What is Reddit's opinion of BY D'Aulaire, Ingri ( Author ) [{ D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths By D'Aulaire, Ingri ( Author ) Feb - 04- 2002 ( Paperback ) } ]?

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I like to think he and Hestia have a good relationship. They’re the older, overlooked of the six elder Olympians.

If you like Greek myths checkout D’Aulaire’s Book of Greek Myths. They have a Norse one too, I’ve never read it though.

https://www.amazon.com/DAulaire-Ingri-Author-DAulaires-Greek/dp/B01GEXOZQG

D'aulaires books of Greek and Norse myths certainly were a factor in my early questioning and eventual discarding of the xtian faith.

I used to have two picture books I adored as a child. I now read them to my children.

D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths as well as their Book of Norse Myths are beautifully illustrated and just such fun to read.

The Bible is part of that tradition of the West. When you think about it, saints are really just old Greek and Norse gods clothed in Christian tunics and pretentions.

As far as the Bible, I don't think there is anything wrong with it as far as reading it in context. The English in the King James Bible is gorgeous (though I prefer Sir Lancelot Brenton's translation of the Septuagint). And whether we all like it or not it is part of Western literature and tradition. I am not sure I would totally toss it in the waste bin.

But then again there are some people around here who think that everyone should have a tradition except Westerners.

I did a quick google search just now, and I had D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths as a kid (this edition, with a bunch of pretty pictures, although 2002 sounds late, I'm pretty sure I had this earlier than 2002). I probably read through this 4 or 5 times, I loved the stories in it. In high school English class, we also had Edith Hamilton's Mythology, which is probably also just as good but doesn't have tons of pretty illustrations. We only read a couple from that though I think, it was like a 2-week-long unit or something. (I remember being super irritated that it was assumed we were familiar with Bible stories and not familiar with Greek myths when we were doing our "ancient texts" unit, and given prep time for quizzes accordingly. I did not do well on the Bible stories quiz, to say the least.)

If you want a novel with some Iliad/Odyssey stories, I read A Thousand Ships semi recently and found it fairly boring because I know the stories waaaaay too well, but if you don't know the stories I think it's probably totally fantastic!! It goes through a lot of them and is very accessible and feminist.

Also, if you like its gameplay, Hades is a great video game that tells a lot of the myths in rough detail.