Product Description

The biography of all the gods of ancient Greece.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #14444 in Books
• Published on: 1995-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780590441100
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews

A great introduction ,even for the young...
Homeschooling is a tough job. This year my daughter is doing Greece. We started on mythology and dumped a lot of books. Then we discovered this one. What a little treasure this turned out to be!! Each god is described clearly ,in an entertaining fashion. Every story was read and remembered with ease by her not yet 10 year old mind. Frankly, it should be in the library of every household....It can be read by all ages because it is entertaining and painless....

A good introduction to the mythology that was the seed of so much of Western thought
While the Greek gods were powerful, they possessed all of the human frailties, albeit in magnified form. They were jealous, fickle, sometimes easily angered, occasionally kind, but always aware of their might and quick to use it. Their characteristics were an attempt by simple people who experienced the difficulties of life as they struggled with nature to make a connection between humans and nature. While we may look on their beliefs as superstitions, it is easy to see the similarities between what the Greeks thought their gods were and the descriptions of god in the old testament Christian bible.
This book contains some of the best and classic legends regarding the behavior of the Greek gods. Written at the level of the middle school or early high school student, it is an introduction to the mythology that was the generator of so much of what became the thought stream of western civilization. I strongly recommend this as required reading; I consider knowledge of Greek mythology to be an indicator of being well educated.

A good introduction to the Greek myths
The Greek Gods is a good introduction, especially for younger audiences, to the wonderful myths of the Greeks. The book provides some stories of the gods of Olympia and other important mythical characters in a storytelling-like manner (if one reads the stories out loud, one shall find out what I mean). Once again, the book is only the tip of the iceberg because some of the tales about the gods are meager. Nevertheless, The Greek Gods is an entertaining, short read!