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Myths And Legends Of Ancient Greece And Rome By E.M. Berens (1901)

by E.M. Berens(Favorite Author)

3.56 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0012591599 (ISBN13: 2940012591593)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Halcyon Press Ltd.

review 1: Interesting book and very useful refernce if you're interested in the mythologies of the founders of European civilisation.Some of the language will seem rather archaic, but I think this was written in the late nineteenth century as a reference for schoolboys studying the classics.This doesn't detract from the book being an interesting and informative read though. I'd recommend this as one to dip into from time to time rather than as a book to read from cover to cover. Each myth is broken up into it's own section and there is a very useful index and pronunciation guide included.
review 2: I read this on my e-reader, which meant I didn’t have access to the much lauded footnotes (major drawback I didn’t know about when I bought it!). However, I read it to re... morefresh my memory of ancient mythology before settling down to read The Iliad, and I am amazingly glad I did. Berens has done an excellent job of assuming that as an adult you probably know the basics, and manages to both refresh what you already knew, and introduce new material. I especially enjoyed learning more about HOW the ancients worshiped their myriad gods. I also was glad he acknowledged some of the more common myths about the myths and included information about the Roman myth that corresponds with the Greek myth right on the same page instead of in a separate section. That helped make it one of the most well organized reference books I’ve ever read, as well as one of the most interesting. less

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