The Penguin Book of Classical Myths

The Penguin Book of Classical Myths

2008 • 590 pages

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This might be an excellent book to cover the major (and some minor) Greek myths with lots of sources and explanations of origins and discussion the multiple versions of the stories.

But it was just SO NOT what I was expecting, and therefore massively disappointing for me..

Apart from the stories on Troy, Odyssey, and the Argonauts, most pages dwindle in naming hundreds of names and family trees. Basically unreadable if you are here for a good telling of a myth.

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