A Brief Guide to the Greek Myths

Superheroes of the ancient world and their modern-day legacy.

From the hoemcoming of Odysseus and the other heroes after their victory at Troy, to the lives of the Olympian gods and the legend of Atlantis, the myths of Ancient Greece have formed the bedrock of our storytelling tradition.

The tales are thousands of years old, but they live still in our language and imagination. We have the 'Midas touch', or an 'Achilles heel', we protect our computers from 'Trojan horses' and, like Icarus, we sometimes fly too close to the sun. Here, classicist Stephen P. Kershaw retells both well-known and forgotten myths, exploring how their inspiration has remained vital for western culture, from Renaissance painters to the poets of the Great War and the modern myth makers of Hollywood.

Format: Paperback, 544 pages
ISBN: 9781845295127
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Published: 13 September, 2007
Weight: 382 g
Dimensions: 195 x 131 x 36 mm

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