Hello, /lit/. I've just finished reading 'Mythology'.

>>9650997
Depends. Have you read A Brief History of Ancient Greece: Politics, Society, and Culture, with Stanley M. Burstein, Walter Donlan and Jennifer Tolbert Roberts

I actually read that recently

It's not very long and somewhat interesting, so why wouldn't you
But you should subsidize with some other material on Bronze Age Greece, in parts it sort of feels like Berry really wants to believe Homer knew what he was talking about

For example I saw some talks by Donald Kegan on YouTube where he points out that Homer was aware of the existence of chariots, but had no fucking clue how they would be used in battle and instead has everyone in the Iliad use them like taxi cabs
Berry on the other hand is of the opinion that the ground around Troy was too marshy for chariot charges and that they would in fact be used like taxi cabs
There was another thing like that I can't remember

He has short comments here and there where he compares events in the Iliad to historical events of the Bronze Age to show that such and such a thing may very well have occurred and whatnot and that's pretty good

I also got kind of annoyed with the book towards the end for some reason but I can't recall why

Okay, I will read it.

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