{"product_id":"9781607788775","title":"Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome: ILLUSTRATED","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe want of an interesting work on Greek and Roman mythology, suitable for \u003cbr\u003ethe requirements of both boys and girls, has long been recognized by the \u003cbr\u003eprincipals of our advanced schools. The study of the classics themselves, even \u003cbr\u003ewhere the attainments of the pupil have rendered this feasible, has not been \u003cbr\u003efound altogether successful in giving to the student a clear and succinct idea \u003cbr\u003eof the religious beliefs of the ancients, and it has been suggested that a work \u003cbr\u003ewhich would so deal with the subject as to render it at once interesting and \u003cbr\u003einstructive would be hailed as a valuable introduction to the study of classic \u003cbr\u003eauthors, and would be found to assist materially the labours of both master and \u003cbr\u003epupil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn endeavouring to supply this want I have sought to place before the reader \u003cbr\u003ea lifelike picture of the deities of classical times as they were conceived and \u003cbr\u003eworshipped by the ancients themselves, and thereby to awaken in the minds of \u003cbr\u003eyoung students a desire to become more intimately acquainted with the noble \u003cbr\u003eproductions of classical antiquity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt has been my aim to render the Legends, which form the second portion of \u003cbr\u003ethe work, a picture, as it were, of old Greek life; its customs, its \u003cbr\u003esuperstitions, and its princely hospitalities, for which reason they are given \u003cbr\u003eat somewhat greater length than is usual in works of the kind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a chapter devoted to the purpose some interesting particulars have been \u003cbr\u003ecollected respecting the public worship of the ancient Greeks and Romans (more \u003cbr\u003eespecially of the former), to which is subjoined an account of their principal \u003cbr\u003efestivals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI may add that no pains have been spared in order that, without passing over \u003cbr\u003edetails the omission of which would have marred the completeness of the work, \u003cbr\u003enot a single passage should be found which could possibly offend the most \u003cbr\u003escrupulous delicacy; and also that I have purposely treated the subject with \u003cbr\u003ethat reverence which I consider due to every religious system, however \u003cbr\u003eerroneous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is hardly necessary to dwell upon the importance of the study of \u003cbr\u003eMythology: our poems, our novels, and even our daily journals teem with \u003cbr\u003eclassical allusions; nor can a visit to our art galleries and museums be fully \u003cbr\u003eenjoyed without something more than a mere superficial knowledge of a subject \u003cbr\u003ewhich has in all ages inspired painters, sculptors, and poets. It therefore only \u003cbr\u003eremains for me to express a hope that my little work may prove useful, not only \u003cbr\u003eto teachers and scholars, but also to a large class of general readers, who, in \u003cbr\u003ewhiling away a leisure hour, may derive some pleasure and profit from its \u003cbr\u003eperusal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Excerpted from \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eTHE Myths and Legends OF ANCIENT GREECE AND \u003cbr\u003eROME\u003cbr\u003eby \u003c\/em\u003eE. M. BERENS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MobileReference","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47129900515568,"sku":"9781607788775","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781607788775_p0.jpg?v=1763834285","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781607788775","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}