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Greek Mythology: The Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes Handbook

From Aphrodite to Zeus, a Profile of Who's Who in Greek Mythology

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 Finally sort out who’s who in Greek mythology—from gods, goddesses, heroes, monsters, and everyone in between!

Greek mythology continues to appear in popular movies and books today but have you ever wondered about where these characters started out? Discover the origins of your favorite characters from Greek mythology with this collection of profiles to tell you who’s who in classical lore!

In Greek Mythology, you will discover the backstories of the heroes, villains, gods, and goddesses that enjoy popularity in today’s shows and films. With comprehensive entries that outline each character’s name, roles, related symbols, and foundational myths, you can get to know the roots of these personas and better understand the stories they inspire today. With this character-focused, handy reference, you will never be confused about Ancient Greece! Ancient Customs & Traditions Europe Greece Literary History & Criticism Social Sciences Ancient History Tradition Mythology Ancient Greece Greek Mythology Classics Greek Goddess
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I thought it was fantastic great research and well said I leave it on while I go to sleep now and have the best dreams!

Real history how it all started

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I've been a big fan of Liv Albert and her phenomenal podcast, Myths, Baby! for a long time, so I was over the moon when I saw she had written a book on Greek Mythology.

This is a truly marvellous introduction, overview and the most important characters and stories from Greek (and Roman) mythology, told in Albert's wonderfully accessible and irresistible style.

If you want a crash course, catch up or simply to be told all manner of brilliant myths told engagingly you can't do better than this.

If you enjoy this, I thoroughly recommend you check out Myths, Baby! which goes into more detail with additional feminist critiques and swearing.

She' Liv & I love this sh*t!

She's Liv & I love this sh*t!

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There is nothing profound in this narrative. And it should be if You dare to be the One who is transferring these ancient words nowadays after so many others! The voice is irritating! So “american”! So superficial!
I don’t even see a beginner, let’s say a child getting interested in this ancient knowledge! You materialized the magic in such a wrong way!
Waist of a credit! Not to mention “money”!

Superficial

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The stories are very short and is clearly aimed to influence young readers as the author keeps adding her feminist point of view which is quite annoying to listen to. Let the readers make their own conclusion next time.

Author's annoying point of view

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This was told neither as a story or a scholarly report. Narrator was shocking, mullering many name and place pronunciations and saying “what’s his deal” when introducing a new character which was probably supposed to be cool and quirky but just made me cringe. She also put a spin on many stories that I hadn’t heard before, turning love stories into rape and sexual assault. Irritating voice, storytelling and opinions. Dreadful listen.

Dreadful narration

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