I think one of the hardest things for me on this blog is going to be putting thoughts on the book down in a timely manner. With that said I'm going to try to sum up a lot of what I've read in as short a way possible.
I'm a pretty fast reader, and over the Christmas break I found myself without a book to read, which is a cardinal sin in my opinion. So I moseyed down to the bookstore and seeing that we only had one book to read for the semester I figured I'd jump into it head first.
One of the first books I ever remember falling in love with was this big book of Greek mythologies with pictures and stories that were absolutely fantastic and I was mesmerized by it.
This book really paved the way for my love of reading, which just to clarify extends to books that have stories and are enjoyable, I have a deep burning hatred for textbooks which are the bane of my existence at this point in time.
So lets get back to my original point, finding myself without a book I picked up Metamorphoses and began delving in to old and beloved stories. The first thing that really jumped out at me was the lack of Greek Names! I spent the first couple of stories in a days wondering who the hell these people were. Don't get me wrong I knew Juno=Hera, Bacchus=Dionysus, etc. but the absolute lack of familiarity of names really threw me a curve, it was like rehearing these stories all over again. I seriously went through the entire first book thinking Phoebus and Apollo were two different people and I think it just clicked for me yesterday that Jove was Zeus.
That being said though the stories are so familiar that the names really didn't matter, although the Glossary of the names in the back was a godsend, the basic idea/life of these stories remain the same and I look forward to hearing more about them in class and remembering them more as I read on in the book.
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