Greek mythology! An In-depth Reading List from an Ancient Historian 🏺📚

you have a very tiny little book but one I think is absolutely phenomenal for anyone interested in this subject a great place to start whether you've read the myths already or whether you're about to or whether you want to read it alongside them

I would highly recommend really all of the work by LEL Edmonds he's done a ton of fantastic books on mythology... this book here more broadly is all about approaches to Greek mythology... I think it's a fantastic book

this is my Edition from my undergraduate at University when I actually wrote my dissertation partially on this book so love this book absolutely adore it... I think this is a fantastic book highly recommend reading it

I bought this for one of the courses she taught and it's been an excellent compendium it was a great introduction back then to specifically you know the material culture that preserves mythology

from Olympus to Camelot the world of European Mythology by David Leeming which again like traces certain mythological Traditions throughout Europe... I think again really fun to trace that history

what I love about this book is it's incredibly accessible like this is the kind of book you can pick up with no background whatsoever just a vague interest in the subject but you know you're getting something with Incredible foundations there

this is a great collection if you want that introduction to the gods and goddesses is particularly The Olympian gods and goddesses of Greek mythology

LEL Edmonds has also written stealing Helen which is purely on myths similar to and versions of the Helen of Troy myth which you know like fantastic book

it's basically a collection of Greek Mets like this is basically just a short story collection of Greek myths some which are shorter than others it covers a massive range lots of Heroes like you would expect... this one is fantastic for that reason

in some ways this is a sequel to The Iliad and the original Greek title is the post homerica... this is a lot of fun and it's one I don't see talked about as often

I find The Iliad like a bit of a winge Fest on behalf of Achilles which is you know it's very much personal preference it's not like an academic perspective that is just a reading for enjoyment perspective

for me personally of the two books I find this the most enjoyable to read I guess cuz it has that kind of like Adventure structure we see lots of different islands and creatures and characters and gods and it's exciting

I think Jenny March's book here the Penguin Book of classical myths is one that you can reasonably reliably Trust... it will give you a really great overview of they may the main mythological Cycles the main mythological stories and figures... so yeah I would recommend this book

it's a really good broad overview and a really great book for giving you that sort of foundational understanding of the variety and interconnectedness of Greek myth

this is fantastic if you want that sort of context... I also find there is a quite over misogynistic overtone to he's work... I do think this book provides fantastic context fantastic first versions introductions to these myths

I really like this book as a case study... I really love that it gives you that taste of that interconnectedness and there is parts of this book that are about ancient Greece but within the context of a wider sort of history