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- From: rdippold@qualcom.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
- Subject: Re: Robert Graves-- transcendent genius or raving loon?
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- Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1992 00:17:27 GMT
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- brentw@coopsol.com (Brent Williams) writes:
- >Author's name is Edith Hamilton. Title of the standard book is, simply,
- >"Mythology." As you suggested, her book is basically just a straightforward
- >presentation of the pantheon, without interpretation, fancy, etc.
- >I only have an old paperback of this which is at home right now, so I don't
- >have publisher information. My recollection is that her work was done in
- >the 1940's, but it should still be in print as it's considered a pretty
- >standard work in the field.
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- I just bought it last year, so it's still out there. Bullfinch's is
- good, too, if you get one of the recent versions with updated
- surrounding comments.
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