Greek Mythology

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Read the iliad, it's pretty much the earliest work that contains a miriad of information on the topic. Draw your own conclusions, they will probably make more sense to you than some stuffed shirt scholars trickled down list of information, plus, you'll retain this knowledge moreso than if you just read some kind of cliff notes on the greek gods.

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This is just stupid. The Iliad is a bad introduction to Greek mythology. Period. If he reads the Iliad without any background, he's going to think there's a guy named Atrides running around. He won't know anything about the Judgment of Paris or the abduction of Helen because, guess what, those aren't in the Iliad. He'll have no idea why Hera hates Troy, why Aphrodite likes it, or why Ares sides with Aphrodite.

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im pretty sure you can figure all that out contextually though. did you read the prose/abridged version or something?