Women of Classical Mythology Free

Author: Robert E. Bell
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0195079779

Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary (Oxford Paperback Reference)

Everyone is familiar with some of the women of classical myth. Download Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary (Oxford Paperback Reference) from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. Athena, goddess of wisdom, and Aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty are particularly well-known, as are the snake-haired Gorgon Medusa, and the vicious harpies, half woman, half beast. Humans, too, have their place in the ancient lore: Medea, who killed her own children to gain revenge upon her husband Jason, and Helen of Troy, whose abduction by Paris incited the ten-year Trojan War. But these figures represent only a handful of the hundreds and hundreds of female characters who played essential roles in the poetry, drama, and folklore that arose from Greek and Roman mythology. And despite the rich diversity of these figures, standard reference works on mythology and related Search and find a lot of education books in many category availabe for free download.