Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes, 75th Anniversary Illustrated Edition

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A son of King Priam of Troy, Paris unwittingly starts the Trojan War by judging Aphrodite the fairest of all the goddesses. Aphrodite arranges for Paris to marry the beautiful Helen, but Helen is already married. Helen’s kidnapping leads the Greeks to unite against Troy and sparks the decade-long Trojan War . Paris is only a minor figure in the Trojan War battles and is usually portrayed as weak and unheroic. Helen

Hamilton received the National Achievement Award in 1951 as a distinguished classical scholar and author. She received the award along with Anna M. Rosenberg, Assistant Secretary of Defense. The award was created in 1930 to honor women of accomplishment and inspire others. [5] Critics have acclaimed Hamilton's books for their lively interpretations of ancient cultures. She is described as the classical scholar who "brought into clear and brilliant focus the Golden Age of Greek life and thought... with Homeric power and simplicity in her style of writing". [4] Her works are said to influence modern lives through a "realization of the refuge and strength in the past" to those "in the troubled present." [5] Hamilton's younger sister was Alice Hamilton, an expert in industrial toxicology and the first woman appointed to the faculty of Harvard University. I have this now on Kindle, I come across this book constantly referenced in other books, so got my own copy. It's almost as bad as Bulfinch telling the readers which myths are Christian enough to be included and which had to be shortened/changed for his "genteel" readers. It is precisely the original stories I want to be told about or at least I want a thorough comparison! Singer, Sandra L. (2003). Adventures Abroad: North American Women at German-Speaking Universities, 1868–1915. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-09686-0.To sum up the points in its favor: Hamilton does well on the three basic criteria (accessibility, credibility, extent of coverage) the writing is clear, she is commendably rigorous about sourcing, and there are no glaring gaps in the extent of coverage. Both of my "test myths" were covered well; the story of Procne and Philomela particularly so. The family trees for the major Gods and important families of mortals are a really useful feature. Bruce Catton (May 25, 1936). "A Modern Message From Ancient Israel". Lansing State Journal. Lansing, Michigan. Roman name: Juno. Zeus’s wife and sister, Hera is a very powerful goddess known mostly for her jealousy. She is often vicious and spiteful, and it is usually Zeus’s infidelity that incites her. Many unfortunate mortals endure hardships by provoking Hera’s wrath. Poseidon

She spends the most time on Greek mythology; it seems to be her favorite. And she made the claim in one of the intros that the Greeks' mythology was different from the others, because reasons. At that point I was like, okay lady, but maybe its just your favorite and you're kind of biased. Barbara Sicherman (1984). Alice Hamilton, A Life in Letters. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. pp. 13–15. ISBN 0-674-01553-3.Intelligence did not figure largely in anything he did and was often conspicuously absent." (about Hercules) Because Edith's parents disliked the public school system's curriculum, they taught their children at home. [1] As she once described him, "My father was well-to-do, but he wasn't interested in making money; he was interested in making people use their minds." [4] Edith, who learned to read at an early age, became an excellent storyteller. Hamilton credited her father for guiding her towards studies of the classics; he began teaching her Latin when she was seven years old. Her father also introduced her to Greek language and literature, where her mother taught the Hamilton children French and had them tutored in German. [4] [6] The daughter of King Minos of Crete. Ariadne falls in love with the hero Theseus and uses a golden thread to help him defeat the Labyrinth of the dreaded Minotaur. Medea Roman name: Mercury. Hermes is the son of Zeus and the Titan Atlas’s daughter Maia. The messenger of the gods, he is fast and cunning. Hermes is a master thief, the god of Commerce and the Market, and the guide who leads the dead from Earth to Hades. Ares Roman name: Ceres. Though a sister of Zeus, Demeter lives on earth. Demeter is the goddess of corn and harvest. She is kinder than Dionysus but also sadder, mostly because Hades has taken her daughter, Persephone, as his reluctant bride. Demeter thus lies in mourning for four months of the year, leaving the fields barren. Persephone

Robert Kanigel (1998). Vintage Reading: From Plato to Bradbury. Bancroft Press. p. 121. ISBN 978-0-9631246-7-8. Significant families in Greek mythology: the house of Atreus, the royal house of Thebes, and the royal house of AthensPrefatory notes were written by Hamilton; the introduction was written by Cairns. See Edith Hamilton and Huntington Cairns, ed. (1961). The Collected Dialogues of Plato, Including the Letters. Bollingen Series. Vol.LXXI. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. (Second printing, with corrections, March 1963; third printing, October 1964; fourth printing, October 1966; fifth printing, March 1969; sixth printing, May 1971. According to reviewers, Hamilton's The Prophets of Israel (1936) had similarities to her earlier books about Greeks and Romans by making the prophets' messages relevant to contemporary readers. She accomplishes this, according to one writer, by showing that "behind all great thought stands an individual mind, fired by passion and possessed of an eye that sees deeply into humanity." [52] The views of the prophets, it adds, are very similar to those in modern times: "The prophets were forerunners of three genuinely American movements— humanism, pragmatism and the philosophy of common sense." [52] Death [ edit ] Casazza, Joseph. "Taming the Savageness of Man": Robert Kennedy, Edith Hamilton, and Their Sources", The Classical World, Baltimore, Winter 2003. Retrieved on 09 October 2018. I believe, deep in my heart, that everyone who has attended high school in the past twenty to thirty years or so (in the United States, at least) owned a ratty, most likely used copy of this work at one time or another. This book has been on the required reading list of so many schools that nearly everyone has seen it, owned it, and opened it at least twice.

Roman name: Saturn. Cronus becomes the ruler of the Titans by overthrowing his father Ouranos. He swallows each of his children as his wife Rhea gives birth to them. Rhea is able to save one, Zeus, who forces Cronus to vomit up his siblings, with whom he defeats the Titans for control of the universe. Prometheus Roman name: Cupid. The son of Aphrodite. Eros uses his bow to fire magic arrows that cause people to fall in love. He is a beautiful young man, though he is typically depicted as a winged cherub. Eros, who is often blindfolded, performs works of romantic mischief whenever Aphrodite asks. The Furies In the fall of 1895 the Hamilton sisters departed for Germany, [20] where Alice intended to continue her studies in pathology at the University of Leipzig and Edith planned to study the classics and attend lectures. [21] At that time, most North American women, including Edith and Alice, registered as auditors for their classes. [22] [23] When the sisters arrived in Leipzig, they found a fair number of foreign women studying at the university. They were informed that women could attend lectures, but they were expected to remain "invisible" and would not be allowed to participate in discussions. [23]

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a b c d e f Charles Moritz, ed. (1964). Current Biography Yearbook, 1963. New York: H. W. Wilson Company. pp.175–77.