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A review by vigneswara_prabhu
Old Greek Stories by James Baldwin
4.0
One of the first stories I read as a child was one with Hercules and Antaeus. Only in the version I read, Antaeus beat Heracles with the help of Pygmies whom he had befriended.
There in Lies the intrigue with Mythology. There are often Multiple versions and Interpretations to tales that have bled into the collective Human Psyche.
Sometimes the stories are so familiar we tend to remember the Version with some incorrect details.More confusing is the blurred lines due to the Merging and borrowing of deities between the Hellenic and Roman Cultures.
The Work in that sense is a Purist interpretation or rather the origin of several common Myths and Gods of Greek History. One could say that there is no mentioning of this civilization distinct from said mythology.
The prose is simple and pleasing to the ears. And well told stories are, told well. A good book which can serve as an introduction to Greek Mythology and God Origin. Since we all know going forwards the stories and genealogy only get more and more muddied :)
There in Lies the intrigue with Mythology. There are often Multiple versions and Interpretations to tales that have bled into the collective Human Psyche.
Sometimes the stories are so familiar we tend to remember the Version with some incorrect details.More confusing is the blurred lines due to the Merging and borrowing of deities between the Hellenic and Roman Cultures.
The Work in that sense is a Purist interpretation or rather the origin of several common Myths and Gods of Greek History. One could say that there is no mentioning of this civilization distinct from said mythology.
The prose is simple and pleasing to the ears. And well told stories are, told well. A good book which can serve as an introduction to Greek Mythology and God Origin. Since we all know going forwards the stories and genealogy only get more and more muddied :)