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  • Noch mehr gellendes Höllengelächter

    Das 3. große Bärenklau Exklusiv Grusel- & Horror-Lesebuch

    by Meinhard-Wilhelm Schulz, Lucius Apuleius, Herodotos, Petronius, Lukianos, Phlegon ...
    Die Hölle lacht gellend, wenn das Grauen erwacht!»Noch mehr gellendes Höllengelächter« beginnt mit Grusel-Beiträgen der Antike, von Gruselschulz neu übersetzt und dem Verständnis zuliebe erläutert und/oder teilweise neu geschrieben: Hexen reißen Schlafenden das Herz heraus, um es zu fressen. Ein Krokodilmann lebt von Menschenfleisch. Ein geldgieriges Weib mordet, mordet und mordet … Ein Dieb lässt ... Read more

    $5.39 USD

  • The Monstrous World

    Corporeal Discourses in Phlegon of Tralles’ «Mirabilia»

    by Julia Doroszewska ...
    Series Book 4 - Studies in Classical Literature and Culture
    Revenants, oracular heads, hermaphrodites, sex-changers, human-animal children, multiple pregnancies, births, body features … This is just a sample of subjects that Phlegon of Tralles explored in the 2nd century AD in his "Mirabilia". This study identifies the common motifs of Phlegon’s text and determines his criterion of selection: using the cultural category of "monster", it argues that Phlegon ... Read more

    $52.89 USD

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  • Reading Greek

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    Series series Reading Greek
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  • An Independent Study Guide to Reading Greek

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    Series series Reading Greek
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    Series Book 20 - Lang Classical Studies
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  • The Shaping of English Poetry – Volume IV

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