From the birth of the universe to the creation of humankind, Stephen Fry - who fell in love with these stories as a child - retells these myths for our tragic, comic, fateful age. Witness Athena born from the cracking open of Zeus's great head and follow Persephone down into the dark realm of Hades.
Mythos: a retelling of the myths of Ancient Greece
โ Scribed by Fry, Stephen
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Year
- 2017
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
Discover Stephen Fry's magnificent retelling of the greatest myths and legends ever told . . .
'Perfect for the 21st Century. Ebullient, funny, Fry retells the Greek myths with elegance' The Times
'A cracking good story' The Times Literary Supplement
'A wondrous new immersion in ancient stories we only thought we knew. Page to page, Mythos is brilliant, funny, erudite, inventive, surprising and enthralling' Richard North Patterson
'Fry's lively writing certainly conveys his lifelong passion for Greek myths . . . It's a rollicking good read' The Independent
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No one loves and quarrels, desires and deceives as boldly and brilliantly as Greek gods and goddesses. They are like us, only more so - their actions and adventures scrawled across the heavens above.
From the birth of the universe to the creation of humankind,...
โฆ Subjects
Mythology, Greek
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