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Nobody is asking about Bullfinch

>>18411023
How many times do we gotta tell you kids?

Now many times we gotta tell you people?

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>>17323963

Theogony and Homer at the least I would think.
Graves for the most comprehensive

Generally people will start with Hesiod’s Theogony to familiarize themselves with the pantheon he introduces. This poem was invented to hammer out all the inconsistencies and wildly different gods, and to ditch some of their original attributes. Hesiod of a misogynist, like most of his contemporaries, so none of the goddesses get a fair reading, but it’s just fiction and sets up the following stories. Homer.
There’s a cycle of stories to tell, but everyone’s favorites are the Iliad and the Odyssey, of course. Sample translations to see which feel right for you. There’s a lot to choose from (do not read Pope. It’s a reinterpretation and as bad as reading an abridgment).

For a contemporary overview that’s better than old Hesiod, I read Robert Graves extensive Greek Myths. He covers them all and tries to explain their cultural historical underpinnings.

Greek Myths, by Graves

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Bankers are generally shitty like any bourgeoisie, but sometimes their inner artist is served by the cushy lifestyle. Charles Ives was a nice composer banker

>>15129071
Just because bankers are better than you doesn’t mean they’re better than OP

>>14880203
It’s very good. Lists sources so you can follow up on whichever one catches your fancy

>>14749558
Start with the Greeks

>>14137105
You missin’ out

>>13332890
Graves’ The Greek Myths
Most of them are all nude.

>>13276802
Graves The Greeks Myths