New book inspiration

So I received a nifty new book yesterday in the mail courtesy of a generous benefactor (Thanks EB!), Heroes:  Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece.  It is so yummy…at least what I have read so far it is.  I hadn’t got very far into the book before Hermes and my muse were skipping around my head with a poem idea for one of NA’s devotionals.  So instead of spending the afternoon reading to satisfy my curiosity on why the ancient Greeks honored heroes, I spent it making sure I had my story correct.  Sheesh.  This book is over 300 pages of essays and pictures of intellectual numminess.  If it can’t give me a better understanding of the whole thing, nothing will.  I am mid-way through the first essay and I’m pleased that it is very readable and not scholarly babble.  I look forward to delving withing some more…as soon as the boy-child goes down for a nap.