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- Icelandic Literature
- Gisli the Outlaw
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$1.50
- "Gísla saga Súrssonar", or the saga of Gísli Súrsson, tells the story of Gísli, a tragic hero. Gisli is outlawed and forced to stay on the run for thirteen years. The events depicted in the saga take place between 860 and 980 CE. The story only existed in oral tradition until it was recorded sometime in the 13th century.
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- Roman Literature, Translated Work
- Metamorphoses
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$3.00
- Metamorphoses is a narrative poem by the Roman poet Ovid (43 BC – c. 18 AD). The poem chronicles the history of the world from its creation to the deification of Julius Caesar in 42 BC. The Metamorphoses was a major influence William Shakespeare’s work such as Romeo and Juliet, Venus and Adonis, Titus Andronicus and the Tempest. Drawing on…
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- Hawaiian Mythology
- The Legends and Myths of Hawaii
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- Compiled and retold by David Kalākaua, a king of the Hawaiian islands in the 19th century, "The Legends and Myths of Hawaii" is not all mythology. It is rich in historical narrative. King Kalakaua relates the stories of great events with such detail that one can readily imagine he was an eyewitness. This is a wonderful book to add to…
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- Greek Literature, Translated Work
- Theogony
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- Theogony and Works and Days are said to have been written by Hesiod (8th – 7th century BC) . Theogony describes the origins of the Greek gods, how they came to be and how they established permanent control over the cosmos. It is the first known Greek mythical cosmogony. Works and Days is a farmer’s almanac in which Hesiod instructs his…
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