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  • Pausanias of Sparta

    From Victor to Traitor

    by Daniel Ogden ...
    Series series Ancient Lives
    The story of Pausanias, the general who defeated the Persians invading Greece and changed the course of historyWeaving together ancient sources, Daniel Ogden tells the gripping story of the enigmatic and controversial Spartan regent to an underage king. Pausanias (ca. 505–ca. 467 BCE) would never have come to power had the Persians not annihilated the Greek forces at Thermopylae in 480 BCE, ... Read more

    $24.59 USD

  • Greek and Roman Necromancy

    by Daniel Ogden ...
    In classical antiquity, there was much interest in necromancy--the consultation of the dead for divination. People could seek knowledge from the dead by sleeping on tombs, visiting oracles, and attempting to reanimate corpses and skulls. Ranging over many of the lands in which Greek and Roman civilizations flourished, including Egypt, from the Greek archaic period through the late Roman empire, ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

  • The Dragon in the West

    From Ancient Myth to Modern Legend

    by Daniel Ogden ...
    An exploration of how the image and idea of the dragon has evolved through history How did the dragon get its wings? Everyone in the modern West has a clear idea of what a dragon looks like and of the sorts of stories it inhabits, not least devotees of the fantasies of J. R. R. Tolkien, J. K. Rowling, and George R. R. Martin. A cross between a snake and some fearsome mammal, often sporting ... Read more

    $27.59 USD

  • Dragons, Serpents, and Slayers in the Classical and Early Christian Worlds

    A Sourcebook

    by Daniel Ogden ...
    Stories about dragons, serpents, and their slayers make up a rich and varied tradition within ancient mythology and folklore. In this sourcebook, Daniel Ogden presents a comprehensive and easily accessible collection of dragon myths from Greek, Roman, and early Christian sources. Some of the dragons featured are well known: the Hydra, slain by Heracles; the Dragon of Colchis, the guardian of the ... Read more

    $43.19 USD

  • The Werewolf in the Ancient World

    by Daniel Ogden ...
    In a moonlit graveyard somewhere in southern Italy, a soldier removes his clothes in readiness to transform himself into a wolf. He depends upon the clothes to recover his human shape, and so he magically turns them to stone, but his secret is revealed when, back in human form, he is seen to carry a wound identical to that recently dealt to a marauding wolf. In Arcadia a man named Damarchus ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • The Strix-Witch

    by Daniel Ogden ...
    Series series Elements in Magic
    The strix was a persistent feature of the folklore of the Roman world and subsequently that of the Latin West and the Greek East. She was a woman that flew by night, either in an owl-like form or in the form of a projected soul, in order to penetrate homes by surreptitious means and thereby devour, blight or steal the new-born babies within them. The motif-set of the ideal narrative of a strix ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Heracles

    by Daniel Ogden ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    Heracles is the quintessential ancient Greek hero. The rich and massive tradition associated with him encompasses myths of all kinds: quest myths, monster-fights, world-foundational myths, aetiological myths, philosophical myths, allegorical myths, and more. It informs and is informed by every genre and variety of Classical literature. The figure of Heracles opens windows onto numerous aspects of ... Read more

    $154.79 USD

  • The Tyrants of Corinth

    Legends of Cypselus and Periander

    by Daniel Ogden ...
    The Tyrants of Corinth is the first monograph in English devoted to the archaic tyranny of Corinth and the engaging legends of Cypselus and Periander, which embrace such themes as hidden babies, animal helpers, arbitrary violence, necrophilia and vengeful ghosts.This detailed study of the ancient sources for the Corinthian tyrants analyses the tales associated with them comprehensively from the ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • The Legend of Seleucus

    Kingship, Narrative and Mythmaking in the Ancient World

    by Daniel Ogden ...
    In the chaos that followed the death of Alexander the Great his distinguished marshal Seleucus was reduced to a fugitive, with only a horse to his name. But by the time of his own death, Seceucus had reconstructed the bulk of Alexander's empire, built Antioch, and become a king in his turn, one respected for justness in an age of cruelty. The dynasty he founded was to endure for three centuries. ... Read more

    $43.49 USD

  • Perseus

    by Daniel Ogden ...
    Series series Gods and Heroes of the Ancient World
    The son of Zeus, Perseus belongs in the first rank of Greek heroes. Indeed to some he was a greater hero even than Heracles. With the help of Hermes and Athena he slew the Gorgon Medusa, conquered a mighty sea monster and won the hand of the beautiful princess Andromeda. This volume tells of his enduring myth, it's rendering in art and literature, and its reception through the Roman period and up ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • Leadership Essentials

    Shaping Vision, Multiplying Influence, Defining Character

    by Greg Ogden, Daniel Meyer ...
    Series series The Essentials Set
    Leadership is essential.Maybe you've shied away from leadership because you don't know what it will involve, or you feel too unsure of your own abilities. But your leadership is needed! In every sector of society, from families to businesses to churches, leadership roles remain empty, waiting for people willing and able to step up and make wise decisions that bring positive change. And, in a world ... Read more

    $24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Philip II and Alexander the Great

    Father and Son, Lives and Afterlives

    Edited by Elizabeth Carney, Daniel Ogden ...
    The careers of Philip II and his son Alexander the Great (III) were interlocked in innumerable ways: Philip II centralized ancient Macedonia, created an army of unprecedented skill and flexibility, came to dominate the Greek peninsula, and planned the invasion of the Persian Empire with a combined Graeco-Macedonian force, but it was Alexander who actually led the invading forces, defeated the ... Read more

    $136.79 USD