Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes (75th Anniversary Edition)

Author(s): Edith Hamilton

Ancient Religions and Mythologies

Since its original publication by Little, Brown and Company in 1942, Edith Hamilton's Mythology has sold millions of copies throughout the word and established itself as a perennial bestseller.


For 75 years readers have chosen this book above all others to discover the thrilling, enchanting, and fascinating world of Western mythology - from Odysseus's adventure-filled journey to the Norse god Odin's effort to postpone the final day of doom.


This exciting new deluxe, large-format hardcover edition, published in celebration of the book's 75th anniversary, is fully-illustrated throughout with all-new, specially commissioned four-color art, making it a true collector's item.


Product Information

Edith Hamilton (1868-1963) was born of American parents in Dresden, Germany, and grew up in Indiana. Through the first quarter of the twentieth century she was the headmistress of the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore. Upon retiring, she began to write about the civilizations of the ancient world and soon gained world renown as a classicist. Her celebrated and bestselling books include Mythology, The Greek Way, The Roman Way, and The Echo of Greece. She regarded as the high point of her life a 1957 ceremony in which King Paul of Greece named her an honorary citizen of Athens.Jim Tierny studied illustration at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.

General Fields

  • : 9780316438520
  • : Running Press
  • : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc
  • : 2.98
  • : February 2017
  • : 241mm X 181mm
  • : United States
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Edith Hamilton
  • : Edith Hamilton
  • : 25 colour and black-and-white illustrations
  • : 25 colour and black-and-white illustrations
  • : HRKP
  • : HRKP
  • : 384
  • : 384
  • : bl2017036579
  • : bl2017036579
  • : 817
  • : 817
  • : English
  • : English
  • : Jim Tierney
  • : Jim Tierney
  • : 1
  • : 1
  • : Hardcover
  • : Hardcover