Venus and Aphrodite: History of a Goddess
Editorial ORION FICTION
España peninsular
- Editorial ORION FICTION
- ISBN13 9781474610384
- ISBN10 1474610382
- Tipo LIBRO
- Páginas 256
- Año de Edición 2020
- Idioma Inglés
- Encuadernación Paperback
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Mitología Greco-romanaVenus and Aphrodite: History of a Goddess
Editorial ORION FICTION
España peninsular
Detalles del libro
Erudition, with an erotic frisson ... In this lively, wide-ranging book, Hughes paints a portrait of a darker Venus, a violent, vengeful "shape-shifting" Venus, with salt in her hair and surf at her feet - Laura Freeman THE TIMES
An intriguing tale that tracks the gorgeous and omnipresent Venus of western civilisation back 6,000 years ... engrossing - Charlotte Hobson THE SPECTATOR
A marvellous biography of a goddess that delves beneath her passive modern image ... Hughes's account of Aphrodite's early evolution forms the most fascinating sections of this superb book - Catherine Nixey BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE
Explore the mythological Goddess of Love with this stunning book by historian and broadcaster Bettany Hughes. She looks at the origins, archaeological revelations and philosophical implications of the woman known to the Romans as Venus, and to the Greeks as Aphrodite WOMAN & HOME
Bettany Hughes is an award-winning historian, author and broadcaster. She is the author of HELEN OF TROY: GODDESS, PRINCESS, WHORE; THE HEMLOCK CUP: SOCRATES, ATHENS AND THE SEARCH FOR THE GOOD LIFE and the Sunday Times bestseller ISTANBUL: A TALE OF THREE CITIES. Hughes has made a number of factual films and documentaries for the BBC, Channel 4, PBS, National Geographic, Discovery, The History Channel and ABC, and is a co-founder of the internationally focussed production house SandStone Global. She is a Research Fellow of King's College London and has been honoured with numerous awards including the Norton Medlicott Medal for History.