Penguin Dictionary of Classical Mythology, Paperback - Pierre Grimal

An outstanding distillation of Grimal's classic reference, this extensively cross-referenced work offers clear and concise entries that capture the...

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Civilizatia romana - Pierre Grimal

„Cum a fost oare posibil ca limba si cultura unui mic grup etnic din Latium sa devina limba si cultura unui imperiu universal, mostenirea acestuia ...

An introduction to the mythological world of the Greeks and the Romans, combined with a chronology of myths and a dictionary of key characters, obj...

Second edition with over 7, 500 updated geological definitions.

Perhaps the single most revolutionary aspect of the Renaissance was the re-emergence of the gods and goddesses of antiquity. This book surveys this...

A collection of over 6000 proverbs (and their origins).

A completely new and fully-comprehensive book aimed at anyone who has contact with the construction industry.

Worried about your maternal effect or biological clock? Need to know a rhizoid from a rhizome? Think you're going to fail your zoology or botany ex...

Why exactly did Van Gogh cut off his ear? Was Warhol an original or just a copyist? This title provides answers to all this. It includes entries th...

A dictionary of international relations that provides an overview of this complex subject. Ranging from the Arab-Israeli conflict to weapons of mas...

Many courses in literary or cultural studies include some discussion of psychoanalysis, structuralism, post-modernism, linguistics and semiotics. T...

Takes in various branches of pure and applied mathematics, from algebra to mechanics and from number theory to statistics. Suitable for students at...

This remarkable and wide-ranging book is an inventory of symbols and the symbolic imagination. The editors and their fifteen contributors are drawn...

This is a major revision and expansion of what has long been recognized as a basic reference in its field. Besides updating the existing text, the ...

A dictionary that covers all the important topics in this key subject area including chemistry, physics, molecular biology, biochemistry, human ana...

Now reissued in new covers, Arthur Cotterell's fascinating book sets out clearly the chief myths of the world and explains why different mythologie...

Reducere. From adagio to voyage, over 800 steps, movements, poses, and concepts are fully defined. A pronunciation guide and cross-references to alternate na...

New in the popular Very Short Introduction series, this is aimed at the general reader and students of classical studies. It looks into how myths c...

Reducere. DescriptionDo you know that the Mesopotamians did not believe in life after death? Or that their Queen of the Underworld and their arrogant God of ...

The Telegraph kicked off the 2006-07 academic year with the declaration "Nota bene: Latin is back." Arguably, it never really went away. Despite lo...

Reducere. This collection of fascinating and revealing tales captures the sprawling diversity of African mythology. Four hundred alphabetically arranged entr...

Contributor(s): Author: Rudolf SimekAuthor: Angela HallFor two and a half thousand years, from 1500 BC to AD 1000, a culture as significant as the ...

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This is an abridgment of the 8-volume Dictionary of Classical Hebrew. Like it (and unlike all previous Hebrew dictionaries) all the literature of c...

Reducere. This new edition of Chiron's popular guide to the meaning of symbols in religion, archaeology, mythology, art, dreams, fairy tales, and literature ...

Reducere. The Celts were one of the great founding civilizations of Europe and the first North European people to emerge into recorded history, producing a v...

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