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What Are the Seven Wonders of the World?: And Other Cultural Lists -- Fully Described
What Are the Seven Wonders of the World And Other Cultural Lists Fully Described Author:Peter D'Epiro, Mary Desmond Pinkowish As phrases they are very familiar -- the four horsemen of the Apocalypse, the seven ages of man, the twelve labors of Hercules -- but how easy is it to name the horsemen or recite the ages? Here are 76 lists -- all of them significant in some way -- & accompanying essays identify & explain every item & discuss each list in its larger historical ... more »& cultural context. Drawn from the classical world, the Bible & religion, history, lit., science & music, the lists are arranged by no. from the three sons of Adam & Eve to the 24 letters of the ancient Greek alphabet, & include well-known groups -- three musketeers, ten commandments, six wives of Henry VIII -- along with subjects such as the 5 Civilized Tribes, the unofficial Homeric titles of the 18 chapter of Joyce's ''Ulysses'' & the six flavors of quarks. Illustrated.« less