A retelling of the ancient myths includes Heracles' labors, the Olympian tales, and the myths of Sisyphus, Midas, and the Argonauts.
As the tales unfold, renowned classicist Robin Waterfield, joined by his wife, writer Kathryn Waterfield, creates a sweeping panorama of the romance, intrigues, heroism, humour, sensuality, and brutality of the Greek myths and legends.
The book you hold in your hands contains a retelling of the traditional Greek myths and legends. ... temples, highend tableware, ceremonial armour, and even their furniture with artwork that was intended to tell tales.
The myths told by the Greeks are as important as their history for our understanding of what they believed, thought and felt, and of what they expressed in writing and visual art.
' These are the greatest stories ever told - the labours of Hercules, the voyage of the Argonauts, Theseus and the minotaur, Midas and his golden touch, the Trojan War and Odysseus's journey home - brought together into one epic and ...
Amorous Zeus lay with numerous nymphs descended from the Titans or the gods and, after the creation of man, with mortal women too; no less than four great Olympian deities were born to him out of wedlock. First, he begat Hermes on Maia, ...
The gold standard in Greek mythology, in a dazzling Graphic Deluxe Edition featuring flaps, deckled edges, and specially commissioned cover art by Ross Macdonald and a new introduction by the multimillion-copy bestselling author of the ...
'Including many of the greatest stories ever told - the labours of Hercules, the voyage of the Argonauts, Theseus and the minotaur, Midas and his golden touch, the Trojan War and Odysseus's journey home - Robert Graves's superb and ...
Full indexes and references to the classical sources make the book as valuable to the scholar as the general reader.
Endymion, Pelops, Daedalus, Pygmalion � what are the stories behind these and the hundreds of other familiar names from Greek mythology � names that recur throughout the history of European...
Full indexes and references to the classical sources make the book as valuable to the scholar as the general reader.
Robert Graves's two great works of mythography are published together for the first time in this limited edition. The Greek Myths is among his most popular works, compendious in scope and lively in the telling.
Retells the stories of Greek gods and heroes.