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The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony
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by Roberto Calasso,
Translated by Tim Parks
Random House, Inc
Due/Published
January 1994, 416 pages,
paper
ISBN
0679733485
Presenting the stories of Zeus and Europa, Theseus and Ariadne, the birth of Athens and the fall of Troy, in all their variants, Calasso also uncovers the distant origins of secrets and tragedy, virginity, and rape. "A perfect work like no other. (Calasso) has re-created . . . the morning of our world."—Gore Vidal. 15 engravings. |
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