JENNY MARCH

Este Diccionario de mitología clásica nos brinda la información más extensa y detallada que puede darse en un solo volumen sobre los grandes mitos, leyendas y fábulas de la Antigüedad, desde la creac

Este diccionario nos brinda la información más extensa y detallada que puede darse en un solo volumen de mitos, leyendas y fábulas de la Antigüedad. Porque un diccionario no tiene por que ser aburrid

The figures and events of classical myths underpin our culture and the constellations named after them fill the night sky. Whether its the raging Minotaur trapped in the Cretan labyrinth or the twelve labours of Hercules, Aphrodites birth from the waves or Zeus visiting Danae as a shower of gold, the mythology of Greece and Rome is full of unforgettable stories. All the stories of the Greek tragedies Oedipus, Medea, Antigone are there; all the events of the Trojan wars and of Odysseus and Aeneas epic journeys; the founding of Athens and of Rome These are the strangest tales of love, war, betrayal and heroism ever told and, while brilliantly retelling them, this book shows how they echo through the works of much later writers from Chaucer and Shakespeare to Camus and Ted Hughes. Full of attractive illustrations and laid out in eighteen clear chapters (the titles include Dangerous Women and Heroes), Dr Jennifer March has written a fascinating guide to the myths of classical civilization that is as readable as a novel.