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Don't Know Much About Mythology

Everything You Need to Know About the Greatest Stories in Human History but Never Learned

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Don't Know Much About Mythology

By: Kenneth C. Davis
Narrated by: John Lee
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 Employing the popular Don't Know Much About® style, with its familiar question-and-answer format, DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT MYTHOLOGY will explore the myths of the world, their impact on history, and their continuing role in our lives. It will offer listeners a wide-ranging, comprehensive, entertaining and listenable survey of the great myths of world civilizations, how they came to be, what they meant to the people who created them, how they influenced society, literature and art through history, and how they still speak to us today. Mythology is alive today in our art, literature, theatre, dreams, psychology--and certainly our language. "Pandora's Box," "Golden Fleece," "Labor of Hercules," and "Wheel of Fortune" are just a few of the words and phrases that come from a world of mythology and still color our speech. Using humor, contemporary references, and anecdotal material from mythology, extensive research based on recent archaeology which often reveals the history behind mythology and surprising information that breaks down conventional wisdom, DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT MYTHOLOGY will ultimately be about stories--the great and timeless tales that have fascinated people around the planet for several millennia.©2005 Kenneth C. Davis; (P)2005 Random House, Inc. Ancient Customs & Traditions Europe Greece Religious Studies Social Sciences
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This book is really intetresting. It is well read and draws you into the amazing world of mythology. There are explainations of why we need myths and of myths from all around the world. The book begins with a disclaimer stating that it does not cover many areas of mythology. This amazes me as it is so comprehensive that I cannot begin to imagine what can be missing. The book takes you on a journey around the world and conjures up pictures of many gods and heroes and their adventures, as made up by human beings from the beginning of time. Whatever you pay for this book it is worth it. I have listened to it about 5 times and still can listen again and not get bored. Its one of those books that you get upset about at the end because you don't know what you can possibly listen to next that will interest you as much. Reccomended buy.

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Generally this book was reasonably entertaining if poorly reasearched in parts. For example St. George most certainly is not the patron saint of Britain. However the pronounciation is appalling. In particular the Irish pronounciation was so bad as to be offensive, how much effort does it take to get this right? I'd say not much especially seeing the narrator John Lee claims a hint of an Irish brougue to his speaking voice in his promotional blurb.

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Appalling pronounciation

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