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I've added two books to our shelves that serve as helpful references to mythology and religion. They are The Greek Myths by Robert Graves and The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature, edited by M.C. Howatson.
Lawyer wrote: "I've added two books to our shelves that serve as helpful references to mythology and religion. They are The Greek Myths by Robert Graves and [book:The Oxford Compani..."Robert Graves gave us the I Claudius series and did a brilliant translation of the Golden Ass. This much said Bullfinch and Edith Hamilton are vastly superior anthologists of greek mythology.
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Thanks, Mike and Czarny! I'll add Bullfinch and Hamilton as well to our shelves. The more resources the merrier!
For the completion of the Trojan Cycle, see Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns and Homerica edited by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, published in 1914. This is available to view at http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/348. Contained are the existing fragments of the complete Epic Cycle.
A good, short refresher on some tidbits about Achilles as well as a few more I could not have recalled, even if ever encountered:https://www.britannica.com/topic/Achi...
Helps with understanding why Thetis had to marry a mortal, who was the mother of Achilles's son, .... In some aspects, may not entirely agree with other accounts (e.g., number of children Thetis destroyed).
These also may be of interest to some of you:Goddesses, Whores, Wives and Slaves: Women in Classical Antiquity by Sarah B. Pomeroy
Transformations of Circe: The History of an Enchantress by Judith Yarnall
Homer's The Odyssey, translated by Emily Wilson
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Goddesses, Whores, Wives and Slaves: Women in Classical Antiquity (other topics)Transformations of Circe: The History of an Enchantress (other topics)
Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns and Homerica (other topics)
The Greek Myths: Complete Edition (other topics)
The Greek Myths: Complete Edition (other topics)
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Sarah B. Pomeroy (other topics)Judith Yarnall (other topics)
Hugh G. Evelyn-White (other topics)
Robert Graves (other topics)
Robert Graves (other topics)
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