anyone know of any good greek mythology books?
what's your favourite myth/character
>>2813703
Athena and her snek son
I fucking love Artemis.
>>2813703
Edith Hamiltons book
Mythology by Edith Hamilton
Jupiter > Yahweh.
>>2813703
90% of Greek mythology is Zeus puts his dick in some lady, Hera gets pissed off and fucks shit up, then somebody has to fix it.
>>2814469
>order reigns
>the moral law is broken by the old generation
>chaos ensues
>the new generation must take upon itself the task of restoring order, taking risk in the process
>order is restored
Sounds good to me. Much better than
HURR DURR YHWH STRONK YHWH KILL INFIDEL
>gets BTFO
I-I was just kidding. Love your enemies... (but he will return in the end and send my enemies to hell lmao!).
>>2814624
you know if you gave Semitic mythology as much credit as you give Greek mythology they are essentially the same story
Read Hamilton for the quick rundown and Burkert for the basic gestalt. Then dive in yourself with Homer & Hesiod.
>>2813703
herc, baby
>>2813848
Athena is fucking waifu material.
>strong
>assertive but fair
>wise
>protector of the polis
>always dons armour like the badass she is
>>2813703
Hesiod's Theogony is great.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theogony
You can make a Tolkien-tier Epic Fantasy movie franchise, with a dash of Game of Thrones out of it.
Just play God of War.
>>2816467
Is he cooler than Perseus?
>>2817760
Yeah, the tasks he must complete are interesting, and "cool."
>>2816467
T. Chad.
>>2819679
Chad Thundercock is a pretty good alternative name for Zeus desu
http://www.theoi.com/Text/LucianDialoguesGods1.html
Fun read