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For over fifty years readers have chosen this book above all others to discover the thrilling, enchanting, and fascinating world of Western mythology. From Odysseus's adventure-filled journey to the Norse god Odin's effort to postpone the final day of doom, Edith Hamilton's classic collection not only retells these stories with brilliant clarity but shows us how the ancients saw their own place in the world and how their themes echo in our consciousness today. An essential part of every home library, Mythology is the definitive volume for anyone who wants to know the key dramas, the primary characters, the triumphs, failures, fears, and hopes first narrated thousands of years ago-and still spellbinding to this day. Monsters, mortals, gods, and warriors.… (más)
RickyHaas: Both books center on mythology (obviously). The Norse Myths is more focused on a specific mythology. Whereas Mythology is a broader scope with a heavier focus on Greek/Roman Mythology.
themulhern: One is a scholarly examination of classical mythology the other is, primarily, a scholarly retelling of classical mythology. Obvious compliments.
Es una reedición de una obra de 1947, pero sigue siendo de lo más ilustrativa. Presenta los mitos de forma sistemática pero amena, de modo que uno se entere bien. A pesar del subtítulo, en realidad la mitología nórdica está tocada muy por encima. ( )
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
Of old the Hellenic race was marked off from the barbarian as more keen-witted and more free from nonsense — Herodotus I
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
Greek and Roman mythology is quite generally supposed to show us how the human race thought and felt untold ages ago.
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
Norse mythology and Greek mythology together give a clear picture of what the people were like from whom comes a major part of our spiritual and intellectual inheritance.
For over fifty years readers have chosen this book above all others to discover the thrilling, enchanting, and fascinating world of Western mythology. From Odysseus's adventure-filled journey to the Norse god Odin's effort to postpone the final day of doom, Edith Hamilton's classic collection not only retells these stories with brilliant clarity but shows us how the ancients saw their own place in the world and how their themes echo in our consciousness today. An essential part of every home library, Mythology is the definitive volume for anyone who wants to know the key dramas, the primary characters, the triumphs, failures, fears, and hopes first narrated thousands of years ago-and still spellbinding to this day. Monsters, mortals, gods, and warriors.
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