Episode · The Daily Stoic · 2025-01-11
Books mentioned on Greeking Out’s Kenny Curtis on How Ancient Myths Teach The Human Experience
Greek myths have been passed down through generations, remaining as relevant as ever with their spot-on portrayal of the human experience—proving that gods and mortals have more in common than we’d like to admit.
Ryan Holiday discussed The Odyssey and The Greek Way by Edith Hamilton. Kenny Curtis recommended A Series of Unfortunate Events: Lemony Snicket by Lemony Snicket and Zeus the Mighty by Crispin Boyer, and discussed Mythology by Edith Hamilton and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Odyssey
The Odyssey by Homer is an epic ancient Greek poem that follows Odysseus on his long, perilous journey home after the Trojan War, remaining one of history's most influential foundational narratives.
Discussed“and the other one I I thought was so striking it wasn't until I read Emily Wilson's new translation of the Odyssey that I and I've read it a few years ago I made it all the way to the end right”
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A Series of Unfortunate Events: Lemony Snicket
A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket is a darkly humorous and tragic children's book series chronicling the dismal trials of the orphaned Baudelaire children as they evade the villainous Count Olaf.
Recommended“It reminds me of um Lemony Snicket Series of Unfortunate Events I love those kids books because yeah it's tongue and cheek but it's sad”
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Zeus the Mighty
Zeus the Mighty by Crispin Boyer is an engaging children's book series that humorously reimagines ancient Greek gods and mythical figures as mischievous animals living in the mythologically rich environment of Mount Olympus Pet Center.
Recommended“and they had a new book series coming out called Zeus the m which is a really adorable book series written by chrisen Boer fantastic book series”
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Mythology
Discussed“Edith Hamilton's book was one yeah that was one of the first books that that I had read and her mythology companion I can I can I read that those the Mythology stories way sooner than I probably should have”
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The Greek Way
Discussed“you know uh that book The Greek way uh Robert F Kennedy when he's running for president his uh wife I think somebody gives him a copy of that book and it just sort of opens his uh it blows his mind”
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“my oldest daughter Jillian Hughes actually writes the books and the podcast with me she and I where her name is I forget where we got there they're right there on the book”