Review of López-Ruiz, Greek mythology: from creation to first humans

BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: Greek mythology: from creation to first humans.

Carolina López-Ruiz, Greek mythology: from creation to first humans. World mythology in theory and everyday life. New York: Oxford University Press, 2025. Pp. 256. ISBN 9780190944803.

Review by
James J. Clauss, University of Washington. jjc@uw.edu

... As such, the project under consideration achieves the goal of the series with considerable success. In fact, so much so that the title of the book somewhat undersells its content and might well have been called something like Creation Myths from the Ancient Mediterranean World (based on a phrase with which the “Conclusion” concludes, p. 216); for López-Ruiz rightly and expertly provides considerable space for parallel stories from the eastern Mediterranean and their far-reaching influence on Greek mythology. ...

The review indicates that the volume also gives plenteous attention to the Book of Genesis and Mesopotamian and Ugaritic mythology.

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