About this title: The Greek Myths has long been among Graves's most popular works, compendious in scope and lively in the telling. No poet of the twentieth century, not even Ezra Pound, was so compendiously learned as Graves in the origins of our Mediterranean cultures. While his approach to myth is original and sometimes contentious, his narrative is always compelling. Graves tells the myths of creation, the origins of the Gods and their lives, the exploits of the heroes and the Trojan War. The retelling is modern but the matter is not modernised: Graves is alive to the vivid otherness of the world he evokes. ...
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: Book in Nice Cond But Pg Edges Stained
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Penguin
Date Published: 1959
Description: Good. This retelling of the stories of the Greek gods and heroes, embopdying the conclusions of modern anthropology and archaeology. read more
Description: Very Good; 1964. Nice copy of this older book with mild signs of handling-unmarked.; Paperback; Penguin Books; Baltimore MD; Reprint; 16mo 6"-7" tall; 412 pages. read more
Description: Very Good+ Penguin Classics. Quality paperbacks. Tan text. Clean and tight, a nice unmarked set. 4.5 X 7" Member, Florida Antiquarian Booksellers Association. read more
"I am enjoying this book particularly because it gives me the sources for the myths and the majority are ones I've never heard of. I don't really like Graves' recurring obsession with the White Goddess. It seems like every other myth according to Graves is a veiled reference to this same theme. Other than that though it is nice to see all of the variants to the Greek myths."
"Good reference book. I always get confused about the entangled familial/sexual relationships, so about halfway through the names began to blur a bit. But this edition has some nice photos of pottery, sculpture etc. (There's a particularly hunky statue of Heracles from a Neopolitan museum.) Now I have to start the Canongate series looking more deeply into each myth. Lots of incest, bestiality, matricide, fratricide etc! There'll be a lot to think about."
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