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The Blood of Typhon

Author : Lewis King
Publisher : Lewis King
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 577 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Blood of Typhon written by Lewis King and published by Lewis King. This book was released on 2020-12-02 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The citizens of the Great Democracy live in constant fear of the beasts who call themselves Typhon’s Children. Sarah Montaire is a scientist of the Great Democracy. She has dedicated her career to studying Typhon’s Children and their strange powers. When a little girl is delivered to her as a specimen, it leads her to question whether they are actually just beasts wearing human faces, or if they really are human. General Artonnen’s wife and unborn child were murdered by a man he thought he could trust. He has vowed revenge, not only against the beast itself, but against all of Typhon’s Children. He plans to stage a coup so that when he invades the beast’s homeland he will have the full might of the Great Democracy at his command.

Traces of Ink

Author :
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004444807
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Traces of Ink written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-02-22 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces of Ink. Experiences of Philology and Replication is a collection of original papers exploring the textual and material aspects of inks and ink-making in a number of premodern cultures (Babylonia, the Graeco-Roman world, the Syriac milieu and the Arabo-Islamic tradition). The volume proposes a fresh and interdisciplinary approach to the study of technical traditions, in which new results can be achieved thanks to the close collaboration between philologists and scientists. Replication represents a crucial meeting point between these two parties: a properly edited text informs the experts in the laboratory who, in turn, may shed light on many aspects of the text by recreating the material reality behind it. Contributors are: Miriam Blanco Cesteros, Michele Cammarosano, Claudia Colini, Vincenzo Damiani, Sara Fani, Matteo Martelli, Ira Rabin, Lucia Raggetti, and Katja Weirauch.

Decoding the Osirian Myth

Author : Panagiota Sarischouli
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 311143513X
Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (114 download)

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Download or read book Decoding the Osirian Myth written by Panagiota Sarischouli and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2024-09-23 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The earliest written references to the Osirian myth-complex appeared already in the Pyramid Text spells (c. 2400–2300 BCE). The most complete exposition of this ancient Egyptian myth is, however, found in the Greek treatise On Isis and Osiris, in which the 2nd-century CE Platonist Plutarch utilises Egyptian mythology to advocate his philosophical ideas concerning the divine and the nature of the cosmos. This book aims at “decoding” Plutarch’s narrative of the Osirian myth, linking his claims to the existing Egyptian and Greek parallels. It thus analyses a multitude of mythic and religious traditions from a transcultural perspective, exploring the relation of the Pharaonic features of the Osirian divinities to the features they had acquired in Ptolemaic and Roman times, interpreting the Egyptian myth within the overall framework of parallel mythologies from other cultures, and examining whether the brief mythic stories (historiolae) recited in Late Egyptian ritual texts can be deployed to enrich the context of certain obscure episodes in Plutarch’s account of the myth. The book will be of great interest not only to scholars and students of Plutarch and later Middle Platonism, but also to Egyptologists. Due to its thematic variety and scope, this publication will also appeal to a wider array of readers (specialists and non-specialists alike) interested in religious syncretism, interreligious connections, and the challenge of multiculturalism from Hellenistic times until Late Antiquity.

The Concepts of the Divine in the Greek Magical Papyri

Author : Eleni Pachoumi
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
ISBN 13 : 9783161540189
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book The Concepts of the Divine in the Greek Magical Papyri written by Eleni Pachoumi and published by Mohr Siebeck. This book was released on 2017-05-05 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eleni Pachoumi looks at the concepts of the divine in the Greek magical papyri by way of a careful and detailed analysis of ritual practices and spells. Her aim is to uncover the underlying religious, philosophical and mystical parallelisms and influences on the Greek magical papyri. She starts by examining the religious and philosophical concept of the personal daimon and the union of the individual with his personal daimon through the magico-theurgic ritual of systasis. She then goes on to analyze the religious concept of paredros as the divine "assistant" and the various relationships between paredros, the divine and the individual. To round off, she studies the concept of the divine through the manifold religious and philosophical assimilations mainly between Greek, Egyptian, Hellenized gods and divine abstract concepts of Jewish origins.

Landscapes of Dread in Classical Antiquity

Author : Debbie Felton
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135159057X
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book Landscapes of Dread in Classical Antiquity written by Debbie Felton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-27 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last two decades, research in cultural geography and landscape studies has influenced many humanities fields, including Classics, and has increasingly drawn our attention to the importance of spaces and their contexts, both geographical and social: how spaces are described by language, what spaces are used for by individuals and communities, and how language, use, and the passage of time invest spaces with meaning. In addition to this ‘spatial’ turn in scholarship, recent years have also seen an ‘emotive’ turn – an increased interest in the study of emotion in literature. Many works on landscape in classical antiquity focus on themes such as the sacred and the pastoral and the emotions such spaces evoke, such as (respectively) feelings of awe or tranquillity in settings both urban and rural. Far less scholarship has been generated by the locus terribilis, the space associated with negative emotions because of the bad things that happen there. In short, the recent ‘emotive’ turn in humanities studies has so far largely neglected several of the more negative emotions, including anxiety, fear, terror, and dread. The papers in this volume focus on those neglected negative emotions, especially dread – and they do so while treating many types of space, including domestic, suburban, rural and virtual, and while covering many genres and authors, including the epic poems of Homer, Greek tragedy, Roman poetry and historiography, medical writing, paradoxography and the short story.

Drakon

Author : Daniel Ogden
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199557322
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book Drakon written by Daniel Ogden and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-02-28 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the dragon or the supernatural serpent in Graeco-Roman myth and religion. It incorporates analyses, with comprehensive accounts of the rich literary and iconographic sources, for the principal dragons of myth, and discusses matters of cult and the paradoxical association of dragons and serpents with the most benign of deities.

The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis

Author : Antoninus Liberalis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317799488
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis written by Antoninus Liberalis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-24 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These forty-one tales written in the second century AD by Greek author Antoninus Liberalis and translated from the Greek for the first time, offer an unusual insight into the preoccupations and legends of antiquity. These tales are quirky, exciting and sometimes disturbing. Many have relevance for modern as well as classical understanding of psychology and the imagination. Each story is usefully provided with full annotation and commentary.

The Gnostics and Their Archetypes

Author : Diego Kurilo
Publisher : Sophia Lux
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gnostics and Their Archetypes written by Diego Kurilo and published by Sophia Lux. This book was released on with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gnosis, derived from the ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnō̂ sis), meaning "knowledge", or also known as gnosticism, a Latinized form of γνωστικισμός (gnōstikismós), is a scientific-religious term that encompasses various teachings and religious groups that flourished in the late 19th century. 1st century and had their peak between the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD, acting as precursors of later currents. We could think that within these movements of connoisseurs many Christianities of a Gnostic nature perished, since Christianity was born as a broad set of spiritual movements based on the life of Jesus of Nazareth. The Christianity proposed by Paul of Tarsus triumphed and the Gnostic movements fell into disgrace and were considered heretical.

Magic in the Literature of the Neronian Period

Author : Konstantinos Arampapaslis
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 311142944X
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (114 download)

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Download or read book Magic in the Literature of the Neronian Period written by Konstantinos Arampapaslis and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2024-04-22 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neronian representations of magic, a practice prevalent in the everyday life of the period and a central topic in its literary production, are characterized by unprecedented accuracy and detail. The similarities of witchcraft depictions in Seneca’s Medea, Lucan’s book 6, and Petronius’ Satyrica with spells of the PGM, the defixiones, as well as with Pliny’s quasi-magical recipes underscore realism as the distinctive trait of Neronian magic scenes which has often been considered the authors’ means to differentiate themselves from their Augustan predecessors. However, such high-degree realism is not merely an ornamental feature but transforms into a tool that influences the reader’s response toward magic, according to each author’s worldview and aims. The cross-generic examination of the motif of magic in the major Neronian authors shows how realism forms a link between reader, contemporary experience, and text that encourages more active participation on the part of the reader. At the same time, images of destruction, the horrific, and the ridiculous further enhance the negative view of magic as an ineffective (Lucan-Petronius) or destructive force (Seneca), simultaneously eliciting the reader’s critical response.

Priests, Tongues, and Rites

Author : Jacco Dieleman
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047406745
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book Priests, Tongues, and Rites written by Jacco Dieleman and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2005-05-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an investigation into the sphere of production and use of two related bilingual magical handbooks found as part of a larger collection of magical and alchemical manuscripts around 1828 in the hills surrounding Luxor, Egypt. Both handbooks, dating to the Roman period, contain an assortment of recipes for magical rites in the Demotic and Greek language. The library which comprises these two handbooks is nowadays better known as the Theban Magical Library. The book traces the social and cultural milieu of the composers, compilers and users of the extant spells through a combination of philology, sociolinguistics and cultural analysis. To anybody working on Greco-Roman Egypt, ancient magic, and bilingualism this study is of significant importance.

Python

Author : Joseph Fontenrose
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520312767
Total Pages : 650 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Python written by Joseph Fontenrose and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1959.

Heart of Fire

Author : Adam Alexander Haviaras
Publisher : Adam Alexander Haviaras
ISBN 13 : 1988309042
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book Heart of Fire written by Adam Alexander Haviaras and published by Adam Alexander Haviaras. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 5 Stars and Winner of the Historical Fiction Company's 2024 'Highly Recommended' Award of Excellence! A Mercenary... A Spartan Princess... And Olympic Glory... When Stefanos, an Argive mercenary, returns home from the wars raging across the Greek world, his life’s path is changed by his dying father’s last wish – that he win in the Olympic Games. As Stefanos sets out on a road to redemption to atone for the life of violence he has led, his life is turned upside down by Kyniska, a Spartan princess destined to make Olympic history. In a world of prejudice and hate, can the two lovers from enemy city-states gain the Gods’ favour and claim Olympic immortality? Or are they destined for humiliation and defeat? Remember... There can be no victory without sacrifice. Heart of Fire is a book for all those who struggle to make their dreams come true. If you like books by Madeline Miller, Steven Pressfield, David Gemmell, or Mary Renault, you will love this gripping novel of the ancient Olympic Games. Buy this book today and start off on a gritty, mysterious, and emotional journey into the heart of Ancient Greece. To read more about Ancient Greece and the Olympic Games, be sure to check out our ten-part blog series The World of Heart of Fire at www.eaglesanddragonspublishing.com!

UnGuarded

Author : Ashley Robertson
Publisher : Ashley Robertson Books
ISBN 13 : 0985850108
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (858 download)

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Download or read book UnGuarded written by Ashley Robertson and published by Ashley Robertson Books. This book was released on 2012-06-28 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guardian angel Selene was so close to becoming an archangel—the supreme of all beings—until she fell in love with Cole, a forbidden dark one. Once she discovers her vampire lover has been kidnapped and the only way to save him is by abandoning her number one priority—Caitlyn, her human charge—there really is only one answer in Selene’s mind, even though leaving Caitlyn unguarded will most likely cause Selene to fall from grace. But her choice to save Cole doesn’t come without a price…and now Selene is racing against time to not only save her dark lover, but find a way to keep Caitlyn alive as well. With the help of a new vampire ally, Luke, Selene will push her diminishing angel abilities to the point where her very existence lies in the balance. Now threatened with the chance of becoming a fallen angel or even dying, Selene can only pray she’ll have enough time—and good grace—to save the ones she loves.

The Image of the Jews in Greek Literature

Author : Bezalel Bar-Kochva
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520290844
Total Pages : 632 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book The Image of the Jews in Greek Literature written by Bezalel Bar-Kochva and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2016-02-09 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This landmark contribution to ongoing debates about perceptions of the Jews in antiquity examines the attitudes of Greek writers of the Hellenistic period toward the Jewish people. Among the leading Greek intellectuals who devoted special attention to the Jews were Theophrastus (the successor of Aristotle), Hecataeus of Abdera (the father of "scientific" ethnography), and Apollonius Molon (probably the greatest rhetorician of the Hellenistic world). Bezalel Bar-Kochva examines the references of these writers and others to the Jews in light of their literary output and personal background; their religious, social, and political views; their literary and stylistic methods; ethnographic stereotypes current at the time; and more.

The Eloquent Blood

Author : Manon Hedenborg White
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0190065028
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book The Eloquent Blood written by Manon Hedenborg White and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the conventional dichotomy of chaste, pure Madonna and libidinous whore, the former has usually been viewed as the ideal form of femininity. However, there is a modern religious movement in which the negative stereotype of the harlot is inverted and exalted. The Eloquent Blood focuses on the changing construction of femininity and feminine sexuality in interpretations of the goddess Babalon. A central deity in Thelema, the religion founded by the notorious British occultist Aleister Crowley (1875-1947), Babalon is based on Crowley's favorable reinterpretation of the biblical Whore of Babylon, and is associated with liberated female sexuality and the spiritual ideal of passionate union with existence. Analyzing historical and contemporary written sources, qualitative interviews, and ethnographic fieldwork in the Anglo-American esoteric milieu, the study traces interpretations of Babalon from the works of Crowley and some of his key disciples--including the rocket scientist John "Jack" Whiteside Parsons, and the enigmatic British occultist Kenneth Grant--until the present. From the 1990s onwards, this study shows, female and LGBTQ esotericists have challenged historical interpretations of Babalon, drawing on feminist and queer thought and conceptualizing femininity in new ways. Tracing the trajectory of a particular gendered symbol from the fin-de-si�cle until today, Manon Hedenborg White explores the changing role of women in Western esotericism, and shows how evolving constructions of gender have shaped the development of esotericism. Combining research on historical and contemporary Western esotericism with feminist and queer theory, the book sheds new light on the ways in which esoteric movements and systems of thought have developed over time in relation to political movements.

The Queen of Swords

Author : R. S. Belcher
Publisher : Tor Books
ISBN 13 : 0765390094
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (653 download)

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Download or read book The Queen of Swords written by R. S. Belcher and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2017-06-27 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maude Stapleton, a member of the Daughters of Lilith assassins' order, must take on their ancestral enemies, the Sons of Typhon, in order to save her kidnapped daughter.

Travelling Heroes

Author : Robin Lane Fox
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0679763864
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (797 download)

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Download or read book Travelling Heroes written by Robin Lane Fox and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-03-09 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The myths of the ancient Greeks have inspired us for thousands of years. Where did the famous stories of the battles of their gods develop and spread across the world? The celebrated classicist Robin Lane Fox draws on a lifetime’s knowledge of the ancient world, and on his own travels, answering this question by pursuing it through the age of Homer. His acclaimed history explores how the intrepid seafarers of eighth-century Greece sailed around the Mediterranean, encountering strange new sights—volcanic mountains, vaporous springs, huge prehistoric bones—and weaving them into the myths of gods, monsters and heroes that would become the cornerstone of Western civilization.