![]() ![]() It’s now available from publisher Black Dog and Leventhal (order it here at Amazon) as the perfect gift, one every household should own, a copper-foiled hardbound edition first published in 2017 and worthy of commemorating 75 years of educating the world about the intellectual adventure of ancient man. ![]() In 1942 after writing three other works on the ancient world, educator and classicist Edith Hamilton bundled together her research into the Greek myths to create her book, Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes. Yet for eight decades many have turned to one source. Even if you get a history degree in college you only touch on the Greek myths by way of the ancient historians who documented these age old stories from the oral tradition. But not everyone digs deep into the subject. Suddenly you want to know how Hercules related to Zeus and you draw Cyclops on everything. At some point early in life every kid gets the bug for Greek mythology. ![]()
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