I need some suggestions for Books in Greek mythology. – TheBookSwarm

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All of Mary Renault’s books are wonderful.

PriyankaQuestion author

Thanks Kathy, are there some specific ones that you really adore ?

I was going to say this….my favorites are The King Must Die and Bull from the Sea ( Theseus), and Fire from Heaven and the Persian Boy (Alexander).

Priyanka I loved The King Must Die

Stephen Fry has just retold the Greek myths in Mythos. Very good.

I second!

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Ordering because of the suggestions and specifically due to the lovely cover. ?

Sherrilynn Kenyon Dark Hunter series is amazing and has a bunch of Greek and Atlantian mythology in them.

Go back to the source material and read the Odyssey and the Iliad.

PriyankaQuestion author

Source material ? ?

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Not a student of mythology.

PriyankaQuestion author

Just an admirer.

Ancient Greek epic poems by Homer

These are great books to LISTEN to: they come from an oral tradition, so you can pretend you are listening to Homer himself!

CS Lewis Until We Had Faces.

I’m still not sure I understand all of it, but I do love it.

Mythology by Edith Hamilton is the best.

Edith Hamilton’s Mythology is a must-have reference if you’re seriously into Greek mythology. If you need just an overview, D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths is good.

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Metamorphica by Zachary Mason is interesting.

Following 🙂

Thanks for the motivation to pick this book up, have been thinking of reading it but wasn’t sure

The Firebrand by Marion Zimmer Bradley

The Songs of Kings by Barry Unsworth.

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