Mythology: Immortal Stories of Gods and Heroes
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"Mythology" Edith Hamilton - a classic intellectual bestseller, interest in which grows from year to year. The author masterfully adapts for the modern reader Greek, Roman and Scandinavian myths familiar to us from childhood.
The Trojan War, Odysseus' travels, Hercules' exploits, the campaign for the golden fleece, Zeus, Prometheus, Cupid, Pegasus, Daedalus, Aphrodite, Sigurd, Thor, Odin - the gods and heroes of ancient times come to life in this book. Hamilton assembles from a variety of sources (Homer, Ovid, Hesiod, Pindar, Sophocles, Euripides, Herodotus, Apuleius) a coherent picture of events; we see the myths not in fragments, but as clear and complete stories. This is the enchanting world of mythology, which will never fade.
The Trojan War, Odysseus' travels, Hercules' exploits, the campaign for the golden fleece, Zeus, Prometheus, Cupid, Pegasus, Daedalus, Aphrodite, Sigurd, Thor, Odin - the gods and heroes of ancient times come to life in this book. Hamilton assembles from a variety of sources (Homer, Ovid, Hesiod, Pindar, Sophocles, Euripides, Herodotus, Apuleius) a coherent picture of events; we see the myths not in fragments, but as clear and complete stories. This is the enchanting world of mythology, which will never fade.
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