Zeus : a journey across Greece in the footsteps of a god / Tom Stone.
In Zeus, author Tom Stone takes readers on a 4,000-year journey through the god's tumultuous life, from his origins as a sky god in the Russian steppes and his scandalous reign on Mt. Olympus to his approaching end in a palace storeroom in Christian Constantinople. Crossing the length and breadth of Greece, Stone and his Iranian wife explore the most significant sites in Greek myth, from mountaintops to subterranean caves, Olympus to Crete, and Mycenae to Macedonia. Along the way, he reveals how Zeus's story grew from the soil of Greece and changed along with the country's history, all with a brilliant mix of erudition and bravura storytelling. Combining mythology, history, and travel, this is an indispensable book for anyone who loves Greece or its great stories of myth and legend.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781582345185
- ISBN: 158234518X
- Physical Description: xxiv, 310 pages : map ; 22 cm
- Edition: First United States edition
- Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury, 2008.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-299) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Part 1 Advent -- 1 Pericles 3 -- 2 Coming of the Greeks 7 -- 3 Minoans 17 -- 4 Fearsome Echoes 23 -- Part 2 Son -- 5 Cradle to Grave 37 -- 6 Road to Power 49 -- Part 3 Father -- 7 Spreading the Faith 65 -- 8 Prometheus, Pandora, and Other Matters 74 -- 9 Divine Rights 83 -- 10 Cretan Saga 91 -- 11 Thebes: The Ill-Fated Marriage of Kadmos and Harmonia 112 -- 12 Heroes of the Argolid-I: Perseus 121 -- 13 Heroes of the Argolid-II: Herakles 127 -- 14 House of Atreus-I: The Beginnings 139 -- 15 House of Atreus-II: Mycenae 149 -- 16 A Terrible Beauty 156 -- 17 Remembered Pain 162 -- 18 Killing Doom 169 -- Part 4 Holy Ghost -- 19 Voices of God 179 -- 20 Holding the Center 189 -- 21 Their Finest Hour 194 -- 22 Wonder of the World 203 -- 23 Dying Fall 209 -- 24 Fires from Heaven 216 -- 25 Final Metamorphosis 228.
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- Subject:
- Zeus (Greek deity)
Mythology, Greek.
Gods, Greek.
Greece > Religion.
Greece > History.
Available copies
- 3 of 3 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Main Library | 292.2 STO (Text) | 30229100819076 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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In Zeus, author Tom Stone takes readers on a 4,000-year journey through the god's tumultuous life, from his origins as a sky god in the Russian steppes and his scandalous reign on Mt. Olympus to his approaching end in a palace storeroom in Christian Constantinople. Crossing the length and breadth of Greece, Stone and his Iranian wife explore the most significant sites in Greek myth, from mountaintops to subterranean caves, Olympus to Crete, and Mycenae to Macedonia. Along the way, he reveals how Zeus's story grew from the soil of Greece and changed along with the country's history, all with a brilliant mix of erudition and bravura storytelling. Combining mythology, history, and travel, this is an indispensable book for anyone who loves Greece or its great stories of myth and legend.
