Mythology By Edith Hamilton

Since its original publications by Little, Brown and Company in 1942. Edith Hamilton's Mythology has been a perennial bestseller and has sold millions of copies throughout the world. Expansive in its scope Mythology brings to life for the modern reader Greek, Roman and Norse myths and legends, as well as the gods, heroes, and mortals who inhabit them, and who have inspired human creativity from antiquity.Vivid, decadent, and full of action, Hamilton's retellings of these timeless tales from the birth of the goddess Athena, who sprung fully formed from the head of her father Zeus, to the great adventures of Ulysses and the labors of Hercules - appeal to readers of all ages and reveal essential truths about the behavior of man.The book is organized into seven parts: The Gods, the Creation, and the Earliest Heroes; Stories of Love and Adventure; The Great Heroes Before the Trojan War; The Heroes of the Trojan War; The Great Families of Mythology; The Less Important Myths; and The Mythology of the Norseman, and includes genealogies. The ten full-color plates by Jim Tierney, specially commissioned for this 75th Anniversary edition, are the perfect complement to Hamilton's classic work.