Masks of Charos in Modern Greek Demotic Songs
Title | Masks of Charos in Modern Greek Demotic Songs PDF eBook |
Author | Micha Bzinkowski |
Publisher | |
Pages | 176 |
Release | 2018-03-06 |
Genre | Charon (Greek mythology) in literature |
ISBN | 9788323343301 |
This book focuses on the figure of Charos, widespread throughout the Hellenic world, including Cyprus and the Pontus region, and the folk mythology of modern Greece. Michał Bzinkowski, analyzing Greek demotic songs, especially mirologia (dirges) and the songs of the Underworld and Charos, as well as an Acritic cycle of alleged Byzantine origin, sets out to ascertain the characteristics of this enigmatic and ambiguous personage.
Eighteen Texts
Title | Eighteen Texts PDF eBook |
Author | Willis Barnstone |
Publisher | |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 1972 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN |
The Books behind the Masks
Title | The Books behind the Masks PDF eBook |
Author | Anthony Spalinger |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 458 |
Release | 2021-08-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9004466118 |
In The Books behind the Masks Anthony Spalinger continues his work on the warrior kings of pharaonic Egypt. Here is covered their actual war records from the perspective of literature and the contemporary court-based society, especially with the eulogies.
Signs and Symbols
Title | Signs and Symbols PDF eBook |
Author | Adrian Frutiger |
Publisher | |
Pages | 372 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN |
Discusses the elements of a sign, and looks at pictograms, alphabets, calligraphy, monograms, text type, numerical signs, symbols, and trademarks.
The Theatrical Cast of Athens
Title | The Theatrical Cast of Athens PDF eBook |
Author | Edith Hall |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 494 |
Release | 2006-10-12 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0199298890 |
An examination of ancient Greek drama, and its relationship to the society in which it was produced. By focusing on the ways in which the plays treat gender, ethnicity, and class, and on their theatrical conventions, Edith Hall offers an extended study of the Greek theatrical masterpieces within their original social context.
Art of Ancient Egypt
Title | Art of Ancient Egypt PDF eBook |
Author | Edith Whitney Watts |
Publisher | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Pages | 185 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Art, Ancient |
ISBN | 0870998536 |
"[A] comprehensive resource, which contains texts, posters, slides, and other materials about outstanding works of Egyptian art from the Museum's collection"--Welcome (preliminary page).
Landscapes of Music in Istanbul
Title | Landscapes of Music in Istanbul PDF eBook |
Author | Alex G. Papadopoulos |
Publisher | Transcript Verlag, Roswitha Gost, Sigrid Nokel u. Dr. Karin Werner |
Pages | 189 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | Alevi |
ISBN | 9783837633580 |
Biographical note: Alex Papadopoulos is Associate Professor of Geography at DePaul University, Chicago. He studies the contestation of urban space in European cities.Asli Duru is Marie Curie Fellow at The Open University, London, and studies everyday geographies of health and wellbeing.