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New Heroes in Antiquity
Language: en
Pages: 152
Authors: Christopher P. Jones
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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Heroes and heroines in antiquity inhabited a space somewhere between gods and humans. In this detailed, yet brilliantly wide-ranging analysis, Christopher Jones
New Heroes in Antiquity
Language: en
Pages: 138
Authors: Christopher P. Jones
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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Heroes and heroines in antiquity inhabited a space somewhere between gods and humans. In this detailed, yet brilliantly wide-ranging analysis, Christopher Jones
The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours
Language: en
Pages: 657
Authors: Gregory Nagy
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-01-10 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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What does it mean to be a hero? The ancient Greeks who gave us Achilles and Odysseus had a very different understanding of the term than we do today. Based on t
Kinship Diplomacy in the Ancient World
Language: en
Pages: 216
Authors: Christopher Prestige Jones
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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In this study of the political uses of perceived kinship from the Homeric age to Byzantium, Jones provides an unparalleled view of mythic belief in action and a
Baby and Child Heroes in Ancient Greece
Language: en
Pages: 558
Authors: Corinne Ondine Pache
Categories: Children
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press

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"Baby and Child Heroes in Ancient Greece is the first systematic study of the considerable number of Greek babies and children who became enduring myths, object
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