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Can't find "Mythology" by Edith Hamilton in my language, any substitute so I can start with the greeks?

>> No.11398648
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>>11398645
I mean, it was in my mind to follow this chart but now I need another book to start

>> No.11398657

Maybe Thomas Bulfinch has been translated in your language? What language are you working with? That'd help us be able to figure something out.

>> No.11398658

why do people here like this? what so special about it? I've seen it like 50 times in stack threads.

>> No.11398669

>>11398657
Spanish

>> No.11398674

>>11398657
I mean, mythology was traduced to spanish but rn is discontinued and impossible to find

>> No.11398681

Can you read latin better than or worse than you can read English?

How about Spanish translators? What are they better at?

>> No.11398703

>>11398681
I think they're better at latin. Responding to the other question, I only studied latin and ancient greek 2 years

>> No.11398721

>>11398658
Stack threads are full of newfags following the start with the greeks chart.

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>>11398658

>> No.11398757

Do you think Robert Graves is ok too?

>> No.11398942

>>11398645
I recommend Bulfinch's Mythology. It's an amazing book divided into three parts detailing Greek myth, King Arthur, and Charlemagne legends, respectively. I fell in love with it as a kid.

>> No.11398959

Ovid's Metamorphoses.

>> No.11398962

>>11398645
>my language
>not reading everything in English
>including books of "my language" translated to English

>> No.11398976

Just read ovid and hesiod, than homer

>> No.11398993

>>11398645
... why the fuck would you not read it in English? If the answer is "I suck at reading English", you should unironically be studying English instead of reading about mythology. And I say this as a fellow native Spanish speaker. En serio OP, si no te sentís lo suficientemente cómodo como para leerlo en inglés, ponete ya mismo a aprender el lenguaje. La vasta cantidad de material escrito y traducido al inglés hace que su dominio sea increíblemente útil.

>> No.11399001

>>11398658
>why do people here like this?
... because Greek mythology is cool and often made reference to in literature? I can't think of a reason why *not* to read it if you have the faintest interest in literature.

>> No.11399015

>>11398976
This is the same advice I've been giving people for years. There is no need to read any modern, secondary works on mythology if you can read works by people who actually grew hearing those stories as bedtime tales.

>> No.11399021

>>11398645
>attempting to start with the Greeks by reading a book that was published yesterday
Can I ask why you think this is the right way to go about your business?

>> No.11399025

>>11399021
Because /lit/ or /his/ told him to do so.

>> No.11399030

>>11398645
You write fluent English. I don't see what the problem is here

>> No.11399069

>>11399015
You're never going to make it.

>> No.11399080

>>11399015
Ovid assumes the reader already knows a lot of the people and gods though. Bad advice.

>> No.11399322

>>11398993
Me siento cómodo, pero uno siempre se encuentra mejor leyendo su lengua materna, sin importar lo fácil que pueda leer en inglés. Puedo hacerlo pero simplemente preguntaba por si hay alguna otra opción, amigo. Digamos que es una zona de comfort de la que debo salir. Gracias por el consejo de todos modos, y un saludo :)