KADMOS THE PHOENICIAN A Study in Greek Legends and the Mycenaean Age Tapa blanda - 1979

Amsterdam: Adolf M. Hakkert, 1979. 1st Edition . Very Good. 6 x 8.75 inches (15 x 22 cm). Signed by Author. Maroon card wraps. Fading and very slight creasing to spine. Small bump to head of spine. From the private collection of renowned British archaeologist Sinclair Hood. Inscribed to Hood by Edwards on the half title page: 'Sinclair, with every good wish, Ruth.' Hood's occasional pencilled margin markings, text is otherwise very clean throughout. Scarce. . Overall condition is Very Good. ISBN: 9025607969. Size: 6 x 8.75 inches (15 x 22 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: xiii, 265

Amsterdam: Adolf M.Hakkert, 1979.. 1st edition. "What relationship, if any, do the stories preserved in ancient Greek legendary traditions have to real events and circumstances of the periods and places to which they ostensibly refer?...The present book set out to study the development and interpretation of a substantial group of Greek legends associated with one well-known figure, who was said to have originated in the East. It is intended that it should be of interest to oriental specialists as well as to classicists, prehistorians and students of mythology." Based on the author's Ph.D thesis (Greek Legends and the Mycenaean Age, 1968). Pp.xiv/265, 3 maps, signed by the author "With many thanks for your help, & every good wish. Ruth" to half-title page, very clean throughout. Paperback, fading to spine and spine edges. Scarce. VG.

Adolf M. Hakkert. Very Good+. 1979. Softcover. 9025607969 . Very light shelfwear else Fine. Textblock is foxed. ; 265 pages; What relationship, if any, do the stories preserved in ancient Greek legendary traditions have to real events and circumstances of the periods and places to which they ostensibly refer? A wide range of answers to this question is to be found in the works of both popular and scholarly writers, not only where it has been debated explicitly but also -and more frequently- where some kind of answer seems to be presupposed in the course of their general discussions of Greek literature and history. The present book sets out to study the development and interpretation of a substantial group of Greek legends associated with one well-known figure, who was said to have originated in the East. .