Where do I start on Ancient Greek mythology? Specifically, the

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2016-01-07 20:25:39 Post No. 7554874
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Anonymous 2016-01-07 20:25:39 Post No. 7554874 [Report]

Where do I start on Ancient Greek mythology? Specifically, the pantheon of Gods and the stories of the heroes

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Anonymous 2016-01-07 20:34:29 Post No.7554914
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Anonymous 2016-01-07 20:34:29 Post No.7554914 [Report]

>>7554874
Ovid's Metamorphoses

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Anonymous 2016-01-07 20:37:07 Post No.7554924
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Anonymous 2016-01-07 20:37:07 Post No.7554924 [Report]

Mythology - Edith Hamilton
The Library of Greek Mythology - Apollodurus
The Iliad - Homer
The Odyssey - Homer
The Aeneid - Virgil
The Theban Plays - Sophocles
Heracles, Medea, Hecuba - Euripedes
The Oresteia - Aeschylus
The Metamorphoses - Ovid
Heroides - Ovid

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Anonymous 2016-01-07 20:38:19 Post No.7554929
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Anonymous 2016-01-07 20:38:19 Post No.7554929 [Report]

>>7554924
>Mythology - Edith Hamilton
This is good if you have no knowledge at all and don't want to read Wikipedia articles

otherwise just read the original sources if you can handle them. Ovid and Homer

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Anonymous 2016-01-07 20:39:15 Post No.7554931
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Anonymous 2016-01-07 20:39:15 Post No.7554931 [Report]

>>7554924
forgot to add:

Theogony - Hesiod

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Anonymous 2016-01-07 20:41:05 Post No.7554933
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Anonymous 2016-01-07 20:41:05 Post No.7554933 [Report]

>>7554924
No Robert Graves?

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Anonymous 2016-01-07 20:43:51 Post No.7554943
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Anonymous 2016-01-07 20:43:51 Post No.7554943 [Report]

>>7554933
Interchangeable with Hamilton

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Anonymous 2016-01-07 21:26:06 Post No.7555165
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>>7554874
Always start with Oedipus Rex

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Anonymous 2016-01-08 04:03:34 Post No.7556967
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Anonymous 2016-01-08 04:03:34 Post No.7556967 [Report]

>>7554874
Just read The Metamorphoses.

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Anonymous 2016-01-08 04:11:39 Post No.7557004
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Anonymous 2016-01-08 04:11:39 Post No.7557004 [Report]

Graze a wiki or two just for context on the main pantheon and then jump right into the iliad and odyssey.

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Anonymous 2016-01-08 07:32:54 Post No.7557633
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Anonymous 2016-01-08 07:32:54 Post No.7557633 [Report]

>>7554933
I have the Robert Graves one.

Is it good? I'm learning a lot from it.

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Anonymous 2016-01-08 22:07:06 Post No.7559834
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Anonymous 2016-01-08 22:07:06 Post No.7559834 [Report]

>>7557633
Better than Hamilton.

E. Halmiton is a shit book. The best books of mythology are in portuguese and spanish.

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Anonymous 2016-01-08 23:29:12 Post No.7560237
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>>7555165
I second this