Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes, 75th Anniversary Illustrated Edition

from mattries37315

The stories of Greco-Roman gods and heroes permeate our culture in some form or another, in Edith Hamilton's anthological collection 'Mythology' all the original tales are presented in a concise and readable fashion for those discovering them for the first time. Taking her material from poems and...

from themulhern

Scholarly in a way that most retellings of the Greek, Roman, and Norse myths are not. A discussion of the originals of many of the stories, with commentary. Quotations from translations of the poets. A discussion of the purpose and meaning of the myths and what place they have in our cultural her...

from bookworm12

I've always loved mythology and even took a Classical Mythology class in college, but it's been years since I really studied it. Despite that many of the Greek gods' names are ingrained in our collective minds: Zeus, Athena, Poseidon, Hades, but it's easy to loose track of how they are connected....

from Kenneth

Arrived in a day. Book is great

from aethercowboy

In what is quite possibly one of the best, or at least, most renowned book on Greco-Roman mythology, Hamilton has presented here in an easy-to-digest format the high points of what happened on Mt. Olympus (and why it didn't stay on Mt. Olympus). It's by no means exhaustive, but is otherwise a ver...