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In this booklet Jill Dudley describes many of the perilous
adventures faced by the great hero Odysseus when returning to his
island of Ithaka from the Trojan war. She explains the problems
faced by his wife and twenty year old son who did not know whether
Odysseus was dead or alive. Jill's explorations of the sites
mentioned in the Odyssey leave the reader wanting to visit this
beautiful and tranquil Ionian island.
In this booklet Jill Dudley gives a detailed account of the Church
of Panagia Evangelistria's miracle-working icon of the Virgin Mary;
how it was lost and, after many centuries, was miraculously
recovered. She describes the piety of the pilgrims who go on hands
and knees from the port to the church to give thanks, or to
petition the Virgin Mary. She writes about the great festivals to
which invalids flock in the hope they will be cured. She also
points out that the islanders once prayed to Poseiden, god of the
sea, known on the island as the 'Doctor of Tinos'.
Jill Dudley writes about the arrival on the island from mainland
Greece of the goddess Hera, and the great temple built in her
honour on Samos. She gives an account of the life of the sixth
century B.C. astronomer and mathematician Pythagoras who lived
under the rule of the tyrant Polycrates, and describes the cave
where Pythagoras lived and taught. She also writes about the visit
paid to the island of St. John the Evangelist.
In this booklet Jill Dudley writes about Hippocrates who was born
on Kos, whose father was a temple priest-physician serving
Asclepius, god of healing. She describes Hippocrates' pioneering
approach to medicine, and his break with the traditional belief
that sickness was an infliction imposed by the gods. It is as the
back cover of the booklet says: all you need to know about the
island's myths, legends and its gods.
In Lap of the Gods Jill Dudley explores the ancient Greek myths and
legends of Crete and other Aegean islands, describing the landscape
and the individuality of each as well as the characters she meets.
With her customary light touch she traces the lives of such famous
island figures as Hippocrates, Pythagoras, Homer, and Sappho who
all excelled under the guidance of the Olympian gods. As in her
earlier books she is curious regarding how and why Christianity
took over from the pagan gods. While professing to be a wavering
atheist and on a continual search for enlightenment, she also
admits to calling on God (sometimes Apollo) when in a tight corner.
She is accompanied as always by Harry, her stalwart husband, as
they visit temple sites, early Byzantine churches, attend
festivals, and climb to sacred mountain caves. The book is an easy
read, well researched, informative and often comical.
Jill Dudley relates the various myths regarding the founding of the
Olympic Games. She takes the reader around the main buildings on
the site where the athletes took their vows, and the victors were
crowned before the cult statue of the supreme god Zeus in his
temple; this statue was one of the seven wonders of the world. It
is as it says on the back cover of the booklet: All you need to
know about the sacred site, its myths, legends and its gods.
Jill Dudley's series of island booklets is ideal for the tourist
who would like to learn about the island's ancient past, such as
King Minos' birth and why Theseus came to Knosses and how he killed
the Minotaur. It includes the story of the birth of the supreme god
Zeus and explains why at birth he was hidden in the Diktaion cave.
It is as the back cover of the booklet says: all you need to know
about the island's myths, legends and its gods.
Everybody has heard of Helen of Troy, and knows that she was the
most beautiful woman in the world. Most people know that she was
married bur ran off with somebody which caused the Trojan War. But
who, in fact, was she? Whose daughter was she, and who was she
married to? What exactly happened to cause her to act as she did,
and how does her story end? The answers to all these questions are
here in this Put it in Your Pocket booklet
Jill Dudley travels to the early Greek dramatists of fifth century
B.C. Athens lived and worked. She introduces the reader to their
world and brings their tragedies and comedies to life as she
journeys from Athens to the Peloponnese, Thebes and Macedonia, and
describes the myths and legends which inspired them. A worthwhile
easy read, both informative and entertaining.
In this booklet Jill Dudley speaks of the light that seems to
envelop Delos, the smallest of all the Cycladic islands. She
describes Homer's account of the god Apollo's birth which took
place there, and how in antiquity it became a major centre of
pilgrimage. Today it still attracts many thousands of tourists
because of its excavations and its history. She takes the reader on
a tour of the island, and explains the reason for the Athenian's
annual sacred embassy to Delos.
Jill Dudley writes about St. John the Theologian who lives in exile
on this beautiful volcanic island. It was on Patmos that the voice
of God was heard by St. John and Revelation, the last book in the
New Testament was written down. She records how St. John
overpowered the pagan gods who were worshipped on the island, and
describes the great monastery built on the site of the former
temple of the goddess Artemis.
Anybody wanting to learn something about the commander-in-chief of
the Greek army in the Trojan War will find out in this booklet.
Jill Dudley explains the curse inflicted on the House of Atreus by
King Agamemnon's ancestor, and the misfortunes suffered by King
Agamemnon and his family. She relates events in the war in which
Agamemnon was involved, and describes his tragic homecoming. As the
back cover to this third booklet in this Put it in Your Pocket
series says, it is: All you need to know about Greek myths
concerning the Trojan War.
Today we speak of an 'Achilles' heel'. But who was Achilles, and
what exactly was the story of his heel? Why was he considered the
finest hero in the Trojan War, and what caused him to fall out with
King Agamemnon so that he refused to fight? Did he survive the war,
or was he killed? All these questions are answered in this Put it
in Your Pocket booklet, the fourth in a series of six on the Trojan
War.
The Wooden Horse is legendary, but what exactly was it? Why did the
Greek warriors construct such a thing in the first place? And what
was it that made the Trojans believe the Greeks had sailed away and
the ten-year Trojan War was over? All these questions are answered
in this fifth booklet of the Put it in Your Pocket Series.
Jill Dudley writes about the abduction of the goddess Demeter's
daughter Persephone (otherwise known as Kore) by Hades, god of the
underworld. She describes how Demeter came to Eleusis in search of
her daughter, and why she chose it as the site for her Eleusian
Mysteries, outlining some of the ancient rituals which took place
there. It is as it says on the back cover: All you need to know
about this sacred site, its myths, legends and its gods.
In this booklet Jill Dudley describes how, after he killed he
Minotaur, Theseus came to Naxos with Ariadne and lived on the small
offshore islet of Palatia now dominated by the great marble Portara
(gateway). She explains how Dionysos, god of wine and drama came to
Naxos and claimed the island as his own, and how tradition has it
the supreme god Zeus grew up in a cave on Naxos. It is as the back
cover of the booklet says: all you need to know about the island's
myths, legends and its gods.
In this booklet Jill Dudley describes the myths regarding the birth
of Asclepius, god of medicine. She outlines the procedures which
took place to bring about the miraculous healing of the sick and
disabled, and lists some of the miracle cures which took place
there. It is as it says on the back cover of the booklet: All you
need to know about the sacred site, its myths, legends and its
gods.
Most people have heard of Odysseus from Homer's Odyssey, but few
know who he was or where he came from, or what part he played in
the Trojan War. In this sixth Put it in Your Pocket booklet his
cunning and heroism are described, as are the adventures he
experienced on his homeward journey, each one testing his strength
and endurance to their limit
Jill Dudley writes about the earliest myths regarding the
Acropolis, the strange birth of the goddess Athena, and the contest
between her and Poseidon, god of the sea, for the patronage of the
city. She explains the reason for the Panathenaia festival, and
describes the importance of the goddess' image (said to have fallen
from heaven) on which the defence of the city was thought to
depend. It is as it says on the back cover of the booklet: All you
need to know about the sacred site, its myths, legends and its
gods.
In this booklet Jill Dudley describes the legends of Helios (the
sun-god), and explains what the Colossus was and why it was erected
and what happened to it. She takes the reader to the ancient
sanctuary of Apollo Pythias above Rhodes town, and the temple of
Athena at Lyndos. It is as the back cover of the booklet says: all
you need to know about the island's myths, legends and its gods.
Chios claims Homer as its native son. In this booklet Jill Dudley
describes the ancient site north of the port of Chios where the
author of the Iliad and the Odyssey taught and sang his epic poems.
She visits the temples of pagan gods who divinely intervened in the
Trojan War, and describes how Helen of Troy was worshipped as a
goddess in the northwest of the island. It is as the back cover of
the booklet says: all you need to know about the island's myths,
legends and its gods.
Most people have heard of the Judgement of Paris, but who was
Paris? Why was there a judgement, and what or who was he judging?
The answers to these questions are to be found in this Put it in
Your Pocket booklet.
In "Gods in Britain" Jill Dudley travels from England to Scotland,
from Cornwall to Wales in search of the pagan past, gathering myths
and legends on the way. As with her earlier travel books on Greece,
she continues to explore how, and even why, early Christianity took
over. Her continued quest for enlightenment contrasts amusingly
with her ever-tolerant husband and travelling companion, Harry,
often the star of the show, who takes the Church's teachings on
trust. The book has twelve chapters and includes such places as
Stonehenge, Bath, Glastonbury, London, York, and Edinburgh. The
book concludes with Canterbury where the author attends the Easter
Resurrection service - among, as she puts it, those who have
attained Olympic standards of Christian belief led by the
Archbishop of Canterbury. But, as she points out, there have been
resurrections of gods since the beginning of time. It is an
entertaining and informative read, and has a useful Glossary at the
end of gods, giants and heroes.
Jill Dudley writes about the clash of St. Paul's concept of love
with the sexual pleasures which the pagans enjoyed at the great
temple of Aphrodite on Acrocorinth. She describes how the Apostle
spent his time at nearby Old Corinth observing, preaching and
converting, and why he wrote his Letters to the Corinthians. It is
as it says on the back cover of the booklet: All you need to know
about the sacred site, its myths, legends and its gods.
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