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missnerdinatrix's review against another edition
4.0
Pantheon has always done a wonderful job of publishing comprehensive and engaging volumes with their series of folklore works and Schwab's work carries on the tradition perfectly.
There's not much I really can say considering the stories represented here are age-old and known throughout countless generations. Rather I'll praise the thorough job done in compiling all the stories. There's no need to jump from book to book anymore when studying the different tales or history making it wonderful for a reference as well as entertainment. The language it's presented in isn't stuffy like so many anthologies of mythology tend to be making a classic subject very approachable.
There's not much I really can say considering the stories represented here are age-old and known throughout countless generations. Rather I'll praise the thorough job done in compiling all the stories. There's no need to jump from book to book anymore when studying the different tales or history making it wonderful for a reference as well as entertainment. The language it's presented in isn't stuffy like so many anthologies of mythology tend to be making a classic subject very approachable.
leonietjeuh's review against another edition
4.0
Erg beknopt, heerlijk taalgebruik, er misten wel wat dingen, snap niet of die het nou zelf van iets vertaald heeft of alleen samengevat
helene08's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
5.0
bkoser's review against another edition
5.0
Well written and structured. The language is archaic which makes for a dry read, but it's fine in small doses.
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- When Polynices reunites with his father Oedipus after betraying him, he says, "I confess—I accuse myself—I forgot my father." Stephen King Dark Tower allusion or no?
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A Short Play
Setting: The Trojan War
Apollo: I, Apollo, God of the Sun and Healing, will fire my arrows into the Greek ranks and bring upon them a plague!
Hypnos: I, Hypnos, God of Dreams, will send a false prophecy in a dream to deceive the Greeks into a premature attack!
Ares: Guys
Athena: I, Athena, Goddess of Wisdom and Handicraft, will warn Odysseus that your dream is false!
Aprodite: I, Aphrodite, Goddess of Love, will save Paris from death and transport him in a mist back to Troy!
Ares: Guys wait
Zeus: I, Zeus, God of the Sky and Law, will save Sarpedon from the spear of Tlepolemus!
Ares: Guys I'm the God of War
Scamander: I, Scamander, God of the River Scamander, will fight Achilles!
Ares: Guys I really think that I ought
Hera: I, Hera, the Goddess of Motherhood and Childbirth, will aid the Greeks in battle!
Ares: Guys come on
Achilles: I, Achilles, not a God, have killed Penthesilea, Queen of the Amazons!
Ares: Wait, that was my daughter! You can't
Zeus: Stand down, Ares! This is war!
Ares: :(
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- When Polynices reunites with his father Oedipus after betraying him, he says, "I confess—I accuse myself—I forgot my father." Stephen King Dark Tower allusion or no?
---
A Short Play
Setting: The Trojan War
Apollo: I, Apollo, God of the Sun and Healing, will fire my arrows into the Greek ranks and bring upon them a plague!
Hypnos: I, Hypnos, God of Dreams, will send a false prophecy in a dream to deceive the Greeks into a premature attack!
Ares: Guys
Athena: I, Athena, Goddess of Wisdom and Handicraft, will warn Odysseus that your dream is false!
Aprodite: I, Aphrodite, Goddess of Love, will save Paris from death and transport him in a mist back to Troy!
Ares: Guys wait
Zeus: I, Zeus, God of the Sky and Law, will save Sarpedon from the spear of Tlepolemus!
Ares: Guys I'm the God of War
Scamander: I, Scamander, God of the River Scamander, will fight Achilles!
Ares: Guys I really think that I ought
Hera: I, Hera, the Goddess of Motherhood and Childbirth, will aid the Greeks in battle!
Ares: Guys come on
Achilles: I, Achilles, not a God, have killed Penthesilea, Queen of the Amazons!
Ares: Wait, that was my daughter! You can't
Zeus: Stand down, Ares! This is war!
Ares: :(