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Rose Williams' The Original Dysfunctional Family: Basic Classical Mythology for the New Millennium presents the key stories of the twelve Olympians as well as those of Ceres and Bacchus.

*genealogical chart of the Olympian family and their offspring
*chronological narrative
*the Greek version of each Olympian is presented first, followed by the Roman adaptation
*glossary of Latin and special terms used in text
*illustrations

Latin For The New Millennium Series

This new two-year comprehensive introductory Latin series is designed with both high school and college students in mind. The curriculum is complete with student texts, student workbooks, teacher's manuals, ancillaries on Roman history and mythology, and complemented by a website, test bank and generator, and student internet activities.

Written by world-renowned Latinists, Milena Minkova and Terence Tunberg, and drawing on the authors specialty, this series features an oral activity in each chapter. Under the supervision of Editors LeaAnnOsburn and Elisa Denja, Latin for the New Millennium has been carefully vetted by seasoned teachers and a team of teachers who piloted the curriculum.

The fusion approach to Latin is built into both levels, combining the best practices of the reading method and the traditional grammar approach with a cumulative vocabulary foundation that will ensure a smooth transition to upper-level literature courses.

Each chapter presents vocabulary found in the works of ancient Latin authors studied in both college and Advanced Placement courses. Exercises designed for oral use accompany a set of plentiful traditional exercises in each chapter. The Latin readings drawn from original Latin works span the ages from early Rome through the medieval and Renaissance periods, demonstrating the vitality and universality of the Latin literary tradition. The readings, illustrations, and inserts on Roman literature, history, mythology, and daily life seamlessly present the connection between the Latin language and its culture. Essays written by university scholars probe the connections between Roman culture and the modern world. To promote an enriched English vocabulary, each chapter features sections on derivatives, the influence of Latin vocabulary on English, and selected proverbs or common Latin sayings.

The Latin for the New Millennium website will feature a student section, a teachers-only section, the Teachers Lounge for sharing materials, networking with other teachers, posting student work, accessing a test generator.

For over 30 years Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers has produced the highest quality Latin and ancient Greek books. From Dr. Seuss books in Latin to Plato's Apology, Bolchazy-Carducci's titles help readers learn about ancient Rome and Greece; the Latin and ancient Greek languages are alive and well with titles like Cicero's De Amicitia and Kaegi's Greek Grammar. We also feature a line of contemporary eastern European and WWII books.

Some of the areas we publish in include:

Selections From The Aeneid
Latin Grammar & Pronunciation
Greek Grammar & Pronunciation
Texts Supporting Wheelock's Latin
Classical author workbooks: Vergil, Ovid, Horace, Catullus, Cicero
Vocabulary Cards For AP Selections: Vergil, Ovid, Catullus, Horace
Greek Mythology
Greek Lexicon
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Drawn from the acclaimed Oxford Classical Dictionary, The Oxford Dictionary of Classical Myth and Religion offers a fully rounded guide to all aspects of religious life and thought in ancient Greece and Rome. Highly authoritative, this new book covers not only Greek mythologies and Roman festivals, but also devotes attention to topics such as Greek and Roman religious places, monuments, authors and texts, religious organization, imagery, divination, astrology, and magic. Unlike many other references on ancient Greece and Rome, the Dictionary also includes many entries on Judaism and Christianity in the classical world. The editors, area advisors for the third edition of the Oxford Classical Dictionary, have selected, revised, edited, and in some instances completely recast a large number of entries from the OCD to create this handy and accessible reference. The main text is supplemented by an important introductory essay providing overviews of mythology, religious pluralism in the ancient world, and the reception of myths from antiquity to the present. In addition to a helpful thematic index and extensive cross-references, the text is further supported by three maps and six genealogies. Backed by the authority and scholarly rigor of the renowned Oxford Classical Dictionary, The Oxford Dictionary of Classical Myth and Religion is a valuable A-Z reference and is as ideal a tool for students and teachers of ancient history as it is for all classics lovers. ... Read more

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The Oxford Dictionary of Classical Myth and Religion (Oxford Paperback Reference)
Exelent for the novise. Very recomendeble

Useful Reference, Fascinating Read
No doubt this book was intended as a reference work and will be used as such by those who purchase it, for the most part.But, being the rather rum fellow that I am, I read the book from cover to cover and must report that it makes a dashed good read, at least for the peculiar bunch who, like myself, enjoy reading through such compilations.Just one fascinating example:I should never have known, had I not read through the work, that, according to ancient folklore, "A man who sees them becomes possessed by nymphs.They punish unresponsive lovers...." or that "Around 400 BC inscriptions mention Archedemus from Thera....who withdrew to a cave to devote himself to a monklike worship of the Nymphs."Clearly, entries like these prove rich ground for pondering male/female relations.And this is just one example!The perfect book for the Classicist near you....or perhaps yourself. ... Read more

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This is a modern translation of Ovid's Metamorphosis designed for readers interested in a close translation that reflects the poetic style and nuance of the original, but emphasizes through notes and the introduction the mythological themes of which the Metamorphosis has been such an influential work. ... Read more

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Kindle version is ugly
The publisher has strung together photo scans from the (excellent) print version of Melville's translation. Then stitched them together poorly, so that the margins of successive paragraphs only align by happenstance. The result is something like reading a kidnapper's pasted up ransom note. Very shoddy work.

Beloved Professor
This translation was written by Phil Ambrose, a former professor of mine at the University of Vermont. He was in the Classics Department and taught a very popular mythology class for many years. I am excited about having a translation of Ovid that he actually wrote! It is carefully written and true to the Latin, but perhaps not as easily to read for the general public as some of the other published translations out there.

amazing
I bought this book for my Mythic Contexts course at the university. The book is hard to get; you must order it. I know I couldn't find it anywhere else other than on amazon.com. It is a great book for anyone who appreciates fine literature. I will definitely read it over and over through for years to come. Enjoy poetry at its best. It is simply a pleasure to read it. Please, do buy it. It's worth it !!!!

The Translation Remains Vibrant and Modern
Humphries translation of the Latin classic of Greek and Roman mythology is still contemporary, fresh, vibrant, and colorful more than a half-century after first publication. For readers unfamiliar with Ovid, the great Latin poet and lover of Transformations (i.e., Metamorphoses), we are simultaneously acquainted with the great classical myths, given their contemporary meaning and perennial revelance, through a masterful translation that is as modern as the stories are classical. For example, from Book III, "Echo and Narcissus," we read:

Now Narcissus
Was sixteen years of age, and could be taken for
Either boy or man; and boys and girls
Both sought his love, but in that slender stripling
Was pride so fierce no boy, no girl, could touch him.

To understand the pantheon of the classical gods, each was a projection of one (or maybe two) human attributes is a quasi-human, quasi-divine form. Rather than trying to make a single god into a possessive, jealous, xenophobic, and emotionally-unstable, homophobic male patriarchical "prick," the pantheon of Roman and Greek gods were merely the "objectification" of the worst and noblest human emotions, intelligence, vulnerabilities, and jealousies -- just as we find in ourselves, without crusty theology to cloud the oracles of human vice and virtue (versus human depravity, sin, and redemption). This is a book one can enjoy in "sprints," or luxuriate with on a weekend afternoon, and further, enjoy reading to your Beloved. We do. With Humphries exquisite translation, hearing the poetry read makes it even livelier to the ear and heart.

Dazzling: No Wonder Shakespeare Loved It
This impressive relic of antiquity spans a wide panoply of themes, characters and situations. It's simply magnificent. Scholars have noted an opaque style in Metamorphoses, and someone reading commentary like this might believe this multifaceted poem is vacuous...ornamentation and little else. However, as I read A. D. Melville's glorious, if abstruse and demanding, translation, I feel I'm experiencing a wellspring of William Shakespeare--the material is that colorful and full of life. And of course I am, because when the Bard set off to write plays for his highly successful acting company, he grabbed Ovid's Metamorphoses; as many Shakespeare fans know, it had been assigned reading during his grammar school years.

Ovid's scenes are beautifully woven: the rhetorics and structures, usually borrowed from existing stories, are clever, and the characters live and breathe. Although the effects of the many cross-currents among god and mortal, creature and nature, etcetera are, at least superficially, those of wild fantasy and myth, examples of the poet's subtle-yet-overriding Logoi can be found in passages like Narcissus and Echo, Tiresias and Pyramus and Thisbe, where the action seems as much fated and rational as ridiculous. That is, Ovid employs artifice wherein one conceit mirrors and affects another (and yet another and another and so on) in clear, logical fashion. For example:

When Apollo wielded his bow, writes Ovid, "He drew two arrows of opposing power./ One shaft that rouses love and one that routs it." Or when describing anthropomorphic pathos of nature and earth, the artist suggests, "Then hungry nature lacking nourishment/ Will faint and, starving, starve her furnaces." This inspired language is masterfully rendered by Melville, who likes to end passages with rhymed couplets like: "And in its stead they found a flower--behold/ White petals clustered round a cup of gold!"

Unlike so many contemporary translators, Melville is after more than mere information and "accuracy" here. He's striving for fidelity to the original, Latin text vis-à-vis the reader's experience, and with the help of E. J. Kenney's useful--if too short--introduction and the book's copious endnotes, I feel the effort yields success. Compared with Mandelbaum's disappointing The Metamorphoses of Ovid, an overly bland and technical piece for someone who displayed such remarkable prowess in The Aeneid of Virgil (Bantam Classics), this Oxford edition transcends and entertains.

As it should, too, because Metamorphoses is great fun. So much so, it inspired a school-aged bard six centuries later.

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Another great course from the Teaching Company in 2 parts. Part 1 is on 2 DVDs. The lectures are Introduction; What is Myth; Why is Myth?; First Was Chaos; The Reign of the Olympians; Immortals and Mortals; Demeter, Persephone, and the Conquest of Death; The Eleusinian Mysteries and the Afterlife; Apollo and ARtemis; Hermes and Dionysos; Laughter-Loving Aphrodite; Cultural Influence, Prehistory, and the Great Goddess. Part 2 is also on 2 DVDs. The lectures are Humans, Heroes, and Half-Gods; Theseus and the Test-and-Quest Myth; From Myth to History and Back Again; The Greatest Hero of All; The Trojan War; The Terrible House of Atreus; Blood Vengeance, Justice and the Furies; The Tragedies of King Oedipus; Monstrous Females and Female Monsters; Roman Founders, Roman Fables; Gods are Useful; From Ovid to the Stars. ... Read more

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Surveys classical mythology, discussing the relationship between Greek and Roman myths, and describes the life and exploits of the god Zeus. ... Read more

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responding to previous writer
Im assuming you did horrible on your essay due to grammatical errors you typed in your reply on this book.What a shame.I am a senior in college, and was able to use this source for a paper I did. This particular book is for elementary grade level students, and yet I was able to gain insight from it's pages.As far as the writer checking her creditials, maybe you should check...?All you have to do is type her name in google, and all your answers lye there.

I bid you good day... moron ( I mean that in the nicest way possible:))

Zeus Juice
The way that I view this book is that it is not really intersting. I was looking for something that ahd more to do with Egyptians. It had more to do with juice. I really think that tis publisher needs to get her licensechecked to be a writer but hey thats only my opinion. Bye, Bye. Anyway Ireally don't think that this is important but you see I got this report andit gotta be done by friday the 26th. Well I dont wanna run up your time soI'll be seeing ya.

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Presents the gods, goddesses, heroes, places, and other aspects of Greek and Roman mythology in alphabetically arranged entries. ... Read more

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Great book for quick reference on any god
This is a great book if you just need to look up some quick information on a Greek or Roman god.It does go into detail on some of the more important characters like Hercules, but most just have a few paragraphs.My main complaint is that even though it says "Greek AND ROMAN Mythology" about 75% of the characters covered are Greek in origin.It is nice that each character is labeled as either Greek or Roman though.This made writing my Roman Mythology paper much easier.A good book for anyone interested in Mythology :)

what does your heart tell you--KG YO
The book Greek and Roman Mythoglogy A-Z by Kathleen N. Daly is an excellent account of Greek and Roman culture. It is updated to recent facts and contains perpetuate amounts of self-reference to its own chapters. Its easy to find information is key to any myhtology lover or student looking for reference. This books good aspects outshine its bad.

This book is an extraodinary supporter in preparing a reprt for ancient Hellenistic cultures. It not only contains the names of hundreds of Greek and Roman gods and goddesses, it has accounts of the societies peoples and writings of eternal scholars and authors and their lifetimes. Also the Geographic features of both civilizations. Even more, it is not just one bias view of a story, but also refers to other's perspectives of the fables.

Despite all of the positive distinctiveness of the book, there are negative traits. The book's photographic support is not very detailed. Also, the book is intended for ages 9-12 but there is a strong presence of nudity. ... Read more

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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Silver, Burdett and company in 1896 in 136 pages; Subjects: Classicism; English poetry; Mythology, Classical, in literature; Social Science / Folklore & Mythology; Education / Curricula; Literary Criticism / General; Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literary Criticism / Poetry; Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Social Science / Folklore & Mythology; ... Read more

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Greek and Roman tales are more popular and influential than ever and can be seen in all aspects of our modern culture. Brush up Your Mythology! takes an irreverent look at those gods and spirits whose myths and legends have become commonplace today.Chaos,Mother Earth, and Cupid appear, along with the origins of the days of the week and an alphabetical listing of all the important gods and goddesses.Black-and-white illustrations further enliven this terrific reference book. ... Read more

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Easy mythology
I have a difficult time concentrating, thus regular mythology is a struggle for me. I've always wanted to read it anyway, and this book made that possible. Never lose the original stuff, but write more books like this one for me! Easy reading, fast reading, and easy to understand.

funny and informative
This is one of the best casual-reading mythology books I've picked up. You can open to any page and find something of interest, explained in Macrone's fresh and funny style. This simple, accessible book makes clear how ancient mythology has survived in words, customs, naming systems, and such, and outlines the most famous stories in world mythology. (Ours being a Western culture, Macrone focuses on Greco-Roman mythology, but makes connections to several ancient cultures.) The book's only drawback is its potentially addictive quality: mythology is so interwoven that this book must be also. Expect lots of cross-references, and thus lots of pageturning. Each page will open a new topic to you. Beware an addiction to this wealth of knowledge!

Brush Up Your Mythology
I picked up the book at the Getty Museum as I wandered through the sundry sculptures and paintings drawing blanks at times at the curator's notes.My remedy was this book.While I cannot
verify accuracy of dates and sources of the mythological stories
due to the myriad of versions, I found my interest quickly perked up traveling through the museum. It really helped me familiarize with not only mythology but also etymology. ... Read more

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The Dictionary of Classical Mythology by Robert E. Bell
The Dictionary of Classical Mythology was a wonderful book.I once did a project on Hermes, a Greek Messenger and Robert E. Bell's book really helped me find wonderful information on my topic.He really explains everything so well.Ever since I read his book I have really liked Greek Mythology.I know I am only a teen-age girl, but I really liked learning about this.I really recommend this book to anyone that is willing to learn about Greek Mythology or just needs information on a project.

recommendable book
This is a very interesting topical dictionary of classical mythology. However most of accounts are requotations from older dictionaries or encyclopedias ,for exampleWilliam Smith's Dictionary of Greek and RomanBiography & Mythology.In addition I wonder the author really readoriginal Greek and Latin texts, since there are many mistakes of sources orpassages/chapter number of the authority.So I must advise readers "Youshould check the source by yourself".Admitting these weak points ,it is a useful and readable book. ... Read more

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In this work an endeavor has been made to supply the long felt want of a Hindu classical dictionary. The main portion of the work consists of mythology, but religion is bound up with mythology, and in many points the two are quite inseparable. The chief geographical names of the old writers have also received notice, and their localities and identifications are described so far as present knowledge extends. Short descriptions have been given of the most frequently mentioned Sanskrit books, but only of such books as are likely to be found in the works of European writers. ... Read more

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Intellectually daunting
This is an important work, one that should not be overlooked by a serious scholar of either discipline referenced in its title. But Brisson's erudition is staggering, and unfortunately his text (which is in translation from the French) is correspondingly dense. It becomes an incredible chore to slog through the accounts of each individual philosopher and their personal stance on the significance of myth. In many ways, this book works best as a reference tool, providing helpful outlines of the development of mythological interpretation at various points in first ancient Greek, and later Western European thought. Reading it in one go, however, is a difficult task indeed. ... Read more