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Title: Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths by Bernard Evslin ISBN: 0-553-25920-2 Publisher: Bantam Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 01 September, 1984 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.86 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Extremely Useful and Entertaining
Comment: This text was my first major teaching assignment and both I and the students enjoyed this book of mythology. Evslin is an easy read and a very compelling storyteller. It's wonderful beginners book as well as an excellent reference. The book contain all of the major gods, concentrating on their origins and major myths that involve each one. Heroes such as Perseus, Theseus, Atalanta, and Daedalus are included. I was disappointed that Hercules was not included; however, his mythology is rather long and widely known, which is probably why it was left out. Other myths included: King Midas, Pygmalion, Echo and Psyche, Phaethon and many others. This is an excellent source for beginners and students. If you are already versed in Greek mythology, you may find the lack of certain myths discouraging, but I do encourage you to revisit a wonderful telling of myths that probably got you interested in Greek mythology in the first place.
Rating: 5
Summary: An Absolutely Excellent Book
Comment: Evslin does an oustanding job telling the most famous of the greek myths and does it with his hands tied or does he? Evslin wrote this book, I think, intending it for a young audience, and so does not delve into the prose that others have when attacking these greek myths. Yet with simple language and direct verse, he quite excellently brings out a depth in the characters and a second meaning in stories which have rung hollow or been lost by other, supposedly great poets. Even if you don't fancy yourself a myth lover, this is an excellent read and easy, yet thoroughly satisfying.
Rating: 5
Summary: The beginning of a lifelong passion
Comment: I first met this book through a series of LP records in my local library as a child; I later read the book. It's still my favorite telling of the Greek myths, and it spawned a facination for the folklore and mythology that has been a great source of pleasure for my entire life (I'm now in my late thirties). I can't recommend this book enough, regardless of the reader's age; Evslin's telling of them gives life and personality to the characters that can't be found in any other version of the myths.
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Title: Greek Gods and Heroes by Robert Graves ISBN: 0440932211 Publisher: Laure Leaf Pub. Date: 15 October, 1965 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
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Title: D'aulaire's Book of Greek Myths by Edgar Parin D'Aulaire, Ingri D'Aulaire ISBN: 0385015836 Publisher: Doubleday Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 19 September, 1962 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Mythology : Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton ISBN: 0446607258 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Everything Classical Mythology Book: Greek and Roman Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, and Monsters from Ares to Zeus (Everything Series) by Lesley Bolton ISBN: 158062653X Publisher: Adams Media Corporation Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Dictionary of Classical Mythology by John Edward Zimmerman ISBN: 0553257765 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 June, 1983 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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