The Odyssey Re Formed

Author : Frederick Ahl
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501720457
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The "Odyssey" Re-formed written by Frederick Ahl and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frederick Ahl and Hanna M. Roisman believe that contemporary readers who do not know ancient Greek can gain a sophisticated grasp of the Odyssey if they are aware of some of the issues that intrigue and puzzle the experts. They offer a challenging new reading of the epic that is directed to the general student of literature as well as to the classicist.Ahl and Roisman suggest that, while translators have served the Odyssey and its English-speaking readers remarkably well, the nonspecialist wishing to do a more detailed, critical reading of the epic faces a dilemma. The enormous scholarly literature makes few concessions to the nonspecialist, and those studies designed for general readers tend to offer variations on the overly simple, idealized readings of the epic common in high school and college survey courses.The Odyssey Re-Formed offers a lively and detailed reading of the Odyssey, episode by episode, with particular attention paid to the manipulative power of its language and Homer's skill in using that power. The authors explore how myth is shaped for specific, rhetorical reasons and suggest ways in which the epic uses its audience's awareness of the varied pool of mythic traditions to give the Odyssey remarkable and subtle resonances that have profound poetic power.

Author : James Rollins
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062892908
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Odyssey written by James Rollins and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-03-24 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To save the world and our future, Sigma Force must embark on a dangerous odyssey into an ancient past whose horrors are all too present in this page-turning thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author James Rollins that combines cutting-edge science, historical mystery, mythology, and pulse-pounding action. For eons, the city of Troy—whose legendary fall was detailed in Homer’s Iliad—was believed to be myth, until archaeologists in the nineteenth century uncovered its ancient walls buried beneath the sands. If Troy was real, how much of Homer’s twin tales of gods and monsters, curses and miracles—The Iliad and The Odyssey—could also be true and awaiting discovery? In the frozen tundra of Greenland, a group of modern-day researchers stumble on a shocking find: a medieval ship buried a half-mile below the ice. The ship’s hold contains a collection of even older artifacts—tools of war—dating back to the Bronze Age. Inside the captain’s cabin is a magnificent treasure that is as priceless as it is miraculous: a clockwork gold map imbedded with an intricate silver astrolabe. The mechanism was crafted by a group of Muslim inventors—the Banū Mūsā brothers—considered by many to be the Da Vincis of the Arab world—brilliant scientists who inspired Leonardo’s own work. Once activated, the moving map traces the path of Odysseus’s famous ship as it sailed away from Troy. But the route detours as the map opens to reveal a fiery river leading to a hidden realm underneath the Mediterranean Sea. It is the subterranean world of Tartarus, the Greek name for Hell. In mythology, Tartarus was where the wicked were punished and the monstrous Titans of old, imprisoned. When word of Tartarus spreads—and of the cache of miraculous weapons said to be hidden there—tensions explode in this volatile region where Turks battle Kurds, terrorists wage war, and civilians suffer untold horrors. The phantasmagoric horrors found in Homer’s tales are all too real—and could be unleashed upon the world. Whoever possesses them can use their awesome power to control the future of humanity. Now, Sigma Force must go where humans fear to tread. To prevent a tyrant from igniting a global war, they must cross the very gates of Hell.

Author : Homer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 145167418X
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Odyssey written by Homer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new translation of Homer's epic adventure endeavors to instill the poetic nature of its original language while retaining accuracy, readability, and character vibrancy, creating the most captivating rendition of one of the defining masterpieces of Western literature.

Author : Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 772 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Presbyterian and Reformed Review written by Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes section "Reviews of recent theological literature".

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 594 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Reformed Church Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 666 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Reformed Quarterly Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Author : William Hastie
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theology as Science and Its Present Position and Prospects in the Reformed Church written by William Hastie and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
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Author : Catherine Jinks
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0547394241
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Reformed Vampire Support Group written by Catherine Jinks and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2010-09-06 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Think vampires are romantic, sexy, and powerful? Think again. Vampires are dead. And unless they want to end up staked, they have to give up fanging people, admit their addiction, join a support group, and reform themselves. Nina Harrison, fanged at fifteen and still living with her mother, hates the Reformed Vampire Support Group meetings every Tuesday night. Even if she does appreciate Dave, who was in a punk band when he was alive, nothing exciting ever happens. That is, until one of group members is mysteriously destroyed by a silver bullet. With Nina (determined to prove that vamps aren't useless or weak) and Dave (secretly in love with Nina) at the helm, the misfit vampires soon band together to track down the hunter, save a werewolf, and keep the world safe from the likes of themselves. The perfect anecdote to slick vampire novels, this murder-mystery comedy of errors will thrill fans of Evil Genius.