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1	Goddess of Light more books like this by P C Cast add to wishlist In this third installment of Cast's Goddess Summoning series, Pamela Smythe never expects to find the god-like man she's wished for--especially in Las Vegas. But the goddess Artemis has dared her twin brother, the handsome Apollo, to change all of that. Original. see all copies from $2.98! new only from $8.45! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Goddesses #3: Muses on the Move more books like this by Clea Hantman add to wishlist The daughters of Zeus, the Greek king of the gods, remain in modern-day Athens, Georgia. Thanksgiving break means a roadtrip for the girls, and Thalia's heart lies in Denver. But Thalia's mission is to be less selfish, and Polly wants to stay east. Will Thalia see the guy of her dreams again--in this lifetime? see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.99!
3	Starfall: Phaeton and the Chariot of the Sun more books like this by Michael Cadnum add to wishlist Phaeton is the natural offspring of the Sun, but no one in his village believes him. After Phaeton fights his rival in front of their village over his parentage, he undertakes a long journey to the gates of dawn to confront his father and prove his worth. The trek is demanding, but when he arrives at his father's temple, he is awed and determined. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Throne of Labdacus more books like this by Gjertrud Schnackenberg add to wishlist A compelling, lyric telling of the story of Oedipus and of "what happens outside the play," through the experience of the god who is its presiding oracle: Apollo, the god of poetry, music, and healing. Given the task of setting the Sophocles text to music, the god is woven reluctantly into its world of riddles, unanswered questions, partially ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Callimachus' Hymn to Apollo: A Commentary more books like this by Frederick Williams add to wishlist see all copies from $76.45! new only from $126.94! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The trackers of Oxyrhynchus more books like this by Tony Harrison add to wishlist A remake, by Tony Harrison, of the fragmentary text of a satyr play by Sophocles into a comedy for our times, incorporating into the action the two Edwardian papyrologists who discovered the original. This edition contains the text as it was performed in Delphi and at the National Theatre. see all copies from $4.23!
7	Crossings: Nietzsche and the Space of Tragedy more books like this by John Sallis add to wishlist Boldly contesting recent scholarship, Sallis argues that The Birth of Tragedy is a rethinking of art at the limit of metaphysics. His close reading focuses on the complexity of the Apollinian/Dionysian dyad and on the crossing of these basic art impulses in tragedy. "Sallis effectively calls into question some commonly accepted and simplistic ... see all copies from $15.70! new only from $24.89! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Have You Been to Delphi: Tales of the Ancient Oracle for Modern Minds more books like this by Roger Lipsey, Lobsang Phuntshok Lhalungpa (Afterword by) add to wishlist see all copies from $11.21! new only from $23.95! \| SVS
9	The Theatre of Apollo: Divine Justice and Sophocles' Oedipus the King more books like this by R. Drew Griffith add to wishlist Literary critics have consistently marginalized the role of Apollo in Sophocles' "Oedipus the King": some declare him to be inscrutable, others ignore him, and still others deny his existence altogether. In defiance of this long-standing critical consensus, this study offers a new interpretation of the play by arguing that Apollo brings about ... see all copies from $13.75! new only from $39.95!
10	Apollo more books like this by Professor Fritz Graf add to wishlist Fritz Graf here presents a survey of a god once thought of as the most powerful of gods, and capable of great wrath should he be crossed: Apollo the sun god. From his first attestations in Homer, through the complex question of pre-Homeric Apollo, to the opposition between Apollo and Dionysos in nineteenth and twentieth-century thinking, Graf ... see all copies from $26.46! new only from $26.46!
11	The Golden God: 2apollo more books like this by Doris Gates, C Coconis (Illustrator) add to wishlist Retells the Greek myths in which Apollo plays a major role, including that of his birth and the tales of Daphne and Phaethon. see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12	The Golden God: Apollo more books like this by Doris Gates, Constantine Coconis (Illustrator) add to wishlist Retells the myths surrounding the figure of Apollo, the Greek god of medicine and music, protector of flocks and voyagers, the most feared and best loved of all the gods on Mount Olympus. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
13	The Excavation of the Shrine of Apollo at Nettleton, Wiltshire, 1956-1971 more books like this by W J Wedlake add to wishlist see all copies from $8.80! new only from $100.46! \| first editions
14	Pindar's Paeans: A Reading of the Fragments with a Survey of the Genre more books like this by Ian Rutherford, Pindar add to wishlist The paean, or sacred hymn to Apollo, had a central place in the song-dance culture of classical Greece. The most celebrated examples of the genre in antiquity were Pindar's paeans, which became known to scholars in this century thanks to the discovery of papyrus fragments, some published as recently as 1989. Long overdue, this book offers the ... see all copies from $216.45! new only from $216.45! \| SVS
15	Converging Truths Converging Truths: Euripides' Ion and the Athenian Quest for Self-Definition Euripides' Ion and the Athenian Quest for Self-Definition more books like this by Katerina Zacharia add to wishlist This is a study of the "Ion" of Euripides. Produced in a period of intense political crisis at Athens in 412 BC, this play went to the heart of Athenian self-perception but also highlighted the violent divine grace of Apollo, the intense emotional suffering of Kreousa, and Ion's insistent search for truth despite divine concealment. Informed by ... see all copies from $85.00! new only from $85.65! \| first editions
16 view cover	Apollo more books like this by Tamra Orr add to wishlist see all copies from $27.11! new only from $27.11! \| SVS
17 view cover	Delphic Oracle: Its Early History, Influence and Fall more books like this by T Dempsey add to wishlist No other treatise covers the same ground and presents the chief facts in such a convenient and trustworthy a form. The Oracle at Delphi has been a source of wonder and interest for more than a thousand years due to its amazing power to sway the peoples of ancient worlds, its strange phenomena and its constant intervention in matters important to ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $18.69! \| SVS
18 view cover	Hermes tricks the gods ; Two loves of Apollo ; Halcyon days more books like this by Geraldine McCaughrean, Tony Ross add to wishlist These powerful and drama-packed retellings feature a host of well-known Greek gods and goddesses, magically brought to life by Tony Ross's lively illustrations. Hermes Tricks the Gods/Two Loves of Apollo/Halcyone Days: Jokey little Hermes brings a smile to everyone's face. But it's destined to all end in tears for Apollo and the love-struck ... see all copies from $5.90!
19 view cover	The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus: The Delphi Text 1988 more books like this by Tony Harrison add to wishlist see all copies from $11.99! signed copies \| first editions
20	Apollo: Origins and Influences more books like this by Prof. Jon Solomon add to wishlist see all copies from $43.47!
21	Apollo: The Wind, the Spirit, and the God: Four Studies more books like this by Jon Solomon (Translator), Karl Kerenyi add to wishlist see all copies from $60.52!
22	Apollo the Wolf-God more books like this by Daniel E Gershenson add to wishlist see all copies from $42.30! new only from $42.30!
23	Psychoanalytic Study of the Myth of Dionysus & Apollo: Two Variants of the Son-Mother Relationship more books like this by Helene Deutsch add to wishlist see all copies from $15.00! first editions
24 view cover	Pindar's Mythmaking: The Fourth Pythian Ode more books like this by Charles Segal add to wishlist Combining historical and philological method with contemporary literary analysis, this study of Pindar's longest and most elaborate victory ode, the Fourth Pythian, traces the underlying mythical patterns, implicit poetics, and processes of mythopoesis that animate his poetry. see all copies from $68.24! signed copies
25	Apollon Le Couteau a la Main: Une Approche Experimentale Du Polytheisme Grec more books like this by Marcel Detienne add to wishlist see all copies from $82.90! new only from $82.90!

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