From Odysseus's adventure-filled journey to the Norse god Odin's effort to postpone the final day of doom, Edith Hamilton's classic collection not only retells these stories with brilliant clarity but shows us how the ancients saw their own place in the world and how their themes echo in our consciousness today. Now presenting for the first time in an audio format!įor decades readers have chosen this book above all others to discover the thrilling, enchanting, and fascinating world of Western mythology. Hamilton died of complications from congestive heart failure in his home on February 28, 2012, at age 87 in Portland, Oregon.Since its original publication by Little, Brown & Company in 1942, this author's Mythology has sold millions of copies throughout the world & established itself as a perennial bestseller in its various available formats. They had five children: Ross, Donald, Catherine, Patrick and Jean. In 1949 Hamilton married Mary Jean Golden, a dancer from the New York City Ballet. There he served as dean of arts and letters until his retirement in 1986. He then taught religion at New College in Sarasota, Florida before becoming a faculty member at Portland State University in 1970. In 1953 Hamilton joined the faculty at Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School until he lost his endowed chair in 1967. Time magazine published the article " Is God Dead?" that same year. Altizer co-authored the book Radical Theology and the Death of God (1966).
In 1952 Hamilton received a doctorate in theology from the University of St Andrews in Scotland. He served in the United States Navy during World War II, then earned a master's degree from Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York in 1949.
In 1943 Hamilton graduated from Oberlin College. Hamilton was born March 9, 1924, to William Hughes Hamilton II and Helen Hamilton (née Anderson). Hamilton died in 2012 at age 87 in Portland, Oregon. William Hughes Hamilton III (Ma– February 28, 2012) was a prominent theologian and proponent of the Death of God movement. Radical Theology and the Death of God (1966)
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