Greek Mythology: Gods & Heroes - the Trojan War - the Odyssey
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Timeless tales revealing the ancient Greek psyche.
Greek mythology fascinates endlessly, and Servi's rendition offers a deep dive into this captivating universe where gods, heroes, and timeless tales intersect. If the drama of the Trojan War and the adventures of the Odyssey ignite your imagination, then the way Servi brings to life the ideals, beauty, and human-like deities of ancient Greece will definitely resonate with you. This book promises a comprehensive yet accessible encounter with these epic stories that continue to influence culture and thought across the world.
Greek Mythology: Gods & Heroes - the Trojan War - the Odyssey
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ISBN: 9789602133736
Publisher: Ekdotike Athenon S.A.
Date of Publication: 2001-01-01
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 4.06
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Greek myth owes its immortality - often in many varied versions - to the fact that it was cultivated for at least fourteen centuries in the places where it was born by a host of epic, lyric and dramatic poets, who wished to make of it a vehicle for the ideals of the Greek world. Many typical features of the Greek spirit are imprinted on the myth - a tendency towards competition, the affirmation of life, the worship of beauty, and the interest of the Greeks in man as man, leading to the creation of an idealised picture of him, which served to promote rules of life of general authority.A great many people from one end of the earth to the other have a mythology of gods and heroes. It is, however, only ancient Greek mythology which, thanks to its quality, has transcended every geographical and chronological frontier and has become a possession of the human spirit as a whole.The purpose of this volume is to provide a Mythology which is not addressed only to specialists - though without losing its scholarly character - but which will be accessible to a wide range of the public; a Mythology which will be read with pleasure by children and adults, by scholars and intellectuals, but also by ordinary people who, without any interest in the specialist questions of academic research, wish to be entertained by discovering what stories the ancient Greeks told about their gods and heroes and to enjoy in a straightforward manner the beauty of the ancient myths.
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