Reconstructing the Shield of Achilles Book [PDF] Download

• Publisher : Unknown Publisher
• File Size : 36,6 Mb
• Release Date : 01 June 2018

Details the author's reconstruction of the shield of Achilles, using Homer as her guide in the creative process.

• Publisher : BRILL
• File Size : 49,7 Mb
• Release Date : 08 November 2021

How can we explain metrical irregularities in Homeric phrases like ἀνδροτῆτα καὶ ἥβην? What do such phrases tell us about the antiquity of the epic tradition? And how did doublet forms such as τέτρατος

• Publisher : Oxford University Press
• File Size : 29,7 Mb
• Release Date : 06 October 2011

A new, illustrated study of the Iliac tablets, a group of objects inscribed in miniature with epic episodes. Like the tablets themselves, Michael Squire tackles major themes through small ones,

• Publisher : JHU Press
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• Release Date : 01 May 2013

A thorough and original study of the linothorax, the linen armor worn by Alexander the Great. Alexander the Great led one of the most successful armies in history and conquered

• Publisher : Princeton University Press
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• Release Date : 07 May 2024

"The first critical edition of W. H. Auden's poetry collection The Shield of Achilles, which won the 1956 National Book Award in Poetry, this book will include the complete text of

• Publisher : Penguin UK
• File Size : 52,7 Mb
• Release Date : 03 May 2018

THE GRIPPING ADVENTURE BASED ON AN EPIC TRUE STORY FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR, PERFECT FOR FANS OF BERNARD CORNWELL 'HIS FINEST NOVEL TO DATE . . . THE BATTLE SCENES ARE THRILLING' SUNDAY

• Publisher : Cambridge University Press
• File Size : 22,9 Mb
• Release Date : 22 September 2014

This book seeks to restore Homer to his rightful place among the principal figures in political and moral philosophy.

• Publisher : ببلومانيا للنشر والتوزيع
• File Size : 21,9 Mb
• Release Date : 26 February 2024

Madman, tyrant, animal—history has given Adolf Hitler many names. In Mein Kampf (My Struggle), often called the Nazi bible, Hitler describes his life, frustrations, ideals, and dreams. Born to

• Publisher : NAI Publishers
• File Size : 24,9 Mb
• Release Date : 28 May 2024

With his many facets, his virtuosity and his prodigious output, Peter Paul Rubens is one of the giants in the history of art. "Peter Paul Rubens: The Life of Achilles"

• Publisher : University of Chicago Press
• File Size : 37,8 Mb
• Release Date : 15 September 2010

In the spring of 1900, British archaeologist Arthur Evans began to excavate the palace of Knossos on Crete, bringing ancient Greek legends to life just as a new century dawned amid