical myth. Oxford University Press is proud to publish this essential b...
1000 tulosta hakusanalla Barry B. Powell.
The Odyssey is one of the world's greatest and best-loved poems. It has survived for twenty-eight centuries, through upheavals that have wiped out most of what was written in th...
Myths are not just the stories from the ancient Greeks and Romans—they represent deep truths from the essential concerns people face in their lives. Readers may already have hea...
The ancient Greek hymnic tradition translated beautifully and accessibly. The hymn—as poetry, as craft, as a tool for worship and philosophy—was a vital art form throughout anti...
The ancient Greek hymnic tradition translated beautifully and accessibly. The hymn—as poetry, as craft, as a tool for worship and philosophy—was a vital art form throughout anti...
Writing and the Origins of Greek Literature
Barry B. Powell · ISBN 9780521036313
Julkaistu 2007 Kieli englanti pokkari
Professor Powell ties the origin and nature of archaic Greek literature to the special technology of Greek alphabetic writing. In building his model he presents chapters on spec...
Homer and the Origin of the Greek Alphabet
Barry B. Powell · ISBN 9780521589079
Julkaistu 1996 Kieli englanti pokkari
Who invented the Greek alphabet and why? The purpose of this challenging book is to inquire systematically into the historical causes that underlay the radical shift from earlie...
Writing and the Origins of Greek Literature
Barry B. Powell · ISBN 9780521782067
Julkaistu 2002 Kieli englanti sidottu
Professor Powell ties the origin and nature of archaic Greek literature to the special technology of Greek alphabetic writing. In building his model he presents chapters on spec...
This concise book is an ideal introduction to Homer – the poet and his two great epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey. Student-friendly introduction to Homer. Provides historical ba...
Writing - Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization
Barry B. Powell · ISBN 9781118255322
Julkaistu 2012 Kieli englanti nidottu
Writing: Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization offers a coherent system of terms and categories for the study of the complex phenomena in the world’s writing syst...
This concise book is a complete and contemporary introduction to Homer and his two master-works, the Iliad and the Odyssey. It explains the “Homeric Question,” illuminating its...
This concise book is a complete and contemporary introduction to Homer and his two master-works, the Iliad and the Odyssey. It explains the “Homeric Question,” illuminating its...
Writing: Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization traces the origins of writing tied to speech from ancient Sumer through the Greek alphabet and beyond. Examines the...
The Berkeley Plan: a novel of the sixties
Barry B. Powell · ISBN 9781530049707
Julkaistu 2016 Kieli englanti nidottu
Droll and ribald retellings of all the stories attached to the Trojan cycle, based on ancient sources, with abundant color illustrations of Trojan events from European and ancie...
Einführung in die klassische Mythologie
Barry B. Powell · ISBN 9783476023247
Julkaistu 2009 Kieli saksa nidottu
Antike Mythen verstehen. Die griechischen und römischen Mythen von Homer, Ovid, Vergil u. a. gehören zum Kernbestand der europäischen Kultur. Die fundierte Einführung liefert de...
Homer’s Odyssey is one of the world’s oldest and most famous works of literature. It has enthralled readers for almost three thousand years with its tales of gods and monsters,...