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Orestes By Euripides Before the royal palace at Argos. It is the sixth day after the murder of Clytemnestra and Aegisthus. ELECTRA is discovered alone. ORESTES lies sleeping on a couch in the background. ELECTRA There is naught so terrible to describe, be it physical pain or heaven-sent...

Helen By Euripides This up-to-date edition offers a detailed literary and cultural analysis of Euripides' Helen, a work which arguably embodies the variety and dynamism of fifth-century Athenian tragedy more than any other surviving play. The story of an exemplary wife (not an adulteress) who...

The Heracleidae By Euripides COPREUS: An Argive I; since that thou seek'st to know. Who sent me, and the object of my coming, will I freely tell. Eurystheus, king of Mycenae, sends me hither to fetch these back; and I have come, sir stranger, with just grounds in plenty, alike for speech or...

Code of the Illuminati? by Abbé Barreul ?? "This is the third part (of four) of Abbe Barreul's massive polemic history of the French Revolution. This portion of this book is of interest because it contains extensive quotes from the actual literature of the Bavarian Illuminati. This is...

Hippolytus By Euripides In most versions of the Hippolytos myth, Phaidra is depicted as an utterly debauched character, a woman reduced to shamelessness by the power of Aphrodite. In Euripides' Hippolytos, however--informed by the playwright's moral and religious fascination--we find a Phaidra...

Arabian Poetry by W. A. Clouston Rare 19th century translations of Arabian poetry, mostly pre-Islamic or contemporary with Muhammed. Includes the Hanged Poems, and a synopsis of the Antar Saga. "This is an anthology of 19th century Orientalist translations of Arabian poetry, many...

Collection Of Asian Traditional People Volume 1 Asia is also the origin of many of the most important and ancient world religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism. A Journey In Southern Siberia :- The mythology and folklore of the Buriat Mongols of Siberia. An...

A Journey to the Earth's Interior by Marshall B. Gardner "Marshall B. Gardner, a hollow-earth proponent, published the first edition of this book in 1913, after Peary reached the North Pole in 1909. Gardner thus had a much harder job than William Reed; that is, overcoming the public perception...

The Lay of the Cid by R. Selden Rose and Leonard Bacon Cid "El Cantar del Mio Cid is the oldest preserved Spanish epic poem (epopeya). The Spanish medievalist Ramon Menendez Pidal included the "Cantar de Mio Cid" in the popular tradition he termed the mester de juglaria. Mester...

Tales from Chaucer By Charles Cowden Clarke This is a modern retelling of the highlights of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. While it is written for a younger audience, readers of any age can enjoy these timeless stories, illustrated by witty fairy-tale style color drawings by Arthur Szyk.

More English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs "A fairy tale or fairy story is a fictional story that usually features folkloric characters (such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, witches, giants, and talking animals) and enchantments, often involving a far-fetched sequence of events. In...

Popular Tales of the West Highlands, Vol. II by J. F. Campbell This is the second of four volumes of Campbell's collection of Scottish folklore. For the most part this volume is a continuation of the same sort of material in volume I, presenting folklore which has themes and motifs similar...

"This collection of ballads contains some of the best known English folk lyrics. It is nowhere near as comprehensive as other books, such as the massive Child ballad collection. However, the illustrations are gorgeous, and the selection is excellent. It should be noted that 'Old English' in this...