I am still wishing for a good Trojan War film.

Shawnt27 said:

with the gods?

ehuffnsd said:

Yep.

ehuffnsd said:

I never saw that one.

I had always wanted to read mythology. It's a good story from what I hear, interesting stuff, lots of life parallels, etc. But I just never knew where to start with it.

ernestsewell said:

You'd love it.

A couple good places to start are Bulfinch's Mythology, by Thomas Bulfinch, and Mythology, by Edith Hamilton. They've kinda been the English go-to sources for decades. Also, if you're looking for facts and less narrative, try pantheon.org.
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Lammastide said:

I don't mind a good story. It's weird because most times I've very right brained about things, but with books, I'm usually left brains. Just the facts ma'am. I read bio's 100x more than a fictional story. But with the mythology, I think I'd want the story as much as the facts of who did what to whom and when.

Lammastide said:

I have Edith's in hardcover and paperback. great source.

ernestsewell said:

i love this website it's very tongue in cheek
http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/

ZEUS: Top God of the Earth and Ruler of Mount Olympus, the lofty cloudland where the Greek Gods live and look down upon mankind.

He is a real high-flyer, an Olympic champion, battling with the giant TITANS, casting thunderbolts and engaged in all manner of gut-busting glorious Godly pursuits.

His father CRONUS was so terrified of the newborn baby ZEUS's awesome power that he swallowed him up. And lived to regret it. It was left to AMALTHEA (and her goat) to protect the budding SuperGod while he learned to walk, talk, and rule the Universe. Since then he's never looked back.

ZEUS is married to the long-suffering HERA, but spends most of his time lusting after Goddesses, mortals, animals, and indeed anything that will keep still long enough.

It's tough at the top being the most fantastic hunky irresistible God of all time and having constantly to prove it. And never a quiet night in with slippers and a mug of cocoa because he has to keep his long-suffering wife HERA happy too. Their trials and tribulations form the basis of half the Greek entries in our database.

ZEUS has had so many mistresses and fathered so many children that there's no point in giving a list here. Just take our word for it. See also CRONUS, RHEA, HEPHAESTUS, ATHENA... and in fact most of the other Greek Gods.

Moving on to more Godly matters, ZEUS was also known to the ancient Greeks as Epiphanes, the Magnificent One, whenever a certain star appeared in the east. This was celebrated with piph-ups known as epiphanies.

When he's not running around after nubile Goddesses in the form of a lusty animal, ZEUS looks after Law, upholds Justice, and casts thunderbolts on those deserving it.
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ernestsewell said:

Oh you must. Jason & the Argonauts is one of my movie guilty pleasures. The scene with Talos is one of the greatest things ever. If they announced they were making that with todays technology, i'd instantly poo myself.

Marrk said:

After reading this thread, I watched "Jason and the Argonauts". I enjoyed it quite a bit.

Too bad they won't be using the original motion picture soundtrack. This was a classic to me during my childhood. Laurence Rosenthal directing the London Symphony Orchestra.