The Gods of Greece and Rome Written with wit and clarity

Written with wit and clarity for the intelligent reader who has taken high school and perhaps college math

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The Gods of Greece and Rome Written with wit and clarityThe deities of the ancient world from the famous denizens of Olympus to anonymous river nymphs and sea monsters come to life in the pages of this classic guide. Richly readable, informative, and colorful, it is drawn mostly from the great epics of Homer and the works of Apollodoros, an Athenian scholar of the second century B. C. Not only does it define the myths in terms of their influence on Western literature, it also depicts the role of the