Mythology and You : Classical Mythology and its Relevance in Today's World

By Sorelle Baker and Donna Rosenberg

Book Overview

Apollo, Zeus, Athena, Pandora, Midas, Pygmalion, Daedalus and Icarus, and many more are contained within Mythology and You. These tales reveal many universal truths about historical human behavior and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0844255610
• ISBN13: 9780844255613
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: National Textbook Co.
• Length: 295 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Mythology and Yoy

We received the book in better than expected condition and even though we were a little late in ordering, it still came in time for school..

Great for Learing the Stories!

I aboslutly loved this book!!! I took the Mythology course last year (junior year) in high school and this was our "textbook" for the class. It told the myths wonderfully and it have ones you know and ones you don't. Also it give you background information on the ancient Greeks and it helps you understand their culture more and how they lived. I highly recommend it!

great for school!

I am currently reading this book in my Freshman English class, and I have to say that it is very good. It is considered a college text but the vocabulary is simple enough that 9th graders can read it without much difficulty. The book contains myths from just about every culture and concentrates on the change from a matriarchal society to that of a patriarchal society. Each myth starts with an introduction to the story, giving the reader background information about the characters in the myth, then it goes on to the story. The writing clear, precise and not as dry as most books of the type. The book also follows up some of the myths with reflection questions and also a paragraph or two on how the myth relates to our society today.

This book provides real-life connections to mythology.

As a pre-service teacher, I am always looking for good ideas for lesson plans. This book is wonderful. It provides the historical context of the myth, presents pre- and post-reading questions, and offers links to today's world. The myths are brilliantly retold in modern language that is easy to understand. The book is thought-provoking, and it challenges the idea that mythology is a thing of the past. Mythology and You is very well composed, and offers a unique perspective on an old tradition.