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The Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome

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A must read for anyone who is interested in world religions and ancient Greek and Roman mythology. Very informative and insightful. I highly recommend this book.

The Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome
This is a very informative book.It is written in a manner which makes it easy to comprehend. It is well a great introduction to the subject of gods and goddesses.

Regardless of the book's literary content, I found I couldn't get through the first few pages because the ebook formatting (at least on my kindle) turned out to be quite poor. The biggest annoyance was that the entire book was center-justified, and no amount of fiddling with the kindle justification control had any effect. I would love to read the book but found this formatting issue so distracting I gave up on trying.

This is a very good story for people who are interested in greek myths which includes an a to z details. if you do not understand the percy jackson series, this is good reference

I was very happy to see newer stories and myths, instead of the same old Hercules 12 trials, Athena popping from Zeus' head, etc..... Love it and very educational.

Its a buck - ok? Was hoping for actual stories to play over the speakers in my car via KINDLE. Its really more a facts guide to the Greek Celestial Beings. Zeus is represented by an eagle on a sceptor bla bla bla who has an affair with Ledo ... - I want to read (or listen to) the actual story - not a summary recount by some scientist.

This is my first review, so I'll be first telling about the content of this book. This book is a complete history of Roman gods and the myths associated with them.

The first one were Uranus and Gaea- the parents of all the gods. Later Giants and Titans came and after them Olympians. All share a common fate where son will dethrone his own father. This happened with Uranus being dethroned by his own son Titan Cronus and he also faced the same fate by his own son Zeus who later became King of Gods.

Reading this book in Kindle-PC was a different experience. Author has used many Roman phrases which is difficult to understand. Also, author has used Aides in the place of Hades (Brother of Zeus and God of Underworld).

Overall, this book has complete information about the legends and Gods of Ancient Romans and Greece.

You should buy this if you are interested in Roman and Greece culture.

There's something comforting in reading these legends of Ancient Gods and Goddesses. I've read better, but this is a very close second and I really liked the way the relations of the Legends flow nicely from one to another.

i am really into greek myths and after iread this i read the percy jackson series and that really brought a twenty-first century feeling of century old storys.

i am a huge lover of greek myths and it was hard to read this, even though i only got the sample. i found it hard to figure out somtimes when something ended and started. i was half way through the story of zeus beating his father before i even relized it had started!