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Draconos
10-25-2003, 06:00 PM
Does any1 have good sources for greek Myth? I love the stuff but you cant seems to find much, other than the more popular stories, everything else I found is in Greek or Latin

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chalice
10-25-2003, 07:14 PM
Search for The Greek Myths by Robert Graves. A great entertaining read.

MagicNakor
10-25-2003, 11:15 PM
Bullfinch's Mythology.

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Geshtinanna
10-31-2003, 05:28 PM
Originally posted by Draconos@25 October 2003 - 18:00
Does any1 have good sources for greek Myth? I love the stuff but you cant seems to find much, other than the more popular stories, everything else I found is in Greek or Latin

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Mythology Books

Bullfinch's Mythology is available at Project Gutenburg
Edith Hamilton "Mythology"
Robert Graves "The Greek Myths"
also try Robert Graves "The White Goddess" for a denser look at poetic codes in mythology
George Frazer "The Golden Bough" is available at Project Gutenburg
Anything and everything by Joseph Campbell is good.

I don't know if you're studying Greek Mythology for the classical literary value, for fun, or for anthropological research here...

Homer "The Oddessy" is available at Project Gutenburg, and here's a link to my copy

File:The Odyssey.pdf
Length:1672349 Bytes,1633KB
UUHash:=PkMx9D63DHQiJs5Hn79+JFMMEU0=

Also avaialabe at P.G. should be Homers "The Illiad" and Virgil's "The Anead"
Try looking in P.G. for Ovid, Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, Pthagoras, and Ptolemy as well.

Also, a good place to look for texts on mythology is http://www.sacred-texts.com/

Hope this helps.

shubhodeep_das
11-02-2003, 05:58 AM
Originally posted by Draconos@25 October 2003 - 18:00
Does any1 have good sources for greek Myth? I love the stuff but you cant seems to find much, other than the more popular stories, everything else I found is in Greek or Latin

D
Try playing Age of Mythology by Microsoft.It has everything about Greek Mythology.

MagicNakor
11-02-2003, 09:03 AM
Not really... ;)

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shubhodeep_das
11-02-2003, 06:35 PM
Originally posted by MagicNakor@2 November 2003 - 09:03
Not really... ;)

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Believe me it has been made after a lot of research.
Just try it once.

MagicNakor
11-02-2003, 11:40 PM
I've played it.

But I wouldn't go nearly so far as to say it has everything about Greek mythology in it. It has some names.

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Illuminati
11-03-2003, 03:39 PM
Originally posted by MagicNakor@3 November 2003 - 00:40
I've played it.

But I wouldn't go nearly so far as to say it has everything about Greek mythology in it. It has some names.

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Actually, if you read the biographics of each of the "heroes", it has a short passage basically detailing the legend of which each is associated with.

In essence, it's "Greek Mythology for Dummies" - But instead of pop-up, it's play-up ;)

Mad Cat
11-03-2003, 08:30 PM
Originally posted by Draconos@25 October 2003 - 18:00
Does any1 have good sources for greek Myth? I love the stuff but you cant seems to find much, other than the more popular stories, everything else I found is in Greek or Latin

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Should be in requests.

MagicNakor
11-04-2003, 01:38 AM
Originally posted by Illuminati+3 November 2003 - 16:39--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Illuminati @ 3 November 2003 - 16:39)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-MagicNakor@3 November 2003 - 00:40
I&#39;ve played it.

But I wouldn&#39;t go nearly so far as to say it has everything about Greek mythology in it. It has some names.

:ninja:
Actually, if you read the biographics of each of the "heroes", it has a short passage basically detailing the legend of which each is associated with.

In essence, it&#39;s "Greek Mythology for Dummies" - But instead of pop-up, it&#39;s play-up ;) [/b][/quote]
Well, it&#39;s a much cleaned up and abbreviated version. ;) If you want the "real" stuff, you&#39;d have to look elsewhere. Had to keep its T rating, I guess.

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Illuminati
11-04-2003, 08:31 AM
Originally posted by MagicNakor+4 November 2003 - 02:38--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (MagicNakor @ 4 November 2003 - 02:38)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by Illuminati@3 November 2003 - 16:39
<!--QuoteBegin-MagicNakor@3 November 2003 - 00:40
I&#39;ve played it.

But I wouldn&#39;t go nearly so far as to say it has everything about Greek mythology in it. It has some names.

:ninja:
Actually, if you read the biographics of each of the "heroes", it has a short passage basically detailing the legend of which each is associated with.

In essence, it&#39;s "Greek Mythology for Dummies" - But instead of pop-up, it&#39;s play-up ;)
Well, it&#39;s a much cleaned up and abbreviated version. ;) If you want the "real" stuff, you&#39;d have to look elsewhere. Had to keep its T rating, I guess.

:ninja: [/b][/quote]
True dat - But it satisfies those who just want the stories.

The ones wanting more can then research the mythology more using what they&#39;ve learnt in AoM ;)