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Latinandgreek · 12-05-2010, 10:29 AM

This is slightly off topic, as I know that you are looking for ebooks and I'm not sure that the books that I am going to mention can be found as ebooks, but perhaps you can find them at your local library. Here goes:

http://www.amazon.com/Comparative-My...1562534&sr=8-1

Comparative Mythology by Jaan Puhvel. There are sections on Greek and Roman mythology, as well as other indo-european mythologies. A very interesting read. It's not perhaps what you were looking for, but I warmly recommend it nonetheless.

Also, Morford's "Classical Mythology".

http://www.amazon.com/Classical-Myth...1562698&sr=1-1

It's pricey, but you can pick up older editions for a couple of bucks (I did). I think that it fits the description of the sort of book that you are looking for. It's very detailed and includes translated source material. Oxford might even offer an ebook version, I'm not sure offhand (I own a pbook version of both books I've mentioned.)

12-05-2010, 10:29 AM	#18
Latinandgreek Warrior Princess Posts: 5,038 Karma: 9724231 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-505; PRS-350, PRS-T1, iPad, Aura HD	This is slightly off topic, as I know that you are looking for ebooks and I'm not sure that the books that I am going to mention can be found as ebooks, but perhaps you can find them at your local library. Here goes: http://www.amazon.com/Comparative-My...1562534&sr=8-1 Comparative Mythology by Jaan Puhvel. There are sections on Greek and Roman mythology, as well as other indo-european mythologies. A very interesting read. It's not perhaps what you were looking for, but I warmly recommend it nonetheless. Also, Morford's "Classical Mythology". http://www.amazon.com/Classical-Myth...1562698&sr=1-1 It's pricey, but you can pick up older editions for a couple of bucks (I did). I think that it fits the description of the sort of book that you are looking for. It's very detailed and includes translated source material. Oxford might even offer an ebook version, I'm not sure offhand (I own a pbook version of both books I've mentioned.)