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From the Birth of the Gods to the Seven Kings of Rome: Greek Mythology, Heroes and the Foundations of Rome
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ISBN13: 9798177573816
Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 546
Weight: 1.43
Height: 1.35 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 546
Weight: 1.43
Height: 1.35 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
From the abyss of Chaos to the glory of the City: a great epic journey through the roots of our civilization.
Before the Tiber saw the first furrow traced by Romulus, before the walls of Troy collapsed under the flames, the world belonged to the Gods. An invisible and powerful thread binds the steep peaks of Olympus to the foundations of the Eternal City: a weave woven between divine blood, the pride of heroes and the inexorable decrees of Fate.
Before the Tiber saw the first furrow traced by Romulus, before the walls of Troy collapsed under the flames, the world belonged to the Gods. An invisible and powerful thread binds the steep peaks of Olympus to the foundations of the Eternal City: a weave woven between divine blood, the pride of heroes and the inexorable decrees of Fate.
In this monumental work, narration and classical rigor come together, retracing the gigantic genealogy of myth in modern, vivid and epic prose. From the cosmic origins recounted by Hesiod to the great Homeric and Virgilian poems, the text restores all the majesty and complexity of classical sources without ever sacrificing the breadth of detail.
What you will find inside the volume:
Theogony and the Celestial Origins: From the abyss of primordial Chaos to the cunning of Cronus, up to the titanic rise of Zeus and the foundation of the Olympic pantheon.
The Age of Heroes and Monsters: The titanic feats of Heracles, the cunning of Perseus and Bellerophon, the tragedies of Oedipus and the legendary expedition of the Argonauts.
The Trojan Cycle: The bronze and blood under the walls of Ilium, the baleful wrath of Achilles, the cry of Priam and the tragic night of the Wooden Horse.
The Great Nostoi: The vicissitudes of Odysseus between the bewitching illusions of Circe and the frightening whirlpools of Scylla and Charybdis.
From the Ashes of Troy to the Seven Kings: The endless pilgrimage of the pious Aeneas to Hesperia, the blood of twins suckled by the she-wolf and the advent of the Kings who made Rome great.
Rejecting hasty synthesis, D. Fontana evokes the ancient canon by giving voice to the leaders of the past, from Homer, Hesiod and Pindar to Virgil, Ovid and Livy. Each chapter is a piece of an immortal mosaic, enriched by a final section dedicated to in-depth cards on Gods and Heroes.
If you love Greek mythology and Roman history, let yourself be carried away by the breath of the ancient winds: take to the sea and discover the epic that has shaped the imagination of the West.
What you will find inside the volume:
Theogony and the Celestial Origins: From the abyss of primordial Chaos to the cunning of Cronus, up to the titanic rise of Zeus and the foundation of the Olympic pantheon.
The Age of Heroes and Monsters: The titanic feats of Heracles, the cunning of Perseus and Bellerophon, the tragedies of Oedipus and the legendary expedition of the Argonauts.
The Trojan Cycle: The bronze and blood under the walls of Ilium, the baleful wrath of Achilles, the cry of Priam and the tragic night of the Wooden Horse.
The Great Nostoi: The vicissitudes of Odysseus between the bewitching illusions of Circe and the frightening whirlpools of Scylla and Charybdis.
From the Ashes of Troy to the Seven Kings: The endless pilgrimage of the pious Aeneas to Hesperia, the blood of twins suckled by the she-wolf and the advent of the Kings who made Rome great.
Rejecting hasty synthesis, D. Fontana evokes the ancient canon by giving voice to the leaders of the past, from Homer, Hesiod and Pindar to Virgil, Ovid and Livy. Each chapter is a piece of an immortal mosaic, enriched by a final section dedicated to in-depth cards on Gods and Heroes.
If you love Greek mythology and Roman history, let yourself be carried away by the breath of the ancient winds: take to the sea and discover the epic that has shaped the imagination of the West.
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