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Scholars have long recognized the relevance to Christianity of the many stories surrounding the life of Alexander the Great, who claimed to be the son of Zeus. But until now, no comprehensive effort has been made to connect the mythic life and career of Alexander to the stories about Jesus and to the earliest theology of the nascent Christian churches. Ory Amitay delves into a wide range of primary texts in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew to trace Alexander as a mythological figure, from his relationship to his ancestor and rival, Herakles, to the idea of his divinity as the son of a god. In compelling detail, Amitay illuminates both Alexander’s links to Herakles and to two important and enduring ideas: that of divine sonship and that of reconciliation among peoples.

Pericles, Greece's greatest statesman and the leader of its Golden Age, created the Parthenon and championed democracy in Athens and beyond. Centuries of praise have endowed him with the powers of a demigod, but what did his friends, associates, and fellow citizens think of him? In Pericles: A Sourcebook and Reader, Stephen V. Tracy visits the fifth century B.C. to find out. Tracy compiles and translates the scattered, elusive primary sources relating to Pericles. He brings Athens's political atmosphere to life with archaeological evidence and the accounts of those close to Pericles, including Thucydides, Aristophanes, Herodotus, Protagoras, Sophocles, Lysias, Xenophon, Plato, and Plutarch. Readers will discover Pericles as a formidable politician, a persuasive and inspiring orator, and a man full of human contradictions.

Scholars have long recognized the relevance to Christianity of the many stories surrounding the life of Alexander the Great, who claimed to be the son of Zeus. But until now, no comprehensive effort has been made to connect the mythic life and career of Alexander to the stories about Jesus and to the earliest theology of the nascent Christian churches. Ory Amitay delves into a wide range of primary texts in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew to trace Alexander as a mythological figure, from his relationship to his ancestor and rival, Herakles, to the idea of his divinity as the son of a god. In compelling detail, Amitay illuminates both Alexander’s links to Herakles and to two important and enduring ideas: that of divine sonship and that of reconciliation among peoples.

  \"Battle of the Labyrinth, [Demigod Percy] Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4,\" by Rick Riordan, Hyperion; $17.99, ages 8-12. Ted and Kat watch their cousin Salim go for a ride on the London Eye Ferris wheel, but he doesn't get off. Has he been kidnapped or run away, or is the young boy lying on a cold slab at the morgue? Ted's brain works in unique ways, but his meticulous thought processes join forces with Kat's impulsive energy to try to solve the mystery before Salim runs out of time. Preteen readers will enjoy this thriller with well-developed characters.

This chapter contains sections titled: The Ambitious Statues of the Dictator: Aims and Effects The Many Faces of Caesar Further Reading

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This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Geometric to Archaic Classical Hellenistic Further Reading

Federal Judge Hubert Will gave [Steven Kayevich] plenty of time to ponder that question: Kayevich served 6 1/2 years, much of it in Leavenworth Penitentiary in Kansas, having been convicted on several counts, including conspiracy to bomb Yugoslav diplomatic facilities and manufacturing electronic devices to detonate explosives. He kept to himself, worked as a prison clerk and spent his cell time reading. He worked his way through Plato's dialogues, with their accounts of Socrates, the philosopher given a death sentence by the Athenians.