An essential part of every home library, Mythology is the definitive volume for anyone who wants to know the key dramas, the primary characters, the triumphs, failures, fears, and hopes first narrated thousands of years ago-and still spellbinding to this day. From Odysseus's adventure-filled journey to the Norse god Odin's effort to postpone the final day of doom, Edith Hamilton's classic collection not only retells these stories with brilliant clarity but shows us how the ancients saw their own place in the world and how their themes echo in our consciousness today. |a For over fifty years readers have chosen this book above all others to discover the thrilling, enchanting, and fascinating world of Western mythology. |a A collection of Greek and Roman myths arranged in sections on the gods and early heroes, love and adventure stories, the Trojan war, and a brief section on Norse mythology |a Introduction to classical mythology - Gods, the creation, and the earliest heroes - Stories of love and adventure - Great heroes before the Trojan War - Heroes of the Trojan War - Great families of mythology - Less important myths - Mythology of the Norsemen. We follow the drama of the Trojan War and the wanderings of.

Only two mortal beings survive: Prometheus’s son, Deucalion, and Epithemeus and Pandora’s daughter, Pyrrha. Edith Hamilton's mythology succeeds like no other book in bringing to life for the modern reader the Greek, Roman and Norse myths that are the keystone of Western culture-the stories of gods and heroes that have inspired human creativity from antiquity to the present. This time, Zeus, angry at the wickedness of the world, sends a great flood to destroy it. |a Originally published: Boston : Little, Brown, c1942. The third creation myth also starts with humans fashioned out of inanimate material. |a x, 495 pages : |b illustrations |c 19 cm This deluxe, hardcover edition is illustrated throughout with specially. |a New York, NY : |b Grand Central Pub., |c 2011. For nearly 80 years, readers have chosen Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes above all other books to discover the enchanting world of Greek, Roman, and Norse mythology - from Odysseus's adventure-filled journey to Odin's effort to postpone the final day of doom. |a Mythology : |b timeless tales of gods and heroes / |c Edith Hamilton.

Timeless tales of gods and heroes