When the Gods Were Born

When the Gods Were Born

Author: Carolina López-Ruiz

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2010-06-15

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780674049468

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"With admirable erudition, Lopez-Ruiz brings to life intimacies and exchanges between the ancient Greeks and their Northwest Semitic neighbors, portraying the ancient Mediterranean as a fluid, dynamic contact zone. She explains networks of circulation, shows creative uses of traditional material by peoples in motion, and radically transforms our understanding of ancient cosmogonies."---Page duBois, author of Out of Athens: The New Ancient Greeks --


Greek Gods, Human Lives

Greek Gods, Human Lives

Author: Mary R. Lefkowitz

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2003-01-01

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 9780300107692

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Insightful and fun, this new guide to an ancient mythology explains why the Greek gods and goddesses are still so captivating to us, revisiting the work of Homer, Ovid, Virgil, and Shakespeare in search of the essence of these stories. (Mythology & Folklore)


The Pregnant Male as Myth and Metaphor in Classical Greek Literature

The Pregnant Male as Myth and Metaphor in Classical Greek Literature

Author: David D. Leitao

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-04-30

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1107017289

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This book traces the image of the pregnant male as it evolves in classical Greek literature. Originating as a representation of paternity and, by extension, "authorship" of creative works, the image later comes to function also as a means to explore the boundary between the sexes.


Zeus

Zeus

Author: George O'Connor

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2010-01-05

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 1596434317

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Tells the story of Zeus and his battle with his father, Kronos, and the Titans. In graphic novel format.


Greek Gods & Goddesses

Greek Gods & Goddesses

Author: Britannica Educational Publishing

Publisher: Britannica Educational Publishing

Published: 2014-01-01

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 1622751531

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Giving Western literature and art many of its most enduring themes and archetypes, Greek mythology and the gods and goddesses at its core are a fundamental part of the popular imagination. At the heart of Greek mythology are exciting stories of drama, action, and adventure featuring gods and goddesses, who, while physically superior to humans, share many of their weaknesses. Readers will be introduced to the many figures once believed to populate Mount Olympus as well as related concepts and facts about the Greek mythological tradition.


Orphic Tradition and the Birth of the Gods

Orphic Tradition and the Birth of the Gods

Author: Dwayne A. Meisner

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0190663529

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Meisner offers a new interpretation of four Orphic theogonies: Derveni, Eudemian, Hieronyman, and Rhapsodic. The fragments of these poems, thought to be written by Orpheus, contained narratives of the creation of the cosmos and the births of the gods, but differed from the mainstream account of Hesiod's Theogony.


Gods, Heroes, and Monsters

Gods, Heroes, and Monsters

Author: Carolina López-Ruiz

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 622

ISBN-13: 9780190644819

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"Features more mythological sagas from Apollodorus' Library and additional excerpts from his other work, including the stories of Deucalion, Dionysus, Bellerophon, Kadmos, and Tiresias" -- Publisher's website


Accidental Gods

Accidental Gods

Author: Anna Della Subin

Publisher: Metropolitan Books

Published: 2021-12-07

Total Pages: 435

ISBN-13: 1250296889

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NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY ESQUIRE, THE IRISH TIMES AND THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT A provocative history of men who were worshipped as gods that illuminates the connection between power and religion and the role of divinity in a secular age Ever since 1492, when Christopher Columbus made landfall in the New World and was hailed as a heavenly being, the accidental god has haunted the modern age. From Haile Selassie, acclaimed as the Living God in Jamaica, to Britain’s Prince Philip, who became the unlikely center of a new religion on a South Pacific island, men made divine—always men—have appeared on every continent. And because these deifications always emerge at moments of turbulence—civil wars, imperial conquest, revolutions—they have much to teach us. In a revelatory history spanning five centuries, a cast of surprising deities helps to shed light on the thorny questions of how our modern concept of “religion” was invented; why religion and politics are perpetually entangled in our supposedly secular age; and how the power to call someone divine has been used and abused by both oppressors and the oppressed. From nationalist uprisings in India to Nigerien spirit possession cults, Anna Della Subin explores how deification has been a means of defiance for colonized peoples. Conversely, we see how Columbus, Cortés, and other white explorers amplified stories of their godhood to justify their dominion over native peoples, setting into motion the currents of racism and exclusion that have plagued the New World ever since they touched its shores. At once deeply learned and delightfully antic, Accidental Gods offers an unusual keyhole through which to observe the creation of our modern world. It is that rare thing: a lyrical, entertaining work of ideas, one that marks the debut of a remarkable literary career.


Theogony

Theogony

Author: Hesiod

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 9780192839411

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This new, fully-annotated translation by a leading expert on Hesiodic poems combines accuracy with readability and includes an introduction and explanatory notes on these two works by one of the oldest known Greek poets. The Theogony contains a systematic genealogy and account of the struggles of the gods, and the Works and Days offers a compendium of moral and practical advice for a life of honest husbandry.