Uncovering Greek Mythology: A Beginner's Guide into the World of Greek Gods and Goddesses (Ancient History Books)

Very nicely done.This covers it all, makes a plunge profound, and relates the point in a way that is drawing in and instructive.It is an all out page turner.Humanity consistently appears to require something to turn upward to, (to keep us in line?), saints, animals that are more noteworthy than we are. Religion gives comparable structure to us also, and there are extraordinary equals, in my brain, between most religions and folklore.An overwhelming undertaking without a doubt to handle the Greek divine beings and goddesses, yet here it is finished with style and detail, giving far beyond I anticipated.With a compact timetable that presents the characters all through their development/birth, it assisted me with getting a handle on the family structure and elements such a great amount of in a way that is better than the grim books read before.This is a brief yet far reaching review of Greek folklore. I have been intrigued by the whole subject since school, there are fights for power, skewer measured consciences, desires for youth and magnificence, and furies unreasonable, with the inescapable dismal or terrible outcomes.what's more, it dispatched my advantage in fantasies and legends, reasoning, the human psyche, and otherworldliness, from that point forward.This book is wonderful as a boost for any individual who has been keen on Greek folklore, or as a first look. Direct statements from source material would add to the experience, and give perusers a sample of how clear and rich Greek can be.The book is anything but difficult to peruse, however interesting. Also, engaging! The tales of the different divine beings are entrancing! We conceded them such human characteristics; people made divine beings that are as defective as we may be! However, it's incredible enjoyable to find out about them.Surveyed in the United States on December 15, 2020I was wonderfully astonished by how exhaustive this book was, given that it's not long and Greek folklore can get pretty tangled. It begins with the Greek form of the start of the universe and attempts to disentangle what happened when (notwithstanding clashing source material), and follows its way to the Olympians, the most notable of the Greek divine beings. It likewise covers places like Hades and half-divine beings like Achilles and Hercules.The fantasies and legends that we made for ourselves have by one way or another engaged us and in fact served us here and there.

Easy to understand and right on point!

All the books I am getting the pages are wavy, why?I just ordered a bunch of different books from different people. and they are all weather damaged. The pages (both hard back and paperback) are wavy, which happens when the books are in a moist area too long.And two where left o u t s i d e in the rain, the d r i v e r never told me they where there. And the books where only protracted by a thin paper.But I do not recall which two books it was.But all the books the pages are wavy.The paper the books are made out of are cheap ad will not last long, if they are already deformed - all the books should be new.I have not yet read any of the books as I have heavy books sitting on top of them all trying to flatten the books

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been fascinated by Greek mythology. But I never really undertook a study of it because of its complexity. So I jumped at the chance to read this short, 98-page tome, which promised a brief but enlightening summary of the mythology. It delivered.There were so many interesting things I learned: like the origin of the sensual and passionate Aphrodite from an immense white foam in the ocean, the result of an action by Cronus that I won’t detail here (it’s unbelievable!); the slaying of an enormous snake named Python by Apollo; interesting information of the Big Three: Zeus, Hera, and Poseidon; and the scary beasts, Chimera and Hydra.You will definitely learn information about myths and some of the words we still use today from this book. I enjoyed it greatly.

As a retired English and Social Studies teacher, I always enjoyed teaching Greek Mythology, and it was often my students' favorite part of the curriculum. I wish I had this little book when I was teaching because it does a great job of quickly summing up each God and Goddess and their relationships to each other, which can sometimes be confusing. Uncovering Greek Mythology also includes lesser known deities...at least ones I had never heard of before. I especially enjoyed the author's explanations of the origins of words we use every day like panic (pan), out in the sticks (styx), etc. I knew some of them, but some were new to me, and being a teacher, I love learning new things! Fun read!

This book helped me tremendously. You’ll learn not only the behaviors of a narcissist but also anyone with similar characteristics or traits that don’t bring positive energy into your life and just bring you down. Before reading this book I didn’t realize how my behavior changed simply by being around these people and now I have opened my eyes and decided to stay clear and away from them. There are so many good points and examples that make it easy to identify this behavior. Please read it, I cannot recommend this enough.

I enjoyed this book. There was a lot of good information about each god/demigod/character in small chunks. Because it covered a little bit of everything it got a little hard to focus on who i was reading about especially if i didnt put the book down for an hour. Some of the wording seemed repetitive but thats ok. Overall a good read and a great way to dabble in Greek Mythology to strike an interest on exploring it more.

First, this is self or amateur published, which means a lot of printing/font and spacing errors. The content is ok, but quite brief and superficial, and the writing is overly ornamented and could use a good editor. It's a small paperback, so the price is quite high. No charts or illustrations. Not a bad little primer, but know what you're getting.