plz i’m looking for a book talks abt myths and greek gods..any suggestions ?
plz i’m looking for a book talks abt myths and greek gods…any suggestions ?
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plz i’m looking for a book talks abt myths and greek gods…any suggestions ?
House of Names by Colm Toibin. It’s excellent. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HMXRXSO/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
Maybe too light…myths Mists of Avalon. .
Here are a few that I usually recommend:
C.S. Lewis Space Trilogy in many ways read like fantasy adventures combined with themes of biblical history and classical mythology.
Out of the Silent Planet little more heavy on the typical sci-fi genre, and a quick read.
Song of Achilles
Mary Dia. This book is by Madeline Miller and she has written a wondrously lyrical story of Achilles. Her turns of phrase are perfect for her retelling the story of his life, his relationship with Patroclus, and of the Trojan War. I listened to this book on Audibles, wonderful narrator. I listened to several chapters a second time for the beauty of hearing the Miller’s exquisite language. Also bought book in paperback.
Percy Jackson series. Written for older kids but it’s great.
Percy Jackson. Bullfinch’s Mythology.
The Penelopiad, by Margaret Atwood
Girl Meets Boy: The Myth of Iphis (The Myths) Ali Smith
Weight: The Myth of Atlas and Heracles (Myths, The) First Trade Paper Edition Edition
by Jeanette Winterson (Author)
Where Three Roads Meet: The Myth of Oedipus (Myths, The) Hardcover – August 10, 2008
by Salley Vickers – I haven’t read this one
The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ Paperback – April 12, 2011
by Philip Pullman – so so so good
Baba Yaga Laid an EggJan 11, 2011
by Dubravka Ugresic and Ellen Elias-Bursac
The Bull from the Sea and The King Must Die by Mary Renault. They tell the story of Theseus and the slaying of the Minotaur of Knossos. Great books.
Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods (Rick Riordan)
I teach Greek Mythology and World Mythology. We use Heroes, Gods, and Monsters as a basic book on the major Stories. Bullfinch’s can be hard to read and follow in the formal manner it’s written. You find it used more on a college level. Mists of Avalon is Arthurian legend.. not Greek or Roman.
The Lost Sisterhood by Anne Fortier is more about the Amazons but it’s good fun.
The Alchemist series by Michael Scott. Great YA series.
The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell. It highlights similarities between different cultures’ myths.
This is the primary text we used in intro courses in college.
This classic children’s book is a good place to start. (I also recommend mythology books by DK publishing.)
We use this at school with our fourth graders. Excellent book.
Books by Rick Riordan
Who’s Who in Classical Mythology by Michael Grant is very good.
Hi and welcome Mary!
Novels? Gods Behaving Badly is a fun read.
I believe my introduction was in 5th grade when I read “Bullfinch’s Mythology” (???) by Edith Bullfinch (??)
Must have been an elementary version. It’s originally written at a very hard college level in the 1800’s by Thomas Bullfinch. It’s Edith Hamilton who then did a rework of it that’s as hard! .
Yes! Edith Hamilton! Thank You! It was a random book, not the school’s, I read a LOT when young.
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman