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But many are firmly rooted in specific settings: Thebes dominates the tragedy of Oedipus; Mycenae broods over the fates of Agamemnon and Electra; Knossos boasts the scene of Theseus' slaying of the Minotaur; Tiryns was where Heracles set out from on each of his twelve labours. Homer, Iliad 8. Zeus who joys in the thunder made an assembly of all the immortals upon the highest peak of rugged Olympos. Now let no female divinity, nor male god either, presume to cut across the way of my word, but consent to it all of you, so that I can make an end in speed of these matters. And any one I perceive against the gods' will attempting to go among the Trojans and help them, or among the Danaans, he shall go whipped against his dignity back to Olympos; or I shall take him and dash him down to the murk of Tartaros, far below, where the uttermost depth of the pit lies under earth, where there are gates of iron and a brazen doorstone, as far beneath the house of Aides Hades as from earth the sky lies. Then he will see how far I am strongest of all the immortals. Come, you gods, make this endeavour, that you all may learn this. Let down out of the sky a cord of gold; lay hold of it all you who are gods and all who are goddesses, yet not even so can you drag down Zeus from the sky to the ground, not Zeus the high lord of counsel, though you try until you grow weary. Yet whenever I might strongly be minded to pull you, I could drag you up, earth and all and sea and all with you, then fetch the golden rope about the horn of Olympos and make it fast, so that all once more should dangle in mid air. So much stronger am I than the gods, and stronger than mortals. Now seeing them the goddess of the white arms, Hera [on Olympos], took pity and immediately she spoke to Pallas Athene her winged words. So then : do you put under their harness our single-foot horses while I go back into the house of Zeus, the lord of the aigis, and arm me in my weapons of war. And she, Hera, exalted goddess, daughter of Kronos Cronus the mighty, went away to harness the gold-bridle horses. Now in turn Athene, daughter of Zeus of the aigis, beside the threshold of her father slipped off her elaborate dress which she herself had wrought with her hands' patience, and now assuming the war tunic of Zeus who gathers the clouds, she armed herself in her gear for the dismal fighting. She set her feet in the blazing chariot, and took up a spear, heavy, huge, thick, wherewith she beats down the battalions of fighting men, against whom she of the mighty father is angered. Hera laid the lash swiftly on the horses; and moving of themselves groaned the gates of the sky that the Horai Horae, Hours guarded, those Horai to whose charge is given the huge sky and Olympos to open up the dense darkness or again to close it. Hoe can your hearts so storm within you? The son of Kronos Cronus will not let you stand by the Argives. Since Zeus has uttered this threat and will make it a thing accomplished: that he will lame beneath the harness your fast-running horses, and hurl yourselves from the driver's place, and smash your chariot; and not in the circle of ten returning years would you be whole of the wounds where the stroke of the lightning this you; so that you may know, grey-eyed goddess, when it is your father you fight with. Let one of them perish then, let another live, as their fortune wills; let him, as is his right and as his heart pleases, work out whatever decrees he will on Danaans and Trojans. Meanwhile the goddesses themselves took their place on the golden couches among the other immortals, their hearts deep grieving within them. Then Zeus himself of the wide brows took his place on the golden throne, as underneath his feet tall Olympos was shaken. Surely in the battle where men win glory you were not wearied out, destroying those Trojans on whom you have set your grim wrath. In the whole account, such is my strength and my hand so invincible, not all the gods who are on Olympos could turn me backward, but before this the trembling took hold of your shining bodies, before you could look upon the fighting and war's work of sorrow for I will say straight out, and it would now be a thing accomplished: once hit in your car by the lightning stroke you could never have come back to Olympos, where is the place of the immortals. Homer, Iliad All were blaming the son of Kronos, Zeus of the dark mists, because his will was to give glory to the Trojans. To these gods the father gave no attention at all, but withdrawn from them and rejoicing in the pride of his strength sat apart from the others looking out over the city of Troy and the ships of the Akhaians Achaeans , watching the flash of bronze, and men killing and men killed. Then she saw Zeus, sitting along the loftiest summit on Ida of the springs, and in her eyes he was hateful. And now the lady ox-eyed Hera was divided in purpose as to who she could beguile the brain of Zeus of the aigis. And to her mind this thing appeared to the best counsel, to array herself in loveliness, and go down to Ida, and perhaps he might be taken with desire to lie in love with her next her skin, and she might be taken with desire to lie in love with her next her skin, and she might be able to drift an innocent warm sleep across his eyelids, and seal his crafty perceptions. She went into her chamber, which her beloved son Hephaistos had built for her, and closed the leaves in the door-posts snugly with a secret door- bar, and no other of the gods could open it. There entering she drew shut the leaves of the shining door, then first from her adorable body washed away all stains with ambrosia, and next anointed herself with ambrosial sweet olive oil, which stood there in its fragrance beside her, and from which, stirred in the house of Zeus by the golden pavement, a fragrance was shaken forever forth, on earth and in heaven. When with this he had anointed her delicate body and combed her hair, next with her hands she arranged her shining and lovely and ambrosial curls along her immortal head, and dressed in an ambrosial robe that Athene had made her carefully, smooth, and with many figures upon it, and pinned it across her breast with a golden brooch, and circled her waist about with a zone that floated a hundred tassels, and in the lobes of her carefully pierced ears she put rings and triple drops in mulberry clusters, radiant with beauty, and, lovely among goddesses, she veiled her head downward with a sweet fresh veil that glimmered pale like the sunlight. Underneath her shining feet she bound on the fair sandals. Or would you refuse it? Are you forever angered against me because I defend the Danaans, while you help the Trojans? My heart is urgent to do it if I can, and if it is a thing that can be accomplished. So Aphrodite went back into the house, Zeus' daughter, while Hera in a flash of speed left the horn of Olympos and crossed over Pieria and Emathia the lovely and overswept the snowy hills of the Thrakian riders and their uttermost pinnacles, nor touched the ground with her feet. Then from Athos she crossed over the heaving main sea and came to Lemnos, and to the city of godlike Thoas. There she encountered Hypnos Sleep , the brother of Thanatos Death. If now your great desire is to lie in love together here on the peaks of Ida, everything can be seen. Then what would happen if some one of the gods everlasting saw us sleeping, and went and told all the other immortals of it? I would not simply rise out of bed and go back again, into your house, and such a thing would be shameful. No, if this is your heart's desire, if this is your wish, then there is my chamber, which my beloved son Hephaisto Hephaestus s has built for me, and closed the leaves in the door-posts snugly. We can go back there and lie down, since bed is your pleasure. Do you not remember that time you hung from high and on your feet I slung two anvils, and about your hands drove a golden chain, unbreakable. You among the clouds and the bright sky hung, nor could the gods about tall Olympos endure it and stood about, but could not set you free. If I caught one I would seize and throw him from the threshold, until he landed stunned on the earth, yet even so the weariless agony for Herakles the godlike would not let go my spirit. She came to sheer Olympos and entered among the assembled immortal gods in the house of Zeus, and they seeing her rose all to swarm about her and lifted their cups in greeting. You seem like one who has been terrified. I know, it was the son of Kronos Cronus , your husband, frightened you. You yourself know what his spirit is, how it is stubborn and arrogant. Preside still over the gods in their house, the feast's fair division. Yet so much may you hear, and with you all the other immortals, how Zeus discloses evil actions, and I do not think the heart of all will be pleasured alike, neither among mortals nor gods either, although one now still feasts at his pleasure. Hera was smiling with her lips, but above the dark brows her forehead was not at peace. Still we are thinking in our anger to go near, and stop him by argument or force. He sits apart and cares nothing nor thinks of us, and says that among the other immortals he is pre-eminently the greatest in power and strength. Therefore each of you must take whatever evil he sends you. Since I think already a sorrow has been wrought against Ares. Greek Mythology: A Traveller's Guide from Mount Olympus to Troy | Penninn Eymundsson

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London, Journal of Greek Archaeology foreigners may have looked at architectural to enter the fray must, I imagine, suppress some sculpture, or how looking may have changed queasiness at such competition. Not so David over time. Greek Mythology is a perfect addition to architectural sculpture in the Greek world. The Parthenon Enigma: A shaped them. London, Head of Zeus. Inventing imperium: texts and armchair travellers alike the quality of the cover the propaganda of monuments in Augustan suggests the second category is the majority of Rome. Elsner ed. While not written Roman Culture. Cambridge, Cambridge for the specialist, the book may be of interest to University Press: Neer, R. The Emergence of the Classical Style. What sets S. The viewing and obscuring of mythology for the general audience — not to the Parthenon frieze. Journal of Hellenistic mention all non- English books that cover the Studies same ground and major scholarly resources? The Complete Greek And do we really need or care about another Temples. London, Thames and Hudson. The answer to Vidal-Naquet, P. Paris, Belles As S. New Haven and be retold. Not only is S. He eschews the University of Cambridge format of traditional encyclopaedias with their ra cam. Thames and Hudson, London. Buxton , Graves , Graziosi or Matyszak the first and last are produced by S. Recent decades have seen a major scholarly resources are Fowler , Gantz , flurry of encyclopaedias, overviews of and and the two massive encyclopedias published under the auspices of the Fondation pour le Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae introductions to the subject, and monographs on Classicae, LIMC and ThesCRA. Preller- specific figures or themes. Any author wishing Robert and Roscher are still useful. His book is not a compendium of myth, occasionally. While encyclopaedias names, terms, buildings, and institutions. This it does well, despite the bring the sometimes scant remains of these fact that some sites are more suitable to this once-great centres of Greek civilization to life. There is, for example, relatively little left of Sparta before the Roman After a brief introduction outlining the history resettlement, although there is a wealth of earlier and uses of myth , the reader is briskly myth to choose from. Nevertheless, in the transported across the Mediterranean in 22 relevant chapter pp. Next are the alive to the particularities of his sources. Every chapter is rounded the Cyclops Polyphemus Odyssey 9 , S. The text is lavishly illustrated reminder of the fluidity of myth and the throughout, with coloured drawings of choice inventiveness the tragedians displayed in their artefacts, monuments, or landscapes, and further plots. As every good guide must, S. For example, S. Thus S. Similar follows classical mythographic precedent by cults are attested or hypothesized for Adonis, largely excluding Rome, Sicily, and the western Attis, Hyacinthus, Narcissus, and — according Mediterranean from the narrative. As a result, to some — Linus. The relevant bit in Hippolytus is 5. First, how trustworthy is S. Secondly, grain death and rebirth formed the great secret of the is ubiquitous in Eleusinian iconography and Eleusinian Mysteries, he consequently views mythology and so can hardly have come as a the archaeology of Eleusis and the Acropolis as surprise of metaphysical proportions. We know that Persephone or Kore Like other iconoclastic interpretations that seek returns from Hades, but of course she does not to displace the traditional reading of the frieze really die. Another candidate for a magical re- as a Panathenaic procession — one thinks of J. There he argues that the Athenians, in the wake of the sack of Athens and the destruction of the I wonder whether in places not more could Old Parthenon, embarked on a programme of have been made of the landscape as a factor death and rebirth that permeates the architecture both in the shaping and understanding of myth and iconography of the Parthenon and indeed of — this is, after all, promised on the dust jacket. My disagreement with S. Spaeth on the west pediment. Homer, Iliad 4. Another mythographic mistake spring; Heracles and the Stymphalian birds as occurs on p. The result is an affordable, handsomely produced book with a fast-paced and engaging The book is well-produced and a pleasure to narrative that will make the armchair traveller read. There is a stray the actual traveller to experience something of orange line printed halfway through the text on the awe and reverence the Greeks themselves p. And that, surely, is the hallmark was moved there. 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Elsner ed. While not written Roman Culture. Cambridge, Cambridge for the specialist, the book may be of interest to University Press: Neer, R. The Emergence of the Classical Style. What sets S. The viewing and obscuring of mythology for the general audience — not to the Parthenon frieze. Journal of Hellenistic mention all non-English books that cover the Studies same ground and major scholarly resources? The Complete Greek And do we really need or care about another Temples. London, Thames and Hudson. The answer to Vidal-Naquet, P. Paris, Belles As S. New Haven and be retold. Not only is S. He eschews the University of Cambridge format of traditional encyclopaedias with their ra cam. Thames and Hudson, London. Buxton , Graves , Graziosi or Matyszak the first and last are produced by S. Recent decades have seen a major scholarly resources are Fowler , Gantz , flurry of encyclopaedias, overviews of and and the two massive encyclopedias published under the auspices of the Fondation pour le Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae introductions to the subject, and monographs on Classicae, LIMC and ThesCRA. Preller- specific figures or themes. Any author wishing Robert and Roscher are still useful. His book is not a compendium of myth, occasionally. While encyclopaedias names, terms, buildings, and institutions. This it does well, despite the bring the sometimes scant remains of these fact that some sites are more suitable to this once-great centres of Greek civilization to life. There is, for example, relatively little left of Sparta before the Roman After a brief introduction outlining the history resettlement, although there is a wealth of earlier and uses of myth , the reader is briskly myth to choose from. Nevertheless, in the transported across the Mediterranean in 22 relevant chapter pp. Next are the alive to the particularities of his sources. Every chapter is rounded the Cyclops Polyphemus Odyssey 9 , S. The text is lavishly illustrated reminder of the fluidity of myth and the throughout, with coloured drawings of choice inventiveness the tragedians displayed in their artefacts, monuments, or landscapes, and further plots. As every good guide must, S. For example, S. Thus S. Similar follows classical mythographic precedent by cults are attested or hypothesized for Adonis, largely excluding Rome, Sicily, and the western Attis, Hyacinthus, Narcissus, and — according Mediterranean from the narrative. As a result, to some — Linus. The relevant bit in Hippolytus is 5. First, how trustworthy is S. Secondly, grain death and rebirth formed the great secret of the is ubiquitous in Eleusinian iconography and Eleusinian Mysteries, he consequently views mythology and so can hardly have come as a the archaeology of Eleusis and the Acropolis as surprise of metaphysical proportions. We know that Persephone or Kore Like other iconoclastic interpretations that seek returns from Hades, but of course she does not to displace the traditional reading of the frieze really die. Another candidate for a magical re- as a Panathenaic procession — one thinks of J. There he argues that the Athenians, in the wake of the sack of Athens and the destruction of the I wonder whether in places not more could Old Parthenon, embarked on a programme of have been made of the landscape as a factor death and rebirth that permeates the architecture both in the shaping and understanding of myth and iconography of the Parthenon and indeed of — this is, after all, promised on the dust jacket. My disagreement with S. Spaeth on the west pediment. Homer, Iliad 4. Another mythographic mistake spring; Heracles and the Stymphalian birds as occurs on p. The result is an affordable, handsomely produced book with a fast-paced and engaging The book is well-produced and a pleasure to narrative that will make the armchair traveller read. Previous Moments of Mindfulness: African Wisdom. It would also make for a gratifying travel companion, offering easy on-site access to beautiful and relevant quotations from ancient literature' Minerva 'An innovative approach to Greek mythology … original and entertaining' British Museum Magazine. Related Topics. Greece Mediterranean Mythology Travel Turkey. Further Details. Specifications Format: Hardback Size: List of Contributors Lis Watkins. No, if this is your heart's desire, if this is your wish, then there is my chamber, which my beloved son Hephaisto Hephaestus s has built for me, and closed the leaves in the door-posts snugly. We can go back there and lie down, since bed is your pleasure. Do you not remember that time you hung from high and on your feet I slung two anvils, and about your hands drove a golden chain, unbreakable. You among the clouds and the bright sky hung, nor could the gods about tall Olympos endure it and stood about, but could not set you free. If I caught one I would seize and throw him from the threshold, until he landed stunned on the earth, yet even so the weariless agony for Herakles the godlike would not let go my spirit. She came to sheer Olympos and entered among the assembled immortal gods in the house of Zeus, and they seeing her rose all to swarm about her and lifted their cups in greeting. You seem like one who has been terrified. I know, it was the son of Kronos Cronus , your husband, frightened you. You yourself know what his spirit is, how it is stubborn and arrogant. Preside still over the gods in their house, the feast's fair division. Yet so much may you hear, and with you all the other immortals, how Zeus discloses evil actions, and I do not think the heart of all will be pleasured alike, neither among mortals nor gods either, although one now still feasts at his pleasure. Hera was smiling with her lips, but above the dark brows her forehead was not at peace. Still we are thinking in our anger to go near, and stop him by argument or force. He sits apart and cares nothing nor thinks of us, and says that among the other immortals he is pre-eminently the greatest in power and strength. Therefore each of you must take whatever evil he sends you. Since I think already a sorrow has been wrought against Ares. His son has been killed in the fighting, dearest of all men to him, Askalaphos, whom stark Ares calls his own son. Your ears can listen still to reality, but your mind is gone and your discipline. Do you not hear what the goddess Hera of the white arms tells us, and she coming back even now from Zeus of Olympos? Do you wish, after running the course of many misfortunes yourself, still to come back to Olympos under compulsion though reluctant, and plant seed of great sorrow among the rest of us? Since he will at once leave the Akhaians Achaeans and the high-hearted Trojans, and come back to batter us on Olympos and will catch up as they come the guilty one and the guiltless. Therefore I ask of you to give up your anger for your son. By now some other, better of his strength and hands than your son was, has been killed, or will soon be killed; and it is a hard thing to rescue all the generation and seed of all mortals. They in a flash of speed winged their way onward. They came to Ida with all her springs, the mother of wild beasts, and found the wide-browed son of Kronos on the height of Gargaron, sitting still, and fragrant cloud gathered in a circle about him. These two came into the presence of Zeus the cloud gatherer and stood, nor was his heart angry when he looked upon them, seeing they had promptly obeyed the message of his dear lady. All was divided among us three ways, each given his domain. I when the lots were shaken drew the grey sea to live in forever; Haides drew the lot of the mists and the darkness, and Zeus was allotted the wide sky, in the cloud and the bright air. But earth and high Olympos are common to all three. She came secretly from Zeus and the other gods, since it was Hera who sent her. So speaking, he whirled her about in his hand and slung her out of the starry heaven, and presently she came to men's establishments. She went everywhere, and told them to make their way to Zeus' house. There was no Potamos River who was not there, only Okeanos Oceanus , there was not any one of the Nymphai Nymphs who live in the lovely groves, and the springs of the rivers and grass of the meadows, who came not. These all assembling into the house of Zeus cloud gathering took places among the smooth-stone cloister walks which Hephaistos Hephaestus had built for Zeus the father by his craftsmanship and contrivance. Are you deliberating Akhaians Achaeans and Trojans? For the onset of battle is almost broken to flame between them. I think of these men though they are dying. Even so, I shall stay here upon the fold of Olympos sitting still, watching, to pleasure my heart. Meanwhile all you others go down, wherever you may go among the Akhaians and Trojans and give help to either side, as your own pleasure directs you. But soon, I think, when they [the gods allied with the Trojans] have fought with us they will get back to Olympos and the throng of the other gods beaten back by the overmastering strength of our hands. Zeus heard it from where he sat on Olympos, and was amused in his deep heart for pleasure, as he watched the gods' collision in conflict. It does not suit when the others have begun, and it were too shameful if without fighting we go back to the brazen house of Zeus on Olympos Oulumpon de Dios poti khalkobates. When she had taken up the bow she went back to her daughter. But the maiden [Artemis] came to the bronze-founded house on Olympos of Zeus, and took her place kneeling at the knees of her father and the ambrosial veil trembled about her. Her father Kronides Cronides caught her against him, and laughed softly, and questioned her. Act as your purpose would have you do, and hold back no longer. She went on her way [from the bottom of the sea to Olympos], and in front of her rapid wind-footed Iris guided her, and the wave of the water opened about them. They stepped out on the dry land and swept to the sky. There they found [Zeus] the son of Kronos of the wide brows, and gathered about him sat all the rest of the gods, the blessed, who live forever. She sat down beside Zeus father, and Athene made a place for her. Hera put into her hand a beautiful golden goblet and spoke to her to comfort her, and Thetis accepting drank from it. I myself know this. But even so I will tell you why I summoned you hither. He spoke and the goddess silver-foot Thetis did not disobey him but descended in a flash of speed from the peaks of Olympos and made her way to the shelter of her son. Therefore they remembered him even in death's stage. Callimachus, Hymn 3 to Artemis ff trans. Mair Greek poet C3rd B. But when the Nymphai encircle thee in the dance, near the springs of Aigyptian Inopos or Pitane - for Pitane too is thine - or in Limnai or where, goddess, thou camest from Skythia to dwell, in Alai.

Greek Mythology: A Traveller's Guide from Mount Olympus to Troy | Penninn Eymundsson

Qty: 1 2. Buy It Now. Add to cart. About this product Product Information The Greek myths have a universal appeal, reaching far beyond the time and physical place in which they were created. But many are firmly rooted in specific settings: Thebes dominates the tragedy of Oedipus; Mycenae broods over the fates of Agamemn and Electra; Kssos boasts the scene of Theseus' slaying of the Mitaur; Tiryns was where Heracles set out from on each of his twelve labours. Here, the reader is taken on a tour of 22 destinations in Greece and Turkey, from Mount Olympus to Homer's Hades, recounting the tales from Greek mythology and the history associated with each, evoking their atmosphere and highlighting features that visitors can still see today. Drawing on a wide range of Classical sources, with quotations newly translated by the author and freshly illustrated with specially commissioned drawings, this book is both a useful visitor's guide to famous sites connected with Greek mythology and an enthralling imaginative journey for the armchair traveller. Show more Show less. Hint: The password should be at least six characters long. To make it stronger, use upper and lower case letters and numbers. Books that are not warehoused locally can take 4 weeks or more to arrive here e. If we expect it later than 10 days, we will update you with an expected timeframe before proceeding with your order. We're booksellers in an actual bookshop, so you can speak with us or email us if you have any questions. It would also make for a gratifying travel companion, offering easy on-site access to beautiful and relevant quotations from ancient literature' - Minerva 'An innovative approach to Greek mythology In Stock. The username or password you entered is incorrect. Please try again or use the Forgot Password link. You have been successfully logged-in. Log in Forgot Your Password? I just wanted to reach the end - and then surprisingly didn't dislike it as much as I pretended to to myself, even. The research was very thorough, the myths descriptions short and crisp, and it's probably a fantastic book for anyone traveling in Greece who's hellbent or just, you know, interested on a normal level on visiting important mythical and historical locations. But since I'm not that type of person, I could've done very well, one would say even better, without all the focus on geography that was the whole purpose of writing it. Would still recommend if you're into Greek myths! Edit: 2 passages that made me chuckle This book contains 22 chapters dealing with a different part of The Ancient Greek world Mycanae, Troy, Sumnium etc and details some of the myths that are related to that place. For an area like Troy the links are fairly obvious; other areas such as Thebes have a web of mythological links that only keen mythological fans will know. Such a structure runs the risk of each chapter being totally separate to all the others and there being no reward to reading the book as a book, and rendering it a m This book contains 22 chapters dealing with a different part of The Ancient Greek world Mycanae, Troy, Sumnium etc and details some of the myths that are related to that place. Such a structure runs the risk of each chapter being totally separate to all the others and there being no reward to reading the book as a book, and rendering it a mere encyclopaedic guide. Thankfully, The authors have intricately woven together many myths across chapters: Heracles turns up several times and stories are related forwards and backwards to places described elsewhere in the book. As such, there is a genuine reason for reading this book all in one go, something definitely not true of many guidebooks on mythology. The descriptions themselves are clear and engaging. Some sections could be longer perhaps but overall, from a modest knowledge of these stories, I felt I gained a real sense of the fascinating web of stories attached to many parts of Greece. It has really made me want to visit Greece and other countries with this book to follow the step by step instructions around some of the sites, which are put at the back of each chapter and are a great practical addition. A great intro to Greek Mythology if you're simply reading for that. The idea of mixing each myth with a real place is what drew me to this book and it is very well done. I appreciate the map, timelines, and actual onsite information should you wish to visit. If I visit Greece, I will definitely be revisiting this book. Aug 02, Robyn rated it really liked it. Loved the way this book linked Greek myths with actual places in Greece. A must read if you are going to visit Greece and love mythology. Apr 17, Hal Lowen rated it really liked it Shelves: ancient-greece. A fantastic book for really getting a sense of where the myths are set, deeply interesting and the chapters are manageably sized and relatively self contained so it's easy to pick up at leisure. The only "downside" is now my bucket list of travel is a few destinations longer - thoroughly recommend! Aug 12, Yannis rated it really liked it. This book definitely served this purpose. Actually, it requires quite a lot of foreknowledge. I googled a lot while reading. But it was worth it. Perhaps now I can visit Greece again and know a little bit of this and that and smile complacently. Sep 24, Jeannie rated it liked it. Wonderful overview of Greek Mythology to the places linked to them. If you're visiting Greece and are interested in the cultural background of places you visit, this is a good book. The book got interrupted midway through when I randomly needed to read some Thompson I'd rate the book 3. The best parts were Stuttard taking up the locations and giving us a brief sometimes VERY brief history of what happened there after the supposed myths. Personally I didn't need to rehash myths I've read many many times before, I kind of liked the terse review so I did read it all, but I didn't need it. The The book got interrupted midway through when I randomly needed to read some Thompson The writing was good, he did the dry English thing well, and he handled the material in a clear and straightforward way. He gives some tips for the traveler at the end of the timelines, and thing has they were when he visited the sites. I don't really have much that is overly positive or negative about it. I do think if you were going on a trip to Greece, didn't know the myths too well, and were going sightseeing in those location or looking for such places to go and see , then this is the one book you should buy, read, and bring with you! So to repeat, since there aren't many reviews on this as of the time of me writing this.

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