Home of Nymphs and Vampires: The Isles of Greece [Paperback]

Paperback: 348 pages
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing (March 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0766141756
ISBN-13: 978-0766141759
Product Dimensions: 27.9 x 21 x 1.8 cm
Shipping Weight: 785 g

George Horton (Author)

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Book Description

Publication Date: March 2003

1929. The author selected several of the inhabited Greek islands for this work based on account of their importance in history or literature, some as representatives of groups, and one or two on account of still existing primitive conditions. Contents: Tinos; wonder working icon of Tinos; Mykonos; folklore and proverbs; fairy tales; Delos; the wonder island; vampires; Nereids; Crete; Naxos; Syra; cruising among the lesser islands; Aegina; Spetsas; Chios; Eubaea; pirates; Icaria; Mitylene, the home of Sappho; Mitylene idyls; Salamis; Skyros; Rhodes; Patmos; the Dodecanese; soldier's return; odds and ends. Wonderfully illustrated throughout.

#outer_postBodyPS { display: none; } #psGradient { display: none; } #psPlaceHolder { display: none; } #psExpand { display: none; } 1929. The author selected several of the inhabited Greek islands for this work based on account of their importance in history or literature, some as representatives of groups, and one or two on account of still existing primitive conditions. Contents: Tinos; wonder working icon of Tinos; Mykonos; folklore and proverbs; fairy tales; Delos; the wonder island; vampires; Nereids; Crete; Naxos; Syra; cruising among the lesser islands; Aegina; Spetsas; Chios; Eubaea; pirates; Icaria; Mitylene, the home of Sappho; Mitylene idyls; Salamis; Skyros; Rhodes; Patmos; the Dodecanese; soldier's return; odds and ends. Wonderfully illustrated throughout.