18 books like Heroes of Greece and Troy

What to read after Heroes of Greece and Troy — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Troy Stephen Fry · 2020 · ★ 4.3 · 432p · ≈ 14h · Moderate "A retelling of the Greek myth of the Trojan war"-- Shares: Trojan War, Heroes, Legends, Greek Mythology

Orpheus: myths of the world Padraic Colum · 1930 · 327p · ≈ 10h · Challenging It is natural to begin with things Egyptian. But the stories that we have from the mythology of that great civilization are all fragmentary; for the most famous of them we have to go to a Greek work--to Plutarch's treatise on Isis and Osiris. In the story as given here the outline is Plutarch's. But included in it is the story of the Creation which is from Egyptian sources; the names of the… Shares: Legends, Mythology

Trojan War Blake A. Hoena · 2017 · 112p · ≈ 3h · Moderate What happens when the gods disagree? They send the mightiest of heroes to fight a war. But which hero will you be, and who will you side with: Greece’s King Menelaus or Paris, a prince from the city of Troy? If the gods favor you, you just may survive the fighting. Shares: Trojan War, Greek Mythology, Mythology

A book of myths Jeanie Lang · 1915 · 286p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Just as a little child holds out its hands to catch the sunbeams, to feel and to grasp what, so its eyes tell it, is actually there, so, down through the ages, men have stretched out their hands in eager endeavour to know their God. And because only through the human was the divine knowable, the old peoples of the earth made gods of their heroes and not unfrequently endowed these gods with as… Shares: Greek Mythology, Mythology

The Myths of Plato Πλάτων · 1905 · 544p · ≈ 18h · Challenging tr., with introductory and other observations Shares: Greek Mythology, Mythology

D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths Ingri Parin D'Aulaire · 1962 · ★ 4.4 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate A re-telling of the myths of ancient Greece for children. Shares: Greek Mythology, Mythology

Mythology Jane Ellen Harrison · 1924 · ★ 4.0 · 155p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Jane Harrison examines the festivals of ancient Greek religion to identify the primitive "substratum" of ritual and its persistence in the realm of classical religious observance and literature. In Harrison's preface to this remarkable book, she writes that J. G. Frazer's work had become part and parcel of her "mental furniture" and that of others studying primitive religion. Today, those who… Shares: Greek Mythology, Mythology

Margaret and her friends Caroline Wells Healey Dall · 1895 · 162p · ≈ 5h · Challenging The only firsthand account of one of Fuller's famous "Conversations," the first of which to men were invited. Guests included Bronson Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Sophia and George Ripley, Sophia and Elizabeth Peabody, Caroline Sturgis and Jones Very. Dall, who went on the become a major figure in the woman's rights movement in Massachusetts, includes direct quotes attributed to Fuller and… Shares: Greek Mythology, Mythology

Cyclops Tells All Nancy Loewen · 2014 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate OF COURSE you think my actions were horrific and heartless, that dining on Odysseus' men was unforgivable. You don't know the other side of the myth. Well, let me tell you... Shares: Greek Mythology, Mythology

The Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer Alfred John Church · 1906 · 277p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Three thousand years ago the world was still young. The western continent was a huge wilderness, and the greater part of Europe was inhabited by savage and wandering tribes. Only a few nations at the eastern end of the Mediterranean and in the neighbouring parts of Asia had learned to dwell in cities, to use a written language, to make laws for themselves, and to live in a more orderly fashion.… Shares: Greek Mythology, Mythology

The Greek mythology Alexander Duthie · 1932 · 168p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Shares: Greek Mythology, Mythology

Tales of Troy and Greece Andrew Lang · 1907 · 227p · ≈ 7h · Challenging A magnificent collection of the most stirring myths from the ancient world, Andrew Lang's Tales of Troy and Greece presents five major narrative cycles that have shaped the literary imagination for centuries. Illustrated by H.J. Ford, this classic work brings together the greatest heroes and adventures of Greek legend in vivid, accessible prose. The collection opens with "Ulysses the Sacker of… Shares: Trojan War, Legends, Greek Mythology, Mythology

Bulfinch's Mythology Vols. 2&3 Thomas Bulfinch · 1962 · ★ 3.5 For almost a century and a half, Bulfinch's Mythology has been the text by which the great tales of the gods and goddesses, Greek and Roman antiquity. Shares: Romances, Mythology

Usborne Illustrated Guide to Greek Myths and Legends Cheryl Evans · 1985 · ★ 4.0 · 64p · ≈ 2h · Moderate A new edition of this detailed introduction to the most famous gods and goddesses in Greek and Norse mythology and their exploits. Shares: Legends, Greek Mythology

Norse Myths and Legends Cheryl Evans · 1986 · 48p · ≈ 1h · Moderate This book introduces the characters and adventures that make up the Norse myths. Shares: Legends, Mythology

An Introduction to Viking Mythology John Grant · 1990 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Turning the pages of Gordon Grant’s pictured story of whaling, it suddenly struck me that the task of writing an introduction had certain unusual features. Acting as a liaison officer between Captain Ahab of the whaling ship Pequod and the sheltered generation of 1932, it is necessary to bear in mind that most members of this generation are unaware that whaling is still an industry.… Shares: Legends, Mythology

The Song of Troy Colleen McCullough · 1998 · ★ 4.0 · 523p · ≈ 17h · Moderate Retelling of the tragic and terrible saga of the Trojan war, a 3000-year-old tale of enduring love, abiding hate, vengeance, betrayal, honour and sacrifice. Shares: Trojan War, Greek Mythology, Mythology

Griechische Mythologie Preller, Ludwig · 1854 · 964p · ≈ 32h · Demanding Ludwig Prellers Griechische Mythologie entfaltet den gesamten Kosmos der griechischen Götter-, Schöpfungs- und Heldensagen als wissenschaftlich geordnetes Handbuch. Schon die Vorreden machen den Anspruch deutlich: Preller sieht Mythologie als schwer systematisierbaren Stoff, den er aus verstreuter Forschung, Dichtung, Kunst und eigener Anschauung zusammenführt, zunächst mit knappen… Shares: Heroes, Greek Mythology, Mythology

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