The Greek Myths Vol. 2

Few modern writers are better qualified than Robert Graves to retell the Greek legends of gods and heroes for a modern audience. And, in the two volumes of THE GREEK MYTHS, he demonstrates with a dazzling display of relevant knowledge that Greek mythology is "no more mysterious in content than are modern election cartoons." His work covers, in nearly 200 sections, the creation myths, the legends of the birth and lives of the great Olympians, the Theseus, Oedipus and Heracles cycles, the Argonaut voyage, the tale of Troy and much more. All the scattered elements of each myth have been assembled into a harmonious narrative, and a full commentary on each myth explains and interprets the classical version in the light of today's archaeological and anthropological knowledge.