The Essential Pocket Guide.
The Essential Pocket Guide.
How many Muses are there? Who were the original twelve Titans? Why is Zeus (Jupiter) associated with power stations, and Poseidon (Neptune) with salt-cellars? Who were Aphrodite's (Venus') handmaidens? In this beautiful little book, packed with helpful details and rare early illustrations, picture-researcher Philippa Lewis reveals the fabulous deities of the Classical world, their colourful characters, memorable stories and visual attributes, showing how the immortals live on even today.
Winner of 1st Prize (Best Series) - New York Book Show 2007
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Philippa Lewis is a writer, photographer and picture editor. She is the author of A Dictionary of Ornament; A Guide to House Design in Britain; Everything you can do in the Garden without Actually Gardening: Everyman's Castle; as well as Portals (in this series). She divides her time between Paris and the Orkneys.
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