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The volume collects five short stories that sketch everyday life in ancient Greece, using mythic motifs and historical customs to illuminate personal choices and social institutions. Episodes range from abduction and prophetic omens to purification rites, clandestine societies, piracy and maritime danger, and the struggles of artists and litigants. Each tale emphasizes atmospheric detail and moral ambiguity rather than sweeping historical narrative, presenting characters whose fortunes turn by rumor, ritual, or chance and portraying civic practices, religious beliefs, and interpersonal loyalties woven into the texture of classical communities.

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Title: Pictures of Hellas: Five Tales of Ancient Greece

Author: Peder Mariager

Translator: Mary J. Safford

Release date: April 6, 2018 [eBook #56929]

Language: English

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Pictures of Hellas
FIVE TALES OF ANCIENT GREECE

BY
PEDER MARIAGER

TRANSLATED FROM THE DANISH
BY
MARY J. SAFFORD

NEW YORK
WILLIAM S. GOTTSBERGER, PUBLISHER
11 MURRAY STREET
1888


Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1888
By WILLIAM S. GOTTSBERGER
in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington