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Mythology

  • 392 pages · about 7 hours
  • First published 1940
  • 59 editions

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1 About this book

There has long been a need for the stories of ancient mythology written to appeal to the twentieth-century mind. Edith Hamilton's orderly and lucid presentation of Greek, Roman and Norse mythology promises the casual reader and the avid student a sound, modern and adult key to the foundation stones of world literature.

Her years of study of classical literature have already produced notable books and the charm of her writing is well established by The Greek Way and The Roman Way. She has not been content to be merely a reteller of tales. She has blended and organized the sometimes conflicting myths of the early storytellers, molding them with vivid clarity.

  • Mythology
  • Classical Mythology
  • Greek Mythology
  • Norse Mythology
  • Mythology, classical
  • Trojan War
  • Folklore
  • Manuel

2 About Edith Hamilton

1867–1963

Edith Hamilton (August 12, 1867 – May 31, 1963) was an American educator and internationally known author who was one of the most renowned classicists of her era in the United States. A graduate of Bryn Mawr College, she also studied in Germany at Leipzig University and the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.

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