Free Audio Book for March: Greek Gods

Once a month LearnOutLoud.com offers an audio book for free. For March they are giving away an audio book they are calling Greek Gods. The 2 hours of audio contains the full entries for the twelve Olympian gods and a few other deities from the 1880 classic Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology edited by William Smith along with a team of thirty-five classics scholars.

These 14 stories serve as one of the most comprehensive guides to classical mythology, sketching the origins of the gods, what they ruled over, the key myths they were involved in, their artistic renditions, where they were worshiped, and much more. These entries from the Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology drawing from a wide array of sources in Greek and Roman literature.

The gods featured are (with Roman names in parentheses):

• Zeus (Jupiter)
• Hera (Juno)
• Poseidon (Neptune)
• Demeter (Ceres)
• Apollo
• Athena (Minerva)
• Ares (Mars)
• Aphrodite (Venus)
• Hephaestus (Vulcan)
• Artemis (Diana)
• Hermes (Mercury)
• Hestia (Vesta)
• Dionysus (Bacchus)
• Hades (Pluto)

If you are curious about these characters known as the Greek gods or want to better comprehend references to them in literature, art, and culture then this audio book is a great start.