Dr Neel Burton is a psychiatrist, philosopher, and wine-lover who is a Fellow of Green-Templeton College in the University of Oxford, and reading The Meaning of Myth felt precisely like attending a general interest seminar led by such an interestingly polymathic professor. Burton begins by explaining the differences between myths, fables, legends, goes on to explain the important roles that a culture’s enduring myths play (and how they complement religion and science), and then recounts and dissects twelve of the myths from Ancient Greece that would be at least passingly familiar to a Western reader. I highlighted passages in every chapter, found the whole thing fascinating and accessible, and I would recommend this as a general interest read to anyone.