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Review in
Internetworld
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The Swedish magazine
Internetworld,
in its #3 issue (May 1998) paints 9 out of 10
bullets red when reviewing the Greek Mythology Link:
Says critic Johan Gustafson:
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"Carlos Parada in Lund
does a gigantic work with his Greek Mythology
Link, a kind of
reference book comprising large sections of the
ancient Greek legends and myths. The site is very
well organized, and it is possible, for example, to
read the biographies of all the Olympian gods or a
particular tale, or deepen one's knowledge about
heroes or events through clicking at the many
links. Large international audience."
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Review at
Webivore
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"An enormous collection of
information about Greek mythology. This excellent
site attempts to provide information on almost
every aspect of the Greek myths. It is by far the
most complete catalog of Greek mythology to be
found on the web, and the quality and scope of the
information exceeds that of many print sources.
This is a truly massive site; virtually all entries
are cross-referenced, and the ideal mode of
exploring this site is browsing. But, there is a
search option. This is a superb resource for
students who are looking for an in-depth guide to
Greek mythology. Last reviewed: 06-01-1999."
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Review by the Francisco Xavier
Clavigero Library at the Universidad
Iberoamericana, Mexico City
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Greek Mythology
Link
Sitio de la semana
«Del Olimpo a
Internet
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Sin duda, Greek
Mythology Link
es uno de los sitios más interesantes,
amplios y ricos en información que se puede
encontrar en la actualidad sobre temas relacionados
con la mitología griega. Un sitio de primer
orden que tuvo su origen en Suecia, pero que ahora
radica en la Universidad de Brown, bajo la
responsabilidad del académico Carlos
Parada.
Greek Mytology Link ofrece
una amplia variedad de materiales que incumben al
mundo de la Grecia clásica. Pueden
encontrarse excelentes genealogías, mapas de
lugares que aparecen en la literatura, diccionarios
de dioses, fotografías de objetos de
arte...
El sitio es una estupenda
fuente tanto para profesores como para estudiantes
que buscan información sobre personajes de
la mitología griega. Contiene, además
de los textos, un amplio catálogo de
imágenes, muchas de ellas fotografías
de representaciones, pinturas o estatuas, de dioses
y personajes mitológicos, ya sea en sus
versiones antiguas o como obra de pintores
más modernos.
Cabe resaltar que todo
este tipo de información ha sido reproducida
por Greek Mythology
Link a partir de
las fuentes clásicas. Así, entre los
materiales que ofrece, es especialmente
recomendable la sección dedicada a los
Descensos
al Hades de Odiseo y Eneas, pasajes fundamentales en la
literatura mitológica, y que despliega el
mapa del trayecto de uno y otro.
Por si todo esto fuera
poco, la resolución gráfica es
inmejorable. A la vez que sobrio --el fondo
simula una delgada tela tipo lino, que alude a la
época clásica-- destacan los
múltiples elementos gráficos que
despliega de modo efectivo. La estructura es clara,
lo que hace que la navegación sea sencilla
y, al final, logra su cometido: que el visitante, a
pesar de la enorme cantidad de información
que el sitio posee, no se sienta perdido en el
Hades de la confusión y pueda arribar a un
feliz destino: un conocimiento y disfrute
más amplio de las fuentes de la
mitología clásica.»
[The
Library's Review (en español) September
2001]
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Two
reviews by students at
University of Puget
Sound, Tacoma, WA:
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Review 1
The Greek Mythology
Link is a very
large (98711 KB) web site providing a comprehensive
list of known Greek myths. The site contains 1050
pages, most of which are the stories of particular
characters or of particular cities or groups. These
pages tell all the varying myths known on those
characters or groups, based on what written sources
have remained from antiquity. It is mostly written
in summary, but includes many quotations from
ancient texts. The site also includes many charts
to sort out the varying myths, and the differences
between them. Also, there are over five thousand
images on the site, mostly renaissance or later
depictions of Greek mythic stories. The website is
clearly organized and easy to navigate. The site,
as the author says, "is concerned with the
creative, artistic, literary and inspiring aspects
of the Greek Myths deriving from its tales." It is
useful for anyone interested in Greek
mythology.
This site is very useful
for its comprehensive collection and comparison of
known Greek myths. It is well documented and
researched. The diagrams included are very helpful
in understanding the stories. The website overall
serves as a very good and easy-to-use encyclopedia
of Greek myth. What the website does not do is
offer interpretations of the myths, historical
background, theories of myth, or comparison to
other mythic traditions. Little of these things can
be found in the Greek Mythology
Link. Instead, the
website is a tool for getting a background to all
the different stories involved in the Greek
mythology.
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Review 2
This site is a collection
of Greek Myths with links to images, biographies,
and maps of the ancient world, groups of
individuals, and a search engine to find
information within the Greek Mythology
Link . . . . There
are well over 50 reviews (and links to their site)
exclaiming this Website. The page is current and
well maintained. It was first published on
September 18, 1997. It is recommended for students
of Greek Mythology as well as Ancient Greece and
hobbyists.
If you are studying
ancient Greece and mythology this site is for you.
It is a well maintained site that is easy on the
eyes, chock full of information and very easy to
navigate. The color scheme of the site is very
neat; it is navy and linen. This made
exploring through the site very easy. I was looking
for a map of ancient Greece when I found this
wonderful source. The map was clear and there was
an index of geographical names for each map. The
index made it easy to locate the city I was looking
for as well as link me to information such as,
biographies, images and other individuals connected
with that area. Information about the myths too,
are linked to all of the pertinent information. If
one is having trouble finding some information, one
just needs to click on the search engine and type
in the keyword to find the link.
The Greek Mythology
Link is an
excellent resource. It is clear from the content,
letters to Carlos and the bibliography, he has
invested a lot of energy on this site. It is well
worth the visit.
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Review
at In f(x)
Venenum
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C'est, et de loin, un des
meilleurs sites relatifs à la mythologie
grecque. On y trouve certes, comme partout, une
présentation détaillée des
dieux et des héros, ainsi que leurs arbres
généalogiques, ce qui est
déjà plus rare. Mais les quelque
mille pages et environ deux milliers d'images du
site laissent de la place à bien plus:
évocation des origines mythiques de lieux,
de peuples et de familles dynastiques, les animaux
et les objets mythologiques, les matériaux
dont sont issus les textes littéraires
majeurs (les Argonautes, Oedipodie, les
Héraclides, les Pélopides, ...), sans
oublier la cosmogonie d'Hésiode, des cartes
sur lesquelles est placé tout ce qui peut
l'être jusqu'au voyage d'Énée,
et mille autres éléments (une
comparaison entre la figure
d'Héraclès et sa lecture par Walt
Disney pourrait par exemple donner des idées
d'activités en classe...). En
réalité, le site s'intéresse
surtout, et de manière stimulante, à
la fonction et au statut des mythes dans la
mentalité grecque. Un moteur de recherche
est évidemment fourni. Une bibliographie et
une table de liens, aussi riches l'une que l'autre,
couronnent l'ensemble. Attention: tous ces
matériaux sont couverts par le copyright.
[2003]
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Fragmento del
artículo:
Mitología clásica,
didáctica e Internet
Cristóbal Macías
José Manuel Ortega
Universidad de Málaga. Departamento de
Filología Latina
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...
Entre las páginas específicas de
mitología clásica, una de las mejores
es Greek
Mythology Link
(GML), uno de los sites más completos para
el estudio de la mitología (fundamentalmente
griega), cuyo responsable, Carlos Parada, es autor
del libro Genealogical
Guide to Greek Mythology, Paul Astroms Forlag, Jonsered
(Suecia), 1993. De este sitio, que está en
inglés, aunque contiene partes
también en español, hay disponible
asimismo una versión en CD-ROM
En cuanto a su estructura,
el grueso de la información sobre los
distintos personajes se da en el apartado de
«biografías». Éstas suelen ser,
por lo general, muy extensas e informan con detalle
de todos los episodios relevantes de la vida
mítica de cada uno, sobre todo sus
funciones, cónyuges y descendencia, todo
ello apoyado en las propias fuentes
clásicas—que se explicitan en el
apartado de Sources situado al final de cada
entrada. Abundan las referencias cruzadas entre
artículos mediante hipervínculos, y
las imágenes, de muy buena calidad, que
acompañan al texto, son en general poco
conocidas
En la sección
Groups se recogen entradas colectivas, es
decir, personajes que suelen presentarse en grupos:
divinidades
abstractas,
Eneas
en el Hades, las
amazonas, los argonautas, las constelaciones—los personajes que fueron
catasterizados—, las metamorfosis o los olímpicos. Las figuras individuales de estos
grupos suelen estar vinculadas con sus entradas
correspondientes del apartado de «biografías »
La sección
Places
& Peoples
incluye la historia mítica de ciudades como
Atenas, Troya o Micenas, y de pueblos como los
helenos o los dánaos. Short
Entries es un
índice alfabético resumido de las
secciones anteriores, además de una lista de
personajes con su nombre en caracteres
griegos—algo que vuelve a repetirse en parte
en Indices, con la indicación del
número de entradas en cada caso: 6504
personajes y 1157 nombres de ciudades y
pueblos
Completan el site un
catálogo
de las imágenes incluidas en él, un
motor de
búsqueda,
una relación de páginas de GML
traducidas
al español
junto con artículos y colaboraciones de
otros autores, también en nuestra lengua
(entre ellos un trabajo
de López Férez) y una relación de
enlaces
externos, muchos
de ellos sobre mitología y de extraordinaria
calidad
Por lo dicho, está
claro que estamos ante una página fuera de
lo común. Su nivel y profundidad es tal que
ésta puede ser útil incluso para un
público con un buen nivel de conocimientos
del mito griego. La inclusión de un gran
número de hipervínculos facilita la
consulta y permite emprender múltiples
recorridos desde muy diversas ópticas; la
variedad y calidad de las imágenes
podrían servir de punto de partida para
estudiar la huella del mito clásico en el
arte. El diseño de la web es bastante claro.
Su calidad queda confirmada por las buenas
reseñas críticas y premios
recibidos.
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[mayo de 2002]
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Notice published in:
Amphora
Publication of the American Philological
Association
Vol. 3, Issue 1, Spring 2004
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Description of the
"Greek Mythology Link" at Humbul
Humanities Hub
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The Greek Mythology Link is a vast repository of
information on Greek myths. It consists of 1195
pages, 6032 images and an index containing 6504
characters and 1187 places and peoples. Created by
Carlos Parada, it is based partly on his book
"Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology" (Jonsered,
1993), and thus pays particular attention to the
relationships of mythical characters. It bases its
information on primary sources, all of which are
collated in the bibliography.
The attractively presented homepage should be
the start of any search on the nine central pages.
The first is "Biographies", for which there are
6504 entries, each outlining the roles, deeds and
relationships of the gods, men, women,
personifications (e.g., Ananke, Psyche) and
monsters in the mythical stories. Each name and
group is marked as a hyperlink, allowing for easy
cross-referencing within the pages. The "Groups"
page is similar, but refers to the collectives that
populate Greek mythology - particularly useful for
the user who can not remember all of the Seven who
marched against Thebes. This may serve as an
example of the site's high standard. Full of
properly referenced and relevant quotes, a clear
but concise narrative is appended by short accounts
of commanders, and a comparison of the literary
sources. The "Groups" page also includes wider
groups such as servants, beasts and seers. The
mythical history of cities and regions that feature
in Greek mythology, such as Corinth, Troy and
Ionia, as well as the Underworld, is provided by
the next page, "Places and Peoples". Many of these
entries are illustrated with photographs. Usefully,
many of the entries include a succession chart for
the mythical rulers. This page also covers mythical
peoples such as the Laestrygonians. All of these
pages provide the user with full accounts. The
"Short Entries" page provides only the very basic
information, but the extensive referencing allows
the user to pursue their interest with ease. This
aspect of the resource - its internal referencing
and easy navigability is one of its great
advantages, and is augmented by a full set of
Indices and a Search facility. The self-sufficient
nature of the Greek Mythology Link means that
little reference to other, similar resources on the
Internet is made. The pages are full of images,
details of which can be found on the "Catalogue of
Images" page. The images are best considered as
illustrations, rather than a comprehensive
collection of all relevant scenes, and the vast
majority belong to the period after that of the
literary sources (800 BC-600AD) on which the site
is based. In the "Album" section, the images can be
viewed as thumbnails, and enlarged. Parada's own
illustrations, included at the end of the section,
are well worth viewing.
Beyond these central pages, there are essays on
the myths in general (e.g.,"Brief History of the
Greek Myths"), divinities, events (e.g., the
colonization of Ionia, the ages of men), and a
section of varia, including "Murders", Life and
Deeds of the Pelopides" and "Disney's Hercules and
Original Hercules compared".
Tables, Maps and Bibliography (for both ancient
and modern authors) are also to be found from the
Homepage, as well as adapted contributions from
others (e.g., Edward Gibbon's "The Exile of the
Gods" from "The Decline and Fall of the Roman
Empire") as well as Parada's own stories based on
the mythology.
Justifiably, the site has received a number of
awards, and should be a primary resource for anyone
interested in Greek mythology.
Catalogued by Mr David Saunders,
University of Oxford Lincoln College, on 2002-08-18
Record Last Modified: 2004-01-26
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