
Spencer Clevenger earned an economics degree from University of California, Los Angeles and an MBA from the University of Southern California. He has studied mythology and Hellenic history for more than thirty years. Clevenger currently resides in the Seattle area where he works as a Senior Director, Treasury at a technology company. What is the connection between Greek mythology and Greek history? Many have expressed opinions on this topic since Western historians first began writing. Exhaustive discussions of the historic and mythic aspects of the Trojan War exist. Historic perspectives of other mythic events, such as the Dorian invasion and the migrations of war heroes after the Trojan War, are available. Therefore it is surprising to learn that a comprehensive retelling of the various myths concerning gods, kings, and heroes in their intended physical place and historic perspective does not exist. Greek Mythic History is the first book to provide a concise retelling of Greek myths from a historic perspective of time and place. All surviving text versions of Hellenic myths from ancient writers beginning with Homer in the seventh century BCE and ending with Hyginos in the second century C.E. were studied to see if they could be read as historic narrative. Then each myth was compared with known facts.This book is neither history nor mythology, but rather myth told as if it were history. It is an original retelling and provides modern facts and knowledge that frame the canon in a new context. This is the main objective of the work.