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E.M. Berens Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome

Belletristik
Englisch
104283 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
2
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The want of an interesting work on Greek and Roman mythology, suitable for the requirements of both boys and girls, has long been recognized by the principals of our advanced schools. The study of the classics themselves, even where the attainments of the pupil have rendered this feasible, has not been found altogether successful in giving to the student a clear and succinct idea of the religious beliefs of the ancients, and it has been suggested that a work which would so deal with the subject as to render it at once interesting and instructive would be hailed as a valuable introduction to the study of classic authors, and would be found to assist materially the labours of both master and pupil. [mehr]

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Jacob Abbott The History of Pyrrhus

Biografie/Autobiografie
Englisch
58803 Wörter
Keine Altersempfehlung
180
2

Pyrrhus was a Greek general and statesman of the Hellenistic era. He was king of the Greek tribe of Molossians, of the royal Aeacid house (from c. 297 BC), and later he became king of Epirus and Macedon. He was one of the strongest opponents of early Rome. Some of his battles, though successful, cost him heavy losses, from which the term Pyrrhic victory was coined. Pyrrhus and his campaign in Italy was effectively the only chance for Greece to check the advance of Rome towards domination of the Mediterranean world. Rather than banding together, the various Hellenistic powers continued to fight among themselves, sapping the financial and military strength of Greece and to a lesser extent, Macedon and the greater Hellenistic world. By 197 BC, Macedonia and many southern Greek city-states became Roman client states; in 188 BC, the Seleucid Empire was forced to cede most of Asia Minor to Rome's ally Pergamon (Pergamum). Rome inherited that state, and most of Asia Minor in 133 BC. Total Roman domination over Greece proper was marked by the destruction of Corinth in 146 BC; Greece would then form an integral part of the Roman world leading into the Byzantine period. [mehr]

Stichwörter: the history of pyrrhus, pyrrhus, biography, jacob abbott, ancient greece and rome, classical history, military history

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Three Initiates The Kybalion A Study of The Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece

Historisches
Englisch
34571 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
3
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The Hermetic Philosophy "The lips of wisdom are closed, except to the ears of Understanding"--The Kybalion. From old Egypt have come the fundamental esoteric and occult teachings which have so strongly influenced the philosophies of all races, nations and peoples, for several thousand years. Egypt, the home of the Pyramids and the Sphinx, was the birthplace of the Hidden Wisdom and Mystic Teachings. From her Secret Doctrine all nations have borrowed. India, Persia, Chaldea, Medea, China, Japan, Assyria, ancient Greece and Rome, and other ancient countries partook liberally at the feast of knowledge which the Hierophants and Masters of the Land of Isis so freely provided for those who came prepared to partake of the great store of Mystic and Occult Lore which the masterminds of that ancient land had gathered together. [mehr]

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H. A. Guerber Myths of Greece and Rome

Sammelband
Englisch
98378 Wörter
Keine Altersempfehlung
350
3

A classic of mythology, long prized for its accurate retelling of the principal myths of Greece and Rome, and for its commentary on their origins and significance. The collection begins with myths involving the gods — Jupiter, Apollo, Venus, Mars, others — and ends with the adventures of Ulysses and Aeneas. The aim of this book is to present a complete and entertaining account of Grecian and Roman mythology in such a manner that the student will appreciate its great influence upon literature and art. These myths, an inexhaustible fund of inspiration for the poets and artists of the past, have also inspired many noted modern works. To impress this fact forcibly upon the student, appropriate quotations from the poetical writings of all ages, from Hesiod's "Works and Days," to Tennyson's "Oenone," have been inserted in the text. The myths are told as graphically and accurately as possible, great care being taken, however, to avoid the more repulsive features of heathen mythology; and when two or more versions of the same myth occur, the preference has invariably been given to the most popular, that is to say, to the one which has inspired the greatest works. [mehr]

Stichwörter: myths of greece and rome, guerber, classical mythology, greek mythology, roman mythology, gods and goddesses, paganism

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Bayard Tuckerman A History Of English Prose Fiction (Fiscal Part I)

Belletristik
Englisch
101786 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
2
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In The Midst Of An Age Of Gloom And Anarchy, When Feudalism Was Slowly Building Up A New Social Organization On The Ruins Of The Roman Empire, Arose That Spirit Of Chivalry, Which, In Its Connection With The Christian Religion, Forms So Sharp A Division Between The Sentiments Of Ancient And Modern Times. Following Closely On The Growth Of Chivalry As An Institution, There Came Into Being A Remarkable Species Of Fiction, Which Reflected With Great Faithfulness The Character Of The Age, And Having Formed For Three Centuries The Principal Literary Entertainment Of The Knighthood Of Europe, Left On The New Civilization, And The New Literature Which Had Outgrown And Discarded It, Lasting Traces Of Its Natural Beauty. Into The General Fund Of Chivalric Romance Were Absorbed The Learning And Legend Of Every Land. From The Gloomy Forests And Bleak Mountains Of The North Came Dark And Terrible Fancies, Malignant Enchanters, And Death-Dealing Spirits, Supposed To Haunt The Earth And Sea; From Arabia And The East Came Gorgeous Pictures Of Palaces Built Of Gold And Precious Stones, Magic Rings Which Transport The Bearer From Place To Place, Love-Inspiring Draughts, Dragons And Fairies; From Ancient Greece And Rome Came Memories Of The Heroes And Mysteries Of Mythology, Like Old Coins Worn And Disfigured By Passing, Through Ages, From Hand To Hand, But Still Bearing A Faint Outline Of Their Original Character. All This Mass Of Fiction Was Floating Idly In The Imaginations Of Men, Or Worked As An Embellishment Into The Rude Numbers Of The Minstrels, When The Mediaeval Romancers Gathered It Up, And Interweaving It With The Traditions Of Arthur And Charlemagne, Produced Those Strange Compositions Which Are So Entirely The Product And Repository Of The Habits, Superstitions, And Sympathies Of The Middle Ages That They Serve To "Hold The Mirror Up To Nature, To Show Vice Its Own Image, Virtue Its Own Likeness, And The Very Age And Body Of The Times, His Form And Pressure." The Men Who Wrote, And The Men Who Read These Romances, The First Springs Of Our Modern Fiction, Were Influenced By Two Dominant Ideas: "One Religious, Which Had Fashioned The Gigantic Cathedrals, And Swept The Masses From Their Native Soil To Hurl Them Upon The Holy Land; The Other Secular, Which Had Built Feudal Fortresses, And Set The Man Of Courage Erect And Armed Within His Own Domain."[1] These Two Ideas Were Outwardly Expressed In The Roman Church And The Feudal System. [mehr]

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Emilie Kip Baker Stories Of Old Greece And Rome

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Englisch
85945 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
2
1

In the days of long, long ago when men built altars, and burned sacrifices, and worshiped their gods in [mehr]

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Emilie Kip Baker Stories of Old Greece and Rome

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Englisch
85433 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
2
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It was long before the memory of man that the gods first came to live on Mount Olympus, and it was still longer ago that all the great powers of the universe fought with each other for the right to rule the world. In this mighty war, which rent the very heavens with the crash of battle, Jupiter at last conquered all his jealous enemies, and made himself ruler of the gods and of the world. [mehr]

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