Of Greeks and Romans, and crafting worlds

This is a guest post I’ve written for Pure Jonel’s blog. Originally published on:http://purejonel.blogspot.com.au/2016/02/GP.AM.html

Of Fantasy Worlds and Roman Gods

I have a confession. It’s about one of my pet peeves. Whenever someone casually mentions the “Greek and Roman gods”, or goes on to describe a “Roman mythology” by quoting tales of the Greek pantheon, I may or may not fly into a tirade about 19th century romanticism, and the harm Bullfinch and later Hamilton have done to the po...