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"Mythology" by Edith Hamilton is a classic intellectual bestseller, in which interest is growing from year to year. The author masterfully adapts Greek, Roman and Scandinavian myths familiar to us since childhood for the modern reader. The Trojan War, the travels of Odysseus, the exploits of Hercules, the campaign for the Golden Fleece, Zeus, Prometheus, Cupid, Pegasus, Daedalus, Aphrodite, Sigurd, Thor, Odin - the gods and heroes of ancient times come to life in this book. Hamilton collects from many sources (Homer, Ovid, Hesiod, Pindar, Sophocles, Euripides, Herodotus, Apuleius) a complete picture of events, we see the myths not in fragments, but in clear and complete stories. This is the enchanting world of mythology that will never fade.