![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Perhaps it’s easier on paper (no doubt) but in audio book format it is simply too much. She lays out all the Greek gods, mirrors them to their cut-and-paste Roman counterparts, and goes over all the names and relationships. Hamilton is first and foremost a scholar, and her Mythology reminds me more of the college texts I read once upon a time, where the heroes and their often grisly, racy, and generally inappropriate journeys were overwhelmed by the sheer level of J-STOR-esque quibbles that destroyed the good story vibe and made it just intellectual enough to be unpleasant. Worse yet, I found myself bored and drifting when I listened to it. Maybe it’s just because I’ve since been exposed to more entertaining (albeit inaccurate) depictions of dramatized mythology. This book was in my mom’s growing collection, and I would always look at it as a child and say “that, that I HAVE to read someday.” In grade school I adored anything to do with Greek mythology, despite the fact that what I read was inevitably watered down and sanitized for children.Īfter 20+ years (ok, going on 30+, but whatever) I finally got to follow-through on my childhood promise when I snatched Hamilton’s now famous Mythology from an Audible sale. I remember Edit Hamilton’s Mythologywith its depiction of a warrior riding a Pegasus from my childhood. ![]()
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