The Resource Epicurus, the sage, writer, William Messner-Loebs ; artist, Sam Kieth
Epicurus, the sage, writer, William Messner-Loebs ; artist, Sam Kieth
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The item Epicurus, the sage, writer, William Messner-Loebs ; artist, Sam Kieth represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in East Baton Rouge Parish Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
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- Summary
- When Epicurus travels to Athens to open his own school of philosophy, he is quickly chastised because of his liberal beliefs. Engaging Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates in public debates, Epicurus effortlessly exposes the absurdity of their arguments yet still walks away humiliated. However when a goddess appears and taxes Epicurus and his companion, a young Alexander the Great, to save her daughter from the Underworld, the revolutionary sage uses his powers of logic and meditation to accomplish his impossible task
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 volume (unpaged)
- Note
- Originally published in single magazine form as Epicurus the Sage Volumes 1 2 and Fast Forward Riding the Sun
- Contents
-
- Visiting Hades
- Many loves of Zeus
- Riding the sun
- Helen's boys
- Isbn
- 9781401200282
- Label
- Epicurus, the sage
- Title
- Epicurus, the sage
- Statement of responsibility
- writer, William Messner-Loebs ; artist, Sam Kieth
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- When Epicurus travels to Athens to open his own school of philosophy, he is quickly chastised because of his liberal beliefs. Engaging Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates in public debates, Epicurus effortlessly exposes the absurdity of their arguments yet still walks away humiliated. However when a goddess appears and taxes Epicurus and his companion, a young Alexander the Great, to save her daughter from the Underworld, the revolutionary sage uses his powers of logic and meditation to accomplish his impossible task
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 122261
- Cataloging source
- BHP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Messner-Loebs, William
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Kieth, Sam
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Philosophers
- Demeter (Greek deity)
- Persephone (Greek deity)
- Zeus (Greek deity)
- Gods and goddesses, Greek
- Pleasure
- Mythology, Greek
- Athens, Ancient Greece
- Athens, Greece
- Ancient Greece
- Label
- Epicurus, the sage, writer, William Messner-Loebs ; artist, Sam Kieth
- Note
- Originally published in single magazine form as Epicurus the Sage Volumes 1 2 and Fast Forward Riding the Sun
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Visiting Hades -- Many loves of Zeus -- Riding the sun -- Helen's boys
- Dimensions
- 28 cm
- Extent
- 1 volume (unpaged)
- Isbn
- 9781401200282
- Isbn Type
- (softcov.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- GRAPHIC NOVEL
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- ocm53785409
- OCoLC
- Label
- Epicurus, the sage, writer, William Messner-Loebs ; artist, Sam Kieth
- Note
- Originally published in single magazine form as Epicurus the Sage Volumes 1 2 and Fast Forward Riding the Sun
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Visiting Hades -- Many loves of Zeus -- Riding the sun -- Helen's boys
- Dimensions
- 28 cm
- Extent
- 1 volume (unpaged)
- Isbn
- 9781401200282
- Isbn Type
- (softcov.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- GRAPHIC NOVEL
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- ocm53785409
- OCoLC
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