The Greek Myths (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

Autorentext
Robert Graves was born in 1895 in Wimbledon. He went from school to the First World War, where he became a captain in the Royal Welch Fusiliers and was seriously wounded at the Battle of the Somme. He wrote his autobiography, Goodbye to All That, in 1929, and it was soon established as a modern classic. He died on 7 December 1985 in Majorca, his home since 1929.

Klappentext
Robert Graves's classic retelling of the Greek Myths is definitive, comprehensive and unparalleled - and available now in the Penguin Classics Deluxe series, featuring a new introduction from Rick Riordan (bestselling author of the Percy Jackson and Olympian series).

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 comprehensive retelling of the Greek myths for a modern audience has been regarded for over fifty years as the definitive version.

With a novelist's skill and a poet's eye, Graves draws on the entire canon of ancient literature, bringing together all the elements of every myth into one epic and unforgettable story. Ideal for the first time reader, it can be read as a single, continuous narrative, while full commentaries, with cross-references, interpretations, variants and explanations, as well as a comprehensive index of names, make it equally valuable as a work of scholarly reference for anyone seeking an authoritative and detailed account of the gods, heroes and extraordinary events that provide the bedrock of Western literature.

The result is a classic among classics, a treasure trove of extraordinary tales and a masterful work of literature in its own right.

Robert Graves (1895-1985) was a novelist, poet, historian, critic and translator, author of some 140 books, and one of the greatest figures of 20th century British literature. Alongside The Greek Myths, his most famous works include the historical novels I, Claudius and Claudius the God and his First World War memoir Goodbye to All That.

Zusammenfassung
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 Percy Jackson and the Olympians series

From the creation of the world out of Chaos and the birth of the Olympians to the Trojan War and Odysseus's return, Robert Graves's superb retelling of the Greek myths has long been acclaimed as the definitive edition. Graves draws on sources scattered throughout ancient literature, using a novelist's skill to weave a crisp, coherent narrative of each myth and providing commentaries with cross-references, interpretations, and explanations based on solid scholarship. The result is a classic volume of many of the greatest stories ever told—stories of the gods, heroes, and extraordinary events that inspired Homer, the Greek tragedians, and so much of subsequent European literature.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Leseprobe
Contents
1.           The Pelasgian Creation Myth      
2.           The Homeric and Orphic Creation Myths              
3.           The Olympian Creation Myth      
4.           Two Philosophical Creation Myths           
5.           The Five Ages of Man     
6.           The Castration of Uranus             
7.           The Dethronement of Cronus     
8.           The Birth of Athene        
9.           Zeus and Metis 
10.         The Fates           
11.         The Birth of Aphrodite   
12.         Hera and Her Children   
13.         Zeus and Hera   
14.         Births of Hermes, Apollo, Artemis, and Dionysus
15.         The Birth of Eros             
16.         Poseidon’s Nature and Deeds     
17.         Hermes’s Nature and Deeds       
18.         Aphrodite’s Nature and Deeds   
19.         Ares’s Nature and Deeds             
20.         Hestia’s Nature and Deeds          
21.         Apollo’s Nature and Deeds          
22.         Artemis’s Nature and Deeds       
23.         Hephaestus’s Nature and Deeds
24.         Demeter’s Nature and Deeds     
25.         Athene’s Nature and Deeds        
26.         Pan’s Nature and Deeds
27.         Dionysus’s Nature and Deeds     
28.         Orpheus              
29.         Ganymedes        
30.         Zagreus
31.         The Gods of the Underworld
32.         Tyche and Nemesis         
33.         The Children of the Sea 
34.         The Children of Echidne
35.         The Giants’ Revolt
36.         Typhon 
37.         The Aloe…

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