About the book: 2020 / "Mythology" Edith Hamilton is a classic intellectual bestseller, interest in which is growing from year to year. The author skillfully adapts for the modern reader Greek, Roman and Scandinavian myths, familiar to us from childhood. The Trojan War, the travels of Odysseus, the exploits of Hercules, the quest for the Golden Fleece, Zeus, Prometheus, Cupid, Pegasus, Daedalus, Aphrodite, Sigurd, Thor, Odin - the gods and heroes of ancient times come to life in this book. Hamilton collects from many sources (Homer, Ovid, Hesiod, Pindar, Sophocles, Euripides, Herodotus, Apuleius) a holistic picture of events; we see myths not in fragments, but as clear and complete stories. This is the enchanting world of mythology that will never fade.