Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton | Book Club

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Pages to read: 310
ISBN: 0451623754 (Originally listed edition, and Edition I am using)

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While reading the book, consider the below questions:
•What is the raison d’etre of the book? For what purpose did the author write the book? Why do people read this book?
•What are some limitations of the book?
•To whom would you suggest this book?
•Which myths, gods, or heroes interested you?
•What are myths?
•What was the purpose of the myths?
•o the myths serve a religion purpose?
•What changes to the gods did the Greeks make?
•What were the Roman gods?
•How did the gods behave?
•How did the heroes behave?
•What are themes of the Greek and Roman myths?
•What are themes of the North myths?
•How to choose between the gods?
•How did people share the myths to others?
•How did the gods come to be?

Your questions are important and will take priority. If you have questions about the book's content or related ideas, either let me know what your questions are or raise them during the discussion.