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Gods and Mortals: What Ancient Greek Myths Can Teach Us About Today
Intelligence Squared
How to Tell Myths True to the Ancient Sources
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I wanted to tell stories that the ancient sources had actually told. I didn't like everything Edith Hamilton did, I did not want to step into that role as a scholar when I was telling the myths. So I worked very hard to keep my scholarly voice out of it because whatever myth is, whatever work it's doing, first and foremost, it has to be a story. If they don't listen to it, if they don't read it, any message it might be carrying, either for ancient people or modern people, is simply going to fall absolutely flat.
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