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- Henry David Thoreau
(1817 - 1862)
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| | | |  | | | Product Details
 Format: Paperback, 416 pages
Publisher: Random House, Incorporated
ISBN: 0679733485
Release Date: Jan 9, 1994
| |  | | | In Brief
This fictional account, based on classical Greek myths, opens as the god Zeus, "disguised as a bull, carries off a girl called Europa from the coastline of Asia to the island of Crete. There, her descendants, the lonely, monstrous Minotaur and his sister Ariadne, will play their parts in the story of Theseus, founder of Athens. Meanwhile, Europa's brother Cadmus, sent to searchfor his abducted sister, ends up founding the city of Thebes, saving Zeus himself from a primordial monster, and marrying the lovely Harmony, daughter of Ares and Aphrodite." (Christ Sci Monit) Originally published in Italy in 1988.
| | | | From The Publisher
Roberto Calasso's reexploration of the fantastic fables we may think we know explodes the entire world of Greek mythology, and presents it to us in a new, and contemporary way. 'But how did it all begin?' The eternal question that Man has always asked of his universe also forms the opening words of this book. In answer, and in the voice of the born story-teller, Calasso leads us through the maze, back to the time when the gods were not yet born from the original coupling of Uranus and Ge, Mother Earth; then forward again, all the way to the death of Odysseus, which marks the end of the age of heroes; and—most important of all—to the marriage of Cadmus and Harmony, the last occasion when the gods sat down at a feast with mortal men.
| | | | Annotation
Presenting the stories of Zeus and Europa, Theseus and Ariadne, the birth of Athens and the fall of Troy, in all their variants, Calasso also uncovers the distant origins of secrets and tragedy, virginity, and rape. "A perfect work like no other. (Calasso) has re-created . . . the morning of our world."--Gore Vidal. 15 engravings.
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| | | | | | The Reader's Catalog
A beautifully written recounting of and meditation on Greek myths
| |  | | | The Word On The Street
A perfect work like no other. [Calasso] has recreated, in a blaze of light, the morning of our world. —Gore Vidal
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Fiction, Cadmus (Greek mythology), Harmonia (Greek mythology), Cadmus (Greek mythology), Fiction, Harmonia (Greek mythology), Historical fiction, Fantastic fiction, Fiction - General, Social Science, Folklore & Mythology - Mythology, Literary
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