The Vulgate Commentary on Ovid's Metamorphoses: The Creation Myth and the Story of Orpheus 0888444702, 9780888444707

Orpheus: The Metamorphoses of a Myth 9781487579807

The myth of Orpheus, shaman and teacher, musician and lover, is the subject of this book. It brings together the work of

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The Orpheus myth and the powers of music 9781576471760

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The Bavarian Commentary and Ovid: Clm 4610, The Earliest Documented Commentary on the Metamorphoses 9781783745753, 9781783745760, 9781783745777

The Bavarian Commentary and Ovid is the first complete critical edition and translation of the earliest preserved commen

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Hexaemeron: Commentary on Creation 9781463230869

This volume presents the Syriac text of the commentary on the six days of creation by Jacob of Edessa known as the Hexae

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The Myth of the Born Criminal: Psychopathy, Neurobiology, and the Creation of the Modern Degenerate 9781442622937

A stunning merger of rigorous science and clear-sighted cultural analysis, The Myth of the Born Criminal is for anyone w

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Shakespeare and the Story: Aspects of Creation 9781472554185, 9781472506542, 9781472508447

It is a commonplace of Shakespeare criticism that he invented few of the plots of his plays and the sources he drew upon

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A Textual Commentary on Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book XV 8417066411, 9788417066413

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Orpheus in Macedonia: Myth, Cult and Ideology 1350213187, 9781350213180

The mythological hero Orpheus occupied a central role in ancient Greek culture, but 'the son of Oeagrus' and &

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‘In the Beginning …’: A Catholic Understanding of the Story of Creation and the Fall 9780802841063

In four superb homilies and a concluding essay, Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, provides a clear and inspiring

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Orpheus in Macedonia: Myth, Cult and Ideology 9781350213180, 9781350213210, 9781350213197

The mythological hero Orpheus occupied a central role in ancient Greek culture, but ‘the son of Oeagrus’ and ‘Thracian m

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