THE COMPLETE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GREEK MYTHOLOGY: The world of the Greek gods and heroes in words and pictures

by Guus Houtzager

These indispensable references are handy and thorough guides with knowledgeable text and hundreds of full color photographs.

Genres: Mythology, Nonfiction, Greek Mythology, Ancient History, History, Reference

270 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2004

About the author

Born in 1955.

Reviews

[Marc Lamot · Rating 3 out of 5]

A beautifully edited, encyclopedic overview of Greek myths and legends. Short summaries, numerous cross-references, and especially numerous illustrations. The latter seem to me to be not always carefully chosen, and even a bit excessive, to the point of dominating the text. But definitely recommended as a first introduction.

[Lee Kofman · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book provides a really comprehensive picture of the major myths and mythical characters of Ancient Greeks, and also helps to understand how these were incorporated into Roman mythology. I also loved the introduction that discussed the world of antiquity in very accessible terms, and the many illustrations. My only complaint is that English is quite bad in this book (the author is Dutch), plus typos are abundant. But overall it’s an excellent reference book.

[Phia · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book took all my attention while reading it -
with its easy-to-understand english and the coloured pictures the reader gets to know every single important personality of greek mythology.
A big positive aspect is that the writer doesn't give you too much information - just the most important facts.

[Ratrichibi · Rating 4 out of 5]

My boyfriend gave me this book as a birthday present ^^
I love greek mythology, and this book is a good one.

[McKenzie McMullen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I recommend this book to anyone that is interested in Greek Mythology, or even if you're not interested in Greek mythology I still recommend that you rad this book. This book provides you with not only a timeline of Greek mythology through the ages, this encyclopedia also gives myths about and explains who the gods and goddesses are as well as what they do or what they are in charge of (they're domain). Oh and this book is not only about gods and goddesses, but it is also about how places like Greece and Rome got their names. I definitely enjoyed reading this book even though it may have been long. The author definitely makes the different sections all flow together to make this perfect encyclopedia for Greek mythology. I definitely give this book 5 stars.

[Tanya · Rating 5 out of 5]

i absolutely enjoyed reading this book full of wonderful information on the greek gods and the heroes and all the mythology surrounding them, from the children born from the god themselves, their mortal lovers, the monsters of mythology a very interesting book to read. for anyone looking to study up on the greek mythology.

[Roberta McDonnell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fabulous book, full of narrative detail and great images - everything you could need to know about Greek mythology.

[Saskia (Smitie)]

Ik ben gestopt met dit boek na zo'n 85 pagina's. Het is niet dat de informatie niet interessant is of het boek slecht, maar omdat het in alfabetische volgorde is, schiet je alle kanten op in de Griekse Mythologie. Dit boek is meer geschikt als naslagwerk om eens een keer een naam van een griekse held of god op te zoeken, maar niet als boek die je leest. Ik zou dan meer de boeken van Stephen Fry aanraden.

[Ada]

Niet te geloven dat ik vroeger dit gewoon voor de lol las. Het is een opsomming van alle goden en verhalen... Beetje zoals Stephen Fry's Mythos maar dan zonder de spannende toevoegingen.

Als naslagwerk voldoet het nog steeds.

[Anetta.S. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tak moje první encyklopedie, kterou jsem si půjčila dobrovolně. A nemusela jsem z ní dělat žádný referát nebo něco se mi opravdu líbila.
Skvěle a srozumitelně popsaní všichni bohové a jejich potomci, mýty, pověsti, mytické bytosti doplněno fotkami a kresbami.