Mythologyby Edith Hamilton | |
| List(s): | "Racine Library List" "Carp 500" |
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| Category: |
"Fiction - S. F./Fantasy" |
| Pages: | 315 |
| Year of Publication: | 1940 |
| Date Read: | 01/10/1993 |
| Notes: | These great stories from Greek, Roman and Norse mythology are the fountainhead of all literature. Here are the gods of high Olympus — mighty Zeus, and Hera, prototype of the jealous wife. Here are the love stories of Cupid and Psyche; the adventures of Jason and the Trojan War; the superhuman achievements of Odysseus and Aeneas; the histories behind the Greek plays, Agamemnon, Oedipus and Antigone. From Norse mythology come tragic tales of love, death and heroism. COMMENTS — In 1957, Edith Hamilton was awarded the Golden Cross of the Order of Benefaction by King Paul and made an honorary citizen of Athens. |
| My Rating: | 6 |