Money as God?: The Monetization of the Market and its Impact on Religion, Politics, Law, and Ethics
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The nature of money and its impact on society has long interested scholars of economics, history,...
Pilgrimage for a New Age: Ancient Sites, New Meanings
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The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Mediterranean Religions
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In antiquity, the Mediterranean region was linked by sea and land routes that facilitated the spread...
Interpreting the Images of Greek Myths: An Introduction
Klaus Junker, Annemarie Kunzl-Snodgrass and Anthony Snodgrass
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From the age of Homer until late antiquity the culture of ancient Greece and Rome was permeated by...
Architecture of the Ancient Greek Theatre
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ClareR (5726 KP) rated The Figurine in Books
Nov 20, 2023
As she gets older, Helena goes to university, meets a man who convinces her to go on archaeological digs on Greek Islands, and she then discovers antiques in her grandparents flat after their deaths - antiques that should not be owned by a private collector at all. These antiques are not acquired under legitimate means, and just how they were acquired soon becomes very clear to Helena. With the help of some Greek friends she is able to start the process of returning the valuable antiques to their rightful owners - the Greek people.
There is still the matter of a dodgy, antique smuggling boyfriend to deal with, and to do so involves the help of friends in London. So this story goes between London and Greece - and believe me when I say that Greece is painted in a much more favourable light than London. Everything seems grey and cold in London, and Greece is all sunshine and warmth. I know where I would rather be.
I love how Hislop writes about Greece: she’s clearly a Hellenophile, and why wouldn’t she be?! It’s a beautiful country. And when the matter of an ancient figurine comes up (that of the title of the book), we see how important even the smallest piece of Greece’s history is to the country as a whole.
Another gorgeous book from Victoria Hislop - a good one to read during the dull winter months that we have coming our way!
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