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The Myths of Greece and Rome (Anthropology & Folklore S)

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This generously illustrated book of classical myths has transform a classic itself, long prized for its simple, graphic, accurate retelling of the principal myths of Greece and Rome, and for its remark on their origins and significance. The myths, as H. A. Guerber observes in her preface, “have inspired such a lot of the most efficient thought in English literature that a knowledge of them is incessantly essential to the understanding of what we need.”
But we’ve also come to love these stories of Pandora, of Echo and Narcissus, Orpheus and Eurydice, Jason, Hercules, Circe, Helen of Troy, and countless others for their own wealthy aesthetic qualities, and for their power to stir our imaginations. And these days we are learning to look more closely at all mythologies for what they make known to us of basic human nature and human aspiration.
Beginning with myths involving the gods — Jupiter, Juno, Minerva, Apollo, Diana, Venus, Mercury, Mars, and others — and ending with the adventures of Ulysses and Aeneas, this wealthy assembly offers hours of compelling reading and abundant insight into one of the most fundamental mythologies underlying Western culture. Sixty-four illustrations by such masters as Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, Rubens, Canova, and Bernini add further classic touches to this time-honored work, which also includes an invaluable genealogical table and a map showing the location of the myths.


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