Le livre de référence de la tradition et de la mythologie celtes par l'un des grands spécialistes de l'histoire des civilisations, auteur notamment des Mythes grecs et de La Toison d'or. Un livre de référence qui restitue la magie, la fécondité et la permanence d'une civilisation dont l'occident est en grande partie issu. Le Styx, la Déesse blanche, la Triple Muse, les Sept Piliers, l'Alphabet des arbres... la mythologie celte est un vivier dans lequel les civilisations postérieures ont largement puisé. Si l'on savait qu'il existait une réalité mythologique, on apprend, grâce à Robert Graves, que cette réalité, loin d'être tarie, irrigue toujours notre pensée et nourrit notre avenir.

Les mythes celtes - La Déesse blanche

Continuing the saga begun in I, Claudius, Robert Graves''s Claudius the God is a compelling fictional autobiography of the Roman emperor, published with an introduction by Barry Unsworth in Penguin Modern Classics.br>br>Claudius has survived the murderous intrigues of his predecessors to become, reluctantly, Emperor of Rome. Here he recounts his surprisingly successful reign: how he cultivates the loyalty of the army and the common people to repair the damage caused by Caligula; his relations with the Jewish King Herod Agrippa; and his invasion of Britain. But the growing paranoia of absolute power and the infidelity of his promiscuous young wife Messalina mean that his good fortune will not last forever. In this second part of Robert Graves''s fictionalized autobiography, Claudius - wry, rueful, always inquisitive - brings to life some of the most scandalous and violent times in history.br>br>If you enjoyed Claudius the God, you might like Marguerite Yourcenar''s Memoirs of Hadrian, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.br>br>''I, Claudius and Claudius the God are an imaginative and hugely readable account of the early decades of the Roman Empire ... racy, inventive, often comic''br>Daily Telegraphbr>br>''One of the really remarkable books of our day, a novel of learning and imagination, fortunately conceived and brilliantly executed'' br>The New York Timesbr>br>''Graves made Roman history funny and familiar''br>Guardian>

Claudius the god

The Chapters are: VOLUME I: BEGINNINGS: The Pelasgian Creation Myth; The Homeric and Orphic Creation Myths; The Olympian Creation Myth; Two Philosophical Creation Myths; The Five Ages of Man; The Castration of Uranus; The Dethronement of Cronus; The Birth of Athene; Zeus and Metis; The Fates; The Birth of Aphrodite; Hera and Her Children; Zeus and Hera; Births of Hermes, Apollo, Artemis and Dionysus; The Birth of Eros. STORIES OF THE GODS: Poseidon's Nature and Deeds; Hermes's Nature and Deeds; Aphtodite's Nature and Deeds; Ares's Nature and Deeds; Hestia's Nature and Deeds; Apollo's Nature and Deeds; Artemis's Nature and Deeds; Hephaestus's Nature and Deeds; Demeter's Nature and Deeds; Athene's Nature and Deeds; Pan's Nature and Deeds; Dionysus's Nature and Deeds. SKY SEA AND UNDERWORLD: Orpheus; Ganymedes; Zagreus; The Gods of the Underworld; Tyche and Nemesis; The Children of the Sea; The Children of Echidne. REVOLTS AGAINST THE GODS: The Giants' Revolt; Typhon; The Aloeids; Deucalion's Flood; Atlas and Prometheus. HEROES GODS AND MORTALS: Eos; Orion; Helius; The Sons of Hellen; Ion; Alcyone and Ceryx; Tereus; Erechtheus and Eumolpus; Boreas; Alope; Asclepius; The Oracles; The Alphabet; The Dactyls; The Telchines; The Empusae; Io; Phoroneus; Europe and Cadmus; Cadmus and Harmonia; Belus and the Danaids; Lamia; Leda; Ixion; Endymion; Pygmalion and Galatea; Aeacus; Sisyphus; Salmoneus and Tyro; Alcestis; Athamas; The Mares of Glaucus; Melampus; Perseus; The Rival Twins; Bellerophon; Antiope; Niobe; Caenis and Caeneus; Erigone; The Calydonian Boar; Telamon and Peleus; Aristaeus; Midas; Cleobis and Biton; Narcissus; Phyllis and Carya; Arion. CRETE AND THESEUS: Minos and his Brothers; The Loves of Minos; The Children of Pasiphae; Scylla and Nisus; Daedalus and Talos; Catreus and Althaemenes; The Sons of Pandion; The Birth of Theseus; The Labours of Theseus; Theseus and Medea; Theseur in Crete; The Federalisation of Attica; Theseus and the Amazons; Phaedra and Hippolytus; Lapiths and Centaurs; Theseus in Tartarus; and The Death of Theseus. VOLUME II: THEBES: Oedipus; The Seven against Thebes; The Epigoni. ARGOS: Tantalus; Pelops and Oenomaus; The Children of Pelops; Atreus and Thyestes; Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra; The Vengeance of Orestes; The Trial of Orestes; The Pacification of the Erinnyes; Iphigeneia among the Taurians; The Reign of Orestes. HERACLES: The Birth of Heracles; The Youth of Heracles; The Daughters of Thespius; Eginus; The Madness of Heracles; The First Labour: The Nemean Lion; The Second Labour: The Lernaean Hydra; The Third Labour: The Ceryneian Hind; The Fourth Labour: The Erymanthian Boar; The Fifth Labour: The Stables of Augeias; The Sixth Labour: The Stymphalian Birds; The Seventh Labour: The Cretan Bull; The Eighth Labour: The Mares of Diomedes; The Ninth Labour: Hippolyte's Girdle; The Tenth Labour: The Cattle of Geryon; The Eleventh Labour: The Apples of the Hesperides; The Twelfth Labour: The Capture of Cerberus; The Murder of Iphitus; Omphale; Hesione; The Conquest of Elis; The Capture of Pylus; The Sons of Hippocoon; Auge; Deianeira; Heracles in Trachis; Iole; The Apotheosis of Heracles; The Children of Heracles; Linus. JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS: The Arognauts Assemble; The Lemnian Women and King Cyzicus; Hylas, Amycus and Phineus; From the Symplegades to Colchis; The Seizure of the Fleece; The Murder of Apsyrtus; The Argo Returns to Greece; The Death of Pelias; Medea at Ephyra; Medea in Exile. THE TROJAN WAR: The Foundation of Troy; Paris and Helen; The First Gathering at Aulis; The Second Gathering at Aulis; Nine Years of War; The Wrath of Achilles; The Death of Achilles; The Ma.

Les Mythes Grecs 2

Poète, essayiste et romancier, Robert Graves (1895-1985) présente ici près de deux cents mythes qui vont de la création de l'Olympe et la vie de ses dieux jusqu'aux aventures de l'Iliade et de l'Odyssée. Ce n'est pas une oeuvre d'érudition et encore moins un manuel scolaire, mais une recréation de la mythologie par un poète qui explique et interprète les légendes classiques à la lumière des connaissances archéologiques et anthropologiques actuelles.
Cette somme, publiée pour la première fois en 1958, s'est imposée au fil des décennies comme l'un des livres de référence les plus suggestifs et les plus stimulants pour une relecture moderne des « fables antiques ».
Tous les éléments du mythe sont réunis et présentés avec art, et maintes variantes y sont jointes pour aider à sa compréhension tant rituelle qu'historique. De nombreuses références aux sources classiques, des explications pertinentes rendent ce livre aussi précieux à l'érudit qu'à tout lecteur attiré par une mythologie riche de signification. Enfin, une abondante iconographie, provenant essentiellement des époques archaïque et classique, offre au lecteur d'aujourd'hui une représentation tout à la fois vivante et fidèle des épisodes les plus saisissants.
Cette édition comporte 255 illustrations en couleurs.

Les Mythes grecs

L'histoire de la vie de Jésus que nous connaissons tous ne fut peut-être pas seulement celle de l'avènement d'une nouvelle religion. Le royaume des cieux étant aussi terrestre, l'épopée du Christ fut tout autant mystique que politique, marquée par le conflit pour l'accession au trône du royaume de Judée et la lutte contre l'occupant romain. C'est cette version controversée, qui marie christianisme et paganisme, que nous propose le grand écrivain Robert Graves dans ce roman historique et érudit où la relecture des grands mythes originels s'unit au climat des tragédies antiques pour nous offrir une expérience littéraire unique.

King Jesus

King Jesus is one of the most controversial historical novels of all time. In it, Robert Graves has summoned his superb narrative powers, his painstaking scholarship, his wit & unsurpassed ability to recreate the past, to produce a magnificant portrayal of the life of Christ on earth. "This is the history of the wonder-worker Jesus, rightful heir-at-law to the dominions of Herod, King of the Jews, who in the fifteenth year of the Emperor Tiberius was sentenced to death by Pontius Pilate. Not the least wonderful of his feats was that, though certified dead, & laid in a tomb, he returned three days later...King Jesus (for he was entitled to be so addressed) is now worshipped as a god by a sect known as the Gentile Christians." So begins Agabus, an Alexandria scholar writing toward the end of the 1st century AD. "Superb narrative powers, painstaking scholarship, wit & imagination guarantee that this fictional portrayal of the life of Christ will be not only magnificent but controversial."--Book of the Month Editorial Review Board

Lawrence et les Arabes...

The White Goddess is perhaps the finest of Robert Graves's works on the psychological and mythological sources of poetry. In this tapestry of poetic and religious scholarship, Graves explores the stories behind the earliest of European deitiesâ€”the White Goddess of Birth, Love, and Deathâ€”who was worshipped under countless titles. He also uncovers the obscure and mysterious power of "pure poetry" and its peculiar and mythic language.

Les mythes celtes - La Déesse blanche

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