The Fable of Cupid and Psyche, Tr. [By T. Taylor]
The Fable of Cupid and Psyche, Tr. [By T. Taylor]

Author: Lucius Apuleius

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781020044397

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A classic tale of love and adventure from ancient Rome. Cupid, the god of love, falls in love with the beautiful Psyche and marries her in secret. But when Psyche is discovered by jealous rivals, she is forced to undertake a series of impossible tasks to prove her worth and win back her husband's love. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Cambridge Companion to Sappho
The Cambridge Companion to Sappho

Author: P. J. Finglass

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2021-04-29

Total Pages: 587

ISBN-13: 1107189055

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A detailed up-to-date survey of the most important woman writer from Greco-Roman antiquity. Examines the nature and context of her poetic achievement, the transmission, loss and rediscovery of her poetry, and the reception of that poetry in cultures far removed from ancient Greece, including Latin America, India, China, and Japan.

History of Beauty
History of Beauty

Author: Umberto Eco

Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13:

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Explores the nature, the meaning, and the very history of the idea of beauty in Western culture; illustrated with abundant examples of painting and sculpture and lengthy quotations from writers and philosophers. Demonstrates how every historical era has had its own ideas about eye-appeal.

Fairytale in the Ancient World
Fairytale in the Ancient World

Author: Graham Anderson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-01-04

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 113456046X

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In this, the first modern study of the ancient fairytale, Graham Anderson asks whether the familiar children's fairytale of today existed in the ancient world. He examines texts from the classical period and finds many stories which resemble those we know today, including: * a Jewish Egyptian Cinderella * a Snow White whose enemy is the goddess Artemis * a Pied Piper at Troy. He puts forward many previously unsuspected candidates as classical variants of the modern fairytale and argues that the degree of violence and cruelty in the ancient tales means they must have been meant for adults.

The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries
The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries

Author: Thomas Taylor

Publisher: Health Research Books

Published: 1996-09

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9780787308582

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1875 These observances once represented the spiritual life of Greece, and were considered for two thousand years and more the appointed means for regeneration through an interior union with the Divine Essence. We can learn a valuable lesson in this rega.