I’m trying to find a book of Greek myths that I loved during my childhood, but unfortunately, all I remember is the frontispiece or front endpapers.
It was a scene of Mount Olympus, with the peak on the left-hand side and Zeus, Hera etc. at the peak, with other gods and goddesses in grottoes on the mountain; to the right, there was a field with gods such as Apollo and Artemis. I even made a diorama of it in grade 7.
Does anyone remember this book? I thought it was D’Aulaires’, but a copy I bought doesn’t have that frontispiece, and at any rate the art style was different.
I dunno, but if you find out, let me know; the sprog is into mythology and would probably like the book.
Sounds like it could be Gods, Men and Monsters (which was my other childhood favourite, along with D’Aulaire’s - sounds like we had the same tastes in mythology 
). The Amazon page doesn’t show the frontispiece, but I pulled out my old copy. The frontispiece is all yellows and oranges, with black line drawings stylised to look like the ones on Greek vases. Mount Olympus on the left, Hera and Zeus on the top, Hestia next to them, Hephaestus in a grotto, the rest of the gods in the lower foothills and in a field to the right.
That’s the one, EclecticWench! Thanks so much. MsRobyn, I can also recommend D’Aulaire’s Book of Greek Myths, although the last page (about how the worship of the Greek gods came to an end) is worth accompanying with a note about how some of us still do.
The sprog already has (and has devoured) D’Aulaire’s and basically taught his class’s lesson in constellations based on what he knows. (The teacher showed maps of them; he filled in the details. I am so proud. :)) I will look into this book, but I’m sure he’d love it.
This obsession started with the Percy Jackson series, but he’s moved into more serious reading. I don’t think he’s headed for a career in classics just yet, but it’s good to see he has an interest that he’s sticking with.
Oh, cool - I’m glad it was the right one! Beautiful book - I can’t wait for my little one to be old enough for it.
MsRobyn, depending how old the sprog is, he might like Roger Lancelyn Green’s The Luck of Troy. It’s about Helen’s son, Nicostratus, who was just a baby when Paris kidnapped him and Helen - he’s grown up in Troy through the Trojan war, and now he’s about twelve, it’s reaching a climax, and he becomes involved in a Greek plan to steal the Luck of Troy. It’s great on his confused loyalties, and on characterisation. I think I was about seven when I first read it, but I think it’s probably aimed more at 10-to-12-year-olds. I *loved *it.
Since the OP’s been answered can I ask if I’m the only one who thought that ‘frontispiece’ was a completely made-up word invented by the writers of Arrested Development… 
