好書推薦-Mythology -Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes
HIGH ADVENTURE
The Gods, the Creation, the Earliest Heroes
Stories of Love and Adventure
Heroes of the Trojan War
The Great Family of Mythology
The Mythology of the Norsemen
“Classical mythology has long needed such a popular exposition as Miss Edith Hamilton has given us in this volume, which is at once a reference book and a book which may be read for stimulation and pleasure.”—New York Times
These great stories from Greek, Roman and Norse Mythology are the fountainhead of all literature. In them, the figures of antiquity come vividly to life.
Renowned for her love and understanding of classic literature, Edith Hamilton has retold these great myths for modern readers in a way that preserves the flavor and excitement of the originals.
眾神的權力遊戲、大地的起源、英雄傳說、充滿愛與冒險的故事都在希臘羅馬神話裡。
希臘羅馬神話是文學的泉源，啟發無數的作家創造了令人讚嘆的文學作品，這些引人入勝的神話故事不僅反映了西方人文思考的脈絡，也述說了從古至今人性普遍的掙扎。
此書由著名古典文學學者Edith Hamilton編寫，引領現代讀者進入饒富趣味的原著經典。
作者簡介：
Edith Hamilton
The world-renowned classicist Edith Hamilton was born in Dresend, Germany, and spent her childhood in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She graduated from Bryn Mawr, where she received both B.A. and M.A. degrees, and then started on a most distinguished teaching career. She regarded as the high point of her life a 1957 ceremony in which King Paul awarded her the Golden Cross of the Order of Benefaction and made her an honorary citizen of Athens. Miss Hamilton died in Washington in May, 1963.
漢米爾頓是德裔美籍教育家，長期鑽研古典文學，有「最偉大的女性古典文學家」的美譽，所著作的Mythology公認為同類出版品中的最佳版本。
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