Hardcover. Condition: New. Language: English. About The Book -: There is a charm in the name of ancient Greece; there is glory in every page of her history; there is a fascination in the remains of her literature, and a sense of unapproachable beauty in her works of art; there is a spell in her climate still, and a strange attraction in her ruins. We are familiar with the praises of her beautiful islands; our poets sing of her lovely genial sky. There is not in all the land a mountain, plain, or river, nor a fountain, grove, or wood, that is not hallowed by some legend or poetic tale. We look back over a period of more than two thousand years with feelings of wonder at her achievements on the battle-field and in the arts of peace. We emulate her in many ways, but always confess to failure; and when we have no desire of emulation, we are still ready in most cases to admire. How far we may find just cause for admiration or the contrary with regard to her religion remains to be seen. But whichever way it be, we shall at any rate find abundant evidence of the intense hold it has upon the great mass of the people, and of the important influence it was calculated to exercise on their civilization. The mechanic traced the skill and handicraft which grew unconsciously upon him by practice to the direct Influence of a god. Artists ascribed the mysterious evolution of their ideas, and poets the inspiration of their song, to the same superior cause. Everywhere in nature was felt the presence of august invisible beings: in the sky, with its luminaries and clouds; on the sea, with its fickle, changeful movements; on the earth, with its lofty peaks, its plains and rivers. It seemed that man himself, and everything around him, was upheld by Divine power. About the Author -: Alexander Stuart Murray, FBA (1841 1904) was a Scottish archaeologist. He was known for excavations on Cyprus. Murray was born at Arbroath, and educated there, at the Royal High School, Edinburgh and at the Universities of Edinburgh and Berlin. In 1867 he entered the British Museum as an assistant in the department of Greek and Roman antiquities under Sir Charles Newton, whom he succeeded in 1886. In 1873 Murray published a Manual of Mythology, and in the following year contributed to the Contemporary Review two articlesone on the Homeric questionwhich led to a friendship with Mr Gladstone, the other on Greek painters. In 1874 he also published the popular work Who's Who in Mythology. In 1880-1883 he brought out his History of Greek Sculpture: From the Earliest Times Down to the Age of Pheidias, which at once became a standard work. Murray's other official publications include three folio volumes on Terra-cotta Sarcophagi, White Athenian Vases and Designs from Greek Vases. In 1898 he wrote for the Portfolio a monograph on Greek bronzes, founded on lectures delivered at the Royal Academy in that year, and he contributed many articles on archaeology to standard publications. In recognition of his services to archaeology he was made LL.D. of Glasgow University in 1887 and elected a corresponding member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences in 1900. The Title 'Manual of Mythology: Greek and Romen, Norse, and old German, Hindoo and Egyptian Mythology written/authored/edited by Alexander S. Murray', published in the year 2022. The ISBN 9788121261388 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 472 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Mythology. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms 472. Seller Inventory # 1111006365699

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