Folklore, Mythology from Lux Libri

Boston: David R. Godine, (2003.) 1st edition. Signed by the author on the half-title in gold ink. A verse novel that imagines new events after The Odyssey by Homer. Odysseus returns home and learns two startling things from Penelope: He fathered twin daughters before he left 20 years earlier, and his faithful wife is now ready to set off on… Read more about this item

Milano: Adelphi Edizione, (2009.) Signed, limited edition of 500 copies; this is no. 380. Signed by Roberto Calasso on the limitation page. Also signed and dated by him on the title page with a brief inscription "for Paul / a forest of images / Roberto." A special edition of Calasso's masterwork. A brilliant retelling of the Greek myths for a… Read more about this item

Chicago: Argonaut, Inc., 1969. An "unchanged reprint" of the original 1901 publication. A study of religious beliefs in ancient Rome and the genesis of the Great Mother goddess cult during the reign of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (535-496 BC.) A scholarly study of the rise of the cult, its ultimate decline and fall. Includes discussions of paganism, the prophecies of… Read more about this item