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Found 42 comments on D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths:

u/aciinboise · 10 pointsr/books

I loved D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths growing up.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0440406943

u/grahamiam · 7 pointsr/books

While this is aimed more at children, it's a fantastic guide and it's illustrated: http://www.amazon.com/DAulaires-Greek-Myths-Ingri-dAulaire/dp/0440406943

u/pb_and_jj · 6 pointsr/suggestmeabook

What about mythology? D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths is a classic.

u/thisperson · 5 pointsr/atheism

One birthday present I will always remember is a book on Greek mythology, given to me by a family friend when I turned twelve and was going through my "I'm a good little Christian boy" phase (while still being interested in both science fact and fiction). I was immediately hooked. To me, the Greek myths were just like more sci-fi. I remember this family friend being atheist, and to this day can't help but think she was planting some intellectual seeds by giving me that book. I distinctly remember one day reading the mythology book for awhile and then switching to the Bible, and suddenly having an inkling--which I quickly quashed--that Jehovah seemed at least as arbitrary, if not more so than Zeuss. That may even have been the initial seed of my de-conversion.

u/officemonkey · 5 pointsr/booksuggestions

D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths was one of my favorite books when I was in fifth and sixth grade.

I bought the book when I was an adult and it was just as good as I remember.

u/ryanmercer · 5 pointsr/druidism

(I prefer Druidry to Druidism, rolls off the tongue better).

Yes, you can do whatever you want. It's a belief system, a way of life, it is not Ikea plans. There is no right or wrong when it comes to someone's beliefs :)

As far as 'a certain ancestry', I assume you mean people of northern European descent claiming only they can be Asatru?

Look, here's the thing. Any neo-pagan religion is reconstructionist. Fact is there is very very little documentation of non-Abrahamic religions in Europe from the middle ages and previously. Even Greco-Roman religious practices and customs are largely speculative and taken from recorded myth and legend. For the most part 'pagan' religious weren't even very organized and beliefs could vary wildly from group to group, region to region, decade to decade.

I recommend you read the various myths and legends of all European cultures and even the Greco-Roman ones. You'll see a lot of recurring themes, the names of the heroes and deities will change but you see the same stories over and over.

Look at Thor vs Perun. Zeus vs Jupiter. Hel vs Prosperina vs Persephone. Hell look at the native tribes of North America, you'll see a dozen or more versions of Coyote.

Do what feels right to you, and don't be afraid to drift. But first, really dive into the source material for the deities we know about. I'll edit this post shortly with some things to start with.


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u/electricspirit · 5 pointsr/booksuggestions

http://www.amazon.com/DAulaires-Greek-Myths-Ingri-dAulaire/dp/0440406943

My dad used to read this to me as a kid and I loved it.

u/CrazedWarVet · 4 pointsr/assassinscreed

Not OP but I highly recommend "Sailing the Wine Dark Sea" by Tom Cahill, and really all of his books in "The Hinges of History" series.
Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter (The Hinges of History) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0385495544/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_ywLPBbZ1K4HJW

Edith Hamilton's "Mythology". Many consider it dry by today's standards but I appreciate her depth I
Of analysis.
Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes https://www.amazon.com/dp/0446574759/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_QvLPBb447ENFT

On the lighter, young reader side, D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths." Beautiful artwork in there. I grew up reading it with my dad so it's special to me.
D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths https://www.amazon.com/dp/0440406943/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_TuLPBbK30N3K0

For when you want to listen with your earballs, check out Dan Carlin's Hardcore History podcast, specifically the entire series Kings of Kings. It's not specifically about Greece, but about Persia and Greece interacting. He covers a lot of ground, including the Battle of Thermopylae (of 300 fame).
https://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-56-kings-of-kings/

u/Thornnuminous · 4 pointsr/TrueAtheism

This was the book that jump started my brain in early elementary school.

That was when I first wondered why these stories were myths, but christian stories were real.

u/sporkubus · 4 pointsr/booksuggestions

D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths sounds like what you want. If that's too easy for you, I remember liking Bulfinch's Mythology as a kid, though I think it contains more analysis.

u/tofuhoagie · 3 pointsr/ancientgreece

D'Adalaire's book of Greek Myths. D'Adalaire's book of Norse Myths.

Greek Myths

Norse Myths

u/RubyRedSea · 3 pointsr/mythology

D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths was the one I grew up on that made me love mythology. A copy ended up in my classroom when I taught 6th grade and they loved it too. Highly recommended!

u/Kalomoira · 3 pointsr/ancientgreece

D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths is a popular introduction for children to the myths.

There are also Aesop's Fables for which there are multiple books but I don't have a particular one to recommend. Personally, I would look for a conventional/classical collection.

u/tanglekey · 3 pointsr/Parenting

I think the D'Aulaires Greek Myths is marketed towards the younger set. From what I've seen of it, it should hold her interest and be a bit less racy as you put it.

http://www.amazon.com/DAulaires-Greek-Myths-Ingri-dAulaire/dp/0440406943

u/ok2nvme · 3 pointsr/suggestmeabook

My junior high school library had this book. It's beautifully illustrated and, as a weirdo kid who read all of the mythology texts he could get his hands on, I was impressed by the fact that it presents the most widely accepted versions of the myths (only slightly sanitized) without any odd, out-of-place variations in such an accessible and fun style.

It's the only book on Greek mythology I ever recommend to people.

u/tryingtohelp2010 · 3 pointsr/books

This - http://www.amazon.com/DAulaires-Greek-Myths-Ingri-dAulaire/dp/0440406943/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1310996726&sr=1-1

D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths - I got it in 6th grade and could read it daily. I still have it in my house now.

u/the_beer_fairy · 3 pointsr/booksuggestions

Okay, so what I'm recommending is not necessarily aimed at adults, but I got a lot of enjoyment out of these texts.

A few years ago, I taught Percy Jackson and the Olympians with my students. I truly love that series. In conjunction with that, I pulled from D'Aulaire's Book of Myths, and I bought the 3 books of The Greek Mytholopedia for them to peruse. The mythlopedia is definitely aimed at students, but I'm not going to lie.... I really enjoyed reading them. I never truly found one definitive source for Greek myths that would be accessible at the level I was teaching. I mostly cobbled together what I could find from teacher's books and the sources above.

This text seems to have been released after I taught that unit. It looks promising.

u/calenair · 3 pointsr/GreekMythology

Yep! Go buy this:

https://www.amazon.com/DAulaires-Greek-Myths-Ingri-dAulaire/dp/0440406943

After that, buy this:

https://www.amazon.com/Iliad-Odyssey-Boxed-Set/dp/076369813X

And then you’ll know enough to either satisfy your curiosity or go do some reading of the original sources.


Source: classics major, read Ancient Greek, etc etc

u/jen4k2 · 2 pointsr/IWantToLearn

Whatever you do, don't turn your nose up at children's books.

I recommend D'Aulaires' Books of Norse Myths and Greek Myths immediately, they are amazing. My husband and I have been collecting books that meant a lot to us to share with our future family, these were among the first we sought out.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0440406943?pc_redir=1407906902&robot_redir=1

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/159017125X/ref=pd_aw_sims_1?pi=SL500_SY115&simLd=1


Edit: You should also study Arthurian mythology. TH White's "The Once & Future King" is great, I'll try to find the beautiful book my husband wants to find from his childhood -- it was strangely comprehensive.

Source: We both studied classic literature, I'm a teacher. :)

u/mtVessel · 2 pointsr/books

D'Aulaires' is the standard text for kids (of all ages). For adults, it's Bullfinch's.

u/silentgreen85 · 2 pointsr/JUSTNOMIL

It's probably the same edition that I had. At some point in my early teens mom did some cleaning and I lost three books that I never would have gotten rid of: the illustrated hobbit, dinotopia (hubby bought me it and another in the series for Christmas a few years back, and this peculiar kids version of Greek myths.

Maybe once some other things settle down I'll finally get around to replacing the hobbit and the Greek myths book. Same with the A Gebra named Al, and a Chemy named Al - except I was the one who weeded those out of my collection at some point.

u/logic11 · 2 pointsr/MMA

D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths is the easiest starting point. That or just google greek myths.

u/storysearch · 2 pointsr/mythology

If you like Greek and Norse, I'd recommend D'Auliere's Greek and Norse.

Also, I'd recommend fairly tales from the Pantheon Library, which do not have images but will help him to learn to picture them in his mind and pay attention as well. I should give you a warning though: some of them can still be a bit intense and inappropriate to modern listeners, depending on which culture the stories come from.

You're going to especially want to proof-read the European ones for strange acts of violence as well as many other cultures for potential moments of sexuality or bathroom humor. Though the potty humor might be very amusing to your son depending which age he is.

u/Nejfelt · 2 pointsr/Marvel

Chicago Children's Press and Firesides.

Though even before that, what got me on the whole super-hero mythos, was Greek and Norse mythology, presented by D'Aulaires's Greek and Norse books.

u/CrazyPlato · 2 pointsr/IWantToLearn

Personally, this is the book I started with. Remember, I started in sixth grade, so of course the stories are censored. But it's a good primer of Greek myths, and it provides pictures which might make them a bit more memorable. In any case, I used that book for the majority of my Latin classes, so I got pretty well-versed in it. Later on, I was given other sources like Metamorphoses. Personally, I'm doubtful that poetry would be as easy to learn the myths from though: I got a lot more from plain-spoken prose than I did from my attempts to translate Latin poetry. The language is pretty and all, but it doesn't make the meaning as clear as other media might.

One other thing to consider is that certain stories didn't cross over as easily from Greek to Roman. Greek myths focus a lot more on the gods. Heroes are usually tragic heroes, and a lot of the stories are how those heroes end up getting screwed over by the gods for being stupid and trying to show up one of the gods. Roman myths start to give more credit to the heroes. They're less flawed, and at times the gods become less relevant. If you ask me, it's a cultural shift, since Rome was getting pretty confident in the power of mankind to master the world around them. So Ovid probably wouldn't cover as much of the myth as you'd like.

If you want to look into greek plays, they tend to portray some of the more classic stories pretty well. The structure may be a little weird at first. The style is usually something like this: there's a chorus of generic people, like soldiers or handmaidens or whatever. The hero struts in and explains the backstory up to this point (Agamemnon brags about the Trojan War, Oedipus explains that his kingdom is freaking out over something). The chorus, or else another character who's introduced, warns the protagonist to be careful and he naturally ignores them. Then tragic events unfold revealing that the protagonist has unknowingly ruined things for himself because he didn't leave well enough alone.

u/[deleted] · 2 pointsr/AskReddit

Two Bad Ants.

Verdi.

D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths.

As for non picture I love the Jon Bellairs books.

u/samisbond · 2 pointsr/atheism

What about bringing them in with Ancient Greek Myth (there are children's versions though some are still a little mature). You could read them as bed time stories and talk about different myths being considered religion. Introduce them as stories.

I'm not a Father so I have no idea if this would be interesting. I know I was read Greek Myth as a little kid though.

You might want to talk to Grandma about this.

u/TheHoundsOFLove · 2 pointsr/bookporn

I've thought about doing this with D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths, I love the illustrations so much

u/Fresleven238 · 1 pointr/Archaeology

Maybe not terribly helpful or the most pertinent in this case but D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths is a must for those not already familiar with the origins of the Greek myths and looking to get the basic understanding of them. It was our first required reading for my Greek Myth college course and could be helpful if you chance an encounter with anything referring to them.

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u/ericaamericka · 1 pointr/booksuggestions

This was my introduction and I loved it. I was also much younger, though.

u/MattyG7 · 1 pointr/pagan

In my personal opinion, the D'Aulaires produce some of the best books of Greek and Norse mythology. They give a wide view of the cultural myths, they're totally appropriate for children, and they're beautifully illustrated.

http://www.amazon.com/DAulaires-Greek-Myths-Ingri-dAulaire/dp/0440406943/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1341187978&sr=8-1&keywords=d%27aulaires%27+book+of+greek+myths

http://www.amazon.com/DAulaires-Norse-Myths-Ingri-dAulaire/dp/159017125X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1341187978&sr=8-2&keywords=d%27aulaires%27+book+of+greek+myths

I would absolutely suggest those.

u/AnxietyBear · 1 pointr/whatsthatbook

Your mythology books might be Druids, Gods & Heroes from Celtic Mythology -- they had a whole series so it's possible that the other myth/folklore books were by the same publisher. There's also the D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths, which is great, and they've got a Celtic title as well.