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13662564 No.13662564 [Reply] [Original]

I just finished a book on Greek Mythology and legends but I am not satisfied. Is there any book out there that goes into greater depth regarding the lives of all the gods and that titans, as well as essentially retell all of them. I'm essentially looking for something that's as close to the complete detailed picture as possible. Help me out anons, I know you will.

>> No.13662927

The Library, by Apollodorus. Ni fallor.

>> No.13663514

>>13662564
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth should shake you up

>> No.13663591

Gods of the Greeks by Karol Kerenyi is really good, accessible, and gives all the different versions of their stories. You can find the pdf on archive.org I think or maybe some other site

>> No.13663594

>>13662927
god bless, or rather gods bless you

>> No.13663677

what about Edith Hamilton?

>> No.13663687

>>13662564
Read Hesiod's Theogony if you haven't already.

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>>13662564

Read the primary sources my man.

https://www.theoi.com/Library.html

>> No.13664234

>>13662564
Dude the Metamorphoses, the Iliad, the Odyssey, the Argonautica

>> No.13664311

>>13663687
This, and these>>13664234
What books have you read? And which one did you just finish?

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>>13662564
Go with Graves at first. You can largely ignore his personal interpretations, but he cites primary sources and explains variants, and his referencing system is excellent. Then use theoi.com (or whatever the Perseus Project's site is now) to read the source materials.