10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CRETAN»
Discover the use of
Cretan in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Cretan and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Plato's
Cretan City: A Historical Interpretation of the Laws
Plato's Cretan City is a thorough investigation into the roots of Plato's Laws and a compelling explication of his ideas on legislation and social institutions.
2
The Making of the
Cretan Landscape
This is the first book to help the visitor understand Crete's remarkable landscape, which is just as spectacular as the island's rich archaeological heritage.
Oliver Rackham, Jennifer Moody, 1996
3
The
Cretan Runner: His Story of the German Occupation
George Psychoundakis, a young goatherd of the time, was one of these 'runners'.
Giōrgos Psychountakēs, George Psychoundakis, Xan Fielding, 1955
4
El Greco: The
Cretan Years
This fundamental contribution to El Greco scholarship, until now only available in Greek, provides a thoroughly substantiated assessment of the evidence regarding the formative years in the life of one of the greatest artists of all time.
Nikolaos Panagiōtakēs, Roderick Beaton, 2009
5
A
Cretan Healer's Handbook in the Byzantine Tradition: Text, ...
Crete was a prime botanical resource for ancient Greek physicians and
pharmacologists and was recognized as such by the Romans: the Elder Pliny
notes the superiority of numerous Cretan medicinal herbs and Roman emperors
maintained ...
Professor Patricia A Clark, 2013
6
One
Cretan Evening and Other Stories
Set in Greece and in England, One Cretan Evening, The Pine Tree, By the Fire, The Warmest Christmas Ever and Aflame in Athens are five unmissable stories told in Victoria's unique voice.
7
Minos and the Moderns :
Cretan Myth in Twentieth-Century ...
The book will appeal to all readers interested in the classical tradition and its continuing relevance and especially to scholars of Classics and modern literatures.
Professor of German and Comparative Literature Theodore Ziolkowski Professor of Modern Languages Emeritus, Emeritus Princeton University, 2008
8
The Poetics of Manhood: Contest and Identity in a
Cretan ...
Herzfeld's excellent and sensitive ethnography of the pseudonymous village and inhabitants of Glendi, a mountain village in central Crete, is concerned with just these attributes, the ways they are lived and reproduced among Glendiots.
9
A Place in History: Social and Monumental Time in a
Cretan Town
Michael Herzfeld describes what happens when a bureaucracy charged with historic conservation clashes with a local populace hostile to the state and suspicious of tourism.
10
Cretan Women: Pasiphae, Ariadne, and Phaedra in Latin Poetry
She offers detailed readings of the most prominent treatments of the stories, alongside a thematic investigation of the ideas of memory, wildness, and morality which recur so prominently in the tales.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CRETAN»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
Cretan is used in the context of the following news items.
Snails Have Long Been the Lobsters of Cretan Cuisine | MUNCHIES
As the sun began setting on a scorching beach day in Kissamos, Crete, I threw my hungry, freshly lobster-colored self in a cab heading toward ... «Munchies_ Food by VICE, Jul 15»
What's the Greek word for self-deception? - BURAK BEKDİL
25 election, Mr. Tsipras – trying to flatter his Cretan audience – said: “We will beat the drums, and they [the markets] will dance! Or, since I am in ... «Hurriyet Daily News, Jul 15»
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It turns out the philosophies Phil has been teaching for years are the same as those lived by the Cretan resistance fighters – without their ... «cozine, Jul 15»
Greece's Economy and How It May perhaps Affect the US | Dallas …
The Association of Cretan Olive Municipalities told Olive Oil Occasions last month that Greece's referendum announcement and bank holiday ... «Dallas Daily Gazette, Jul 15»
Archipelago of Souls
He also writes of the Cretan family who took the brothers in: Uncle Tassos, kind and world-weary protector of the Australian troops; and his ... «The Saturday Paper, Jul 15»
Confusion, Controversy as Referendum Nears
Nikos Michelakis, Scientific Advisor of SEDIK, the Association of Cretan Olive Municipalities, told Olive Oil Times that the referendum ... «Olive Oil Times, Jul 15»
A bulwark against disaster
Europe was not shaken, the international system was not rocked, the markets did not dance along to the rhythm of the Cretan pentozali dance, ... «Kathimerini, Jul 15»
Xylouris White
The pairing of a Cretan folk legend, unusually playing lute as a lead instrument, and a brilliant drummer steeped in post-punk freedom could go ... «NOW Magazine, Jul 15»
Cretans Gather in Salt Lake City for Biennial Convention
More than one thousand Americans and Canadians of Cretan descent have gathered in Salt Lake City, Utah this week to celebrate the ... «The Pappas Post, Jul 15»
Books by Matisse provide an intimate experience at the Bechtler
... Chant de Minos” (Pasiphaé, Song of Minos), published in 1944, Matisse created bold linoleum cuts to illustrate the story of the Cretan queen ... «Charlotte Observer, Jul 15»
