Mythology

Friday, July 9, 2010

Mythology

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A new trade paperback edition of Edith Hamilton's world-renowned classic--a book that has enthralled and delighted generations of readers with its timeless tales of gods and heroes. 50 line drawings.

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±1±: Best Buy I didn't particularly have a choice to read this -- I had to pick it up for my high school AP senior English class's summer reading, but I've never been one to blow off a book as 'boring' simply because it wasn't exactly written for my age group.

Prior to having opened this, I had next to no knowledge of Mythology as a whole, particularly Greek, except that it bears some significance in modern culture and storytelling. But what I didn't know was that it is the basis for many of the things we thought were modern fictional creations: I never knew that beings like the 'hydra' have existed in literature for thousands of years, let alone several others. While this may not have been exactly, well, a fun-filled adventure novel, it did enlighten me as to where much of modern western (and indeed even some eastern) culture stems from.

'Mythology' is one of those books that I could only honestly recommend to those interested in the subject in hand, but even if, like me, it is required reading, don't blow it off or sit in agony thinking that this is laborious reading. With the right mind, this is a very interesting book. on Sale!