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title = "Greek Mythology Explained: A Deeper Look at Classical Greek Lore and Myth - Marios Christou, David Ramenah"
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date = 2019-01-05
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updated = 2021-02-12
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[taxonomies]
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tags = ["book", "reviews", "greek mythology", "marios christou",
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"david ramenah", "stars:4", "published:2018"]
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[GoodReads Summary](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41822694-greek-mythology-explained):
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Greek mythology explored like never before.
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Fans of George R.R Martin’s A Song of Ice & Fire series and the Game of Thrones
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TV series will love Greek Mythology Explained, a unique retelling of Greek
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mythological tales featuring love, betrayal, murder and ruthless ambitions.
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{{ stars(stars=4) }}
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When I saw "Explained" in the title, I thought the explanations would point
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things in the stories that reflected things in the Greek society at the time.
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But no, explanations are way more simpler than that.
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For example, the mith of Odysseus and his voyage back home, starting when he
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has to choose between facing Scylla or Chyrabdis, one a monster of 6 heads and
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another a huge whirlpool. The explanation: "between a rock and hard place". I
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mean, it doesn't take much to realize that either option is terrible. You don't
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need explanation for that.
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On the other hand, some explanations are, actually, explanations about the
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chosen story. Some characters in Greek mythology have different narrations for
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the same story -- for example, there are, according to the book, 6 different
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tales of Artemis and Orion, all with the same start, the same ending, but
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different content "in between". This is nice.
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And, even if the explanations aren't a huge thing, the select stories are
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pretty good.
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