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From the prize-winning author and illustrator of Greek Myths and Greek Gods and Goddesses comes this wonderfully rich and varied collection of fifteen stories from Roman mythology, freshly retold and made accessible for today's readers.

Here are all the famous myths: the birth of Venus, the founding of Rome, how the sacred geese saved the city from the Gauls -- stories that reflect the drama and the power that was Rome. Here are all the great gods and goddesses, brought vividly to life: Jupiter, the king of the gods; Juno, his wife; warrior Mars; Mercury the messenger; Diana, the goddess of hunting; as well as many of the lesser gods and goddesses who controlled every aspect of Roman life.

Emma Chichester Clark's beautiful illustrations, inspired by Roman art and culture, perfectly reflect the liveliness of Geraldine McCaughrean's retellings. ... Read more

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Action, adventure, and magic are the elements of these five exciting tales of heroism, illustrated with striking full-color artwork. Children enter enchanted worlds where heroes with superhuman strength fight monsters and dragons, where bizarre creatures roam, and where ships are wrecked in storms created by angry gods.

• Adventure stories that will appeal to children and reluctant readers.
• Magnificent original artwork.
• Stories retold by a well-known children's author.

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Discusses life in ancient Rome and presents the myths that civilization has bequeathed us. ... Read more

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Picture Romulus & Remus!
If you've ever had trouble imagining what Romulus and Remus or Hades looks like, this book is for you! Enhanced by the realisticartwork (including double-page, full color pictures and several dozen blackline drawings and maps), this 9x12 book would be valuable for the quality of theillustrations alone. The text offers a thorough but no frills march throughRoman mythology as author Kerry Usher retells the cluttered tales of thegods of Rome with an uncluttered style. Using Livy's history as the source,this book is excellent at recounting the mythic history of the RomanKingdom and early Republic. I would argue against the inclusion of"Emperors" in the title. Although Augustus is given 3 pages, onlytwo other emperors (Caligula & Vespasian)are even mentioned. On theother hand, the skillfully done section on Aeneas includes sufficientdetail to qualify as "Cliff Note" material. The final chapter,"Tales of transformation," is the rare English source for some ofthe lesser-known myths in Ovid's "Metamorphoses." Kerryaccomplishes a Herculean task with the gods, the kings, and one emperor,and Sibbick's illustrations are among the best I've found.

Picture Romulus and Remus
If you've ever had trouble imagining what Romulus and Remus or Hades looks like, this book is for you! . By first appearances a children's book, the text is enhanced by the realisticartwork (including double-page, full color pictures and several dozen blackline drawings and maps) of JohnSibbick.In fact, I would rate the quality of the illustrations as themain reason to add this book to any basic library of mythology and/ orRoman history. The text of this beautifully illustrated large format(9x12") book offers a thorough but no frills march through Romanmythology. Kerry Usher retells the stories of the gods of Rome and thentakes on the mythic history of the Roman Kingdom and early Republic. Herretelling of the Aeneas epic includes the main story line of Virgil'soriginal and sufficient detail to qualify as "Cliff Note"material.This reader particularly appreciatedher adherence to Livy'sversion of Roman history. The final chapter, "Tales oftransformation," is the rare and efficient English source for some ofthe lesser-known myths in Ovid's Metamorphoses. Usher gets the facts rightfor those who cannot enjoy the poetry of the Latin original.

Picture Romulus and Remus
If you've ever had trouble imagining what Romulus and Remus orHades looks like, this book is for you! . By first appearances achildren's book, the text is enhanced by the realistic artwork (including double-page, full color pictures and several dozen blackline drawings and maps) of John Sibbick.In fact, I would rate the quality of the illustrations as the main reason to add this book to any basic library of mythology and/ or Roman history. The text of this beautifully illustrated large format (9x12") book offers a thorough but no frills march through Roman mythology. Kerry Usher retells the stories of the gods of Rome and then takes on the mythic history of the Roman Kingdom and early Republic. Her retelling of the Aeneas epic includes the main story line of Virgil's original and sufficient detail to qualify as "Cliff Note" material.This reader particularly appreciated her adherence to Livy's version of Roman history. The final chapter, "Tales of transformation," is the rare and efficient English source for some of the lesser-known myths in Ovid's Metamorphoses. Kerry gets the facts right for those who cannot enjoy the poetry of the Latin original. ... Read more

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Replete with spectacular drawings and written in an easy-to-read style, this book is broken into three segments and includes such scintillating tales as that of Romulus and Remus, Aeneas, and Horatius. Exhilarating and educational, Roman Myths will take your students on adventures into the culture of another country. ... Read more

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Who's Who in Classical Mythology is a comprehensive dictionary of classical names that contains more than 1,200 entries detailing the origins of Greek and Roman mythological themes. This excellent compilation is a valuable resource for students studying the classics, and for anyone interested in mythology and classical history.

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Organized alphabetically, this encyclopedia of mythology contains information about the figures who make up the mythologies of the Greco-Roman world and two hundred full-color photographs and illustrations. ... Read more

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One of the best purchases I ever made
By far one of the best purchases I made. Product arrived within a couple of days for 1 dollar + shipping this book was in close to mint condition, very nice product 5/5.

Brilliant and richly illustrated...A Must-Have!
This book is pretty amazing! Every minor and major mythological figure iscovered and every page contained rich photographs and illustrations. Aproud addition to anyone's library. A reference book and so much more!

Theseus and the Minotaur
This book was excellent, i would advise anyone to read it. It told you a lot on mythology and heros. ... Read more

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Surveys classical mythology, discussing the relationship between Greek and Roman myths, and describes the birth and life of the goddess Venus. ... Read more

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Discusses the origins and development of Roman religion, its close ties with Roman history, and its ultimate capitulation to Christianity. ... Read more

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A tainted viewpoint on Roman religion
I give this book three stars for the art only.It is filled with many black and white photos of beautiful Roman artwork, mostly sculpture.Because of this, and the generally reasonable price you can obtain this book for, I highly recommend it to artists and lovers of art.

However, the literary content is very disappointing.In general, Perowne has all the facts correct.It is the way he presents them.At every opportunity, this author shows tremendous contempt for Roman religion.It is only near the end of the book, as the subject matter begins to glide into the introduction of Christianity into Rome, that our author becomes inspired.

Perowne's discussion of Augustus and his era is somewhat uplifting.It is obvious that he admires this particular period.But if you desire a book that gives a dispassionate look at Roman religion, this is not that book.The author despises the subject. ... Read more

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gdom fairly. He was rich with jewels and rare metals found below the earth s surface. Those who cared for departed souls obeyed him without question. Other gods who lived on Olympus respected and revered him. Yet mortals feared him. Few temples were built in his honor, and Hades is rarely shown in art. Stories of Hades are full of love, jealousy, heroes, beauty, and justice. Read how this god of the Underworld carved a crusty, remote, yet distinctly different character that rivals all others in Greek and Roman mythology. ... Read more

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Ian Myles Slater on: Excellent, But Not to Start With
"Structure and History in Greek Mythology and Ritual" is part of a surprisingly long list of books by Walter Burkert, now Professor Emeritus at the University of Zurich, which have appeared in English translation, beginning with "Lore and Science in Ancient Pythagoreanism" in 1972. This is unusual in an age of supposedly declining interest in Greek and Latin, particularly since his books, while generally packed with information, also address theoretical issues, and are not always easy to understand. A number of them have been controversial, either for his own ideas, or for his challenges to the accepted wisdom. However, they are usually very interesting. The present book, one of his shorter works, is no exception. And it, too, makes demands on the reader.

"Structure and History" forms Volume Forty-seven of the Sather Classical Lectures, an invitational series delivered by Visiting Professors at the University of California at Berkeley since early in the twentieth century, and shows every sign of being aimed at professional scholars. Like many of the other contributions to the lecture series (a surprisingly large number of which have found their way into paperback editions over the years), it keeps the really difficult material tucked away in notes, and the primary argument doesn't need technical knowledge to follow. (Evaluating it is another matter.)

"Structure and History" picks up issues raised in Burkert's earlier, much longer, "Greek Religion" (in Britain, "Greek Religion: Archaic and Classical"), originally published in 1977, and translated in 1985. That is an engaging book which I found quite convincing, at least while reading it, as was the case with his shorter "Ancient Mystery Cults" (1987, originally the Carl Newell Jackson Lectures for 1982), with which it also has some overlaps.

My reaction to Burkert's book on killing as a ritual act, "Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth" (1972, translated 1983), was that Burkert got off on the wrong track on several matters. As Ian Morris put it about one of them in "Death-Ritual and Social Structure in Classical Antiquity" (1992), "Burkert's derivation of funerary rituals from hunting and sacrifice ... is ... unnecessarily limiting." But some of the ideas in "Homo Necans" appear in "Structure and History," in what I found a more modest and acceptable form.

In fact, except for "Lore and Science," most of his books can be read as parts of a single investigation of ancient Greek religion in its various manifestations. And even "Lore and Science" deals with the Pythagoreans as a religious movement.

"Structure and History in Greek Mythology and Ritual" appears to be a short survey, but it is NOT for beginners. If you aren't familiar with at least a couple of roughly college-level surveys, you may find yourself lost. I've been reading the sources (Greek, Latin, and others) in translation) as well as studies, for several decades, and from time to time I found myself reaching for Tripp's "Handbook of Classical Mythology" or Feder's "Handbook of Classical Literature," just to be sure I was following the argument correctly. Usually I was. Burkert isn't all *that* desperately obscure (at least not in the old, oracular, German manner), but sometimes I needed to have some lesser-known variants or obscure sources identified. Those even more amateur than myself will do well to bear this in mind before trying the book. And it is worth trying.

It could be used, I would think, as a mythological companion to Burkert's "Greek Religion," which deals mainly with sacred places, rituals, and other material and literary evidence, but only incidentally with mythological narratives. But it is rather heavily committed to basic issues of interpretive method, and is not aimed at fulfilling that function.

The title hearkens back to watchwords of the previous hundred years, including the old Myth-and-Ritual School, following Frazer, and the Structuralists of the middle and late twentieth century, but Burkert has new information -- mostly concrete data from the Ancient Near East -- with which to address the same problems. In place of speculation and anthropology, he has datable texts, presenting myths, and describing or prescribing rituals. He assumes that the reader is already quite familiar with the Greek material, and goes directly to important themes, and the methodological issues they present.

Burkert has covered some of the same material, with much else, in several different contexts: "The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age" (1992) and, most recently, in "Babylon, Memphis, Persepolis: Eastern Contexts of Greek Culture" (2004). These return to the problems posed by evidence of older and contemporary civilizations, and their relationship to developments in Greece.

The adventurous may also wish to try Burkert's "Creation of the Sacred: Tracks of Biology in Early Religions" (1996), where again I find his work seeming to become too speculative. But it is interesting, quite enough to be worth the effort; and he may be right. He has treated some of the same problems in "Savage Energies: Lessons of Myth and Ritual in Ancient Greece" (1990, translated 2001). ... Read more

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Roman/Greek mythology
Wow, this is an excellant book.
It is an A-Z of the ancient Gods.Especially for those looking to learn more.
It really seems to cover much more than a basic mythology book, although I did not study this in college, I am glad I have this in my home library!

Gods,Heros,Mythology.
A wonderful book on Mythology, readable,just like a fiction book.It has wonderful pictures in it as well as the explantion of the Gods,and Titans are just lovely.It is a wonderful book on reference as well as a must have for ancient history and mythology lovers.Particular is the details and explanation of Heracles, with all his labours. ... Read more

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The ancient Greeks worshiped a complex group of deities, weaving their characters into timeless tales of love, heroism, and intrigue. Plays, poems, paintings, and sculptures commemorating these tales have survived for centuries. Even as world religions and scientific knowledge have evolved, bringing with them new beliefs and understanding of the world, the ancient Greek tales continue to provide a basic foundation for Western thought and sharp insight to the human psyche. Although these stories took place thousands of years ago, they still impact us today. The personality and characteristics of Zeus can often be seen in tales that modern writers and filmmakers weave. The name Zeus still stands for the ultimate in power and authority, which is why it graces modern companies and their products. A study of the starry night sky reveals constellations named after the twin sons of Zeus. Indeed, if mighty Zeus were to look down at the earth today from his lofty Olympian perch, he may well be pleased at the impact he still has in the modern world. ... Read more

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From the strong-arm heroics of Heracles, to the trickery of the Trojan Horse, from the seductions of Circe the sorceress, to the terrors of the Cyclops and Minotaur...

First published in 1934, Gods, Heroes and Men of Ancient Greece has become one of the most popular, enduring-and captivating-retellings of the ancient myths for modern readers. Recognizing the sheer entertainment value of these timeless adventures, world renowned classical scholar W.H.D. Rouse delighted his students at the Perse School in Cambridge, England, with a conversational style and childlike wonder that made the legends come alive-a rare storytelling gift that continues to engage young and old alike. ... Read more

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good introduction to greek mythology
I think this is a good starting book to engage people, like myself that are just beginning to get interested in mythology.Obviously some stories are severely shortened in order to include many stories, but this was a good read and movtivated me to go further--I am re-reading the Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell now.

GODS, HEROES AND MEN OF ANCIENT GREECE by W. H. D. Rouse
Gods, Heroes and Men of Ancient Greece: Mythology's Great Tales of Valor and Romance is a 1934 book of Greek mythology by W. H. D. Rouse, who was known for pioneering the Direct Method of teaching Greek and Latin in Britain. This book contains the Greek creation myths, the tales of Heracles, Jason, Theseus, and Perseus, and miscellaneous smaller stories. It is geared to a young adult audience.

Gods, Heroes and Men of Ancient Greece has been heavily edited for content and length. The book is only 200 pages, which isn't enough space for half of these stories. Some of the tales are completely butchered; there's so much left out of Odysseus's story, for example, that one wonders why Rouse bothered with it in the first place. At times, Rouse rushes through stories and recounts events in a dry, history book way that completely robs these tales of their charm and appeal.

Rouse doesn't tell the stories in the most coherent fashion - not that the reader can't follow what is going on, but Rouse often leaves out characters' motivations for doing things. He will trudge through a pedestrian narrative only to omit some of the most interesting parts of many of these stories, as well as explanations for why or how things happened. Frequently the reader will reach the part of a story where he expects the payoff, only for Rouse to say, as he often does, "I can't tell you about that now."

This book includes commentary from the author in the text (example: "You see, Achilles and King Agamemnon had both lost their temper. I do not make any excuse for either of them; I am just telling the story."). Few of his observations are particularly astute or clever, and almost none of them would be necessary if he had done a better job telling the story.

In the best books of mythology, a writer breathes life into the ancient stories. Rouse, conversely, has made them dry and tedious. There's no real need to be lenient here because there are a million books on Greek mythology, for every target audience, and it shouldn't be difficult to find a better one than Gods, Heroes and Men of Ancient Greece, which is frustratingly poor.

GODS, HEROES AND MEN OF ANCIENT GREECE by W. H. D. Rouse
Gods, Heroes and Men of Ancient Greece: Mythology's Great Tales of Valor and Romance is a 1934 book of Greek mythology by W. H. D. Rouse, who was known for pioneering the Direct Method of teaching Greek and Latin in Britain. This book contains the Greek creation myths, the tales of Heracles, Jason, Theseus, and Perseus, and miscellaneous smaller stories. It is geared to a young adult audience.

Gods, Heroes and Men of Ancient Greece has been heavily edited for content and length. The book is only 200 pages, which isn't enough space for half of these stories. Some of the tales are completely butchered; there's so much left out of Odysseus's story, for example, that one wonders why Rouse bothered with it in the first place. At times, Rouse rushes through stories and recounts events in a dry, history book way that completely robs these tales of their charm and appeal.

Rouse doesn't tell the stories in the most coherent fashion - not that the reader can't follow what is going on, but Rouse often leaves out characters' motivations for doing things. He will trudge through a pedestrian narrative only to omit some of the most interesting parts of many of these stories, as well as explanations for why or how things happened. Frequently the reader will reach the part of a story where he expects the payoff, only for Rouse to say, as he often does, "I can't tell you about that now."

This book includes commentary from the author in the text (example: "You see, Achilles and King Agamemnon had both lost their temper. I do not make any excuse for either of them; I am just telling the story."). Few of his observations are particularly astute or clever, and almost none of them would be necessary if he had done a better job telling the story.

In the best books of mythology, a writer breathes life into the ancient stories. Rouse, conversely, has made them dry and tedious. There's no real need to be lenient here because there are a million books on Greek mythology, for every target audience, and it shouldn't be difficult to find a better one than Gods, Heroes and Men of Ancient Greece, which is frustratingly poor.

GODS, HEROES AND MEN OF ANCIENT GREECE by W. H. D. Rouse
Gods, Heroes and Men of Ancient Greece: Mythology's Great Tales of Valor and Romance is a 1934 book of Greek mythology by W. H. D. Rouse, who was known for pioneering the Direct Method of teaching Greek and Latin in Britain. This book contains the Greek creation myths, the tales of Heracles, Jason, Theseus, and Perseus, and miscellaneous smaller stories. It is geared to a young adult audience.

Gods, Heroes and Men of Ancient Greece has been heavily edited for content and length. The book is only 200 pages, which isn't enough space for half of these stories. Some of the tales are completely butchered; there's so much left out of Odysseus's story, for example, that one wonders why Rouse bothered with it in the first place. At times, Rouse rushes through stories and recounts events in a dry, history book way that completely robs these tales of their charm and appeal.

Rouse doesn't tell the stories in the most coherent fashion - not that the reader can't follow what is going on, but Rouse often leaves out characters' motivations for doing things. He will trudge through a pedestrian narrative only to omit some of the most interesting parts of many of these stories, as well as explanations for why or how things happened. Frequently the reader will reach the part of a story where he expects the payoff, only for Rouse to say, as he often does, "I can't tell you about that now."

This book includes commentary from the author in the text (example: "You see, Achilles and King Agamemnon had both lost their temper. I do not make any excuse for either of them; I am just telling the story."). Few of his observations are particularly astute or clever, and almost none of them would be necessary if he had done a better job telling the story.

In the best books of mythology, a writer breathes life into the ancient stories. Rouse, conversely, has made them dry and tedious. There's no real need to be lenient here because there are a million books on Greek mythology, for every target audience, and it shouldn't be difficult to find a better one than Gods, Heroes and Men of Ancient Greece, which is frustratingly poor.

Required Summer Reading
My son had to read this book for his school's summer reading program.He's going into 9th grade.It provide good basic background on the Greek gods and, surprisingly, he enjoyed reading it.He generally does not like reading so this was a bit of a surprise. ... Read more

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The classical heritage continues to impact modern culture in many ways. This bibliography lists and describes those books on Greek and Roman mythology from the mid-19th century to the present which are useful for introducing children to the classical world. The volume begins with a brief history of children's books on classical mythology in the United States. A chapter then discusses the various techniques through which classical myths were adapted for children. The annotated bibliography follows, with each entry including a critical annotation on how closely the work adheres to the original myth. Each entry also includes an indication of the grade level of each book. Indexes allow the user to locate sources according to title, illustrator, time period, myth, and subject. ... Read more

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In a culture where the supernatural possessed an immediacy now strange to us, magic was of great importance both in the literary and mythic tradition and in ritual practice. Recently, ancient magic has hit a high in popularity, both as an area of scholarly inquiry and as one of general, popular interest. In Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds Daniel Ogden presents three hundred texts in new translations, along with brief but explicit commentaries. This is the first book in the field to unite extensive selections from both literary and documentary sources. Alongside descriptions of sorcerers, witches, and ghosts in the works of ancient writers, it reproduces curse tablets, spells from ancient magical recipe books, and inscriptions from magical amulets. Each translation is followed by a commentary that puts it in context within ancient culture and connects the passage to related passages in this volume. Authors include the well known (Sophocles, Herodotus, Plato, Aristotle, Virgil, Pliny) and the less familiar, and extend across the whole of Greco-Roman antiquity. ... Read more

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Ogden has compiled a masterful compendium of much needed primary source material in the study of ancient magic. The only reason why I docked a star is because, at a graduate level, it would have been even nicer (and more convenient) if he had included the texts in the original languages as well as his translations. Thank you Dr. Ogden for such a useful sourcebook!

Companion to "Night's Black Agents"
This book is an important book in the study of ancient Greek and Roman magical practices and views on magic.It is a sourcebook which is obviously intended to be used alongside Prof. Ogden's analytical work on the subject, "Night's Black Agents."While Night's Black Agents provides analysis, this book provides the sources referenced in the book.

The combination of these two books, along with "Necromancy in the Greek and Roman Worlds" represent important contributions to classical studies generally, and studies of classical views on magic in particular.These topics are important to those interested in what the Greeks and Romans really thought about magic, necromancy, and the like, but they also have a more general application as well.

The approach to necromancy in particular shows a very different relationship between the dead and the living in Ancient Greece (less so with Ancient Rome) than we have today.I would highly recommend these books together, along with Walter Burkert's "Greek Religion."The combination of these works will change the way you look at ancient Greece and Rome forever.

A must-have for classical & esoteric boffins
Daniel Ogden is so dedicated to his efforts of collection.I kept taking this out of the library for weeks at a time before I realized I could just purchase it.A must-have for anyone studying the classics for fun, research or enrichment.

note: this is a sourcebook, not a story book!
If you're not involved in research or the scholarly pursuit of this subject, or if you don't enjoy reading footnotes and obscure annecdotes, then this is not the book for you. However, that said, this is the only book I've come across with such a detailed account of the subject. I've used this text again and again for research and reference. Ogden's commentary on the texts is precise and to the point, too. I'd highly recommend this book, but just know what it is before you buy it. ... Read more

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Who's Who in Classical Mythology is an indispensable guide to all the Greek and Roman mythological characters, from major deities such as Athena and Bacchus, to the lesser-known wood nymphs and centaurs.Also included, of course, are the heroic mortals, figures such as Jason, Aeneas, Helen, Achilles, and Odysseus, all brought to life in a fascinating series of portraits drawn from a wide variety of ancient literary sources. Each entry offers a small window into a timeless mythological world, one filled with epic battles, bizarre metamorphoses, and all sorts of hideous and fantastic monsters.The perfect book for casual browsers and folklore enthusiasts alike, Who's Who in Classical Mythology offers a rich and readable guide to some of the greatest stories ever told. ... Read more

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Very good reference
I developed a passion for- some might even say obession with- Greek Mythology when I was nine.By the age of 10 I had graduated from Bulfinch's and D'Aulaire's to the big kid reference section.This was one of the references I used pretty often to try and piece together the larger story of the gods, heroes and kings.I remember frequently starting out on one topic and spending the next two hours jumping from one related topic to another- some of the best memories of my childhood.

Although not a story but an encyclopedic guide, this gives a pretty good feel for the history of the period, from the period of the Titans (pre-Achaean history?) to the war in Troy to Rome.Any questions about Theseus, Perseus or Heracles?Come on over!

This guide was published for the first time in 1973, and it shows.The discussion of goddesses and female figures are given a much shorter shrift here than their male counterparts.I don't think anyone would argue that this period didn't define patriarchy, but the stories of Demeter, Persephone and even Hera have been elucidated elsewhere in greater detail, and it would be informative to mention the early mysteries that predate Olympian worship.I also scratch my head at some of the things they removed- they can define Hemera, but not Aether?

The best guide I have ever used- ever- is Who's Who in Greek and Roman Mythology.If you can get your hands on that, buy it.Otherwise, this isn't bad to have.

Drawsbacks on Kindle Version
The book itself is great.It's probably the best in its subject area.But the Kindle version is extremely difficult to navigate.The mythological characters are listed in alphabetical order with no efficient way of finding the character you want.There is no click-able list of A-Z to access the section you want, nor is there a list of just each character's name or any kind of index to get you to the person you want.So if you want to find the entry for, say, Zeus, you can't just click on "Z" or find a list and click on "Zeus."You can search for his name, but it results in 680 results in the book, or over 114 "pages" of search results.You could try randomly typing in location areas trying to find the "Z" section, but that's not easy either.Even a lesser-known character search brings up several hits and it's not easy from the little blurbs to determine which one is the entry you want, so it takes several tries to find exactly what you're looking for.

Also, many of the genealogy charts are impossible to read because they have been shrunken down too much to fit the screen.There is no way to change the font size on the charts.It's a minor thing, but there you go.

This isn't a problem with just this Kindle edition book, but it's a big problem.The book itself I'd give 5 stars, but the Kindle edition only 2 because of its major flaws.

one of the best
This book is one of the best i've ever read on Greek/Roman myth, and i've read many in my life. This book contains entries on characters rarely found anywhere else such as Nox, the Greek personification of night. As such i often use this book as a measuring stick against other books in this area.

Great Reference On-The-Fly
Grant and Hazel have provided a finely grained and authoritative dictionary-style reference that is quite handy for identification of any figure from classical mythology.The book will prove useful for keeping at one's side when reading Homer, Hesiod, Sophocles, Euripides and company.Very helpful appendices include genealogical trees, alphabetical list of classical authors referred to, and clear and informative maps.

Resource Only
Who's Who is an excellent resource, but it is not meant for those who wish to sit down and read Greek myths.The book is set up in an encyclopedic fashion.References to specific Greek mythological figures are easy to locate.However if you are looking for Greek myths in story form, this is not the text for you. ... Read more

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This book features a beautifully illustrated collection of marvelous stories retold from classic legends and ancient mythology. The tales are lively, well-written versions that make the drama and excitement of each story accessible to children of all ages. ... Read more

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My favorite book from childhood
I LOVE this book.You need to be familiar with the Greek myths first, but this helps deepen your understanding of the family trees and even history.It's almost more of a dictionary than an encyclopedia, but it gives you information you don't get anywhere else.(Who was Pelopia's mother?A Naiad.Wait, who was Pelopia?)

For the gods who "got around", Kravitz makes it easy and gives a chart of the mates and possible children.If you wanted to know all of the offspring of Zeus, that's helpful.(Sadly, doesn't list all 50 Heraclids, but no one is perfect.)

Like all of the best books, this makes you want to know more.When it casually states that Polyxena, daughter of Priam, was sacrificed on Achilles' tomb, you want more information.Hecuba wasn't Priam's first wife?What's up with that?You'll be off to the library, searching the internet and making your own connections in no time.

Not sure if the author was ever able to write a similar guide for the Bible- but now I'm off to find out.

If you want to get beyond who the Olympians and Titans were, get your hands on this!

Nice Reference Book for Greek Mythology
I find this book very helpful when I need to know more about any obscure,or well known,greek heroes and myths. ... Read more

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One of the most important sources for Roman myths was early Roman history, which was replete with patriotic heroes.This colorful book for young readers includes the rousing tales of Aeneas's danger-filled journey to Italy, where he founded the Roman race; Romulus's establishment of the city of Rome; brave Horatius's single-handed defense of Rome's main bridge against an entire army; and much more. (20020401) ... Read more