Greek gods

[Rainandclouds]

We were doing quizzes over lockdown and I know nothing about the Greek gods. I have heard of them but no idea who is who. Am I the only one? DH knew all about them from school but unless I was asleep that day we never covered them. Is a there a child’s / simple book about them?

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I was the same and I’ve just finished Stephen Fry’s Mythos (and just started his follow up ‘Heroes’) on Audible. It gives a good introduction and overview.

I imagine there are many books about Greek gods, have a look on Amazon.

Totally recommend the two Stephen Fry books - he tells the stories in such and interesting way. Also - you are in for a treat!

Stephen Fry’s Mythos is a great start!

Usborne has a really good children’s book on Greek Myths if anyone is looking for one. We also enjoyed Icarus was Ridiculous

All I know about them is what I have gleaned from the Usborne children's book! Dd loves Greek myths!

And if you want a very lazy introduction - try the Percy Jackson books which are for children but give a nice gentle intro into some of the gods. Also, look at crashcourse mythology on Youtube - utterly brilliant.

This is the one we had for DD which I liked:

www.amazon.co.uk/Atticus-Storyteller-100-Stories-Greece/dp/1842552791

I love the Greek myths and was very into them as a child-- I've just introduced dd to this book:

by Roger Lancelyn Green that I had and she loves it. A more advanced retelling is Edith Hamilton's Mythology. Enjoy!

which I had when

I’m about halfway through Mythos (audio version) at the moment. Some of them are familiar, some I got mixed up with their Roman versions, some I have never heard of.
I’m really enjoying it, it’s very entertaining. It’s also great for one of my other joys - etymology.
Ps there’s a more boring bit at the start, but once it gets going it’s worth the effort

Can't remember the author, Madeline something maybe?? but the book Circe is fantastic. I really enjoyed it. Not one for children but it is a good read. I had no interest in greek gods before but I did think this was very interesting.

Didn't rate the Stephen Fry ones sadly

There are some great books by Roger Lancelot Green written for children but I read them as an adult as they are easy to understand the often complicated plots.

I can’t do music or sports questions but bring on the classics and that’s my strong point! All down to being shit at Latin at school so they farmed us off to do “Classics in Translation ‘O’ level” with Mrs Hall. We are talking Mid 80s here so I don’t know if it’s even still a GCSE! It’s a bit like English lit but with Roman and Greek texts that have already been translated. I LOVED it and bizarrely it’s been really useful on occasion ... certainly when I’m teaching my year 6 class any topics relating to the ancient world.

My art teacher at primary school told us some of the legends. I'd looked some stuff up out of curiosity and then I loved reading about it so much I've read lots of books including all of Rick Riordans books which cover Greek, Roman, Egyptian and Norse Gods, Percy Jackson being the most famous, they are YA books though. The Stephen Fry books are good too.

I understand the root of a lot more words (including medical and botanical) because of my reading about this stuff too, randomly handy on quizzes and with foreign colleagues.

Waterstones had loads when I was Christmas shopping. Alternatively there are loads of videos on you tube if you’d rather watch something. Throughly recommend getting to grips with them, you’ll see references everywhere. It’s also interesting to see gods portrayed in a very different way to the wholly good God we think of nowadays.

I had a really good book with great pictures when I was a kid- Gods, Men and Monsters from Greek Myths. Then I leant it to a teacher friend and never got it back.

They are good to know in general, not just for quizzes, because they had an influence on western culture. There are lots of of books, plays and films that reference Greek and Roman myths either directly or indirectly.

@1000umbrellas

I love the Greek myths and was very into them as a child-- I've just introduced dd to this book:

by Roger Lancelyn Green that I had and she loves it. A more advanced retelling is Edith Hamilton's Mythology. Enjoy!

which I had when

Oh, I had this book as a child, absolutely loved it. Must see if I still have it packed away somewhere.

Also recommend Mythos, it’s very entertaining

I am aware that Amazon has books lots of them so wanted recommendations. Thank you to those who gave them. I do love an audio book so will look into those too

We leant about them at school but I do sometimes get confused between the Greek and the Roman gods.

I had a book by Enid Blyton all about Greek mythology when I was about 8 or 9.

I actually envy you. I love Greek mythology and you are about to delve into some of the best stories out there!!!

I was a classics major, and I went in that direction because I adored mythology as a child.

My recommendation if you are interested in learning more is the D'Aulaire bookswww.amazon.co.uk/DAulaires-Greek-Myths-Ingri-DAulaire/dp/0440406943/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=greek+myths+d%27aulaire&tag=mumsnetforu03-21&qid=1609531696&sr=8-1

They are well written and inexpensive, give a good sense of the stories, the illustrations are nice, and also many libraries have them. The audio versions I have heard are also nice.

Mythos et al are excellent fun if you like Stephen Fry, and he reads them very well - they're very accessible if you don't have a background in classics.

Other mythologies are also available. Neil Gaiman's Norse myths are also worth listening to once you've satisfied yourself with Greek and Roman mythology.