Dont Know Much About Mythology, Kenneth C. Davis
Dont Know Much About Mythology, Kenneth C. Davis
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Don't Know Much About Mythology
Everything You Need to Know About the Greatest Stories in Human History but Never Learned

Author: Kenneth C. Davis

Narrator: John Lee

Unabridged: 20 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/08/2005

Synopsis

Employing the popular Don't Know Much About® style, with its familiar question-and-answer format, DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT MYTHOLOGY will explore the myths of the world, their impact on history, and their continuing role in our lives. It will offer listeners a wide-ranging, comprehensive, entertaining and listenable survey of the great myths of world civilizations, how they came to be, what they meant to the people who created them, how they influenced society, literature and art through history, and how they still speak to us today. Mythology is alive today in our art, literature, theatre, dreams, psychology--and certainly our language. "Pandora's Box," "Golden Fleece," "Labor of Hercules," and "Wheel of Fortune" are just a few of the words and phrases that come from a world of mythology and still color our speech. Using humor, contemporary references, and anecdotal material from mythology, extensive research based on recent archaeology which often reveals the history behind mythology and surprising information that breaks down conventional wisdom, DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT MYTHOLOGY will ultimately be about stories--the great and timeless tales that have fascinated people around the planet for several millennia.

About Kenneth C. Davis

Kenneth C. Davis has lived a life in books. He is the New York Times bestselling author of America’s Hidden History and Don’t Know Much About History, which gave rise to his series of books and audiobooks on a range of subjects, including mythology, the Bible, geography, and the Civil War. His most recent work is Great Short Books: A Year of Reading—Briefly. Davis’s work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Smithsonian magazine, among other publications. He has appeared on national television and radio shows, including CBS This Morning, Today, and NPR. He lives in the West Village of New York City with his wife, Joann Davis.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Laura on September 06, 2010

This is a grand summary of world mythology. Kenneth Davis puts it altogether in one coherent, incredibly readable book. Sure, he leaves quite a bit out - and he omits pedantic scholarly digressions as well - but the whole of it is very helpful and ultimately proves why mythology still matters. Did y......more

Goodreads review by Katy on January 01, 2015

I've found several statements that makes me think the author of this book "don't know much about" mythology himself... Still, interesting so far.......more

Goodreads review by M.A. on August 17, 2017

This wasn't what I expected or was looking for. I'm giving it three stars, because it's not a bad book, just not what I was looking for nor do I think the content reflected what the book was marketed to be about. I would say it's more about the history of the cultures that created the myths than the......more

Goodreads review by melydia on February 10, 2011

Wow, this book is long. I mean, it's interesting, but there's so much information covering so vast a scope that reading it is like running a marathon. Each section covers a geographical region such as Africa or Western Europe, with the countries boasting the most well-documented mythologies getting......more

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