Mythology

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Summary: A very fun read.
Review: This book is by no means boring. All the myths are very interesting and fun to read. This book shows you that the gods are most defenitely not fluff.

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Summary: It's a good book
Review: This book is GREAT, and most excellent in its covering of the Greek and Roman myths, but I found that the information on the Norse myths to be sadly lacking. Overall, the book is good to own, but if you're looking for Norse mythology, buy something else.

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Summary: Beauty Bound
Review: I recently bought this edition of Edith Hamilton's comprehensive work, and, like some of the other reviewers here, a great reason was the illustrations--especially the cover. I, too, had an earlier version in white with Perseus holding Medusa's head, and have loved these stories for many years. Hamilton is the expert on this subject, and she prints the stories here in wonderfully detailed prose.

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Summary: Worth While
Review: Though it is long and the gods have very difficult names if you you get through the first chapter or so you a rewarded with unbelievably amazing stories. It is a wonderful book to read at any age!

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Summary: MYTHOLOGY FOR THE REST OF US
Review: Long ago in pre-history, 1973 to be exact, in the age of vinyl records, before the Internet and Play Station and Cable T.V. and the almost insulting stuff that gets peddled to kids these days as entertainment, an acne faced 13 year old bought this book because, in those days, the cover had this guy holding a sword and a severed head on the front, (Perseus holding the head of Medusa), and I thought COOL! And I fell in love with these wonderful stories. I still have that much worn, much loved, much dog-eared paperback on my book shelves that later in life inspired me to read other myths of other times and places, which lead me to James Joyce, Flannery O'Connor and T.C.Boyle and a life-long head over heels romance with literature. Edith Hamilton's book is a good beginning for anyone at any age to begin, or continue, the remarkable adventure that is human story telling.

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Summary: long but awesome
Review: long but awesome. action-packed, drama-packed, AND educational! what more could you want?

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Summary: Great and accurate book. Relatively descriptive stories.
Review: Great and accurate book. Relatively descriptive stories.

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Summary: Bad and stuff
Review: it was boaring. don't read it

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Summary: boring
Review: Reading this book is like reading a textbook. I would not recommend reading this book unless it is an assignment. This book is extrememly boring and i found myself reading the same paragraph over and over because I could not focus on the book.

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Summary: A fine book for reference, but woefully lacking in spirit.
Review: Perhaps spirit is the wrong word. It is obvious by the late Miss Hamilton's writing that she harbors quite an affinity for the Græco-Roman/Norse myths and cultures. However knowledgeable and talented she is at non-fiction and discussion, the actual tellings of the myths emerge as dull and tedious. If the prospective reader is looking for a thorough and well-crafted reference guide with brief recounts of the myths with little poetry or other flairs for the dramatic, this book is a fine choice. On the other hand, if one wants a reference guide that is entertaining as well, they will be more satisfied with "Bulfinch's Mythology" as long as it has an index and glossary. If the reader desires not reference but pure entertainment value, and does not wish to read translated Homer, Virgil, Ovid, etc., I suggest "Gods, Heroes, and Men of Ancient Greece," by W.H.D. Rouse. The book is written as a storyteller would deliver the myths.