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First publish date: 1988
Genre: History/Ancient History
Authors: Paul Veyne
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πŸ“˜ The Power of Myth
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Joseph Campbell explores mythology as the world’s song, discussing its relevance for modern life, faith, and culture with interviewer Bill Moyers in this engaging dialogue.

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πŸ“˜ The Greek myths
 by Robert Graves


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πŸ“˜ The Greek and Roman myths
 by Philip Matyszak


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πŸ“˜ Theogony
 by Hesiod

Hesiod’s Theogony offers the earliest Greek narrative of divine family drama, charting how the gods came to be and what they mean to the world.

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πŸ“˜ The Complete World of Greek Mythology
 by Richard Buxton

The Complete World of Greek Mythology

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πŸ“˜ The arrow and the lamp
 by Margaret Hodges

Relies on Greek mythology to tell the story of Psyche's journey to find love, overcoming many obstacles, and finally becoming an immortal goddess, joining Eros on Mount Olympus.

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πŸ“˜ The Nature of Greek Myths
 by G. S. Kirk

"Explores the insufficiency of all theories of myth to satisfactorily cover and explain all Greek cases, and does so by studying concrete examples. There is also an attempt to highlight what differentiates Greek myths from those of other traditions. An explanation and continuation of Kirk 1970; these works together constitute an excellent introduction to the subject." Oxford Bibliographies Online

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πŸ“˜ Structure and history in Greek mythology and ritual
 by Walter Burkert

An academic exploration of the structures and historical development of Greek mythology and its associated rituals.

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πŸ“˜ Bibliotheca
 by Apollodorus.

Apollodorus’ Bibliotheca compiles the Greek mythic tradition from the first or second centuryβ€―BC, detailing heroic families and their adventures with comprehensive genealogies and maps.

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πŸ“˜ Lost goddesses of early Greece
 by Charlene Spretnak


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πŸ“˜ Women in Greek Myth
 by Mary R. Lefkowitz

Mary R. Lefkowitz’s study reevaluates Greek myths, arguing that women were valued for intelligence, not just sexuality, and examines their roles in marriage, politics, and cultural rituals.

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πŸ“˜ Greek myths and Mesopotamia
 by Charles Penglase

Explores how Mesopotamian myths of Inanna, Dumuzi, and Ninurta influenced early Greek religious narratives, revealing parallels in the Homeric hymns and Hesiod’s works.

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πŸ“˜ The heroes of the Greeks
 by Karl Kerényi


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πŸ“˜ A Handbook of Greek Mythology
 by H. J. Rose


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πŸ“˜ Greek Myths
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πŸ“˜ Greek Religion
 by Walter Burkert


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