Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes, 75th Anniversary Illustrated Edition

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Sometimes the charm of Fry’s rather domesticated mythical world comes at a price. He tells stories about love and children and animal metamorphosis with grace, but is less successful dealing with grand elemental or heroic themes such as the emergence of the universe from cosmic chaos, or the philanthropy, heroism and terrible punishment of Prometheus. He tends to play down the horror of the primal power struggles and violence in his sources: Kronos has “an unkind habit of eating anyone prophesied to conquer him”. Perhaps this explains why Fry has kept away from the legends of quest, war, politics and kin-murder that are the stuff of the major mythical cycles. Weber, Catherine E. Forrest (Winter 2002). "A Citizen of Athens: Fort Wayne's Edith Hamilton". Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society. 14 (1): 38–47.

Kennedy, Robert F. "Robert F Kennedy Speeches", The Kennedy Library, Boston, 4 April 1968. Retrieved on 09 October 2018. Casazza, Joseph. "Taming the Savageness of Man": Robert Kennedy, Edith Hamilton, and Their Sources", The Classical World, Baltimore, Winter 2003. Retrieved on 09 October 2018. Significant families in Greek mythology: the house of Atreus, the royal house of Thebes, and the royal house of Athens Edith Hamilton (August 12, 1867 – May 31, 1963) was an American educator and internationally known [2] author who was one of the most renowned classicists of her era in the United States. [3] A graduate of Bryn Mawr College, she also studied in Germany at the University of Leipzig and the University of Munich. Hamilton began her career as an educator and head of the Bryn Mawr School, a private college preparatory school for girls in Baltimore, Maryland; however, Hamilton is best known for her essays and best-selling books on ancient Greek and Roman civilizations.

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Roman name: Saturn. Cronus becomes the ruler of the Titans by overthrowing his father Ouranos. He swallows each of his children as his wife Rhea gives birth to them. Rhea is able to save one, Zeus, who forces Cronus to vomit up his siblings, with whom he defeats the Titans for control of the universe. Prometheus Also known as the Erinyes, the Furies are three horrible sisters—Tisiphone, Megaera, and Alecto—who torment evildoers and punish them for their sins. The Fates It's almost as bad as Bulfinch telling the readers which myths are Christian enough to be included and which had to be shortened/changed for his "genteel" readers. It is precisely the original stories I want to be told about or at least I want a thorough comparison!

Fearsome one-eyed giants, of whom Polyphemus is the most famous. In some myths they are the children of Heaven and Earth; in others they are the sons of Poseidon. They forge the thunderbolts of Zeus, who favors them. Polyphemus The Collected Dialogues of Plato, Including the Letters (1961), edited by Edith Hamilton and Huntington Cairns [7] [58] Dionysus, or Bacchus, god of wine. He embodies both the good and evil effects of alcohol. At times he is a jovial partier and patron of music and art, but at other times he is the god of madness and frenzy. Demeter Early life and education [ edit ] Childhood and family [ edit ] The Hamilton sisters: Edith, Alice, Margaret and Norah

Hallett, Judith P. (2015). "Edith Hamilton". In Gugin, Linda C.; St. Clair, James E. (eds.). Indiana's 200: The People Who Shaped the Hoosier State. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society Press. pp.150–51. ISBN 978-0-87195-387-2. Hamilton and Doris Reid remained in New York City until 1943, then moved to Washington, D.C., and spent their summers in Maine. In Washington, Reid was in charge of the local offices of Loomis, Sayles and Company, an investment firm that had been her employer since 1929; Hamilton continued to write and frequently entertained friends, fellow writers, government representatives, and other dignitaries at her home. Among the eminent and famous were Isak Dinesen, Robert Frost, Harvard classicist Werner Jaeger and labor leader John L. Lewis. [1]