Greek & Roman Myths & Legends

Having only a basic familiarity with some of the most well-known Greek and Roman myths, I felt that I needed to read this. Guerber presents an overview that surely must cover all the gods and goddesses and mythical mortals whose names survive in our constellations and in our language. I started out......more

The late W M S Russell, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Reading, was a modern-day polymath: classicist, sociologist, biologist (he helped formulate the principle of the three Rs of humane animal experimentation: Reduction, Replacement and Refinement), folklorist (former Presiden......more

Revised by Dorothy Margaret Stuart. A formidable tome, retelling a great many of the myths, from creation and the twelve main gods to Bellerophon to the Trojan War to the Aeneid. The language is rich and literate, representative of the time the book was written (originally published in 1907). Guerbe......more

This book is very informative and I am glad to say that learned a lot from it. I would like to comment on the fact that the author uses a lot of words throughout the book that are not very common and unless you have an extensive vocabulary, you might want to have a dictionary nearby. The author also......more

A fantastic collection of Greek and Roman myths and legends - If your're interested in Homer's or Virgil's but are unsure if you want to read them in their entirety then this book gives you the short versions of all their classic epics. I enjoyed the book and I especially like how's it written and p......more