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Authors: James S. Romm
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The "edges of the earth" became the basis of a literary tradition, surveyed here, revealing that the Greeks, and to a somewhat lesser extent the Romans, saw geo
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Spanning thirty years of intensive research, this book proves what many scholars could not explain: that today’s Western world must be considered the product
Spectacles of Empire
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Authors: Christopher A. Frilingos
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-03-25 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

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The book of Revelation presents a daunting picture of the destruction of the world, complete with clashing gods, a multiheaded beast, armies of heaven, and the
Iliad Book One
Language: en
Pages: 324
Authors: Homer
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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Iliad I provides the commentary and student aids lacking in larger volumes of Homer's work. It contains a full Introduction designed to highlight the most impor
The Arid Lands
Language: en
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Authors: Diana K. Davis
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An argument that the perception of arid lands as wastelands is politically motivated and that these landscapes are variable, biodiverse ecosystems, whose inhabi