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Why do you keep posting Juvenal

it ain’t me, bro

but we do have some mods that are all about that Latin lit

#get lit #LATIN lit #no apologies for that terrible joke #bySarah #not Homer #ask #periegesisvoid

Hello!! I just recently started reading The Song of Achilles, and I got really into the whole fictional Greek mythology stories. I know you guys are about the classics, but are there any fictional or even non-fiction novels/books that revolve around the Greek myths? Other than the classics, I've read those already 😂 or if your followers have any ideas? thank you!!

Hey, so I’m an old mod and I haven’t been on the blog in a fair amount of time, but it looks like you sent this in a while ago and no one answered. So here are some of my book recs for classics/mythology related fiction and non-fiction.

-Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson, based on the myth of Geryon whose cattle comprised Hercules’ tenth labor.

-God Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips, wherein the Olympians having lost their power are all sharing a house in modern London.

-The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood, which is an excellent retelling of certain plots from The Odyssey from Penelope’s perspective.

-If you’re into YA, I still really enjoy the Percy Jackson series by Rick Rordan.

-I also like to recommend Jim Butcher’s Codex Alera, which posits that a lost Roman legion ended up on a continent that has elemental beings that are basically Pokemon, along with the Zerg from Star Craft, some neolithic elves, werewolves, and yetis. It’s fun. Butcher’s other series, The Dresden Files, also features my absolute favorite fictional characterization of Hades, but that’s in book 13 so it’d be committing to a lot.

-If you’re down for a readable version of some of the most important myths, check out Mytholgy by Edith Hamilton, which is one of the best introductions to classical myth written in the last century.

-Also, if you enjoyed The Song of Achilles and you like m/m romance novels, you will probably also enjoy the Captive Prince trilogy by C.S. Pacat, which isn’t particularly about mythology, but one of the two societies in it is based on Sparta, while the other is, I believe, based on the Francia of late antiquity/early middle ages. The two cultures are, of course, about a millenia apart in reality, but the book is a fantasy and does a pretty good job.

I know I’m probably missing a ton, so please feel free to add more in comments, tags, and reblogs.

~Mod Caitie

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