anyone know any good books about greek gods etc?
cheers
2007-11-13 09:36:47 · 9 answers · asked by Joel P 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
"The Firebrand" by Marion Zimmer Bradley (the Trojan War and Cassandra)
"The Arms of Hercules (Book of the Gods)" - the entire series - by Fred Saberhagen
"Helen's Passage" by Diana Concannon
2007-11-13 10:06:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A good start would be with a Greek guy who knew all about those stories. He was called 'Homer' (no relation to the Simpsons btw) and wrote a couple of the most fantasy-filled books you are ever likely to read.
There are weird people, heroes, poetry, monsters, fantasy, battles, heroism, love, faithfulness, ghosts, ... oh, almost anything you can imagine.
His books are 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey'. Don't be put off by those weird titles. Get a good, modern, translation (from that 'know the Gods' Greek) and you will not only have something to answer your essays, but also a friend for life.
Good luck on your journey to Ithaca!
2007-11-13 11:47:33 · answer #2 · answered by Jonathan4U 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Dark Hunters by Sherrilyn Kenyon- Has both the greek gods Artemis and Apollo and Atlantian themes and gods like Apollomi The Lords of the Underworld by Gena Showalter- more to do with the Titans and Pandora's box The Atlantis Series by Gena Showalter The Argeneau Vampires by Lynsay Sands- based on vampires created from Atlantis before it's fall The Goddess Summoning Series by PC Cast- the gods and goddesses interfere with the humans on earth Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan
2016-05-23 01:12:15 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Instead of novels, why don't you just pick up Mythology by Edith Hamilton? It has tons of abridged stories about the Greek Gods, then you can go from there deciding which Greek poets you'd like to read.
2007-11-13 11:00:59 · answer #4 · answered by jt_eradicator 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rick Riordan's "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" series - the first book is "The Lightning Thief"
"The Golden Fleece and the Heroes who Lived Before Achilles" by Padraic Colum
"Black Ships Before Troy" by Rosemary Sutcliff
2007-11-13 09:44:52 · answer #5 · answered by truefirstedition 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try Ilium and Olympus by Dan Simmons. They're SF rather than fantasy, but they are about Greek gods who really appear and a Trojan War which is really happening.
2007-11-14 22:36:48 · answer #6 · answered by Daniel R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
David Gemmell wrote a few fantasy novels set in Ancient Greece - "Lion of Macedon", "Dark Prince", "Lord of the Silver Bow", "Sheild of Thunder" and "Fall of Kings". They don't really deal with the Greek Gods as such, but are nevertheless fantasy novels.
2007-11-13 23:30:56 · answer #7 · answered by RobEll 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The Great God Pan by Donna Jo Napoli. It's very short, but very good. Her other books are good, too.
2007-11-13 09:41:04 · answer #8 · answered by Lyra [and the Future] 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-11-13 10:09:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋