A Garland From Greece
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A Garland From Greece
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Author : George Francis Savage-Armstrong
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1882
A Garland From Greece written by George Francis Savage-Armstrong and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1882 with English poetry categories.
Stone Garland
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Release Date : 2020-09-08
Stone Garland written by and has been published by Milkweed Editions this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-08 with Poetry categories.
Anthology. The Greek origins of the word gesture at a bouquet, a garland; “a flower-logic, a petal-theory, a blossom-word.” In Stone-Garland, Dan Beachy-Quick brings the term back to its roots, linking together the lives and words of six singular ancient Greeks. Simonides: honest servant to patrons. Anacreon: lustful singer, living on in the work of his acolytes. Archilochus: cruel critic, beloved of the Muses. Alcman: who took birds as his teachers. Theognis: chronicler of human excellence and vice. Callimachus: cosmopolitan head librarian at Alexandria. These are the poets who appear in these pages, sometimes in fragments, sometimes in sustained glimpses. Drawing inspiration from the Greek Anthology, first drafted in the first century BC, Beachy-Quick presents translations filled with lovers and children, gods and insects, earth and water, ideas and ideals. Throughout, the line between the ancient and the contemporary blurs, and “the logic of how life should be lived decays wondrously into the more difficult possibilities of what life is.” Spare, earthy, lovely, Stone-Garland offers readers of the Seedbank series its lyric blossoms and subtle weave, a walk through a cemetery that is also a garden.
The Greek Way Of Life
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Author : Robert Garland
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
The Greek Way Of Life written by Robert Garland and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with History categories.
This engrossing book is the first investigation of the life cycle of the ancient Greeks from the moment of conception to the onset of old age. Robert Garland draws on a wealth of evidence, including Greek drama and poetry, philosophical works, historical texts, medical tracts, inscriptions, and vase painting. Garland seeks to establish not only what the ancient Greeks did at various ages, but how their social persona was shaped in the process of aging. He investigates their attitudes towards reproduction, contraception, sterility, abortion, childbirth, child-rearing, puberty, generational conflict, marriage and its dissolution, and euthanasia. Garland explores such questions as to what extent the age-classes identified by the Greeks conform to actual changes in human physical, cognitive, and emotional qualities, and the relationship of age-classification to sex and social class. The author also surveys varying systems of age-categorization in different Greek states and considers whether the function of age-categorization as a means of organizing Greek society evolved over time. "The Greek Way of Life" will appeal to anyone with an interest in the ancient world. -- From publisher's description.
A Garland From The Greek
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Author : Edward Lucie-Smith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1971
A Garland From The Greek written by Edward Lucie-Smith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with Greek poetry categories.
The Garland Of Flowers
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1806
The Garland Of Flowers written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1806 with Cupid and Psyche (Tale) categories.
Religion And The Greeks
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Author : Robert Garland
language : en
Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
Release Date : 1994
Religion And The Greeks written by Robert Garland and has been published by Bristol Classical Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with History categories.
concise introduction to Greek religion.
Wandering Greeks
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Author : Robert Garland
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2016-09-13
Wandering Greeks written by Robert Garland and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-13 with History categories.
Most classical authors and modern historians depict the ancient Greek world as essentially stable and even static, once the so-called colonization movement came to an end. But Robert Garland argues that the Greeks were highly mobile, that their movement was essential to the survival, success, and sheer sustainability of their society, and that this wandering became a defining characteristic of their culture. Addressing a neglected but essential subject, Wandering Greeks focuses on the diaspora of tens of thousands of people between about 700 and 325 BCE, demonstrating the degree to which Greeks were liable to be forced to leave their homes due to political upheaval, oppression, poverty, warfare, or simply a desire to better themselves. Attempting to enter into the mind-set of these wanderers, the book provides an insightful and sympathetic account of what it meant for ancient Greeks to part from everyone and everything they held dear, to start a new life elsewhere—or even to become homeless, living on the open road or on the high seas with no end to their journey in sight. Each chapter identifies a specific kind of "wanderer," including the overseas settler, the deportee, the evacuee, the asylum-seeker, the fugitive, the economic migrant, and the itinerant, and the book also addresses repatriation and the idea of the "portable polis." The result is a vivid and unique portrait of ancient Greece as a culture of displaced persons.
The Greek Way Of Death
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Author : Robert Garland
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2001
The Greek Way Of Death written by Robert Garland and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
"Death for the Greeks was not an instantaneous event, rather a process or passage which required strenuous efforts on the part of the living to ensure that the dead achieved full and final transfer to the next world. The central questions which this book attempts to answer are: the extent to which death was a preoccupying concern among the Greeks; the feelings with which the individual may have anticipated his death; the nature of the bonds between the living and the dead; and the light shed by burial practices upon characteristic elements of Greek society. While the beliefs of ordinary Greeks about their ordinary dead form the book's central focus, there is also a chapter on 'special dead' - the unburied, murderers and their victims, children, and suicides."--BOOK JACKET.
Daily Life Of The Ancient Greeks
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Author : Robert Garland
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2008-12-30
Daily Life Of The Ancient Greeks written by Robert Garland and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-12-30 with History categories.
Ancient Greece comes alive in this exploration of the daily lives of ordinary people-men and women, children and the elderly, slaves and foreigners, rich and poor. With new information drawn from the most current research, this volume presents a wealth of information on every aspect of ancient Greek life. Discover why it was more desirable to be a slave than a day laborer. Examine cooking methods and rules of ancient warfare. Uncover Greek mythology. Learn how Greeks foretold the future. Understand what life was like for women, and what prevailing attitudes were toward sexuality, marriage, and divorce. This volume brings ancient Greek life home to readers through a variety of anecdotes and primary source passages from contemporary authors, allowing comparison between the ancient world and modern life. A multitude of resources will engage students and interested readers, including a Making Connections feature which offers interactive and fun ideas for research assignments. The concluding chapter places the ancient world in the present, covering new interpretations like the movie 300, the founding of modern Greece, and the ways in which classical culture still affects our own. With over 60 illustrations, a timeline of events, a glossary of terms, and an extensive print and nonprint bibliography, this volume offers a unique and descriptive look at one of the most influential eras in human history.
Ancient Greece
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Author : Robert Garland
language : en
Publisher: Sterling
Release Date : 2013
Ancient Greece written by Robert Garland and has been published by Sterling this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with History categories.
You'll explore all aspects of Greek life: literacy, household chores, education, illness, festivals, economy and trade, coinage, law and order, military service, the Olympic Games, theatrical performances, mythology, and more.