Seven Against Thebes

<p><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Seven Against Thebes was </em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>one of the most important myths of antiquity: in </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Iliad </em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Agamemnon and Diomedes talked about its heroes as their unattainable ideals. For the next two thousand years it was the subject of countless artistic depictions poems and dramatic works. Here one of Europe's best-selling authors of books on antiquity introduces the myth its roots in the Bronze Age its historical traces and interpretations the literature it has given rise to and its impact on the subsequent generations of Greeks and Romans. Finally he invites us to consider the role of myth in our own lives.</span></p><p><br></p><p>Aleksander Krawczuk's delightful books on Greece and Rome have shaped three generations of antique lovers in Europe. Reading this author feels like taking part in a pleasant conversation after a nice dinner by the fireside with a glass of sherry in hand. His topics are important and may seem forbidding but the good professor finds a way to talk about them in an unassuming way <em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>without </em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>dumbing them down in the process.</span></p><p><br></p><p>Pick up a copy today and escape into intelligent pleasure.</p>