medicinaldrug 's review for:

The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony by Roberto Calasso

4.25

slow-paced

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very slow going, at least for me when i realized how unfamiliar i am with some myths and forgotten the finer details of a few others, but what an informative read that drones on in the best way.

reading this felt very much like a lecture with it’s many meanderings that go on and on before coming back around, interjected with some imagined fictionalizations, fitting the many multitudes and contradictions within mythical tellings. part of me thinks this will be much more scrutable to someone more versed in greek history and opheric traditions, but the larger part of me enjoyed how enchanting it can be when i can’t completely parse it. i’m very certain this is a book i’ll keep coming back to for years and years.