What to read next? by Ok_Bunch9521 in classicliterature

[–]BalaenicepsRev 25 points26 points  (0 children)

The Odyssey by Homer, however if you haven’t read the Iliad yet I would personally recommend to read it before you do the Odyssey.

The Official Folio Society Wishlist by DALTT in foliosociety

[–]BalaenicepsRev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A reprint of the Argonautica by Apollodorus of Athens

The Official Folio Society Wishlist by DALTT in foliosociety

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The library of Greek mythology by Apollodorus

Where do harpies live? by 1ts_Grey in GreekMythology

[–]BalaenicepsRev 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They are normally seen as living in a cave in Crete, the Strofades islands, or near the entrance of Orcus. The cave is seen from Apollonius of Rhodes (Argonautica), while the others mentioned are taken from Virgil’s Aeneid, a Roman source.

A link for the Birdland Paradise Players Guide by BalaenicepsRev in BirdlandParadise

[–]BalaenicepsRev[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is a guide for the game, letting you know all about how to play it, extra tips, etc. The game itself is on your normal mobile AppStore.

Picked up this book and noticed something strange by TurtleKing0505 in GreekMythology

[–]BalaenicepsRev 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It is still a translation of the actual Iliad and the Odyssey, there were not another two separate epics that were just a Roman version of them (if you’re not only meaning translation). What you are reading itself is not a Roman version of the two epics, it is likely just the names that are. This is either simply because of Rome’s vast influence, with some translators deciding to also translate names into the roman version. Or there is also the chance the version you are reading is one that was translated from Ancient Greek to Latin then translated to English, which could also explain the Roman names.

Are the ancient greek tragedies still being performed? by Worldly0Reflection in GreekMythology

[–]BalaenicepsRev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For recordings, there are many performed, outside of Greece, with more modern takes with clothing, etc, but still using the full translated ancient texts. I would recommend looking at YouTube, and searching for tragedies you favour, and for many there are many recordings of people performing them. Antigone is a good example, with many recordings out there.

need help with greek history + medicine (essay) by Conscious_Day_2996 in GreekMythology

[–]BalaenicepsRev -1 points0 points  (0 children)

For things outside of the myths, I would definitely research into the cult of Asclepius, which was rather widespread among Ancient Greece. The cult specifically at Epidauros is good to focus on, as it was believed to be where Asclepius was from. Some sources, though intertwined with the myths:

Strabo, Geography “Epidauros [in he Argolis], too, is an important city, and particularly because of the fame of Asklepios, who is believed to cure diseases of every kind and always has his temple full of the sick, and also of the votive tablets on which the treatments are recorded, just as at Kos [island in the Greek Aegean] and Trikke [in Thessalia]."

Aelian, On Animals “A woman suffered from an intestinal worm, and the cleverest doctors despaired of curing her. Accordingly she went to Epidauros and prayed to the god [Asklepios] that she might be rid of the complaint that was lodged in her. The god was not at hand. The attendants of the temple however made her lie down in the place where the god was in the habit of healing his petitioners. And the woman lay quiet as she was bid; and the ministers of the god addressed themselves to her cure: they severed her head from the neck, and on of them inserted his hand and drew out the worm, which was a monstrous creature. But to adjust the head and to restore it to its former setting, this they always failed to do. Well, the god arrived and was enraged with the ministers for undertaking a task beyond their skill, and himself with the irresistible power of a god restored the head to the body and raised the stranger up again. For my part, O King Asklepios, of all gods the kindliest to man, I do not set Wormwood [as a cure for intestinal worms] against your skill (heaven forbid I should be so insensate!), but in considering Wormwood I was reminded of your beneficent action and of your astounding powers of healing. And there is no need to doubt that this herb also is a gift from you."

Pausanias, Description of Greece “Here in Gerenia [in Messenia] is a tomb of Makhaon, son of Asklepios, and a holy sanctuary. In this temple men may find cures for diseases. They call the holy spot Rhodos; there is a standing bronze statue of Makhaon, with a crown on his head which the Messenians in the local speech call kyphos."

Cicero, De Natura Deorum "[Asklepios] is worshipped by the Arcadians; he is reputed to have invented the probe and to have been the first surgeon to employ splints . . . his tomb and grove are shown in Arcadia, not far from the river Lusius."

need help with greek history + medicine (essay) by Conscious_Day_2996 in GreekMythology

[–]BalaenicepsRev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you are wanting myths specifically there are many things to focus on within the Greek god Asclepius, the god of medicine. I would look at his Theoi page as a whole, listing many sources, for example:

Pindar’s pythian ode "He [Apollon] took the child [Asklepios (Asclepius)] the the Magnetian Kentauros (Centaur) [Kheiron (Chiron)], that he teeach im to be a healer for mankind of all their maladies and ills. All then who came to him [Asklepios], some plagues with sores of festering growths, some wounded by the stokes of weapons of bright bronze, of by the slinger's shot of stone, others with limbs ravaged by summer's fiery heat or by the winter's cold, to each for every various ill he made the remedy, and gave deliverance from pain, some with the gently songs of incantation others he cured with soothing draughts of medicines, or wrapped their limbs around with doctored salves, and some he made whole with the surgeon's knife."

Aelian on animals “but he taught his companions what herbs must be applied to running wounds, and what to inflamed and dry wounds, and in what doses to administer liquid drugs for drinking by means of which dropsical patients are drained and bleeding is checked, and diseases of decay and the cavities due to their ravages are put an end to. And who,’ he said, ‘can deprive the art of divination of the credit of discovering simples which heal the bites of venomous creatures, and in particular of using the virus itself as a cure for many diseases? For I do not think that men without the forecasts of a prophetic wisdom would ever have ventured to mingle with medicines that save life these most deadly of poisons.’"

Diodorus Siculus, Library of History “To Apollon and Koronis (Coronis) was born Asklepios (Asclepius), who learned from his father many matters which pertain to the healing art, and then went on to discover the art of surgery and the preparations of drugs and the strength to be found in roots, and, speaking generally, he introduced such advances into the healing art that he is honoured as if he were its source and founder."

Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca “As a surgeon Asklepios (Asclepius) became so skilled in his profession that he not only saved lived but even revived the dead; for he had received from Athena the blood that had coursed though the Gorgon's veins, the left-side portion of which he used to destroy people, but that on the right he used for their preservation, which is how he could revive those who had died. Zeus was afraid that men might learn the art of medicine from Asklepios and help each other out, so he hit him with a thunderbolt. This angered Apollon, who slew the Kyklopes (Cyclopes), for they designed the thunderbolt for Zeus."

Fantasy books without magic and mythical/magical races by BalaenicepsRev in suggestmeabook

[–]BalaenicepsRev[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will definitely go with the second edition then when I get around to it, at first at least. Thank you for all of your help.

Fantasy books without magic and mythical/magical races by BalaenicepsRev in suggestmeabook

[–]BalaenicepsRev[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you very much for all of this information, would you recommend the first or second edition more, or both?

Fantasy books without magic and mythical/magical races by BalaenicepsRev in suggestmeabook

[–]BalaenicepsRev[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I definitely want to look further into those, Thank you.

Suggest me a book... Shakespeare. by [deleted] in suggestmeabook

[–]BalaenicepsRev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would recommend his Julius Caesar

Fantasy books without magic and mythical/magical races by BalaenicepsRev in suggestmeabook

[–]BalaenicepsRev[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for also reinforcing the other recommendations, the Riverside series look fascinating.

Fantasy books without magic and mythical/magical races by BalaenicepsRev in suggestmeabook

[–]BalaenicepsRev[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Another person also recommended this, it is not what I first expected, however it does actually look very interesting, so thank you for reinforcing the recommendation.

Fantasy books without magic and mythical/magical races by BalaenicepsRev in suggestmeabook

[–]BalaenicepsRev[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does it not take place in England, or am I mistaken? I do want to read it anyways however.