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A review by shirin_mandi
Greek Myths: Heroes and Heroines by Jean Menzies
4.0
Greek Myths: Heroes and Heroines written by various authors and edited by Jean Menzies is a collection of tales of men and women, mortals, just like you or I.
There are stories of famous heroes, Zeus Sons, Heracles who did when no one else could and Perseus, the slayer of the gorgon Medusa.
The tales of powerful women, Atalanta and Circe, as so as the ambitious men, Jason and Theseus.
Bellerophon, the slayer of devourer Chimaera, whose forepart was like a lion, her back like a dragon, and in the middle she was a goat.
The story of the first hero of Greek mythology, Cadmus who sets out across the sea to rescue his sister Europa, who was abducted by the god Zeus in the form of a bull.
There are stories of poor ones, King Midas, not every wish comes good, even by Dionysus god himself; Icarus, the son of Daedalus, the architect of the labyrinth of Crete, who did much enjoy himself with wings; and Phaethon who thought could drive the chariot like his father Helios.
Lovers stories, blissfully romantic unions of Admetus and Alcestis; the tragic love story of Orpheus and Eurydice; in ancient Greek myth Pygmalion and Galatea known as one of the strangest love stories; and Ceyx and Halcyone, who considered themselves akin to Zeus and Hera, the king and queen of Olympus, and the gods do not refrain from punishing those who did compare so.
Overall, this was a collection of brief and interesting tales to know of Greek heroes with a variety of good and moderate stories.
My huge thanks to Pan Macmillan via NetGalley for ARC, I have given my honest review.
There are stories of famous heroes, Zeus Sons, Heracles who did when no one else could and Perseus, the slayer of the gorgon Medusa.
The tales of powerful women, Atalanta and Circe, as so as the ambitious men, Jason and Theseus.
Bellerophon, the slayer of devourer Chimaera, whose forepart was like a lion, her back like a dragon, and in the middle she was a goat.
The story of the first hero of Greek mythology, Cadmus who sets out across the sea to rescue his sister Europa, who was abducted by the god Zeus in the form of a bull.
There are stories of poor ones, King Midas, not every wish comes good, even by Dionysus god himself; Icarus, the son of Daedalus, the architect of the labyrinth of Crete, who did much enjoy himself with wings; and Phaethon who thought could drive the chariot like his father Helios.
Lovers stories, blissfully romantic unions of Admetus and Alcestis; the tragic love story of Orpheus and Eurydice; in ancient Greek myth Pygmalion and Galatea known as one of the strangest love stories; and Ceyx and Halcyone, who considered themselves akin to Zeus and Hera, the king and queen of Olympus, and the gods do not refrain from punishing those who did compare so.
Overall, this was a collection of brief and interesting tales to know of Greek heroes with a variety of good and moderate stories.
My huge thanks to Pan Macmillan via NetGalley for ARC, I have given my honest review.