Literature / Classical

odysseus



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               Argonautica: Jason and the Golden Fleece
               Apollonius Rhodius

Heritage Press 1960                                   
Fine Hardcover in Very Good Slipcase. Book is tight, bright and unmarked.
Translated by Edward P. Coleridge. Preface by Moses Hadas. Illustrations by A.Tassos.
ANCIENT GREECE,CLASSICAL WORLD,ARGONAUTS                             Book# 1028 		US$20.00


               Oedipus on the Road
               Bauchau, Henry

 Arcade First U.S. Edition 1994                          ISBN  1559703822
Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover.
 Oedipus On the Road is a unique, stunningly beautiful rendering of the journey that leads Oedipus from Thebes to Colonus...
 This is the chapter that Sophocles never wrote, the redemptive passage of the fallen, blinded king to his final - this time glorious -
 encounter with destiny.
GREEK TRAGEDY,OEDIPUS REX,OEDIPUS AT COLONUS,SOPHOCLES                                                                                                                                                                Book# 6760 		US$10.00

         
               Troy: Homer’s Iliad Retold
               Boyle, David and Viv Croot

 Barnes & Noble First Thus 2004                    ISBN  0760756724
New Unread Hardcover in New Dustjacket. Decorative laminated binding. Unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover.
A fresh look at this timeless tale of heroes and gods, love and war, personal honor and lust for glory. Nicely illustrated.
ANCIENT GREECE,CLASSICAL WORLD,HOMER,ACHILLES,HELEN,PARIS,HECTOR,AGAMEMNON                                                                                                                                                                      Book# 6863 		US$15.00

         
               Achilles
               Cook, Elizabeth

 St. Martin's Picador First American Edition 2002                 ISBN  0312288840
Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover.
"This powerful, passionate, and beautifully crafted retelling of the epic tale of Achilles re-creates Homer's fated hero in a new
 and striking reality.”
THE ILIAD,HOMER,ANCIENT GREECE,CLASSICAL                                 Book# 5869 		US$10.00

          
               Legacies: Prometheus - Orpheus - Socrates
               Erikson, Joan M.

 W.W. Norton First Edition 1993                                      
New Unread Hardcover in New Dustjacket. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover.
Myth and legend illuminate human history as each generation draws inspiration from the lives and teaching of icon-like figures
who channel the legacy of an epoch. In this book, Joan M. Erickson turns to classical Greece is search of three such mentors who
have left an enduring imprint on western culture. Illustrated.
MYTH,MYTHOLOGY,LEGEND,CLASSICAL GREECE,ANCIENT GREECE                                                                                                                                                  Book# 4584, 4585 		US$12.50

         
               The Odyssey of Homer: A New Verse Translation By Allen Mandelbaum
               Homer

 Bantam 1991                                      ISBN  0553213997
Fine Mass Market Paperback. Spine is uncreased. Book is tight, bright and unmarked.
 In this verse translation, Allen Mandelbaum realizes the power and beauty of the original Greek verse and demonstrates why
 the epic tale of The Odyssey has captured the human imagination for nearly three thousand years.
ODYSSEUS,ANCIENT GREECE,MYCENAEN GREECE,ITHACA,TROY,TROJAN WAR,PENELOPE,TELEMACHOS                                                                        Book# 7444 		US$4.00


               Brush Up Your Classics!
               Macrone, Michael

 Gramercy 1999                                       ISBN  
Fine Hardcover in Fine Dustjacket. Cloth binding with gilt lettering. Book is tight, bright and unmarked. DJ in a clear protective cover.
"An informative and entertaining guide to understanding the famous words, phrases, and stories of the Greek Classics."
GREEK LITERATURE,MYTHOLOGY                                                                Book# 2189 		US$14.00

         
               Metamorphoses
               Ovid
Indiana University Press 1983   ISBN: 0253200016
Very Good Trade Paperback. Gentle creasing of back wrap and a few leaves - else Fine. Spine is uncreased.
 Book is tight, bright and unmarked.
 “Ovid’s Metamorphoses, or ‘Transformations’, is one of the most influential works of Western literature...
 Rolfe Humphries captures the spirit of Ovid’s swift  and colloquial language...”                      
 POETRY,VERSE,ANCIENT ROME,ROMAN POETS,CLASSICAL WORLD       Book #7020		  
US$8.00
     



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