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Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 2:33 pm
Personally I like Greek mythology the best, its one of the longest surviving cultures and is very interesting. I particularly like the many stories surrounding the birth of Aphrodite.
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Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 6:38 pm
I study Greek Mythology for religious reasons. But sometimes I have a lot of trouble, because I have no outlet like a class at school, so I must find books myself or information on the internet. Sometimes I buy a book only to discover that the information contradicts itself or, worse, that they substitue Roman names (bad pet peeve, right there).
So my question, I guess would be, do you have any book recomendations, or favorite translations? A point in the right direction would be nice mrgreen Thank you!
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:38 am
Lying_Delilah So my question, I guess would be, do you have any book recomendations, or favorite translations? A point in the right direction would be nice mrgreen Thank you! I only read a few books on greek mythology, but Greek Mythology by Edith Hamilton contains a wide variety of different myths. But you said your pet-peeve was using Roman names and etc. etc., which is used in the book for some of the myths. Although it bothered me too, I just learned to ignore it while reading the book. But it can be hard to keep track of who is who when the names change like that.
There's also a website I found a while back called "Women in Greek Mythology" that I found very useful. The author of the website translated the less-known myths so it was easier to understand and, basically, in a more common and "modern" language, I guess. I'd get the link for you, but I lost it with my old computer's death.... I'll find that again sometime and post it here. >.< Sorry.
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