Mythology
Jane Ellen Harrison
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Jane Ellen Harrison was an English classical scholar whose work had a particular focus on the earliest origins of Greek religion. Her Mythology is a popular rather than an academic book, and its subject is the psychological/cultural history and “purpose” of the chief Olympian gods and certain other mythological creatures, both for the ancient Greeks themselves, and through history to the present day. It is a short, accessible, and engaging book in a similar style to Joseph Campbell’s Hero with a Thousand Faces. (Summary by ChristineB) (3 hr 5 min)
Chapters
| Introduction | 13:39 | Read by ChristineB |
| Hermes | 12:29 | Read by ChristineB |
| Poseidon | 56:21 | Read by ChristineB |
| The Mountain-Mother | 22:59 | Read by ChristineB |
| Goddesses | 36:43 | Read by ChristineB |
| Artemis | 19:43 | Read by ChristineB |
| Apollo, Dionysus, Zeus, Conclusion | 23:11 | Read by ChristineB |