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The ancient Greek hymnic tradition translated beautifully and accessibly. The hymnas poetry, as craft, as a tool for worship and philosophywas a vital art form throughout antiquity. Although the Homeric Hymns have long been popular, other equally importan
Odysseus-soldier, trickster, and everyman-is one of the most recognizable characters in world literature. His arduous, ten-year journey home after the Trojan War, the subject of Homer's The Odyssey, is the most accessible tale to survive from ancient
The ancient Greek hymnic tradition translated beautifully and accessibly. The hymnas poetry, as craft, as a tool for worship and philosophywas a vital art form throughout antiquity. Although the Homeric Hymns have long been popular, other equally importan
Writing: Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization offers a coherent system of terms and categories for the study of the complex phenomena in the worlds writing systems. Tracing the origins of writing tied to speech from ancient Sumer through t
Who invented the Greek alphabet and why? The purpose of this challenging book is to inquire systematically into the historical causes that underlay the radical shift from earlier and less efficient writing systems to the use of alphabetic writing. The aut