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La tragedia Antígona de Sófocles no sólo sacudió la conciencia de los espectadores del teatro griego. A lo largo de los siglos ha dado lugar a incontables relecturas, desde la antigua Roma hasta el surrealismo del siglo xx. George Steiner para quien la critica literaria debiera nacer de una deuda de amor para con la obra comentada reconstruye el proceso de transmision del mito de Antigona en todas sus formas de expresion, no solo en el teatro, la opera o el ballet, sino tambien en la reflexion filosofica, antropologica y politica. En las diferentes lecturas se perciben los cambios de ideas politicas y sociales a lo largo del tiempo, pero tambien la invariable admiracion por el heroismo incondicional de una figura que trasciende todas las epocas.Este libro es una de las contribuciones mas extraordinarias a la historia de la cultura y una fascinante aventura lectora para todos aquellos que se apasionan por los temas mas profundos de la humanidad.

This illustrated volume presents myths from five ancient cultures: Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Celtic and Norse. Marina Warner is an award-winning novelist, historian and critic. She is the author of numerous books on myths, legends, fairy tales and their symbolism, Including Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin Mary; Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism; Monuments and Maidens: The Allegory of the Female Form and From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and their Tellers. In 1994 she gave the prestigious annual series of BBC Reith Lectures, entitled Managing Monsters: Six Myths of Our Time. ''She is a terrific writer and an original scholar.'' - Victoria Glendinning, Daily Telegraph George Hart is a senior lecturer in the Education Department of The British Museum. Lucilla Burn is Keeper of Antiquities at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Jane F. Gardner is Professor of Ancient History in the Department of Classics, University of Reading. Miranda Jane Green lectures in Archaeology and Celtic Studies at the University of Wales College of Cardiff and is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth. R. I. Page is Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon Emeritus at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Corpus Christi College.

This book is a compilation edition of five further titles from the successful series The Legendary Past. Each author describes the cultural background, written sources and continuing legacy of the major myths, illustrated throughout by archaeological and artistic evidence. Linking these supernatural worlds is a new introduction from the award-winning writer Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, and in addition there is a specially compiled glossary giving brief definitions of the mythical characters and creatures whose traditions have contributed to our own legendary past.

Los jardines del sueño es una investigaciÛn apasionante sobre el libro más bello y enigmático del Renacimiento italiano: la Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, publicada en Venecia en 1499. Una prolongada pes

La mitología es el territorio de la imaginación poética, y los relatos de las distintas culturas son una profunda expresión del impulso creativo. Pero los mitos tuvieron una gran influencia en el tejido social de las mayores civilizaciones de la historia y son algo más que simples relatos, pues recogen los grandes misterios que nos desconciertan e intrigan a todos: preguntas sobre el nacimiento y la muerte y sobre todo lo que entraña la vida. El libro de la mitología aporta una nueva mirada sobre los mitos de todo el mundo y su significado para las culturas que los crearon. ¿Quién era el dios embaucador Maui? ¿Qué era el hidromiel de la poesía y qué don otorgaba a quienes lo bebían? ¿Cómo era el paso a la vida de ultratumba según la mitología del antiguo Egipto? ¿Cuál fue el papel de Loki y de Thor en la mitología nórdica, de Gilgamesh en la sumeria o de Viracocha en la inca?

The history of a demonic tradition that was stolen from women - and then won back again.Creatures like Lilith, the seductive first wife of Adam, and mermaids, who lured sailors to their death, are familiar figures in the genre of monstrous temptresses who use their charms to entice men to their doom.But if we go back 4,000 years, the roots of these demons lie in horrific creatures like Lamashtu, a lion-headed Mesopotamian demon who strangled infants and murdered pregnant women, and Gello, a virgin ghost of ancient Greece who killed expectant mothers and babies out of jealousy. Far from enticing men into danger and destruction, these monsters were part of women's ritual practices surrounding childbirth and pregnancy. So how did their mythology evolve into one focused on the seduction of men?

Francisco de Paula was obsessed with the pyramids' construction problem until he developed a theory so attractive it is probably the correct one. This is because although it includes a technical side that could give the impression of being involved and difficult to read, on the contrary it guides us as we look into it in such a pleasant, sensible and logical way that on finishing the book we are convinced of how good his theory is and captivated by those Egyptian architects and engineers who 4,500 years ago knew how to create such wonders for the astonishment of today's world, using for their construction in addition to stone, water, logs and ropes the human work-force and… mainly their intelligence and wisdom. The book is very attractively designed, with more than 200 photos and drawings, apart from the sufficient and precise calculations which amply prove the soundness of this theory. This experienced pyramidologist has followed Herodotus' story where, in his second book dedicated to Euterpe expressing his conversations with Egyptian priests, he writes: "The priests themselves were reading to me in a book the catalogue of the 300 Pharaohs subsequent to Menes." Also, talking about Khufu's pyramid and its construction, he wrote: "The pyramid was being built so that there were ledges or steps, which some ones call scales and other altars. Thus built, beginning from the bottom part, they raised the blocks, already carved, into place by means of machines made of short wooden planks. The first machine raised them from the ground to the top of the first tier. On this one there was another machine, which received the block upon its arrival and conveyed it to the second tier, whence a third machine advanced it still higher. Either they had as many machines as tiers in the pyramid, or possibly they had but a single machine which, being easily movable, was transferred from tier to tier as the block was unloaded, for it is good to give all kinds of diverse explanations". "Thus, the facade began to be polished from the top, lowering later onsecutively so that the lower part, which was based on the ground, was the last one to receive the treatment. Egyptian letters are written down in the pyramid telling how much was spent on radishes, on onions and garlic for the laborers and officials to consume; and I remember perfectly well that when reading it, the interpreter said to me that the account amounted to 1,600 talents of silver".

La Ilíada cuenta la historia de la guerra que libraron griegos y troyanos.. El amor entre Helena y Paris, el combate mortal de Aquiles y Héctor, el caballo de Troya... La Odisea narra el peligroso viaje de Ulises de regreso a Itaca: sus luchas contra el ciclope de un solo ojo, las mortiferas sirenas, la terrible Escila de seis cabezas...

Els mites grecs i romans són un element indispensable de la nostra tradició cultural.En aquest diccionari de mitologia clàssica trobareu profusament explicats els mites i els personatges més importan

Según James Hillman, «nadie en nuestro siglo –ni Freud, ni Thomas Mann, ni Lévi-Strauss– ha traído el sentido mítico del mundo y sus eternas figuras de vuelta a nuestra consciencia diaria como Joseph

''Here, from a master scholar of Greek mythology, religion and society, is a master narrative of the ancient Greek world...told with the resonance, verve and passion of a modern bard in action'' - Robert Fagles, bestselling translator of The Iliad and The Odyssey Here one of the world''s great classical scholars retells for a general audience the haunting central myths of the Greek world - ''the roots of its creation, the eternal tug-of-war between its gods and mortals, and the heart and soul of its tragedies and epic poems'' - the Creation, the war of the gods and Titans, the empire of Zeus and the Olympian gods, tales of the Trojan War, the voyage of Odysseus, the stories of Dionysus, Oedipus, Perseus - all told with a new freshness and simplicity.

From Graham Hancock, best-selling author of Fingerprints of the Gods, comes a mesmerizing book that takes us on a captivating underwater voyage to find the ruins of a lost civilization that's been hidden for thousands of years beneath the world's oceans. While Graham Hancock is no stranger to stirring up heated controversy among scientific experts, his books and television documentaries have intrigued millions of people around the world and influenced many to rethink their views about the origins of human civilization. Now he returns with an explosive new work of archaeological detection. In Underworld, Hancock continues his remarkable quest underwater, where, according to almost a thousand ancient myths from every part of the globe, the ruins of a lost civilization, obliterated in a universal flood, are to be found. Guided by cutting-edge science and the latest archaeological scholarship, Hancock begins his mission to discover the truth about these myths and examines the mystery at the end of the last Ice Age. As the glaciers melted between 17,000 and 7,000 years ago, sea levels rose and more than 15 million square miles of habitable land were submerged underwater, resulting in a radical change to the Earth's shape and the conditions in which people could live. Using the latest computer techniques to map the world's changing coastlines, Hancock finds astonishing correspondences with the ancient flood myths.Filled with thrilling accounts of his own participation in dives off the coast of Japan, as well as in the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, and the Arabian Sea, we watch as Hancock discovers underwater ruins exactly where the myths say they should be-sunken kingdoms that archaeologists never thought existed. Fans of Hancock's previous adventures will find themselves immersed in Underworld, a provocative book that provides both compelling hard evidence for a fascinating, forgotten episode in human history, and a completely new explanation for the origins of civilization as we know it.

An encyclopedic A-to-Z guide, this beautifully designed and illustrated volume offers hundreds of rich and fascinating definitions of 700 major and minor characters, creatures, and places of classical mythology. The perfect companion to the 75th anniversary illustrated edition of Edith Hamilton's Mythology.Classical Mythology A-to-Z is a comprehensive and engrossing guide to Greek and Roman mythology. Written by Annette Giesecke, PhD, Professor of Classics and Chair of Ancient Greek and Roman Studies at the University of Delaware, this brilliant reference offers clear explanations of every character and locale, and captures the essence of these timeless tales.From the gods and goddesses of Mount Olympus, to the heroes of the Trojan War, to the nymphs, monsters, and other mythical creatures that populate these ancient stories, Giesecke recounts, with clarity and energy, the details of more than 700 characters and places. Each definition includes cross-references to related characters, locations, and myths, as well their equivalent in Roman mythology and cult.In addition to being an important stand-alone work, Classical Mythology A-to-Z is also written, designed, and illustrated to serve as an essential companion to the bestselling illustrated 75th-anniversary edition of Mythology by Edith Hamilton, including 10 full-color plates and 2-color illustration throughout by artist Jim Tierney.