What is the best book regarding greek mythology? - /lit/ (#24464144) [Archived: 1159 hours ago]

Anonymous

6/13/2025, 10:55:01 PM No.24464144

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Or ancient greek in general?

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Anonymous

6/13/2025, 11:42:09 PM No.24464261

>>24464144 (OP)
Apollodorus - Bibliotheca

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Anonymous

6/14/2025, 12:45:28 AM No.24464367

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Anonymous

6/14/2025, 12:50:35 AM No.24464377

>>24464261
fpbp, came here to post this

Anonymous

6/14/2025, 12:52:08 AM No.24464378

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>>24464144 (OP)

Anonymous

6/14/2025, 2:25:00 AM No.24464539

>>24464144 (OP)
Hesiod's Theogony

Anonymous

6/14/2025, 3:45:40 AM No.24464724

>>24464144 (OP)
"Bullfinch's Mythology"
hands down, the best.
it also covers, as a bonus?
Legends of Charlemenge
and...
Norse Mythology

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Anonymous

6/14/2025, 3:52:32 AM No.24464734

>>24464144 (OP)
>entire OP dedicated to getting people started
>how do I get started with the Greeks :)
Fucking idiot

Anonymous

6/14/2025, 4:37:35 AM No.24464841

>>24464144 (OP)
Regarding fiction, I enjoyed some of Mary Renault's works. I was really young back then, though: maybe I remember them better than they are.

Anonymous

6/14/2025, 6:27:22 AM No.24464967

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Anonymous

6/14/2025, 11:23:39 AM No.24465304

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>>24464144 (OP)
Loved Walter Otto's book on the principal Dieties

Anonymous

6/14/2025, 7:30:52 PM No.24466191

John Lempriere's Classical Dictionary.
Charles Anthon's Classical Dictionary, based upon Lempriere.
Both available at Internet Archives.

Anonymous

6/14/2025, 8:54:12 PM No.24466391

>>24464724
Isn't Bullfinch just a retelling of Ovid?