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Books</b></font></a><br> <font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-1" color="#cccccc"> This section features a select list of recommended books about ancient Greek, Roman, and Celtic art. <br> </td></tr> </table> </td></tr></table>  <br> <font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="-2" color="#6699cc">Classical Literature</font> </td></tr>  <tr><td width="385" valign="TOP" background="https://web.archive.org/web/20090323054233im_/http://www.mythography.com/images/darkgray.gif" bgcolor="#333333"> <table width="385" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" valign="TOP" bgcolor="#6699cc"> <tr valign="top"> <td> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="left" bgcolor="#333333" background="https://web.archive.org/web/20090323054233im_/http://www.mythography.com/images/darkgray.gif"> <tr valign="top"> <td width="85" valign="TOP"> <a href="classics.html"><img src="/web/20090323054233im_/http://www.loggia.com/books/images/classics.gif" width="75" height="75" border="0" alt="" 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and Celtic mythology and history. <br> </td></tr> </table> </td></tr></table>  <br> <b><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090323054233/http://www.loggia.com/myth/poets.html"><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-1" color="#6699cc">Greek Poets and Mythographers</font></a></b> <font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-1" color="#cccccc">| Learn more about the ancient Greek poets and writers who made the myths come alive.</font><br><br> <b><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090323054233/http://www.loggia.com/myth/poets1.html"><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-1" color="#6699cc">Roman Poets and Mythographers</font></a></b> <font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-1" color="#cccccc">| Information about some influential ancient Roman writers and poets.</font><br><br> </font> </td></tr> </table>   <td width="5" bgcolor="#333333" background="https://web.archive.org/web/20090323054233im_/http://www.mythography.com/images/darkgray.gif"><img 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Then try the Mythography <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090323054233/http://www.loggia.com/cgi-local/mythforum/UltraBoard.cgi"><b><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-2" color="#6699cc">message forum</font></b></a>! </font> <br><br> <br>  <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090323054233im_/http://www.loggia.com/myth/mimages/featurequoteleft.gif" width="180" height="22" border="0" alt="">  <br><br> <font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-2" color="#999999"> These great stories from Greek, Roman and Norse mythology are the fountainhead of all literature. In them, the figures of antiquity come vividly to life....Edith Hamilton has retold these great myths for modern readers in a way that preserves the flavor and excitement of the originals. <br><br> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090323054233im_/http://www.loggia.com/myth/mimages/featurequoteright.gif" width="180" height="22" border="0" alt=""> <center>Edith Hamilton's <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090323054233/http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0316341517/mythographyA"><b>Mythology</b></a></font></center> <br><br>  <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090323054233im_/http://www.mythography.com/images/featurebookwho.gif" width="180" height="50" border="0" alt="">  <b> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090323054233/http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0195210301/mythographyA"><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-2" color="#6699cc">Who's Who in Classical Mythology</a></font></b><br><br> <font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-2" color="#999999"> This book is a great source for information about Greek and Roman mythology! Organized alphabetically, this fascinating who's who features information about over 1200 of the most intriguing characters from Classical myth and legend. <br><br>  <img src="/web/20090323054233im_/http://www.loggia.com/books/images/featurerecommended.gif" width="180" height="50" border="0" alt="">  <br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090323054233/http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0500202362/mythographyA"><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-2" color="#6699cc"><b>Art and Myth in Ancient Greece</b></font></a><br><br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090323054233/http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0375751475/mythographyA"><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-2" color="#6699cc"><b>Bulfinch's Mythology</b></font></a><br><br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090323054233/http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0195089618/mythographyA"><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-2" color="#6699cc"><b>Dictionary of Celtic Mythology</b></font></a><br><br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090323054233/http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0714833681/mythographyA"><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-2" color="#6699cc"><b>Greek Art</b></font></a><br><br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090323054233/http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=019866172X/mythographyA"><font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" size="-2" color="#6699cc"><b>The Oxford Classical Dictionary</b></font></a><br><br> </td>  <td width="10" bgcolor="#333333" background="https://web.archive.org/web/20090323054233im_/http://www.mythography.com/images/darkgray.gif"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090323054233im_/http://www.mythography.com/images/darkgray.gif" width="10" height="10" border="0" alt=""></td> </tr></table> </td>  <table width="600" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tr valign="TOP"><td width="600" valign="BOTTOM"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090323054233/http://www.loggia.com/myth/myth.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090323054233im_/http://www.loggia.com/myth/mimages/footfull.gif" width="600" height="63" border="0" alt=""></a></td></tr></table> <br> <center><font color="#666666"><font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="-2"> [ <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090323054233/http://www.loggia.com/myth/myth.html"><font color="#666666">Home</font></a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090323054233/http://www.loggia.com/myth/about.html"><font color="#666666">About Mythography</font></a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090323054233/http://www.loggia.com/myth/sitemap.html"><font color="#666666">Site Map</font></a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090323054233/http://www.loggia.com/myth/cite.html"><font color="#666666">Cite Mythography</font></a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090323054233/http://www.loggia.com/privacy.html"><font color="#666666">Privacy</font></a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090323054233/http://www.loggia.com/myth/donate.html"><font color="#666666">Support This Site</font></a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090323054233/http://www.loggia.com/myth/contact.html"><font color="#666666">Contact Us!</font></a> ]</center> <br> <div align="center"><font face="Arial,Helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666">Copyright © 1997-2008 Loggia.com. 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