The Odyssey

The Odyssey
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 536
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ISBN-10 : 9780520966871
ISBN-13 : 0520966872
Rating : 4/5 (71 Downloads)

Synopsis The Odyssey by : Homer

The Odyssey is vividly captured and beautifully paced in this swift and lucid new translation by acclaimed scholar and translator Peter Green. Accompanied by an illuminating introduction, maps, chapter summaries, a glossary, and explanatory notes, this is the ideal translation for both general readers and students to experience The Odyssey in all its glory. Green’s version, with its lyrical mastery and superb command of Greek, offers readers the opportunity to enjoy Homer’s epic tale of survival, temptation, betrayal, and vengeance with all of the verve and pathos of the original oral tradition.

Providence Raptors

Providence Raptors
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Publisher :
Total Pages :
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ISBN-10 : 0578716232
ISBN-13 : 9780578716237
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis Providence Raptors by : Peter Green

A Decade of Stories and Photos by Peter Green

Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C.

Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C.
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 668
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ISBN-10 : 0520071662
ISBN-13 : 9780520071667
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C. by : Peter Green

This biography portrays Alexander as both a complex personality and a single-minded general, a man capable of such diverse expediencies as patricide or the massacre of civilians. Writing for the general reader, the author provides gritty details on Alexander's darker side while providing a gripping tale of Alexander's career.

Peter Green

Peter Green
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1915841593
ISBN-13 : 9781915841599
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis Peter Green by : Martin Celmins

One of England's greatest blues guitarists, Peter Green was the founder of Fleetwood Mac. Considered an enigma as well as a brilliant musician, he quit the band in 1970. Written by Green's close associate, this fourth edition of the biography first published in 1995 challenges the accepted narrative about why he left Fleetwood Mac and what happened next. Revised and updated, the book also includes unseen photographs.

Peter Green

Peter Green
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Publisher : Sanctuary Publishing
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1860745075
ISBN-13 : 9781860745072
Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Synopsis Peter Green by : Martin Celmins

One of the greatest white blues guitarists to ever come out of England, Peter Green founded Fleetwood Mac with John McVie and Mick Fleetwood. Considered an enigma as well as a great musician, he quit the band in the early 1970s, giving up fame and leaving behind original songs that have proved timeless. This fully authorized biography, by Green's close associate, reveals exactly why this happened.

The Hellenistic Age

The Hellenistic Age
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Publisher : Modern Library
Total Pages : 242
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ISBN-10 : 9781588367068
ISBN-13 : 1588367061
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis The Hellenistic Age by : Peter Green

The Hellenistic era witnessed the overlap of antiquity’s two great Western civilizations, the Greek and the Roman. This was the epoch of Alexander’s vast expansion of the Greco-Macedonian world, the rise and fall of his successors’ major dynasties in Egypt and Asia, and, ultimately, the establishment of Rome as the first Mediterranean superpower. The Hellenistic Age chronicles the years 336 to 30 BCE, from the days of Philip and Alexander of Macedon to the death of Cleopatra and the final triumph of Caesar’s heir, the young Augustus. Peter Green’s remarkably far-ranging study covers the prevalent themes and events of those centuries: the Hellenization of an immense swath of the known world–from Egypt to India–by Alexander’s conquests; the lengthy and chaotic partition of this empire by rival Macedonian marshals after Alexander’s death; the decline of the polis (city state) as the predominant political institution; and, finally, Rome’s moment of transition from republican to imperial rule. Predictably, this is a story of war and power-politics, and of the developing fortunes of art, science, and statecraft in the areas where Alexander’s coming disseminated Hellenic culture. It is a rich narrative tapestry of warlords, libertines, philosophers, courtesans and courtiers, dramatists, historians, scientists, merchants, mercenaries, and provocateurs of every stripe, spun by an accomplished classicist with an uncanny knack for infusing life into the distant past, and applying fresh insights that make ancient history seem alarmingly relevant to our own times. To consider the three centuries prior to the dawn of the common era in a single short volume demands a scholar with a great command of both subject and narrative line. The Hellenistic Age is that rare book that manages to coalesce a broad spectrum of events, persons, and themes into one brief, indispensable, and amazingly accessible survey.

Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece
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Publisher : Heinemann Library
Total Pages : 48
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ISBN-10 : 0600573877
ISBN-13 : 9780600573876
Rating : 4/5 (77 Downloads)

Synopsis Ancient Greece by : Rowena Loverance

See Through History is a series of information books for 8-12 year olds. Each book is packed with information, quotations and captions providing a thorough description of the times. This book explores Ancient Greece. Each book in the series features acetate-based cutaway illustrations.

Vox Petri

Vox Petri
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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages : 512
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ISBN-10 : 9781532683091
ISBN-13 : 153268309X
Rating : 4/5 (91 Downloads)

Synopsis Vox Petri by : Gene L. Green

Peter stands at the beginning of Christian theology. Christianity’s central confessions regarding the person of Jesus, the cross, salvation, the inclusive nature of the people of God, and the end of all things come to us through the apostle who was not only the church’s leader but also its first theologian. Peter is the apostle for the whole church and the whole church resonates with his theology. We sing his song, though we may not have glanced at the bottom of the page in the hymnbook to see who wrote the words and composed the tune. Peter is the “lost boy” of Christian theology, a person overlooked as a theological innovator and pillar, but his rightful place is at the head of the table. If we look closely, however, we may recognize that he has been seated there all along.

Alexander to Actium

Alexander to Actium
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 1006
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ISBN-10 : 0520083490
ISBN-13 : 9780520083493
Rating : 4/5 (90 Downloads)

Synopsis Alexander to Actium by : Peter Green

A meticulous analysis of Hellenistic culture spanning three centuries, from the death of Alexander the Great in 325 B.C. Green surveys every significant aspect of Hellenistic cultural development in this colorful, complex period that will fascinate all readers. 217 illustrations, 30 maps.

From Ikaria to the Stars

From Ikaria to the Stars
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Publisher : University of Texas Press
Total Pages : 356
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ISBN-10 : 0292702302
ISBN-13 : 9780292702301
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis From Ikaria to the Stars by : Peter Green

"I hadn't, till I really started digging, gauged the fierce intensity of the need for myth in the human psyche, of any age, or sensed the variety of motives dictating that need," writes Peter Green in the introduction to this wide-ranging collection of essays on classical mythology and the mythic experience. Using the need for myth as the starting point for exploring a number of topics in Greek mythology and history, Green advances new ideas about why the human urge to make myths persists across the millennia and why the borderland between mythology and history can sometimes be hard to map. Green looks at both specific problems in classical mythology and larger theoretical issues. His explorations underscore how mythic expression opens a door into non-rational and quasi-rational modes of thought in which it becomes possible to rewrite painful truths and unacceptable history--which is, Green argues, a dangerous enterprise. His study of the intersections between classical mythology and Greek history ultimately drives home a larger point, "the degree of mythification and deception (of oneself no less than of others) of which the human mind is capable."