Greek Mythology : A Traveller´s Guide from Mount Olympus to Troy - A Traveller's Guide from Mount Olympus to Troy

Informationen zum Autor David Stuttard taught Classics for eleven years in Edinburgh, St Andrews and York, and has written numerous books on the Classical world including Greek Mythology: A Traveller’s Guide from Mount Olympus to Troy, A History of Ancient Greece in Fifty Lives and The Romans Who Shaped Britain (with Sam Moorhead), all published by Thames & Hudson. He is the founder of the theatre company Actors of Dionysus and a Fellowof Goodenough College, London. Klappentext A hands-on traveler's guide to the enthralling tales of Greek mythology, organized around the cities and landscapes where the events are set Zusammenfassung The Greek myths have a universal appeal, reaching far beyond the time and physical place in which they were created. In this book, the reader is taken on a tour of 22 destinations in Greece and Turkey, from Mount Olympus to Homer's Hades, recounting the tales from Greek mythology and the history associated with each. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction ¿ 1. Mount Olympus ¿ 2. Sunium ¿ 3. Eleusis and the Mysteries of Demeter and Persephone ¿ 4. Delos ¿ 5. Delphi ¿ 6. Ephesus ¿ 7. Paphos ¿ 8. Pylos ¿ 9. Olympia, Pelops and the Games ¿ 10. Thebes ¿ 11. Tiryns and the Labours of Heracles ¿ 12. Iolcus and Mount Pelion ¿ 13. Corinth and False Promises of Love ¿ 14. Argos, Land of Hera, Home of Heroes ¿ 15. Athens ¿ 16. Knossos ¿ 17. Calydon ¿ 18. Sparta ¿ 19. Mycenae and the Curse on Agamemnon¿s Family ¿ 20. Troy ¿ 21. Ithaca and the Wanderings of Odysseus ¿ 22. Hades

Product details

• Authors: David Stuttard, Stuttard David, Lis Watkins
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2016
• EAN: 9780500518328
• ISBN: 978-0-500-51832-8
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 220 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 520 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Travel > Travel guides > Europe; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, Ancient Greece, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, RELIGION / Ancient, Folklore, myths & legends, Ancient Greek religion & mythology, Ancient Greek religion and mythology, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology), Travel;Mediterranean;Greece;Turkey;Mythology