MYTHOLOGY TIMELESS TALES OF GODS AND HEROES AUDIOBOOK FULL
The full text is available at the Internet Archive, the source for the following TOC. The table of contents is not included in the accompanying pdf, so I'm adding it here for those interested. Sources for each of the stories presented are clearly discussed. This book can be picked up and read anywhere, but if you desire the logical way she lays them out, suggest reading from beginning.Īn entertaining and educational listen. Readers should consider being very familiar with all the world's great myths and stories, because they form a framework for much of the thought and literature we have created since. The narrator has a good quality of tone and pacing for the reading, but they are just matter-of-factly read, without too much emotional tone (which is right for these myths, in this context). While Hamilton's viewpoints are not the only ones about the place of myths in our culture, they nevertheless have had a great impact on how students of western civilization have thought about them since her work came out. The book begins with the creation myths, then goes on through the better known (or more influential ones) and concludes with some lesser known ones that have had an influence on western culture. The first chapter is interesting, as she outlines her way of thinking about the place of the myths to the Greeks at the time, and explains how she has chosen various versions from particular poets and what she believes the stories meant to each of them when they were first recorded.
This book is her choice of myths that she believed exemplified her views. This book, written in 1942, is now a classic itself in a sense, as her views have had influence in this field since her lifetime of study of western thought. This is also an excellent primer for middle and high school students who are studying ancient Greek and Roman culture and literature.” - Amazon.Edith Hamilton, who was a classicist, studied and wrote mainly about the way the Greek culture influenced the rest of the development of western thought and the arts. “Edith Hamilton loved the ancient Western myths with a passion-and this classic compendium is her tribute…Fans of Greek mythology will find all the great stories and characters here-Perseus, Hercules, and Odysseus-each discussed in generous detail by the voice of an impressively knowledgeable and engaging (with occasional lapses) narrator. “Edith Hamilton retells the Greek, Roman, and Norse myths with a sure taste and scholarship that help to restore their quality as perennial and refreshing fables about human nature, including our own.” - New Yorker “No one in modern times has shown us more vividly than Edith Hamilton ‘the glory that was Greece and the grandeur that was Rome.’ Filtering the golden essence from the mass of classical literature, she proved how applicable to our daily lives are the humor and wisdom of more than 2,000 years ago.” - New York Times Understanding of how myth is integral to our present-day culture.” TheĪttentive listener will come away from this listening experience with a basic Themselves and come away with a new appreciation for how attuned to ourĭeep-seated psyche and human motivations our ancient ancestors were. Unencumbered by sound effectsĪnd assorted voices, the listener can focus on the power of the stories Of new understanding to these ancient stories. She moves smoothly betweenĪcademic theory and an entertaining retelling of classic tales, adding layers Of balancing the scholarly and the literary. Narrator Suzanne Toren does an admirable job Mythology as it relates the Greek, Roman, and Norse tales that hold the seeds “Hamilton’s classic examines the roots and purpose of And we recognize reference points for countless works for art, literature and culture inquiry-from Freud's Oedipus complex to Wagner's Ring Cycle of operas to Eugene O'Neill's Mourning Becomes Electra Both a reference text for scholars of all ages and a book to simply enjoy, Mythology is a classic not to be missed. We discover the origins of the names of the constellations. We hear the tales of Jason and the Golden Fleece, Cupid and Psyche, and mighty King Midas.
We follow the drama of the Trojan War and the wanderings of Odysseus. 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. The world-renowned classic that has enthralled and delighted millions of readers with its timeless tales of gods and heroes.
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