Bøger af Jill Dudley

Easy explanation of what Stoics, Epicureans and Cynics believe. The philosophies and their histories.

Greek origins of drama

Life and works of Homer

Life and works of comic dramatist Aristophenes.

Life and works of the dramatist Sophocles.

Life and works of the dramatist Euripides.

Life of the dramatist Aeschylus and his early work.

Life of Plato

The life and times of the great philosopher Socrates. Including the prosecution, trial and execution.

Heroic king of Athens who, when still a prince, volunteered to kill the Minotaur.

Prophetess who was never believed.

The divine singer Orpheus and his love for his wife Eurydice.

The trickster whose warnings of Pandora's box evils were ignored.

Jason whose efforts to obtain the Golden Fleece embroiled him with the sorceress Medea.

Life and death of Heracles and his twelve labours.

Farmers wife travels in footsteps of Socrates.

An easy introduction to early Greek drama.

Author & stalwart husband Harry follow in the footsteps of the heroes of the Trojan War. They travel to Turkey, Mt. Ida & Troy, then to Greece to see the palaces of the major Greek heroes, and end on Mt. Olympus, the mountain of the Gods. It is humorous & informative with selected quotes from the Iliad & the Odyssey - intended to awaken interest in the non-academic reader.

All you need to know about the island's myths, legends and its gods

All you need to know about the Island's myths, legends and its gods.

All you need to know about the island's myths, legends and its gods.

All you need to know about the island's myths, legends and its gods.

For anyone interested in Greek antiquity this booklet is as it says on the back cover: "All you need to know about the island's myths, legends and its gods."

The temple of Aphrodite on Acrocorinth. Sr. Paul's time in Corinth - What did he knew about Aphrodite? The temple of Apollo. Sr. Paul's peltens to the Corinthians expressing his anxiety.

The myth of Asclepius booth (god of healing), the expectations of invalids visiting the centre, and the god's miraculous cures, the buildings and the great theatre of Epidaurus.

The myth about the abduction by Hades off Demeter's daughter Kore. How she was allowed back for 8 months of the year but returned to Hades for the other 4 the founding of Demeter's Eleusinian mysteries.

The origins of the Olympic Games in honour of Zeus - The formalities - Prize giving - closed down under Christianity.

How Delphi was chosen by Apollo - The centre of the world marked by the Omphalos - similarity between, Apollo killing the dragon and Sir George, Delam under Christianity.