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English translation. Hesiod's straightforward account of family
conflict among the gods is the best and earliest evidence of what
the ancient Greeks believed about the beginning of the world.
Includes Hesiod's Works and Days, lines 1-201, and the Library of
Apollodorus.
Filled with history and legend, Virgil's classic narrative poem
glorifying the genesis of the Roman Empire is one of the towering
works of Western civilization. Dickinson's modern translation
captures the magnificence of Virgil's timeless poetry, making it
compelling to contemporary readers while preserving the tone, epic
sweep, and grandeur of the original. Includes a map and three
appendices.
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Ruth (Paperback)
Richard Caldwell
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R268
Discovery Miles 2 680
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Franklin Lamberg wanted excitement in his life. He felt his
existence was boring and predictable until a bizarre meteor shower
came and turned Franklin's world upside down. He and his friends
soon find themselves in the middle of an intergalactic competition,
held by alien royalty, where only the strong survive and the
competitors fight to the death, using various supernatural
abilities, to advance to the next round. It seems Franklin found
the thrill he was seeking but he may have bitten off more than he
can chew.
Greek poet Hesiod took many lines of thought and knowledge - myth,
fable, personal experience, practical understanding - and wove them
into one great whole. He did as much with the origins of the Greek
gods in the Theogony, and then did the same in creating his manual
of moral and practical advice, Works and Days.
Here, Stephanie Nelson's translation of Works and Days is paired
with Richard S. Caldwell's take on the Theogony. Along with
introductory essays, these comprehensible versions of Hesiod's two
best-known poems make it easy for readers to see why Hesiod's
writings continue to resound through the ages.
This innovative study posits that myths in general, and Greek
theogonic myth in particular, have a latent meaning that is
responsible both for the emotional energy inherent in myths, and
for the special attraction they have even to those who no longer
believe in their literal meaning. Caldwell describes, in clear and
comprehensible language, aspects of psychoanalytic theory relevant
to the understanding of Greek myth, implementing a psychoanalytic
methodology to interpret the Greek myth of origin and succession,
particularly as stated in Hesiod's Theogony. In reassessing this
work, which tells the story of the world's beginning from unbounded
Chaos to the defeat of the Titans, Caldwell addresses several
unexplained problems-- why does the world begin with the
spontaneous emergence of four uncaused entities, and why in this
particular order? Why does Ouranos prevent his children from being
born by confining them in their mother's body? Why is Ouranos
castrated by his son, and why is Aphrodite born from the severed
genitals? Why is it always the youngest son who overthrows his
father, the sky-god, and what is the logic of the steps taken by
Zeus to prevent the same thing happening to him? Presenting a new
definition and analyses of the psychological functions in myth,
this new study should appeal to a wide range of classicists,
teachers and students of mythology, and those interested in the
application of psychoanalytic methods to literature.
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