Robert Gravess 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 Odysseuss journey home Robert Gravess 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 novelists skill and a poets 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 crossreferences, 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 (18951985) was a novelist, poet, historian, critic and translator, author of some 140 books, and one of the greatest...

Binding: Paperback;832 pages; Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; Classification: HRKP3; Weight: 1038 g; Dimensions: 214 x 154 x 55

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