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Sep. 13th, 2012 02:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
darchildreSo...I have a somewhat weird request for information. The internet knows everything, right?
The vast majority of my knowledge of Greek mythology comes from books aimed at kids, and that a long time ago. I have recently found myself wanting to revisit those stories, but in a closer to the actual sources kind of way, without having to learn ancient Greek. Sort of, y'know, like reading the Eddas but with Olympians instead of the Aesir. Except that I know nothing about Greek whatsit beyond what I remember from the D'Aulaires. (Well, and Homer. I have read the Odyssey.)
What should I read?
The vast majority of my knowledge of Greek mythology comes from books aimed at kids, and that a long time ago. I have recently found myself wanting to revisit those stories, but in a closer to the actual sources kind of way, without having to learn ancient Greek. Sort of, y'know, like reading the Eddas but with Olympians instead of the Aesir. Except that I know nothing about Greek whatsit beyond what I remember from the D'Aulaires. (Well, and Homer. I have read the Odyssey.)
What should I read?
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Date: 2012-09-13 09:55 pm (UTC)I'm kinda looking more for translations of original texts (like the Eddas), rather than paraphrased retellings, though. Like, where Ms Hamilton et al learned the stories to begin with.
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Date: 2012-09-14 02:30 am (UTC)