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Who's Who in Classical Mythology (Who's Who Series)
by Michael Grant, John Hazel
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (1993-11-11)
ISBN: 0195210301
EAN: 9780195210309
Dewy Decimal #: 292.1303
Paperback: 384 pages
SKU: 08110306
Condition: Very Good As issued
Comments: Trade Paperback. Very Good condition with no markings. No highlights, underlines or notes in text. No creases to spine or cover. Minor wear to cover. Tight binding and clean crisp text. Very Nice copy.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Who's Who in Classical Mythology is an indispensable guide to all the Greek and Roman mythological characters, from major deities such as Athena and Bacchus, to the lesser-known wood nymphs and centaurs. Also included, of course, are the heroic mortals, figures such as Jason, Aeneas, Helen, Achilles, and Odysseus, all brought to life in a fascinating series of portraits drawn from a wide variety of ancient literary sources. Each entry offers a small window into a timeless mythological world, one filled with epic battles, bizarre metamorphoses, and all sorts of hideous and fantastic monsters. The perfect book for casual browsers and folklore enthusiasts alike, Who's Who in Classical Mythology offers a rich and readable guide to some of the greatest stories ever told.
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Customer Reviews
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Drawsbacks on Kindle Version
Rating  (2)
Date: 2008-01-18
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.
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one of the best
Rating  (5)
Date: 2002-10-05
5 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book is one of the best i've ever read on Greek/Roman myth, and i've read many in my life. This book contains entries on characters rarely found anywhere else such as Nox, the Greek personification of night. As such i often use this book as a measuring stick against other books in this area.
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Great Reference On-The-Fly
Rating (5)
Date: 2002-05-01
8 out of 9 customers found this reveiw helpful
Grant and Hazel have provided a finely grained and authoritative dictionary-style reference that is quite handy for identification of any figure from classical mythology. The book will prove useful for keeping at one's side when reading Homer, Hesiod, Sophocles, Euripides and company. Very helpful appendices include genealogical trees, alphabetical list of classical authors referred to, and clear and informative maps.
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Resource Only
Rating (5)
Date: 2001-07-24
18 out of 20 customers found this reveiw helpful
Who's Who is an excellent resource, but it is not meant for those who wish to sit down and read Greek myths. The book is set up in an encyclopedic fashion. References to specific Greek mythological figures are easy to locate. However if you are looking for Greek myths in story form, this is not the text for you.
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Excellent resource and excellent fun
Rating (5)
Date: 2000-06-26
23 out of 25 customers found this reveiw helpful
I bought this book as preparation for a Mediterranean study-cruise. It is a sort of encyclopedia of Greek and Roman mythology. Any classical mythological name can be found here with a synopsis of their major stories Just be warned: each character's story tends to be so interesting as to lead you to look up all the other characters that appear, and you will find yourself reading for hours.
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