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ecs_etera's review
2.0
The book was well-designed and -conceived. It would have gotten a higher rating if I were not annoyed by the author's needless chauvinism. He went out of his way to point out which mythological figures probably had a basis in history, and which were likely completely made up - the female figures, of course, were more often than not completely made up, in his judgment. For instance, Aeneas probably existed, or was an amalgamation of several men who existed, but Dido is, in David Stuttard's view, too far-fetched and obscure to have had any basis in reality. OK, bro. Stuttard even expresses his tongue-in-cheek amusement that so many Roman myths contain the extraneous "female character" at all - couldn't they all just get the point with the proper people, not needing any women?
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