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Centaurs, Rioting in Thessaly: Memory and the Classical World /

This book treads new paths through the labyrinths of our human thought. It meanders through the darkness to encounter the monsters at the heart of the maze: Minotaurs, Centaurs, Automata, Makers, Humans. One part of our human thought emerges from classical Ionia and Greek civilisation more generally...

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Autor principal: Hudson, Martyn
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Barbara, CA : Punctum Books, 2017.
Edición:1st edition.
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