Atalanta in Calydon by Algernon Charles Swinburne Althaea, daughter of Thestius and Eurythemis, queen of Calydon, being with child of Meleager her first-born son, dreamed that she brought forth a brand burning; and upon his birth came the three Fates and prophesied of him three things, namely these; that he should have great strength of his hands, and good fortune in this life, and that he should live no longer when the brand then in the fire were consumed: wherefore his mother plucked it forth and kept it by her. And the ...
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Atalanta in Calydon by Algernon Charles Swinburne Althaea, daughter of Thestius and Eurythemis, queen of Calydon, being with child of Meleager her first-born son, dreamed that she brought forth a brand burning; and upon his birth came the three Fates and prophesied of him three things, namely these; that he should have great strength of his hands, and good fortune in this life, and that he should live no longer when the brand then in the fire were consumed: wherefore his mother plucked it forth and kept it by her. And the child being a man grown sailed with Jason after the fleece of gold, and won himself great praise of all men living; and when the tribes of the north and west made war upon Aetolia, he fought against their army and scattered it. But Artemis, having at the first stirred up these tribes to war against Oeneus king of Calydon, because he had offered sacrifice to all the gods saving her alone, but her he had forgotten to honour, was yet more wroth because of the destruction of this army, and sent upon the land of Calydon a wild boar which slew many and wasted all their increase, but him could none slay, and many went against him and perished. Then were all the chief men of Greece gathered together, and among them Atalanta daughter of Iasius the Arcadian, a virgin, for whose sake Artemis let slay the boar, seeing she favoured the maiden greatly; and Meleager having despatched it gave the spoil thereof to Atalanta, as one beyond measure enamoured of her; but the brethren of Althaea his mother, Toxeus and Plexippus, with such others as misliked that she only should bear off the praise whereas many had borne the labour, laid wait for her to take away her spoil; but Meleager fought against them and slew them: whom when Althaea their sister beheld and knew to be slain of her son, she waxed for wrath and sorrow like as one mad, and taking the brand whereby the measure of her son's life was meted to him, she cast it upon a fire; and with the wasting thereof his life likewise wasted away, that being brought back to his father's house he died in a brief space, and his mother also endured not long after for very sorrow; and this was his end, and the end of that hunting. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
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Add this copy of Atalanta in Calydon to cart. $21.96, fair condition, Sold by Aardvark Books Ltd rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bucknell, HEREFORDSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1905 by CHATTO & WINDUS.
Add this copy of Atalanta in Calydon to cart. $80.30, like new condition, Sold by Rooke Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from BATH, SOMERSET, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1923 by The Medici Society; The Riccardi Press.
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None. Fine. A limited edition copy of Algernon Swinburne's best early work, 'Atalanta in Calydon'. Printed by the Riccardi press, on hand-made Riccardi paper. In the original quarter cloth binding with decorative paper boards. Algernon Charles Swinburne wrote several notable poetry collections. 'Atalanta in Calydon' has been critically regarded as one of his best early works. His later poetry indulged in themes deemed taboo such as lesbianism, cannibalism, sado-masochism and anti-theism. A portion of the introduction is in Greek. This particular copy is numbered 75 of 1025 copies printed, of which 1000 were for sale. Lacking the original dustwrapper. In the original quarter cloth binding with decorative paper boards. Externally, excellent condition, with just some minor shelfwear to the spine at the head and tail, as well as to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright. A few spots and light offsetting to the endpapers, otherwise clean throughout. Fine.
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Very good. Not the Moxon edition but re-issued and rebound for the riccardi press special edition this being 469 out of a limited run of 1025 on patterned cloth with yellow bound spine cover.
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Very Good with no dust jacket. Light foxing to preliminary pages, previous owner's name and date written on half-title page. A beautiful little volume.; 12mo.
