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If you do decide on Mythology by Edith Hamilton, be sure to buy the 75th Anniversary Edition. Beautiful book, worth it for the illustrations alone :)
Maybe check out Epicurus, Epictetus, and Seneca. For Epicurus, you might read the Letter to Meneoceus. (It's very short and focuses on whether we should fear death.) For Epictetus, you might try Enchiridion. For Seneca, you might try this. (Both Epictetus and Seneca are largely focused on how to live and deal with things outside your control. Like Epicurus' letter, Seneca tends to write to actual people who are struggling in the form of letters, so that may be ideal for your situation.)
Hermetics started with a Greek book called the Hermetica. You can find it with different amounts of scholarly commentary attached.
Kabbalah starts with the Jewish “Zohar”, and the same as Hermetica, there’s tons of scholarly commentary to be found on it.
Here’s links to the best versions of both (although I wouldn’t recommend actually buying this edition of Zohar unless you’re a collector, as it is 12 volumes— also there is probably a newer edition of the Hermetica done by the same people, I just know this one by its cover):
Hermetica https://www.amazon.com/dp/0521425433/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_O9cAFbPJKBFTQ
The Zohar: Pritzker Edition, Vol. 1 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0804747474/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_p.cAFbF70XV9V
I highly recommend The Latin Sexual Vocabulary by Adams. He gives a very thorough and academic review of everything "improper" in Latin. As an example, there's an entire chapter dedicated to the various words used for "butthole."
Hey this is a great request! I teach Greek and Roman literature to high school freshman and I would start with Edith Hamilton’s Mythology:
Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes https://www.amazon.com/dp/0446574759/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_1KMBFbHF7MJHM
And I would also say that Robert Fagles’ translation of The Iliad, The Odyssey, and The Aenied are pretty accessible. Maybe think about those over the next couple of years sometime?
>Also, after the Kybalion where do I go?
For sure check out the actual texts of historical Hermeticism. As the other poster ITT noted, The Kybalion is a New Thought book published in 1908 and not directly connected to Hermeticism. The best source material to read is the Corpus Hermeticm.
It’s partial, utilize but don’t treat it as direct doctrine, this isn’t church. Get this book. and then get every book cited in it, study it until it hurts.
I also just barely canceled my 3rd book pre order. Instead I got Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton
Somehow he even manages to interrupt people when there's a script.
Also, here's the book she's reading for the real pervs. I think I actually read it before, which I wasn't expecting.
You will probably find everything you need right here: J.N. Adams, The Latin Sexual Vocabulary. Or read some Catullus and Martial...
Could it be Edith Hamilton's Mythology? It's the first book that sprung to mind that's as comprehensive as you've described and would have been around in the 80s and 90s - a quick google search says that there have been green covers in the past, though maybe not matching your description entirely!
A classical scholar make a point how german nationalism used Tacitus texts about Germania as an inspiration about the "Germanic race".
Here is the book.
Burn Tacitus’ Germania before it leaves Hersfeld Abbey. The text was completely misunderstood by early German humanists, essentially inspired the unification of Germany, and was then used as pretext to stir German nationalism prior to WWI, and again for WWII.
A Most Dangerous Book by Christopher Krebs provides more detail, if anyone is interested.
It is actually pretty cheap on Amazon right now!
Oresteia, the Fagles translation. The introduction is amazing. ("A Reading of the 'Oresteia': the Serpent and the Eagle").
The Letters don't include Consolation. You'll want to get a book of his essays. Like this one: Dialogues and Essays (Oxford World's Classics) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0199552401/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glc_fabc_YZG2MCJ1BJWGG29Q3AN8
I fell in love with her writing the second I opened Shiver, so I make sure to buy all her books.
This is my mythology book:
Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes, 75th Anniversary Illustrated Edition https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0316438529/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_BY82WJS5GA31YE05QYPW
The illustrations are gorgeous 😊
https://www.amazon.com/Mythology-Timeless-Heroes-Anniversary-Illustrated/dp/0316438529
this is the gold standard.
This is either the porn book, or the second part of it. There's a pinned thread about it in this sub.
The Hermetica II contains the Hermtic writings that aren't included in the original Copenhaver Hermetica.
You might like checking out Cicero's On Moral Ends, which consists of dialogues between an epicurean, a stoic, and a peripatetic. On stoicism, I really enjoy Seneca. This is where I started. For Epicurus, you might check out "Letter to Menoecus" and "The Principal Doctrines"--the two are less than 10 pages total.
Heideggar's pretty tough. You basically gotta learn a whole new language (I don't mean German but Heideggar's philosophical language). But you could always give it a shot, especially if you tried to find some good secondary resources.
Yea, this is one of the major topics in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy. Apart from Aristotle, you might check out Epicurus (his Letter to Menoceous or The Principle Doctrines), Epictetus (The Enchiridion), Seneca (this collection is pretty good), and Cicero (On Moral Ends).
In contemporary literature, you might check out Dan Haybron's book The Pursuit of Unhappiness. On the much lighter side, the documentary Happy is pretty good.
I have always been partial to Greek/Roman mythology. I think the best book for beginners is Edith Hamilton's Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes. It contains a good account of the Greek Creation myths and some of the more popular Greek myths, making it the perfect book for anyone interested in mythology, especially beginners.
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It's only about $9.00 on Amazon right now: Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes
Generally speaking yes it is, but it's not as central as you might think. If I remember correctly the only genuinely Hermetic text it occurs in is the so-called 'Emerald Tablet', which is a late text as far as Hermetica goes.
For real Hermeticism, this is the text:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hermetica-Hermeticum-Asclepius-Translation-Introduction/dp/0521425433
Yeah the Poetic Edda translated by Lee Hollander and I for sure will, I’ll probably dump it in a google doc and upload it for free, just wanna get through it originally first and then “re-translate it” in my spare time as a passion project
Edit: Found it on amazon
If you like Fagles (and I do), he also translated Aeschylus' <em>The Oresteia</em> (Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides) as well as Sophocles' <em>The Three Theban Plays</em> (Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone). I haven't actually read either of these, although his translation of Aeschylus is on my bookshelf, and I can't speak to their popularity but I'd imagine they're somewhat similar to his translations of epic poetry. I don't think he translated Euripides though. Hope this helps!
https://www.amazon.com/Mythology-Timeless-Heroes-Anniversary-Illustrated/dp/0316438529/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1534795752&sr=8-2&keywords=Mythology%3A+Timeless+Tales+of+Gods+and+Heroes This book has some seriously beautiful illustrations and the cover looks something magical for sure. And it might be a good way to introduce her some more 'serious' literature and bigger books. Oh, and btw, why not show her some games, like age of mythology? My team is developing a mythological game right now and it's all because we love Greek mythology and the AoM series since teenagers. =) (btw Persephone is my fav too haha)