{"product_id":"the-epic-poems-alan-neri-9781836716112","title":"The Epic Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese are 12 tales drawn from mythology, mostly of misguided love: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eApollo who falls passionately for the frigid Daphne.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eActeaon's lust for Diana, Goddess of chastity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrpheus and his lost love Euridice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe brotherly love between Achilles and Patroclus during the Trojan war, fatal for both of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sculptor Pygmalion creating a statue with which he falls in love and which Aphrodite brings to life for him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbelard in life denied his love for Hèloise, which is the most famous romance of the Middle Ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucretia who kills herself for shame after being raped by Tarquin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first murder and the price Cain paid for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhèdre loved by Theseus but who loves her stepson Hippolytus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDido with her unreciprocated love for Aeneas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe folly committed by Ariadne which results in the killing of the Minotaur\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd finally, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe opportunist Semele who is lured to disaster by Jupiter's jealous wife Juno.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alan Neri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1836716117\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781836716112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vanguard Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.32d","brand":"Alan Neri","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48659722895615,"sku":"9781836716112","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-epic-poems-alan-neri-9781836716112","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}