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(4) | 1 | Donald A. MacKenzie (1873-1936) was a Scottish journalist and prolific writer on religion, mythology and anthropology in the early 20th century. He was born in Cromarty and began his career in Glasgow. Between 1903 and 1910 he owned and edited The North Star in Dingwall, and then moved to the People[s Journal in Dundee. From 1916 he represented the Glasgow paper, The Bulletin, in Edinburgh. As well as writing books, articles and poems, he often gave lectures, and also broadcast talks on Celtic mythology. He was the friend of many specialist authorities in his areas of interest.… (more) |
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In relating how Crete has risen into prominence as the seat of a great and ancient civilization, one is reminded of the fairy story of Cinderella.  | |
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It was in Ionia that the new Greek civilization arose: Ionia, in whom the old Aegean blood and spirit most survived, taught the new Greece, gave her coined money and letters, art and poesy, and her shipmen, forcing the Phoenicians from before them, carried her new culture to what were then deemed the Ends of the EArth. (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.) | |
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▾Book descriptions Donald A. MacKenzie (1873-1936) was a Scottish journalist and prolific writer on religion, mythology and anthropology in the early 20th century. He was born in Cromarty and began his career in Glasgow. Between 1903 and 1910 he owned and edited The North Star in Dingwall, and then moved to the People[s Journal in Dundee. From 1916 he represented the Glasgow paper, The Bulletin, in Edinburgh. As well as writing books, articles and poems, he often gave lectures, and also broadcast talks on Celtic mythology. He was the friend of many specialist authorities in his areas of interest. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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For thousands of years the lost civilisation of Crete has lived on in myths and legends - of heroes and Gods, treacherous lovers, and monsters such as the Minotaur. Now we know that a Cretan empire really did exist - the first chapter of European history, and a forerunner of Hellenic (Classic Greek) civilisation.
This book unravels the mystery of the "Heroic Age" using evidence varying from Homer's Odyssey to the twentieth-century excavation of the Palace of Knossos. the history of this remarkable island is traced from its earliest, cave-dwelling inhabitants, through its days of glory and when neighbouring states paid tribute by presenting their youths and maidens to the Cretan bull-ring, to the destruction of the nation as the invading hordes swept in.
Donald Mackenzie gives a thorough and fascinating account of this ancient land - its politics, society, and economy - as well as of the myths that now surround it. | |
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