The Chimaera

Author : Amelia LaRoche
Publisher : Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 161228194X
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Chimaera written by Amelia LaRoche and published by Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ancient Greeks believed monsters lurked on land, underwater, in the sky, and below Earth’s surface in the Underworld. Many tales tell of the Greek heroes who faced them. Plays, poems, paintings, and sculptures commemorating these tales have survived for centuries—and artists in all genres include them in their works. One of ancient mythology’s most horrible monsters was a fire-breathing lion with a snake for a tail and a goat’s head rising from the middle of her back. The Chimaera wreaked havoc in her native land by snatching up and eating livestock and people. It wasn’t until a young warrior named Bellerophon tamed another creature born from a monster—a huge flying horse—that this three-headed beast could be stopped. Read a version of the Chimaera myth, and learn a little about how this wild and unlikely story might have come to be.

Author : Piers Anthony
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1497657296
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chimaera's Copper written by Piers Anthony and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Old enemies return as a mysterious prophecy unfolds in the third Dragon’s Gold book from the authors of Serpent’s Silver. When his two deadliest enemies join forces to take revenge on him, Kelvin is trapped in the distant Frame World and must escape in order to save the woman he loves, who carries their unborn child.

Author : Mario Iozzo
Publisher : Edizioni Polistampa
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Chimaera of Arezzo written by Mario Iozzo and published by Edizioni Polistampa. This book was released on 2009 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This translated catalog was produced for the title exhibit at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, held July 16, 2009-February 8, 2010. Iozzo (National Archeological Museum, Florence) and the Getty's senior curator of antiquities describe their collaboration for the loan of this large Etruscan bronze chimera dating to the 5th century B.C., its 16th century discovery in Arezzo, symbolism of the mythical creature, and place in classical art and Medici history.

Author : Darrell Arlynn Amyx
Publisher : ASCSA
ISBN 13 : 9780876615287
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Studies in Archaic Corinthian Vase Painting written by Darrell Arlynn Amyx and published by ASCSA. This book was released on 1996 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two important contributions to Greek pottery studies. Aftermath, by D. A. Amyx, is a catalogue of material supplementing his work in Corinth VII.2 but found after the cutoff of 1969 or omitted for some other reason. This article and Corinth VII.2 together stand as a full compilation of painters at present represented in the collection of the Corinth Excavations. The Chimaera Group at Corinth and Dodwellians in the Potters' Quarter are both by Patricia Lawrence. The first is a thoughtful analysis of this group of painters, based on a close examination of material found in the excavations at Corinth but including attributed pieces from other sites. The second studies 15 new fragments and reexamines material previously published in Corinth XV.3, demonstrating that the Geladakis Painter, as well as several Dodwellians, are represented there.

Author : Dean Miller
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1627125787
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Legendary Creatures and Monsters written by Dean Miller and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive atlas provides information on supernatural beings from around the world, presented in alphabetical order and including such creatures as changelings, the hydra, and werewolves. Sidebars and boxes highlight interesting facts, glossary, an index, and resources for further study conclude this meticulously illustrated book.

Author : George T. Singley IV
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781906103903
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chimaera Universe RPG written by George T. Singley IV and published by . This book was released on 2008-09-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The golden to modern age of super heroes and sci-fi is unleashed into gaming in the amazing Chimaera Universe RPG! This 240-page lavishly illustrated Rulebook captures the expansive world of the Chimaera Super Hero Universe as imagined and created by fan favorite and prolific comic book creator/writer George T Singley and his Chimaera Studios. The Chimaera Universe Core Rulebook has been designed to provide everything a player needs at a reasonable price, while the growing range of supplements enhance the game to unlimited heroic ends! Exhaustively researched and developed, The Chimaera Universe Roleplaying Game lets players and the Director immerse themselves completely into the world of the greatest super heroes of all time and the most nefarious villains to ever endanger the planet! Strap on that cape, pull up that cowl, slide on those power gauntlets, and hide behind that mask... It's up to you to be a Hero!

Author : Daniel Ogden
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199323747
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dragons, Serpents, and Slayers in the Classical and Early Christian Worlds written by Daniel Ogden and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-08 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories about dragons, serpents, and their slayers make up a rich and varied tradition within ancient mythology and folklore. In this sourcebook, Daniel Ogden presents a comprehensive and easily accessible collection of dragon myths from Greek, Roman, and early Christian sources. Some of the dragons featured are well known: the Hydra, slain by Heracles; the Dragon of Colchis, the guardian of the golden fleece overcome by Jason and Medea; and the great sea-serpent from which Perseus rescues Andromeda. But the less well known dragons are often equally enthralling, like the Dragon of Thespiae, which Menestratus slays by feeding himself to it in armor covered in fish-hooks, or the lamias of Libya, who entice young men into their striking-range by wiggling their tails, shaped like beautiful women, at them. The texts are arranged in such a way as to allow readers to witness the continuity of and evolution in dragon stories between the Classical and Christian worlds, and to understand the genesis of saintly dragon-slaying stories of the sort now characteristically associated with St George, whose earliest dragon-fight concludes the volume. All texts, a considerable number of which have not previously been available in English, are offered in new translations and accompanied by lucid commentaries that place the source-passages into their mythical, folkloric, literary, and cultural contexts. A sampling of the ancient iconography of dragons and an appendix on dragon slaying myths from the ancient Near East and India, particularly those with a bearing upon the Greco-Roman material, are also included. This volume promises to be the most authoritative sourcebook on this perennially fascinating and influential body of ancient myth.

Author : Vincent Icke
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316583546
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Force of Symmetry written by Vincent Icke and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-02-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Force of Symmetry gives an elementary introduction to the spectacular interplay between the three great themes of contemporary physics: quantum behaviour; relativity; and symmetry. In clear, non-technical language, though without oversimplification, it explores many fascinating aspects of modern physics, discussing the nature and interaction of force and matter. All these themes are drawn together, towards the end of the book, to describe the most successful physics theory in history, the 'standard model' of subatomic particles. The lively and non-technical approach of this book will make it suitable for first-year undergraduates in the physical sciences and mathematics, or even to those just about to embark on such courses. It will also be a valuable accompaniment to more advanced texts on quantum mechanics and particle physics.

Author : Joseph Lee
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521266482
Total Pages : 1148 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ireland, 1912-1985 written by Joseph Lee and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 1148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assessing the relative importance of British influence and of indigenous impulses in shaping an independent Ireland, this book identifies the relationship between personality and process in determining Irish history.

Author : Marilyn Carol Low
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bellerophon and the Chimaera in Archaic Greek Art written by Marilyn Carol Low and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: