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Greek Mythology
- A Fascinating Guide to Understanding the Ancient Greek Religion with Its Gods, Goddesses, Monsters and Mortals
- Narrated by: JD Kelly
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
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Summary
The ancient Greeks were explorers in many ways. They traveled to new places, creating colonies in strange lands far from their original homes. They were survivors. They were honorable thieves. They used their cunning to explore the frontiers of philosophy and they wrested from the chaos of the surrounding wilderness the building blocks of civilization.
Though the Greeks were late to the game of writing, what they wrote became an important part of our world's heritage. Greek heroes taught us many lessons, from Homer's poetry about war and a warrior's return home to the tales of Cadmus, Jason, Herakles and even Oedipus.
The myths of Greek heroes give us a glimpse beyond the edge of history, into the lives of very real people. How much of their tales are true, we may never know. But this book will present their tales in a new light, hopefully making their experiences a bit more real and perhaps shining a light on what may have really happened behind the distortions of time and generations of misunderstanding.
This audiobook is broken into four parts. The first will explore Greek heroes, what they were like and what they accomplished. The second part of the book will tackle Greek religion; the gods and goddesses which establish the backdrop against which Greek legends were formed. In the third part of the book, we take a close look at the myths of Greek monsters. And finally, in the fourth part, we explore the possible meaning behind the literal words of Greek mythology. Early in the written history of ancient Greece, we have the great Athenian lawgiver, Solon. He attempted to tame the unruly beast within the heart of each Greek hero. They were selfish, each and every one of them. But they also had a code of honor that helped them reign in their selfishness. Listen to this audiobook now!
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- Carter Casey
- 11-01-18
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What's fantastic is that I could imagine all of these characters existing. I loved all of the characters. I'm really excited to see where the story is headed now that I've finished the book.
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- Derya
- 09-01-18
Greek Mythology
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Feel this book would have had a much stronger effect on me if I was somewhat acquainted with the bulk of its subject matter.
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- Aalyah Abbie
- 11-01-18
Smart, fun to listen too
Smart, fun to listen too. if you're interested in the tie-in between myth and history; lighting too if you like Matt's earlier work as this shows where he found a lot of his foundation. I loved it. I'm a HUGE Greek-roman mythology nerd.
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- Benjamin Filip
- 11-01-18
Amazing just like Amazon
I'm really, really excited for the rest of the series!!!! I truly loved it. As soon as I can, I'm getting a shirt to show my Mythology love!! Well done, Matt!!
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- Ava Zara
- 09-01-18
A Fascinating guide for the knowledge seekers
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This is a really good guide for those who love to read about the Greek mythology especially, about the religious beliefs of the Greeks. I loved it.
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- Harry Alonzo
- 10-01-18
I am forever fascinated by Mythology
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It really is a great reference guide to the ancient myths, it's easily accessible and well written. Generations of high school teachers can't be all THAT wrong.
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- Rowan Elian
- 10-01-18
Very enjoyable
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I don’t have many words to describe how I feel about this book. I look up to it so much for being the root of letting me grow as a listener and aided me to open my eyes and mind to a world of vast imagination, creativity, and foreign culture.
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- Dayni Vasili
- 10-01-18
Matt has a winner in this story
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Matt has a winner in this story… one that I would highly recommend to anyone, of all ages – no matter what your style is. Simply put; this is a fun and dangerous frolic!
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- Cora Amelia
- 11-01-18
Powerful characterization
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Powerful characterization, exciting ideas in the world-building and magic system, and enough going on to keep my attention during. Overall I'm very pleased with this. Well done, Matt!
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- Delja
- 09-01-18
Don’t miss it
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In this book, like the others Matt presents in this collection, he emerges for me as the sharpest and most interesting of those writing on semiotics and structuralism.Don’t miss it.
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