Carolina López-Ruiz is Professor at the University of Chicago Divinity School and Department of Classics. Her books include When the Gods Were Born: Greek Cosmogonies and the Near East; Gods, Heroes, and Monsters: A Sourcebook of Greek, Roman, and Near Eastern Myths in Translation; The Oxford Handbook of the Phoenician and Punic Mediterranean (co-edited with B. R. Doak); and Phoenicians and the Making of the Mediterranean.

This book gives a good overview and is particularly valuable for bringing the Greek myths into conversation with those from the ancient Near East.... Recommended.

• Introduction 1. From Chaos to Olympos 2. First Humans and their Gods 3. Facing East 4. Resilient Myths Conclusion Further ReadingBibliographyIndex

Carolina López-Ruiz is Professor at the University of Chicago Divinity School and Department of Classics. Her books include When the Gods Were Born: Greek Cosmogonies and the Near East; Gods, Heroes, and Monsters: A Sourcebook of Greek, Roman, and Near Eastern Myths in Translation; The Oxford Handbook of the Phoenician and Punic Mediterranean (co-edited with B. R. Doak); and Phoenicians and the Making of the Mediterranean.

This book gives a good overview and is particularly valuable for bringing the Greek myths into conversation with those from the ancient Near East.... Recommended.

• Introduction 1. From Chaos to Olympos 2. First Humans and their Gods 3. Facing East 4. Resilient Myths Conclusion Further ReadingBibliographyIndex

Carolina López-Ruiz is Professor at the University of Chicago Divinity School and Department of Classics. Her books include When the Gods Were Born: Greek Cosmogonies and the Near East; Gods, Heroes, and Monsters: A Sourcebook of Greek, Roman, and Near Eastern Myths in Translation; The Oxford Handbook of the Phoenician and Punic Mediterranean (co-edited with B. R. Doak); and Phoenicians and the Making of the Mediterranean.

This book gives a good overview and is particularly valuable for bringing the Greek myths into conversation with those from the ancient Near East.... Recommended.

• Introduction 1. From Chaos to Olympos 2. First Humans and their Gods 3. Facing East 4. Resilient Myths Conclusion Further ReadingBibliographyIndex