The Gates Of Tartarus

Download or read book The Gates of Tartarus written by Jocelyn Yu and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-23 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Prove you're an Olympian, and I'll listen."Hermes held out his hand. The air shimmered, before a staff burst into existence. And I mean literally burst into existence. But it wasn't exactly a staff.It was a Caduceus, the famed symbol of Hermes.* * *On her eighteenth birthday, Eden Hills gets a surprise visit from someone she would expect the least. Or, at least, from someone she never knew existed. Never knew could exist.Soon, she finds herself in a world that she, in all her years alive, never thought she would be in, but that's the least of her worries. People who want her dead, namely enemies and monsters, are out for her blood. Her past is catching up to her, and she isn't sure what she should do when it finally does.The only problem is, she can't quite remember her past....

Download or read book The Formation of Hell written by Alan E. Bernstein and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What becomes of the wicked? Hell—exile from God, subjection to fire, worms, and darkness—for centuries the idea has shaped the dread of malefactors, the solace of victims, and the deterrence of believers. Although we may associate the notion of hell with Christian beliefs, its gradual emergence depended on conflicting notions that pervaded the Mediterranean world more than a millennium before the birth of Christ. Asking just why and how belief in hell arose, Alan E. Bernstein takes us back to those times and offers us a comparative view of the philosophy, poetry, folklore, myth, and theology of that formative age.Bernstein draws on sources from ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, and Israel, as well as early Christian writings through Augustine, in order to reconstruct the story of the prophets, priests, poets, and charismatic leaders who fashioned concepts of hell from an array of perspectives on death and justice. The author traces hell's formation through close readings of works including the epics of Homer and Vergil, the satires of Lucian, the dialogues of Plato and Plutarch, the legends of Enoch, the confessions of the Psalms, the prophecies of Isaiah, Ezechiel, and Daniel, and the parables of Jesus. Reenacting lively debates about the nature of hell among the common people and the elites of diverse religious traditions, he provides new insight into the social implications and the psychological consequences of different visions of the afterlife.This superb account of a central image in Western culture will captivate readers interested in history, mythology, literature, psychology, philosophy, and religion.

Download or read book Without Rest written by Daniel Strasel and published by Daniel Strasel. This book was released on 2020-09-21 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tale of love and madness. When he confronts the truth, a lovesick god has all of his dreams turned into nightmares. In a moment of passion, a lovesick god willingly fails and breaks the divine law. Desperate to nourish and cultivate his renegade love, he searches for the answers to the questions on his heart. Told that he must go to the darkest place in all creation, and that only there will he gain what he needs in order to succeed, he does not hesitate in beginning his dread adventure. When he later finds himself in such a place, he does indeed achieve the means to win his love forever…although he did not fully understand the cost. In the mortal realm, an unlikely group of would-be heroes find themselves hunted by powers they cannot possibly hope to overcome. Captured and taken to a place where sanity is a commodity, they keep their spirits high by helping those around them as they look for a missing companion. While they are searching, they discover—much to their surprise—that they are in the middle of a secret fight amongst the gods. In the end, love is both triumphant and forsaken in this charming, yet mordant tale of gods and heroes.

Download or read book The Sunday Sermons of the Great Fathers written by M. F. Toal and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Opera written by Virgil and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The lost Goddess and her mysterious Alpha written by lovelyfan and published by Singapore New Reading Technology Pte Ltd. This book was released on with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Hmm... Rhea, is it? Nice name.” I froze as I heard the husky voice, and I felt tremors running down my spine. I slowly raised my head and met the bluest eyes I had ever seen... Bluer than the ocean… So blue that they seemed to twinkle like twin pools of sapphire. I ran my eyes over his entire figure. He was wearing a suit but didn’t look like the typical businessmen. For one thing, he was not clean shaved, and had a five o’clock shadow on his face. And I couldn’t figure out if his hair was stylishly messed up, or he just didn’t bother to do anything with it at all. Either way, it looked good. Too good! And those lips.. I was brought out of my fantasies when those oh so kissable lips turned up into a smirk. Uh huh! I bit my lips, trying to bring myself out of the lust-filled haze I was falling into. There was just something about him, something so magnetic that I was losing all control of my thoughts. There seemed to be an aura of power and danger surrounding him. If I didn’t know any better, the one word I would say was ‘otherworldly’... but I knew better and just stopped myself in time from uttering the words ‘What are you?’. ------------------- From the day she woke up without memories two years ago, Rhea had always thought she was a normal human girl. What happens when she realises she was never a human, but a goddess? Suddenly her once boring life becomes all too exciting when she finds herself in the middle of Gods, demons, and a mysterious wolf protector. Add a handsome stranger whom she can’t seem to get her mind away from, Rhea is in for a lot more than she bargained for...

Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Hell written by Miriam Van Scott and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1999-11-30 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of Hell covers the underworld from Dante's Inferno to Gary Larson's "Far Side" cartoons, and includes everything in between. This book offers depictions of Hell from film, television, music, classic literature, religion, visions, contemporary fiction, myth, theater, scholarly works, and art. The first of its kind, this book is an information catalog which provides diverse interpretations of the world to come, as well as lively and entertaining depictions of what possibly awaits us. All in all, it is one hell of a book. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.