Mythology / by Edith Hamilton ; illustrated by Steele Savage.

By:

Hamilton, Edith, 1867-1963 [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Boston : Back Bay Books, 1998.Description: xiv, 497 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0316341517
0316341142

Subject(s):

Mythology

DDC classification:

292.13

Summary: "Edith Hamilton's Mythology succeeds like no other book in bringing to life for the modern reader the Greek, Roman, and Norse myths that are the keystone of Western culture - the stories of gods and heroes that have inspired human creativity from antiquity to the present. We meet the Greek gods on Olympus and Norse gods in Valhalla. We follow the drama of the Trojan War and the wanderings of Odysseus. We hear the tales of Jason and the Golden Fleece, Cupid and Psyche, and mighty King Midas. We discover the origins of the names of the constellations. And we recognize reference points for countless works of art, literature, and cultural inquiry - from Freud's Oedipus complex to Wagner's Ring Cycle of operas to Eugene O'Neil's Mourning Becomes Electra. Praised throughout the world for its authority and lucidity, Mythology is Edith Hamilton's masterpiece - the standard by which all other books on mythology are measured." -- Back cover.

List(s) this item appears in: Anne Stewart's Collection

Holdings ( 1 )
Title notes ( 3 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book - 7-day loan	CYA Library Main Collection	292.13 HAM (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00000011493

Total holds: 0

Originally published: Boston : Little, Brown, and Co., 1942.

Includes index.

"Edith Hamilton's Mythology succeeds like no other book in bringing to life for the modern reader the Greek, Roman, and Norse myths that are the keystone of Western culture - the stories of gods and heroes that have inspired human creativity from antiquity to the present. We meet the Greek gods on Olympus and Norse gods in Valhalla. We follow the drama of the Trojan War and the wanderings of Odysseus. We hear the tales of Jason and the Golden Fleece, Cupid and Psyche, and mighty King Midas. We discover the origins of the names of the constellations. And we recognize reference points for countless works of art, literature, and cultural inquiry - from Freud's Oedipus complex to Wagner's Ring Cycle of operas to Eugene O'Neil's Mourning Becomes Electra. Praised throughout the world for its authority and lucidity, Mythology is Edith Hamilton's masterpiece - the standard by which all other books on mythology are measured." -- Back cover.