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ANCIENT GREECE
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Creation Myths around the World Genesis 1: The first creation of the Bible Enuma Elish: Babylonian Creation
Books by Stefan Stenudd:
![]() Cosmos of the Ancients
The Greek philosophers' theories about the gods, the myths, and cosmology, by Stefan Stenudd.
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by Stefan Stenudd. Qi, prana, spirit, and other life forces around the world explained and compared.
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The Taoism of Lao Tzu Explained. The great Chinese classic, translated and extensively commented by Stefan Stenudd.
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Thoughts on life, death, and the meaning of it all, by Stefan Stenudd.
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Increase your life energy, by Stefan Stenudd. The life energy qi (also chi or ki), with exercises on how to awaken, increase, and use it.
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![]() Cosmos of the AncientsThe Greek Philosophers on Myth and CosmologyEuripides
He lets one of his characters reason in Bacchae: "The goddess Demeter, – she is earth, call her by whichever name you wish." In the same monologue, the legend of Dionysos being sewn into the thigh of Zeus is explained as a change of word through time. Not that what Euripides regards as the authentic version is any less fabulous: "Having broken off a part of the air of heaven that encircles the earth, he gave this as a hostage, removing Dionysos from quarrels with Hera."Another view, downright atheist in its reasoning along the lines repeated innumerable times in the Christian era – according to Euripides old already at his time, questioning how a benevolent god could allow injustice, is expressed in Bellerophon, a drama remaining only in fragments: Does someone say that there are gods in heaven? There are not, there are not, if a man will not in folly rely on the old argument. Consider it yourselves; do not build your opinion on my words. I say that a tyranny kills many men and deprives them of their possessions, and breaking oaths destroys cities; and doing this they are more happy than those who live each day in pious peace. And I know of small cities that honor the gods which obey greater and more impious ones, overcome by the greater number of spears. Literature Euripides, Bacchae, translated by Richard Seaford, Warminster 1996. Barnes, Jonathan, The Presocratic Philosophers, volume 2, London 1979. © Stefan Stenudd 2000
How to get the bookIf you want to buy the book, you can do so at most international web based bookstores, such as Amazon and the like. Here are links to the book on Amazon US and Amazon UK. Use the latter if you are European - then you get the book cheaper and quicker. Otherwise, you may want to buy it at Amazon US.
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Stefan Stenudd
![]() About me
I'm a Swedish writer and historian of ideas, researching the thought patterns and cosmology in creation myths. I've also written books about ancient Chinese and Japanese traditions, as well as fiction. |