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Item specifics
- Condition
- Like New
- Seller Notes
- “Very good copy with clean pages and a sturdy bindings. Minimal signs of use.”
- ISBN
- 9780691001043
- Subject Area
- Nature, Social Science, History
- Publication Name
- Gardens of Adonis : Spices in Greek Mythology-Second Edition
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Subject
- Plants / General, Ancient / Greece, Folklore & Mythology
- Publication Year
- 1994
- Series
- Mythos: the Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Item Weight
- 11 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691001049
ISBN-13
9780691001043
eBay Product ID (ePID)
683554
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Gardens of Adonis : Spices in Greek Mythology-Second Edition
Subject
Plants / General, Ancient / Greece, Folklore & Mythology
Publication Year
1994
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Nature, Social Science, History
Series
Mythos: the Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
11 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number
2
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
93-005590
Dewey Edition
18
TitleLeading
The
Series Volume Number
66
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
292/.1/3
Edition Description
Reprint,Revised edition
Table Of Content
(Each chapter ends with Summary, Review Exercises, and Test Chapter.) 1. Introduction to Algebra: Signed Numbers. Place Value. Introduction to Signed Numbers. Adding Integers. Subtracting Integers. Problem Solving: Rounding and Estimating. Multiplying Integers. Dividing Integers. Exponents and Order of Operations. 2. Understanding Variables and Solving Equations. Introduction to Variables. Simplifying Expressions. Problem Solving Techniques: Equations Using Addition. Problem Solving Techniques: Equations Using Division. Problem Solving Techniques: Equations with Several Steps. Cumulative Review Chapters 1-2. 3. Solving Application Problems. Perimeter. Area. Application Problems with One Unknown Quantity. Application Problems with Two Unknown Quantities. Cumulative Review Chapters 1-3. 4. Rational Numbers: Positive and Negative Fractions. Introduction to Positive and Negative Fractions. Writing Fractions in Lowest Terms. Multiplying and Dividing Signed Fractions. Adding and Subtracting Signed Fractions. Problem Solving: Mixed Numbers and Estimating. Exponents, Order of Operations, and Complex Fractions. Problem Solving: Equations Containing Fractions. Geometry Applications: Area and Volume. Cumulative Review Chapters 1-4. 5. Positive and Negative Decimal Numbers. Reading and Writing Decimal Numbers. Rounding Decimal Numbers. Adding and Subtracting Decimal Numbers. Multiplying Decimal Numbers. Dividing Decimal Numbers and Order of Operations. Fractions and Decimals. Introduction to Statistics: Mean, Median, Mode. Geometry Applications: Pythagorean Theorem. Problem Solving: Equations Containing Decimals. More Geometry Applications: Circles, Cylinders, and Cones. Cumulative Review Chapters 1-5. 6. Ratio and Proportion. Ratios. Rates. Proportions. Problem Solving with Proportions. Geometry Applications: Similar Triangles. Cumulative Review Chapters 1-6. 7. Percent. Basics of Percent. The Percent Proportions. The Percent Equation. Problem Solving with Percent. Consumer Applications: Sales Tax, Tips, and Discounts. Problem Solving: Simple and Compound Interest. Cumulative Review Chapters 1-7. 8. Measurement. The English System. The Metric System-Length. The Metric System-Capacity and Mass (Weight). Problem Solving with Metric Measurement. Metric-English Conversions and Temperature Formulas. Cumulative Review Chapters 1-8. 9. Graphs. Reading and Constructing Circle Graphs. Bar Graphs and Line Graphs. The Rectangular Coordinate System. Graphing Linear Equations. Cumulative Review Chapters 1-9. R. Whole Numbers Review. Diagnostic Test. R.1 Addition of Whole Numbers. R.2 Subtraction of Whole Numbers. R.3 Multiplications of Whole Numbers. R.4 Division of Whole Numbers. Appendixes. Review of Lines and Angles. Inductive and Deductive Reasoning. Answers to Selected Exercises.
Synopsis
Rich with implications for the history of sexuality, gender issues, and patterns of Hellenic literary imagining, Marcel Detienne's landmark book recasts long-standing ideas about the fertility myth of Adonis. The author challenges Sir James Frazer's thesis that the vegetation god Adonis-- whose premature death was mourned by women and whose resurrection marked a joyous occasion--represented the annual cycle of growth and decay in agriculture. Using the analytic tools of structuralism, Detienne shows instead that the festivals of Adonis depict a seductive but impotent and fruitless deity--whose physical ineptitude led to his death in a boar hunt, after which his body was found in a lettuce patch. Contrasting the festivals of Adonis with the solemn ones dedicated to Demeter, the goddess of grain, he reveals the former as a parody and negation of the institution of marriage. Detienne considers the short-lived gardens that Athenian women planted in mockery for Adonis's festival, and explores the function of such vegetal matter as spices, mint, myrrh, cereal, and wet plants in religious practice and in a wide selection of myths. His inquiry exposes, among many things, attitudes toward sexual activities ranging from "perverse" acts to marital relations., Rich with implications for the history of sexuality, gender issues, and patterns of Hellenic literary imagining, Marcel Detienne's landmark book recasts long-standing ideas about the fertility myth of Adonis. The author challenges Sir James Frazer's thesis that the vegetation god Adonis-- whose premature death was mourned by women and whose resurrection marked a joyous occasion--represented the annual cycle of growth and decay in agriculture. Using the analytic tools of structuralism, Detienne shows instead that the festivals of Adonis depict a seductive but impotent and fruitless deity--whose physical ineptitude led to his death in a boar hunt, after which his body was found in a lettuce patch. Contrasting the festivals of Adonis with the solemn ones dedicated to Demeter, the goddess of grain, he reveals the former as a parody and negation of the institution of marriage. Detienne considers the short-lived gardens that Athenian women planted in mockery for Adonis's festival, and explores the function of such vegetal matter as spices, mint, myrrh, cereal, and wet plants in religious practice and in a wide selection of myths.His inquiry exposes, among many things, attitudes toward sexual activities ranging from "perverse" acts to marital relations., Recasts various ideas about the fertility myth of Adonis. This book challenges Sir James Frazer's thesis that the vegetation god Adonis represented the annual cycle of growth and decay in agriculture. It uses the analytic tools of structuralism and shows instead that the festivals of Adonis depict a seductive but impotent and fruitless deity.
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