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Robert Graves or Edith Hamilton?

>> No.18486014

>>18485993
>The one written by a man
>The one written by a woman
Mmmm I don't know, anon, you tell me.

>> No.18486113

>>18485993
Is this the dry, factual Graves or uninhibited, passionate and taking-liberties-with-the-source-material Graves that wrote this one?

Bullfinch is also an option OP.

>> No.18486143

>>18485993
both are shit, get this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HisuL0RPEFU

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18486151

>>18486014

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18486152

>>18485993
Graves. But give Hamilton a listen some time to see if you might like to read any of her stuff.

>> No.18486153

>>18485993
Ovid

>> No.18486166

>>18486143
>both are shit
y
>get this one
why tho

>> No.18486172

I've read all the basic introductions, but I want to read a solid one, with proper sourcing and scholarly analysis. Throw some recs at me anons.

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>>18485993
I have this. Each myth is written by a famous writer.

>> No.18486184

>>18486166
graves injects his retarded matriarchy theories, hamilton is an annoying woman, she injects her retarded, false opinions. hamilton is worse probably.
>why tho
because it's more accurate.

>> No.18486226

Hamilton because bulfinch's target were children

Can't have gods eating children for Sunday class

>> No.18486329

>>18485993
>>18486226
Graves is better in my opinion, and 95% of the myths are represented correctly. The only matriarchal bs I can remember from the book is the analysises of the stories he would put after the myths which you can skip (or read, most of them are pretty interesting, even if wrong) and some of his ideas about the Pelasgian civilization. Honestly its really well written and Id recommend you read it. Thats how I was introduced to the myths.

>> No.18486359

>>18486329
The Pelasgian creation myth is the only made-up thing by Graves that comes to mind. And even than his argument revolves around the theory that it was the Indo-Europeans that brought patriarchy to the lands they conquered, which sounds like a cool story especially if you are one of the descendants of said Aryans or are interested early Indo-European history, society, language, religion, etc.

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18486361

Nobody is asking about Bullfinch

>> No.18486368

hesiod

>> No.18486374

>>18486361
If I'm not mistaken, he was the go-to guy when it came to ancient myths in the second half of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century, right?

>> No.18486389

>>18485993
Ovid

>> No.18486481

>>18486179
Post sample.

>> No.18487168

>>18486014
I read the one by Edith Hamilton and it was good
I would describe it as motherly

>> No.18487185

>>18486151

Man, that's one I haven't seen in a coon's age.

>> No.18487232

Graves was such a cuck and a simp for femininity lol, don't know if I want to read anything more from him after The white goddess

>> No.18487333

>>18487168
>motherly
well I know which one Im reading