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Helene Adeline Guerber (1859–1929) better known as H. A. Guerber, was a historian and teacher most well known for her written histories of Germanic mythology. Her most well-known work is Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas. Other histories by Guerber include The Myths of Greece & Rome and Legends of the Rhine.   

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Helen Guerber's classic translations of Greek and Roman mythology, now freshly repackaged for the Union Square & Co. Signature Editions line. 
 
H. A. Guerber’s lively retellings of Greek mythology have become legends unto themselves, long prized for their simple, graphic, accurate interpretations of the principal myths of Ancient Greece and Rome.  
 
From the legendary gods and goddesses residing on Mount Olympus—Jupiter, Juno, Minerva, Apollo, Diana, Venus, Mercury, Mars, and others—to the adventures of Ulysses and Aeneas, this rich assembly offers hours of compelling reading and abundant insight into one of the influential mythologies of Western culture.