Bibliography
Modern Authors & Works |
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| Collections of Myths & Manuals |
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GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO:
Genealogia degli Dei de
Gentili (Appresso Fabio & Agostino Zoppini, Fratelli, Venice 1581). One of the first modern catalogues of myths.
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1796-1867
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THOMAS BULFINCH:
The Age of Fable (David
McKay, Philadelphia 1898).
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NATALE CONTI:
Mitología (Universidad de Murcia, 2006, 2a edición ).Traducción, con introducción notas e índices de: Rosa Ma Iglesias Montiel y Ma Consuelo Álvarez Morán |
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JULIUS CENTERWALL:
Grekernas och Romarnas
Mytologi (Adolf Bonnier, Stockholm 1897).
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CHARLES MILLS GAYLEY:
The
Classic Myths in English Literature (Ginn
& Company, Boston 1893). |
1895-1985
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ROBERT GRAVES:
The
Greek Myths (Penguin Books, 1955, 1986). Myths retold, with sources and interpretations
by the author.
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1867-1963
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EDITH HAMILTON:
Mythology [1940] (Mentor book, Little. Brown & Company,
1953). French edition: La Mythologie (Marabout université 1978). Myths retold with charm and some detail;
includes a chapter about Norse mythology.
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KARL KERÉNYI:
Die Mythologie der
Griechen; Band I: Die Götter- und
Menschheitsgeschichten; Band II Die
Heroen-Geschichten; (Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag 1966). Myths retold in detail. English editions: The
Gods of the Greeks, The
Heroes of the Greeks
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LAROUSSE
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MYTHOLOGY
With an introduction by Robert Graves (Paul Hamlyn, London, 1959, 1964). Myths retold, commented and illustrated.
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MARK P. O. MORFORD & ROBERT J. LENARDON:
Classical
Mythology (Longman, New York & London, 1971, 1985). Some myths retold and numerous quotations from original sources.
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ALEXANDER S. MURRAY:
Manual
of Mythology (David McKay, Philadelphia
1895).
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1874-1967
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MARTIN P. NILSSON:
Olympen [1919] (Bokförlaget Prisma, Stockholm 1987). Myter återberättade och tolkade.
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BARRY B. POWELL:
A
Short Introduction to Classical Myth (Prentice Hall, 2001). |
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ANTONIO RUIZ DE ELVIRA:
Mitología
clásica (Editorial Gredos, Madrid
1995). |
1792-1850
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GUSTAV SCHWAB:
Die schönsten Sagen des
klassischen Altertums (C. Bertelsmann,
Gütersloh 1912).
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GUNNAR SÖDESTRÖM:
Den Olympiska
Gudavärlden (Almqvist & Wiksell,
Stockholm 1974). |
1914-
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JEAN-PIERRE VERNANT:
L'Univers,
les dieux, les hommes (Seuil 2002). |
GUDRUN AHLBERG-CORNELL:
Myth
and Epos in Early Greek Art: Representation and
Interpretation (Paul Astroms Forlag,
Jonsered 1992). |
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THOMAS H. CARPENTER:
Art
and Myth in Ancient Greece (Thames & Hudson, London 1991). Visual sources of the myths, with 370
illustrations.
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JOHN GRIFFITHS PEDLEY:
Greek
Art and Archaeology (Prentice Hall 1993). Introduction to major monuments of Greek
archaeology, from Minoan to Hellenistic period.
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JANE DAVIDSON REID:
The
Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts,
1300-1990s (Oxford University Press 1993). A complete guide to literature and works of art
inspired in the myths.
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SUSAN WOODFORD:
An
Introduction to Greek Art (Duckworth, London 1992). Development of Greek art from the 8th to the 4th century BC.
The
Art of Greece and Rome (Cambridge
University Press, 1982).
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LEXICON
ICONOGRAPHICUM MYTHOLOGIAE CLASSICAE (Artemis, Zurich-Munich 1981).
Extensive and exhaustive illustrated work in 16 volumes covering from Mycenaean times to the beginning of the Christian era. Articles are in English, French, Italian or German.
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Studies
Historical, philosophical and
religious background; interpretation, scholarship,
etc |
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MARTIN BERNAL:
Black
Athena, the Afroasiatic Roots of Classical
Civilization (Vintage, London 1991). |
CARL W. BLEGEN:
Troy
and the Trojans (Thames & Hudson 1963).
Swedish edition: Troja och Trojanerna
(Wahlström & Widstrand, Stockholm 1965). |
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YVES BONNEFOY's:
Greek
and Egyptian Mythologies (The University of Chicago Press 1991).
Roman
and European Mythologies (compiled by Yves Bonnefoy, University of Chicago Press, 1991). Contributing scholars survey several mythological issues.
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CECIL BOWRA:
The
Greek Experience (New American Library
1957) |
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WALTER BURKERT:
Greek
Religion (Verlag W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1977. English edition: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1985). From Minoan-Mycenaean times to classical times.
The gods, the rituals and their mysteries.
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JOSEPH CAMPBELL:
The
Power of Myth (Anchor Books, 1988). Bill Moyers' interviews with mythologist
Campbell.
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JOHN CHADWICK:
The
Decipherment of Linear B. Swedish edition: Mykenes röst (Bokförlaget
Aldus/Bonniers, Stockholm 1961). |
1893-1972
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PAUL DIEL:
Le symbolisme dans la Mythologie Grecque. Étude psychanalytique (Petite Bibliothèque Payot 1966). English version:
Symbolism
in Greek Mythology: Human Desire and Its
Transformations. Heterodox psychoanalytical interpretation of some myths.
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E. R. DODDS:
The
Greeks and the Irrational (University of
California Press, Berkeley & Los Angeles 1951). |
1907-1986
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MIRCEA ELIADE:
The
Sacred and the Profane (Harcourt Brace & Company, 1987). The significance of myth, symbolism, and ritual
within life and culture.
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JOSEPH FONTENROSE:
The
Delphic Oracle, Its Responses and
Operations (University of California Press, Berkeley & Los Angeles 1978).
The Ritual Theory of
Myth (University of California Press, Berkeley & Los Angeles 1966). Criticism of the ritual theory of myth. |
1854-1941
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JAMES G. FRAZER:
The
Golden Bough. Swedish edition: Den
gyllene grenen (Natur och Kultur 1925, 1992). Studies in magic and religion.
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FRITZ GRAF:
Greek
Mythology, An Introduction [1987] (The John Hopkins University Press, 1993). Excellent introduction of the main myths. Survey of approaches to the interpretation of myths. The position of myth in relation to festivals, history, ritual, choral song, tragedy, etc.
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1867-1963
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EDITH HAMILTON:
The
Greek Way to Western Civilization (New
American Library, New York 1942). |
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VICTOR C. HAYES:
Schelling's Philosophy of
Mythology and Revelation (The Australian
Association for the Study of Religions, 1995). |
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KARL KERÉNYI:
The
Religion of the Greeks and Romans (Thames
& Hudson 1962). Swedish edition: Grekernas
och romarnas religion (Natur och Kultur, Stockholm 1962).
Prometheus,
Archetypal Image of Human Existence (Princeton University Press 1991 [1963]) |
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G. S. KIRK:
The
Nature of the Greek Myths (Penguin Books 1986).
Homer and the Oral Tradition (Cambridge University Press, London 1976). |
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DAVID KONSTAN:
Friendship
in the Classical World (Cambridge
University Press, 1997). |
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MARTIN LITCHFIELD WEST:
The
Orphic Poems (Oxford University Press, Oxford 1983). Exhaustive survey and comparative analysis of
Orphic texts.
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JUAN ANTONIO LÓPEZ FÉREZ (ED.):
Mitos en la literatura griega arcaica y
clásica (Ediciones Clásicas,
2002, Madrid).
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Anthology of works presented at the V International Colloquium of Greek Philology. In French, English, and Spanish.
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Antología de trabajos presentados en el V Coloquio Internacional de Philología Griega. Francés, Inglés y Español.
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Authors/Autores: Fritz Graf, Lowell Edmunds, Emilio Crespo, Paul Wathelet, José Antonio Fernández Delgado, Alberto Bernabé, Jaume Pòrtulas, Enrique Ángel Ramos Jurado, Bernhard Zimmermann, Fernando García Romero, Richard Buxton, Bernard Deforge, François Jouan, Juan Antonio López Férez, Bernd Seidensticker, Antonio Melero, Gaspar Morocho Gayo, Antonio López Eire, Alberto Díaz Tejera, Jesús Lens Tuero, Jan N. Bremmer, Marcos Martínez.
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1945-
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MARCOS MARTINEZ HERNANDEZ:
Canarias en la
Mitología (Cabildo Insular de Tenerife,
1992).
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Full referenced accounts about the
connections between the Canary Islands and
myths such as Atlantis, the Hesperides,
the Islands of the Blest, etc. |
Estudio detallado de la relación
entre las Islas Canarias y mitos tales
como el de Atlántida, las
Hespérides, y las Islas de los
Bienaventurados. |
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1943-
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JON D. MIKALSON:
Ancient
Greek Religion (Blackwell Publishing 2005). |
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ROBERT MORKOT:
Historical
Atlas of Ancient Greece (Penguin, 1996). |
1823-1900
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FRIEDRICH MAX MÜLLER:
Mitología
comparada (Edicomunicación, Barcelona
1988).
Contributions
to the Science of Mythology (Kessinger
Publishing, 2003). |
1844-1900
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FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE:
The
Birth of Tragedy [1871] = Die Geburt der
Tragödie aus dem Geiste der Musik (Modern Library, New York, 2000). |
1874-1967
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MARTIN P. NILSSON:
Den grekiska religionens
historia (Svenska kyrkans diakonistyrelses bokförlag, 1921). English translation: A History of Greek
Religion.
Primitiv religion (Hugo Gebers förlag, 1934).
The
Mycenaean Origin of Greek Mythology (University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London 1972).
Homeros, den grekiska
epikens ursprung och utveckling (Norstedt & Söners Förlag, Stockholm 1935).
Greek
Piety (The Norton Library-Oxford University Press 1969). Outline of the Greek religious feelings from the
Dark Ages to Late Antiquity.
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WALTER F. OTTO:
The
Homeric Gods: The Spiritual Significance of Greek
Religion (Octagon Books: New York 1978).
Dionysus:
Myth and Cult (Spring Publications: Dallas:
Texas [1965] 1981). |
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ROBERT PAYNE:
The Triumph of the Greeks (Hamish Hamilton, London 1964). |
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JAMES B. PRITCHARD:
The
Ancient Near East, An Anthology of Texts and
Pictures. Vols. 1-2 (Princeton University
Press, 1958). |
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H. J. ROSE:
A
Handbook of Greek Mythology [1928] (Routledge, London and New York 1991). Mythical accounts and theories about them.
Ancient
Greek Religion (Hutchinson's University
Library, 1946).
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HEINZ SCHRECKENBERG:
Ananke - Untersuchungen
zur Geschichte des Wortgebrauchs (Verlag C.H. Beck: München 1964). Exhaustive study of the use, and development of the word and concept "Ananke."
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C. SCOTT LITTLETON:
The
New Comparative Mythology (University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London 1982). Anthropological assessment of the theories of
Georges Dumézil.
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ERICH SEGAL (ed.):
Oxford
Readings in Greek Tragedy, edited by Erich
Segal, Oxford University Press 1983. |
1914-
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JEAN-PIERRE VERNANT:
Mortals
and Immortals (Collected Essays). Princeton University Press 1991.
Myth
and Society in Ancient Greece (Zone Books, New York 1990).
La
Grèce ancienne (& PIERRE VIDAL-NAQUET: Éditions du Seuil, Paris 1990). |
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PAUL VEYNE:
Les
Grecs ont-ils cru à leurs mythes? (Éditions du Seuil, 1983). The matter of belief in relation to the Greek
myths.
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PETER WARREN:
The
Aegean Civilizations (Phaidon Press, Oxford 1989). The history of Minoan and Mycenaean
civilizations as revealed by archaeology.
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A. A. ARVEDSON:
Mythologiskt, Historiskt och
Geographiskt Lexikon (Linköping, 1834). Detailed Swedish dictionary.
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ROBERT E. BELL:
Place-names
in Classical Mythology: Greece (ABC Clio,
Santa Barbara, California - Oxford, England 1989). Excellent work with detailed articles including
sources.
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YVES BONNEFOY:
Dictionnaire
des mythologies (Flammarion, Paris 1981). Contributing scholars survey different
mythological issues. Extensive reference.
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PIERRE GRIMAL:
Dictionnaire
de la mythologie grecque et romaine, 1951 (Presses Universitaires de France, 1986).
Dictionary
of Greek & Roman Mythology (Blackwell Publishing) Detailed anecdotes and names in Greek script.
Spanish edition: Diccionario de mitología
griega y romana (Ediciones Paidós,
1994).
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HERBERT HUNGER:
Lexikon
der Griechischen und Römischen
Mythologie (Verlag Brüder Hollinek, Wien 1959). Dictionary including catalogue of works of art,
literature and music from all times.
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CARLOS PARADA:
Genealogical Guide to Greek
Mythology (Paul Åstroms Förlag,
Jonsered, Sweden 1993). Also available at Amazon. |
WILLIAM SMITH:
The
Wordsworth Classical Dictionary (first
published in 1852 as A Smaller Classical
Dictionary). (Wordsworth Editions 1996). |
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EDWARD TRIPP:
Dictionary of Classical Mythology (Collins Publishers, London & Glasgow, 1970, 1988). Or: Meridian
Handbook of Classical Mythology (New American Library, 1988). Complete. Detailed anecdotes include references
to sources.
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THE
OXFORD CLASSICAL DICTIONARY (Oxford University Press 1970).
Articles about all aspects of the Classical World.
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| Novels with Mythological or Classical settings |
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GRANT BUDAY:
Dragonflies |
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GUIDO DELLE COLONNE:
Historia de la
destrucción de Troya. Edición de Manuel Antonio Marcos Casquero (Ediciones Akal, Madrid 1996). Traducción del latín al
español de la obra medioeval (1287) de Guido
delle Colonne, acompañada de una
completísima introducción y un examen
de las fuentes de esta obra, la historia del tema
troyano, etc.
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1911-1993
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WILLIAM GOLDING:
The
Double Tongue (Faber and Faber, London 1995). Imaginary autobiography of a Pythian priestess
describing her work at the Oracle of Delphi, her
feelings and some intrigues of her time.
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1895-1985
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ROBERT GRAVES:
The Golden Fleece [1943].
Swedish Edition: Det gyllene skinnet (Tidens Förlag, Stockholm 1945). The journey of the Argonauts.
Homer's
Daughter. Another story explains how the story about
Odysseus came to be.
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VICTORIA GROSSACK & ALICE UNDERWOOD:
Children of Tantalus: Niobe & Pelops
The Road to Thebes: Niobe & Amphion
Arrows of Artemis: Niobe & Chloris
Jocasta: The Mother-Wife of Oedipus
Details at: Tapestry of Bronze
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1898-1963
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C. S. LEWIS:
Till
We Have Faces (Collins Fount Paperbacks,
Glasgow 1983). The myth of Eros and Psyche reinvented.
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1955-
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IAIN PEARS:
The
Dream of Scipio (2002). Fateful political intrigue and painful moral choices interweave with philosophical and religious speculations, being deflected by the enigmatic integrity of love, in a multilayered tale developping in Provence in three critical historical moments (the last days of the Roman Empire, the times of the Black Plague, and the German occupation during World War II).
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1905-1983
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MARY RENAULT:
The
King Must Die (1958). Swedish Edition: Kungen måste dö (Forum 1959). Adventures of Theseus, including what happened in Crete.
The
Mask of Apollo (1966). Swedish Edition: Apollons mask (Forum, Stockholm 1968). Greek actor at the time when Plato was in
Syracuse is used as go-between by politicians and
other intriguers.
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1925-
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GORE VIDAL:
Julian (Ballantine Books, New York 1962). Biographical novel and study of the Roman emperor who defended the Olympian religion against Christianity.
Creation (Ballantine Books, New York 1981). Imaginary memoirs of a 5th century BC Persian ambassador, who traveled through the known world and met Confucius, Buddha, Taoists, etc. Adventure, intrigue and religious speculation.
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1903-1987
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MARGUERITE YOURCENAR:
Mémoires
d'Hadrien [1951] (Éditions Gallimard
1974). English edition: Memoirs
of Hadrian (Secker & Warburg, 1955).
Swedish edition: Hadrianus minnen (Forum,
1985). Imaginary philosophical autobiography describing
the aging Roman emperor's ideas and emotions about
politics and other life issues.
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