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Bacchus : A Biography
by Dalby, Andrew & Grainger, Sally
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0714122424
- ISBN 13
- 9780714122427
- Seller
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ELY, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: British Museum Press,. Very Good/Very Good. 2003. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo 0714122424 Dust jacket complete, unclipped price on flap. Original black cloth with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. Colour plates. 166 pages clean and tight. This is the life story of the wine god Bacchus-seducer, magician, and merrymaker-as never told before. Tales of his bizarre birth from a womb fashioned in his father Zeus's thigh led to even stranger stories, passed down through generations of dramatists, poets, storytellers, and historians. Bacchus is best remembered, however, for his gift of wine to humanity. With it he brought not only pleasure but also savagery and death. Pentheus, for example, was torn apart at the hands of his own mother and her fellow Maenads in the midst of a Bacchic frenzy. In this highly enjoyable biography, Andrew Dalby weaves together these and other intriguing episodes from Bacchus's life-from his youth spent on Mount Nysa among nymphs and satyrs to his relentless pursuit by the goddess Hera to Bacchus's many amorous exploits-bringing the wild and powerful wine god to life. .
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- Bookseller
- CHARLES BOSSOM (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 145988
- Title
- Bacchus : A Biography
- Author
- Dalby, Andrew & Grainger, Sally
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good/Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0714122424
- ISBN 13
- 9780714122427
- Publisher
- British Museum Press,
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2003
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CHARLES BOSSOM
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ELY, Cambridgeshire
About CHARLES BOSSOM
Charles Bossom has worked in the Book Trade since 1963, commencing at WH Smith Oxford and retiring in 1999 as Regional Manager Central England. The Charles Bossom bookselling business was started in early 2000. We offer a changing selection of old and out-of-print books in a wide range of subjects. We frequently add new items to our stock so visit us regularly.
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