Mythology (book)

Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes, usually known as simply Mythology, written by Edith Hamilton in 1942, is a collection of Greek, Roman, and Norse myths that were written by classical authors and sources. Since its publication, it has one of the most widely-read, influential, and critically-acclaimed books of Western mythology, and is often used in college as an introductory text.

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Edith Hamilton - 1942 - Greek - Roman - Norse - Myth - Western - College

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The book is arranged into seven parts. They are as follows.

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• Part One: The Gods, the Creation, and the Earliest Heroes
• Part Two: Stories of Love and Adventure
• Part Three: The Great Heroes before the Trojan War
• Part Four: The Heroes of the Trojan War
• Part Five: The Great Families of Mythology
• Part Six: The Less Important Myths
• Part Seven: The Mythology of Norsemen.