BRIEF HISTORYOF GREEK MYTHOLOGY - nowtilus.com · Title: Brief History of Greek mithology Author:...
Transcript of BRIEF HISTORYOF GREEK MYTHOLOGY - nowtilus.com · Title: Brief History of Greek mithology Author:...
BRIEF HISTORYBRIEF HISTORY OFOF
GREEKGREEKMYTHOLOGYMYTHOLOGY
From the incredible feats of Hercules to the whims ofZeus, a thrilling look at the myths, heroes, and godsof Olympus whose astonishing adventures and talesrepresent an unending source of wisdom.
Synopsis
A Brief History of Greek
Mythology goes back to the times
of the Greek civilization, the most
advanced of the Ancient World and
the cradle of Western culture,
which flourished in approximately
the 3rd millennium B.C. on the
island of Crete.
The interpretations of the Greeks
for unexplainable planetary and
celestial phenomena gave rise to
basic beliefs and animist responses
with a surprising touch of genius
which converted these interpreta-
tions into beautiful legends. In this
manner, the original and elemental
gods such as Chaos, the origin of
everything, Cronus, Uranus, Zeus
and Hera, Hades and Persephone,
etc. were born. Later, heroes like
Achilles, Odysseus, Ulysses,
Hector, Patroclus, and Perseus
came and carried out wonderful
adventures and challenged the will
and desires of the gods.
Greek culture filled their collective
imagination with numerous unique
beings and stories. Along with the
great gods and minor divinities
lived glorified mortal heroes as
well as a series of fantastic creatu-
res that together comprise the
honor roll of Greek mythology.
Title: Brief History of Greek mithology
Author: Fernando López Trujillo
Size: 13x19 cm
Format: PaperbackPages: 352ISBN-13: 978-849763547-9Price: 12,95 euros
Gods, heroes, centaurs, hydras, dragons…come climb Mount Olympus to discover its caprices and
lover disputes, its fury and its plots, its wars and its struggles for power. Discover the most human
side of the deities, the incredible adventures of semidivine characters and other mythological
beings that form the collective imagination of our culture.
In the BREVE HISTORIA collection (www.brevehistoria.com) we discover the most
exciting and prominent events and people of world history. Books written by specialists in
a divulging, enjoyable and accurate way. Books that make us enjoy reliving the adventures,
legends and epics that have left a mark on history.
In the same collection:
FERNANDO LÓPEZ TRUJILLO (Argentina, 1954) graduated as professorof History from the Department of Philosophy and Humanities at theUniversity of Buenos Aires in 1993. He later carried out post-graduate stu-dies in Political Science, where he specialized in power relations and thenew international order. As a researcher and acting professor, he becameespecially interested in the ancient history of Greece and Rome and, con-sequently, in the beliefs that nourished their societies. He is the author ofdozens of publications in specialized media and of the books Vidas enrojo y negro: Una historia del anarquismo en la década infame, with prolo-gue by Osvaldo Bayer, and Dioses y Diosas de la Grecia Antigua y Diosesy Diosas de la Antigua Roma.
Brief History of Rome.Monarchy and Republic.Author: Bárbara PastorPages:304ISBN: 978-849763535-6Price: 9,95 euros
Brief History of ancient GreeceAuthor:Dionisio MínguezPages:352ISBN: 978-849763204-1Price: 9,95 euros