Is Bulfinch's Mythology a superior text to Edith Hamilton's

>>7673175
why tho

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Bulfinch's is much bigger, at least plus it covers Norse mythology and more "recent" material like King Arthur and Charlemagne. I think that Hamilton does a better job with the Greeks though. Get them both and compare.

I'm not sure why anons bother reading either to be honest. I studied history and classics in college, and we always learned and discussed myth from primary sources.

>>7675831
Because not everyone can devote years of their life to studying those primary sources?

>>7675852
>devote years
anon...
just start with Hesiod Works and Days/Theogony , it's like 100 pages, and you'll learn a ton about Greek myth.

Then maybe go to Homer, Ovid.
Epic of Gilgamesh
Edda
Le Morte D'Arthur

all easily readable and readily available, and won't take 'years of your life'

>>7675771
>Norse
Doesn't Hamilton cover that too?

>>7675885
I'm working through the Iliad right now. What translations of Works and Days/Theogony are best? Is it actually an entertaining read or is it similar to Hamilton's wikipedia-like summaries?

>>7676011
I have the Lombardo translation published by Hackett Classics, same copy I had in college many many years ago.

>>7675852
>>7675885
>not devoting years of your life to a cthonic mystery cult to intimately understand the mythology surrounding it

>>7676167
sign me up

How's the English in Edith's book, simple? I tried looking for it in the library and the bookstore but this shit is nowhere to be found.

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>>7673091
I haven't read Hamilton so I can't say if it's better. But Bulfinch is extremely accessible to anyone of a certain reading comprehension level. Normies who had never heard anything of Greek mythology before hand can get a decent overview within a few hours. Doesn't really go into anything more than the actual narrative of the tales though.

>>7675913
for about eight pages