Who’s Who in Classical Mythology (Who’s Who (Routledge)) 3rd Edition by Michael Grant (PDF)

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Who’s Who in Classical Mythology is the most complete and detailed reference book of its kind. It offers scholarly, yet accessible accounts of those mythological tales surrounding such gods as Apollo, Zeus, Athena and Dionysus, and mortals such as Achilles, Odysseus, Jason, Aeneas, Romulus and Remus and Tarquin.It contains over 1200 extensive entries, covering both Greek and Roman characters, providing detailed biographical information, together with historical and geographical background. In addition there are comprehensive genealogical trees of important mythological families and a detailed list of all Greek and Latin writers referred to in the text.

User’s Reviews

Editorial Reviews: Review ‘A must … for school and departmental libraries, and perhaps inexpensive enough for students to buy their own copy.’ – JACT Review About the Author Michael Grant is a well known & best-selling author with a large backlist at Routledge, including: From Rome to Byzantium (1998); Greek & Roman Historians (1995); Collapse & Recovery of the Roman Empire (1999).John Hazel is a well known scholar of the classical world.

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐The book itself is great. It’s probably the best in its subject area. But the Kindle version is extremely difficult to navigate. The mythological characters are listed in alphabetical order with no efficient way of finding the character you want. There is no click-able list of A-Z to access the section you want, nor is there a list of just each character’s name or any kind of index to get you to the person you want. So if you want to find the entry for, say, Zeus, you can’t just click on “Z” or find a list and click on “Zeus.” You can search for his name, but it results in 680 results in the book, or over 114 “pages” of search results. You could try randomly typing in location areas trying to find the “Z” section, but that’s not easy either. Even a lesser-known character search brings up several hits and it’s not easy from the little blurbs to determine which one is the entry you want, so it takes several tries to find exactly what you’re looking for.Also, many of the genealogy charts are impossible to read because they have been shrunken down too much to fit the screen. There is no way to change the font size on the charts. It’s a minor thing, but there you go.This isn’t a problem with just this Kindle edition book, but it’s a big problem. The book itself I’d give 5 stars, but the Kindle edition only 2 because of its major flaws.

⭐I was hoping that by now–almost six years after a previous negative review–the technical shortcomings of this kindle edition–the lack of a clickable index–would have been corrected. Not so. But there is a workaround. Tedious, but effective; one can simply create a highlight for each letter of the alphabet. The “view highlights” function then becomes a useful tool–better than dealing with all unfocused results that a simple search turns up. It won’t get you precisely to the entry you’re looking for, but it does narrow the range.As a retelling of the myths, there are probably better options–Edith Hamilton’s classic, for one. But strictly as a reference work, this one is maybe the best, which is why its unsearchability in the electronic format is such a debilitating factor. Hence the three star rating–otherwise it would get five.

⭐An interesting and informative read.

⭐Loved that I could buy this on my Kindle! Any way to save a buck is a-okay with me. Looking forward to using it when I head off to class.

⭐Why don’t Kindle get it right. An absolutely fabulous book – but with no way of navigating through it. Therefore, if you want to look up ‘Patroclus’ for example, you have to start at A and, you’ve guessed it, start turning page by page. I’m actually bloody annoyed that I spent twelve quid on a book that is therefore completely unusable, and additionally frustrated because I WANT TO NAVIGATE MY WAY THROUGH IT. Caution advised. Kindle – get your act together and think about the user.

⭐This is a brilliant book that gives you just about all the info you’ll ever need on greek mythology. The book was origionally leant to me by a friend and as you can tell I really liked it. However, the copy that was leant to me was a BIGGER version. This one is a nicely compact, less cumbersom, and WITH MUCH SMALLER PRINT SO I FIND IT REALLY HARD TO READ. SHAME. Just as cumbersome as now I have to use a magnifying glass to read the thing.

⭐I first bought the hardback more than 10 years ago. It was a wonderful reference as I retold the stories to my children at bedtime. Then we started visiting the stomping grounds of the gods and goddesses, the places where Aeneas stopped on his way to founding the ‘new Troy’, where Arethusa finally turned into a spring, and when visiting the ancient ruins around the Mediterranean. It helps to bring alive the places it speaks of, but is also a jolly good read in its own right. The writing style is learned but not stuffy. It is well organised. It’s much easier to read and to check cross references in Kindle form. I expect to enjoy it for many years to come.

⭐Very useful

⭐Thankyou.

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