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<h1 class="post-title">Greek Mythology Explained: A Deeper Look at Classical Greek Lore and Myth - Marios Christou, David Ramenah</h1>
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2019-01-05
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<p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41822694-greek-mythology-explained">GoodReads Summary</a>:
Greek mythology explored like never before.</p>
<p>Fans of George R.R Martin’s A Song of Ice &amp; Fire series and the Game of Thrones
TV series will love Greek Mythology Explained, a unique retelling of Greek
mythological tales featuring love, betrayal, murder and ruthless ambitions. </p>
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★★★★☆
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<p>When I saw &quot;Explained&quot; in the title, I thought the explanations would point
things in the stories that reflected things in the Greek society at the time.</p>
<p>But no, explanations are way more simpler than that.</p>
<p>For example, the mith of Odysseus and his voyage back home, starting when he
has to choose between facing Scylla or Chyrabdis, one a monster of 6 heads and
another a huge whirlpool. The explanation: &quot;between a rock and hard place&quot;. I
mean, it doesn't take much to realize that either option is terrible. You don't
need explanation for that.</p>
<p>On the other hand, some explanations are, actually, explanations about the
chosen story. Some characters in Greek mythology have different narrations for
the same story -- for example, there are, according to the book, 6 different
tales of Artemis and Orion, all with the same start, the same ending, but
different content &quot;in between&quot;. This is nice.</p>
<p>And, even if the explanations aren't a huge thing, the select stories are
pretty good.</p>
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