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  <title><![CDATA[The Marriage Of Cadmus  and Harmony]]></title>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1993</original_publication_year>
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've read this book cover to cover 3 times since I bought it in 1993. It's the best book I've ever read on Greek mythology.<br/><br/>Actually, it's more of an extended (and unfailingly brilliant) meditation on Greek mythology, rather than a summary or &quot;explanation.&quot; Calasso is some kind ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2883149">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 28 04:21:05 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow. I never thought I'd read this book -- I had flipped through it many times in the bookstore and found it to be rambling and bizarrely organized.  But for some reason I purchased it as a used bookstore and decided to read it the right way -- starting on page one, and boy am I glad I did.  Calasso...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28688175">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu Sep 11 09:33:26 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Sep 11 10:21:03 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;To invite the gods ruins our relationship with them but sets history in motion. A life in which the gods are not invited isn't worth living. It will be quieter, but there won't be any more stories. And you could suppose that these dangerous invitations were in fact conceived by the gods themse...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32608251">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was a difficult book to read and at times I debated continuing.  What kept me going was a) the depth of greek mythology that I was not aware of and was curious about b) something along those same lines with regards to greek history and c) the visions of a perception of reality totally diff...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24003097">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="38202353">
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  <date_added>Thu Nov 20 00:24:08 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Dec 02 13:40:06 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[History, philosophy, mythology... Calasso is a master, and guides you through the maze of the antique gods and their stories with a modern eye and breathtaking knowledge. His book is a joy for the mind, that makes you rethink what you thought you already knew in vertiginous ways. It's thrilling and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38202353">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="36547248">
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  <date_added>Thu Oct 30 07:19:10 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I feel kind of guilty rating this....so I won't.<br/><br/>This is one of those books that stylistically I had some issues with, but I could sense that it had a lot to say.  Unfortunately, for me-although I thought I had a solid understanding of greek mythlogy, I was nowhere near ready for the dept...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36547248">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="50600474">
    <user id="628173">
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    <body><![CDATA[The best review of Greek mythology I've ever read. Calasso organizes the myths by theme and chronology and writes about the myths themselves, their relationship to each other and the subtext in a lovely, lyrical way.]]></body>
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    <review id="77634840">
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  <date_updated>Fri Nov 13 05:51:31 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book, loved his imagination and his re-telling of myths I've known for years but never in this way.]]></body>
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    <review id="55689642">
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    <body><![CDATA[I seem to go back to this book every now and again and it holds such a wealth, a wonder... but it isn't to be rushed.]]></body>
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    <review id="71195796">
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    <body><![CDATA[The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony (Vintage International) by Roberto Calasso (1994)]]></body>
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    <review id="55107852">
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  <read_at>Wed May 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue May 05 22:36:20 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another of my Greek mythology reads as we traverse the country... so far enthralling.]]></body>
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    <review id="57266471">
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    <name><![CDATA[Akif]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon May 25 11:57:00 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The book cover is right - a nearly perfect book.  I read in it and through it constantly.]]></body>
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    <review id="70789717">
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    <name><![CDATA[Shigekuni]]></name>
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  <date_added>Thu Sep 10 19:16:23 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Die Hochzeit von Kadmos und Harmonia. by Roberto Calasso (1993)]]></body>
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    <review id="45919271">
    <user id="445317">
    <name><![CDATA[Emily]]></name>
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  <date_updated>Tue Feb 10 06:09:13 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I reread this every few years. I always will. ]]></body>
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    <review id="24688921">
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    <name><![CDATA[Zoe]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Jun 17 01:20:21 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Facinating in scope and purpose...the greek myths gained real purpose and breadth to me after reading this. Reads more like a meditation or consciousness or novel or something that I can't exactly explain than a list of facts. <br/><br/>Calasso seriously needs a new editor. Didn't bother me overmu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24688921">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="12751077">
    <user id="795030">
    <name><![CDATA[Antoine]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Salem, MA]]></location>        
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  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Jim Watras]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 1995</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jan 17 08:53:53 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jan 21 07:03:27 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of a handful of books that has changed my life.  I have always loved mythology, but it wasn't until I read this book that I began to understand how the Greek Myths could form the basis of a compelling view of the spiritual life, and why stories are always so much more important and vital...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12751077">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="10460830">
    <user id="685912">
    <name><![CDATA[Jackie]]></name>
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  <date_added>Sat Dec 15 06:48:24 -0800 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[longer review later, but an immediate warning is necessary: I think your enjoyment of this book will be determined partly by how familiar you are with Greek mythology. If you're not, the tangential nature of the storytelling may feel too confusing and the names too indistinguishable, especially thos...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10460830">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="16992426">
    <user id="965904">
    <name><![CDATA[Adrianne]]></name>
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  <date_added>Tue Mar 04 10:37:56 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Mar 04 11:08:40 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book back in '97 and have read it a million times again since.  It's a gorgeous, beautifully well written account of the tales of the Greek gods in such a way that makes their beauty and transcendental qualities more apparent to the modern mind.  Anyone looking to have a greater understa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16992426">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I seem to be out of step with the Goodreads consensus on this one. I received this book as a gift from a friend who claimed it was one of the best things she'd ever read. There's no doubting Calasso's scholarship, but unless you have a PhD in Greek mythology (or just a boundless fascination in it) t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34629353">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Upon my second reading of this book this weekend, I am again overwhelmed by Calasso's ability to tell the stories that we all already know in ways that bring them to life. This book not only tells the myths beautifully; it allows the myths to bear witness to us. A book I will (hopefully) read foreve...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18753955">more...</a>]]></body>
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