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An edition of Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes (1940)

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There has long been a need for the stories of ancient mythology written to appeal to the twentieth-century mind. Edith Hamilton's orderly and lucid presentation of Greek, Roman and Norse mythology promises the casual reader and the avid student a sound, modern and adult key to the foundation stones of world literature. Her years of study of classical literature have already produced notable books and the charm of her writing is well established by THE GREEK WAY and THE ROMAN WAY. She has not been content to be merely a reteller of tales. She has blended and organized the sometimes conflicting myths of the early storytellers, molding them with vivid clarity.

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Little, Brown and Company
Language
English
Pages
497

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Subjects

Manuel, Mythologie, Mythologie classique, creation myths, Golden Fleece, Trojan War, reference, Mythology, Classical Mythology, Folklore, Greek Mythology, Norse Mythology, Roman Mythology, Študije, Mitologija, Norse legends, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12, Mythology, juvenile literature, Mythology, classical, Mythology, greek

People

Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Hades, Pallas Athena, Phoebus Apollo, Artemis, Aphrodite, Hermes, Ares, Hephaestus, Earth, Heaven, Titans, Cronus, Prometheus, Dionysus, Demeter, Persephone, Eros, Furies, Fates, Odysseus, Hercules, Theseus, Jason, Perseus, Oedipus, Orestes, Paris, Helen, Hector, Aeneas, Agamemnon, Achilles, Pandora, Orpheus, Oracle at Delphi, Ariadne, Medea, Iphigenia, Medusa, Minotaur, Sphinx, Cyclopes, Polyphemus, Cerberus, Odin, Hela, Valkyries, Signy, Sigurd, Brynhild, Atreus, Cecrops, Procne, Procris, Orithyia, Creusa, Midas, Aesculapius, Danaids, Glaucus, Erysichthon, Pomona, Vertumnus, Scylla, Ion, Boreas, Cephalus, Philomela, Tantalus, Cadmus, Antigone, Niobe, Ceres, Bacchus, Io, Europa, Narcissus, Hyacinth, Adonis, Cupid, Psyche, Pyramus, Ceyx, Alcyone, Eurydice, Pygmalion, Endymion, Daphne, Alpheus, Phaethon, Pegasus, Otus, Daedalus, Atalanta, Ephialtes, Bellerophon, Arethusa, Baucis, Philemon, Galatea, Thisbe

Places

Europe, Greece, Rome, Troy, Italy, Athens, Thebes, Olympus

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La Mythologie: Ses dieu, ses héros, ses légendes
May 31, 2003, Marabout
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Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes
1999 08, Warner Books
Mass Market Paperback in English - Warner Books Edition, First United States Paperback Printing (5)
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La mythologie: ses dieux, ses heros, ses legendes
1995 01, Marabout
Paperback in French
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Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes
1989 03, Meridian
Paperback in English - First Meridian Printing (13)
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Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes
1969, New American Library
Mass Market Paperback in English
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Mythology
1969, Mentor
Mass Market Paperback in English - Authorized reprint (78)
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Mythology
1961 01, New American Library
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Mythology
1942, Little, Brown and Company
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Mythology: timeless tales of Gods and heroes
1942, Penguin Group
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Mythology
1942, Little, Brown and Company
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Table of Contents

The Gods, the creation, and the earliest heroes --
Stories of love and adventure --
The great heroes before the Trojan War --
The heroes of the Trojan War --
The great families of mythology --
The less important myths --
The mythology of Norse mythology.

Edition Notes

Published in
Boston, USA
Copyright Date
1942

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
290
Library of Congress
BL310 .H3

Contributors

Illustrator
Steele Savage

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xiv, 497 p.
Number of pages
497

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Open Library
OL6435213M
Internet Archive
mythology00hamirich
LCCN
42012948
OCLC/WorldCat
1089491358
Library Thing
2296662
Goodreads
14061475

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Greek and Roman mythology is quite generally suposed to show us the way the human reace thought and felt untold ages ago.
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