⭐ Catholic Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ 4/5 — Catholic Review A beautifully written collection of ancient myths that provides useful insight into the beliefs, imagination, virtues, and moral failures of pre-Christian cultures. Lang's introduction explicitly considers humanity's search for the divine and how ancient peoples represented divine beings through human virtues and vices. From a Catholic perspective, these stories should be understood as mythology rather than accounts of true divine revelation. Some tales contain pagan gods, violence, sensuality, revenge, and morally troubling behavior. Nevertheless, the stories can be valuable for understanding classical literature, Western civilization, and the human search for meaning.