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Classical Mythology: Images and Insights Paperback – 4 June 2007

by Stephen L. Harris (Author), Gloria Platzner (Author)
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Classical Mythology: Images and Insights grew out of the authors’ many years of teaching Greek and Roman myth to undergraduates at California State University, Sacramento. Unique among textbooks on this topic, our book approaches the study of myth through complete works of Greco-Roman literature, including six complete Greek dramas and generous excerpts from the narratives of Homer, Hesiod, Virgil, and Ovid, and through carefully-chosen examples of Classical works of art, both painting and sculpture. Combining literary masterpieces with the visual arts, this integrative approach offers readers a comprehensive experience with both cognitive and aesthetic appeal.
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    16.26 x 4.32 x 23.11 cm
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    0073535672
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  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 1132 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0073535672
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0073535678
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 16.26 x 4.32 x 23.11 cm
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 out of 5 stars 28

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CHUWEI.LI
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on 27 September 2014
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Very good.
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Aiex Halo
5.0 out of 5 stars Lush and compelling
Reviewed in the United States on 13 October 2010
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Used for a university course, this book is surprisingly quick to read and highly compelling. Greek myth is discussed and explained in vivid detail, while exploring beyond the confines of Greek myth, and looking to the origins of certain characters, comparisons in Egyptian, Sumerian, and Babylonian myth, as well as the potential origins of characters based upon their names, and the relations with the particular pronounciation with an Indo-European and proto-Indo-European language equivalent. The Zeus figure is shown to be a shared archetype in the mythologies of peoples as far north as the Sarmatians and as far east as the Indians.

In sections, the text tells the stories of the myth told by certain playwrights, authors, and poets, along with providing fragments, or full texts of the plays and works in question at the end of the sections/chapters regarding them. You basically don't need to even read the works themselves, but they're there in fully readable translations.

Of my complaints, I have two, neither of them particularly important.

For one, the index is poorly done. It's incredibly difficult to find specific things in this 1000+ page book based off of the index alone.

For two, the pronounciations. I shouldn't expect a strict adherence to Graeco-Roman style pronunciation (Ah-rays for "Ares", He-fai-stoos for "Hephaestus"), but the pronounciations given are atrociously wrong, even with regards to Anglicized pronounciations. Hippolytus, for example, is given to pronounce as "Hip-PAHL-ih-tus", which is a needless struggle for the tongue compared to "Hip-poh-lai-tus", which is also much closer to the true pronounciation.

Others include "dee-ya-nye-ra" for Deianeira, "uh-thee-nuh" for Athene (which is spelled in every instance as "Athene" and not "Athena"), and then suddenly putting the pronounciation for Uranus as "OOR-a-nuhs" which IS the right pronounciation in Latin/Greek. Obviously they weren't looking to have the pronouncation stretch out "Yur-ay-nus"
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Jill Soto
5.0 out of 5 stars Is as advertised.
Reviewed in the United States on 4 September 2021
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My book came new and wrapped. It also came early which was awesome.
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Christopher Nutter
4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Primer...
Reviewed in the United States on 29 October 2016
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Though I bought this book for a class, I found it was an interesting read nonetheless. This was clearly an instance of a prior edition performing a serviceable job in the pursuit of an academic credential. My class touched strictly on the Greek myths; the reader will find that Hesoid and Homer are discussed sufficiently for most needs. A reader looking for a broader take should be pleased with both the Roman exceprts and the more contemporary interpretations (Auden, Boland) drawing on these myths. The post-colonial crowd may take umbrage at the lack of "diversity" but this book contains enough for an undergraduate needing a firm understanding of Greek myth, whether it be for comparative religion or general humanities work.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Information
Reviewed in the United States on 12 January 2014
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The book is comprised of well written information. I used this text for a college course and I thoroughly enjoyed the book.
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