Mythos: The Greek Myths Reimagined: 1 (Stephen Fry's Greek Myths) Hardcover – 27 Aug. 2019

I love this book, it has a good pace so not too drawn out but loads of information and has the ability to keep you interested. Very good

Good book and fascinating stories well told by Fry. Enjoyed this a lot.

I’m into mythology but so far have focused more on Norse mythology, so for a while I’d been wanting to read more of Greek mythology. I knew of the classic myths such as Pandora’s box, but the account of the creation of the world and of humanity was new to me and was fascinating. I found it especially interesting how many of the stories, recounted by Greek philosophers before the rise of Christianity, have similar biblical counterparts. While the book – as Fry states in the introduction – doesn’t aim to go into the meaning and interpretation of the myths, there were still intriguing historical and geographical comments that made me think. There are some modern references as he puts his own spin and humour into the classic tales.I found the book slightly hard to get into and concentrate on, for various reasons: I wanted to read all the footnotes as I was interested, but that did mean breaking off from the main text and losing the flow. Also, because of the nature of mythology being short tales and anecdotes, I didn’t get absorbed in the story in the same way you do with a novel. But, neither of these things reflect badly on the author, it’s just the nature of the subject. He did try to structure the book so that it is as cohesive and easy to follow as possible, but with mythology it’s never going to be a direct linear tale. The other thing was the sheer amount of names thrown in – it was impossible to remember who was who and who was the parent of who and what powers they had – but, again, I guess that’s just the nature of mythology.I would like to read the second book, Heroes, but I’ll have a break in between!

A really good read. Witty!

Wonderfully crafted: clear, concise, entertaining.

Not a subject I would normally be interested in but book was recommended to me so gave it a go. Not a bad read at all certainly gives you an idea of the origin of some of our words and phrases. That said still not a subject for me.

We’ve all got hobbies. Topics that we gravitate towards. One (or two i suppose) of mine is/are Ancient Rome and Greece.I tend to be a little bit snobby and try to directly read ancient writers (Homer, Ovid, Tacitus etc) so i was a bit nervy about a modern author’s take on the Greek myths.If you’re like me, you delve into the reviews first, and can be slightly put off by the odd negative review. Dont be. In this case especially, dont be.This is such a beautiful, entertaining, captivating and utterly accessible piece of writing that breathes life into the beginning and early myths of Ancient Greece.Might be one of the best books i’ve read. The rivalries between Zeus, Hades and Poseidon when divvying out roles is an amusing bit; the initial demise of Prometheus touching, and the descriptions of Psyche arriving at Eros’ palace are magical.Glad i bought it. I’ll get Heroes next.

This might help a few readers find their way around Mythos. A lot of the stories are real gems but finding them again can be quite an undertaking. I was so fed up with wads of bookmarks going astray I produced an index. The yarns about Arion, Melissa, Erysichton, etc are very popular in our house at the moment.Abydos, ancient city 359Aceso, a daughter of Asclepius 253Acheron, River (Woe) 62, 143Acis, Sicilian shepherd boy 349Actaeon, Theban hero and stag 244Adamanthea, nymph 30Admetus, King of Thessaly 254Adonis, son of Smyrna, born of a weeping myrrh tree 325, 327Aeacus, one of the Judges of the Underworld 143Aegaeon (Briareos), Hecatoncheir 8Aegina 270Aegis 87Aegyptus, King of Egypt 209Aeolus 264Aeos, one of the horses of the Golden Quadriga 202Aether, God of Light 5Aethon, one of the horses of the Golden Quadriga 202Agave 227, 241Agenor, King of Tyre 210Aglaea, one of the three Charities or Graces 50Alecto (Erinys), Remorselessness 22Alexander the Great 383Algos, out of Pandora's Jar (or Box), Pain 137Alopex Teumesios, the Teumessian Fox 313Amalthea, talking she-goat and nanny to Zeus 28, 30Ambrosia 80Ameinias and Narcissus 338Ampelos, companion of Dionysus, trasformed into a grape vine 239Amphidamus 216Amphilogiai, out of Pandora's Jar (or Box), Disputes 137Amphion, a son of Zeus 225, 283Amphithea 269Amphitrite 11, 64Androktasiai, out of Pandora's Jar (or Box), Manslaughter 137Anteros, one of the Erotes 157Antiope 225anvil, bronze, one of 14Apate, personification of deceit 17Aphrodite and Adonis 325Aphrodite and Eos 317Aphrodite and Hermes154Aphrodite and Psyche 160Aphrodite and the Propoetides 352Aphrodite emerging from the sea 25Apollo and Hyacinthus 324Apollo and Arion 372Apollo and Marsyas 288Apollo and Midas 390Apollo, birth of 92Apollo, Coronis and his crow 250Apple of Discord, Discordia's provocative wedding present that led to the Trojan War 18Apuleius, Roman writer 160Arachne, the weaver girl and proto-spider 292Arc, vessel of the Great Flood 140Arcas, son of Callisto and latterly Ursa Minor 303Arch Psychopomp 142Ares and Eos 317Ares, God of War 69Arestor 189Arges, a Cyclopes 8Arges, killed 254Argus 191Arion and the dolphin 363Arion, a talking horse (not the notable musician) 65Aristaeus 244Aristides, King 160arrows, golden, of Apollo 97Artemis and Actaeon 244Artemis, birth of 92Asclepius, god of medicine 251ash tree 22, 54Asopos, a river God 225, 269Asphodel, Meadows of 144ass, ears of 391Astrapos and Arguros 375Athamas, King of Boeotia 260, 264Athena and Arachne 292Athena and Tiresias 330Athena, delivered from Zeus's head 85Athens 85Atlantides, The Seven Sisters 100Atlas and Gaia's curse 13Atlas and Prometheus 56Atlas, a Titan and father of the Pleiades (or Atlantides) 100Atlas, ordered to hold up the sky by Zeus 54Atropos, one of the Moirai (Fates) 51auctoritas, authority or level of prestige (Latin) 67Auloniades 54aulos, double-piped reed instrument 286Aunt Agatha 66Aurora, Roman name for Eos 308Autolycus 268Autonoë 227, 241Auxesia (Auxo), one of the Horai #1, Goddess of Summer 51Babylon 345Bacchae 241Bacchus 241Baucis and Philemon 373Beroë 236Blessed, Isles of the 144Botrys 240bow of Apollo 97Briareos, Hecatoncheir 8Brontes, a Cyclopes 8Brontes, killed 254Bull, The White, and Europa 210Byron, Lord 361Byzas 193Cadmus (Kadmos) 210Caduceus, Hermes' staff (Roman apellation) 109Calanthe 160Calliope, the muse of epic poetry 47Callirrhoë 306Callisto, princess, bear and subsequently Ursa Major 302Calypso, an oceanid 11Carpo, one of the Horai #1, Goddess of Autmn 51Cassandra, Trojan prophetess 330Caucasus Mountains 146Cecropia, first King of Athens 86Cenchreis, Queen of Cyprus 325Centauros, son of Nephele 258Centaurs 258Cephalas 309Cephissus, river god, father of Narcissus 331Cerberus (Kerberos) Three-headed Hound of Hades 62, 145Ceres, Roman equivalent of Demeter 65Ceto 52Chaos 3Chariot, The, that takes Persephone to the Underworld 150Charities, The (The Graces) 50Charon, Ferryman of the Dead to the Underworld 18, 62, 143Chest, Wooden, of Deucalion and Pyrrha 139Chiron, a centaur 239, 244, 251, 258chthonic, born/sprung from the earth 22, 97Chthonius 224Cilix 210Cleitus 317Clio, the muse of history 47Clotho, one of the Moirai (Fates) 51Cloud Gatherer (Zeus) 58Clymene, an oceanid and mother of Atlas, Prometheus, etc 10,13, 44, 54, 138, 196Cocytus, Stream of Lamentation and Wailing in the Underworld 62Coeus, Titan of Intellect 7, 81Cora (Persephone) 149Corinth 363Cornucopia, Horn of Plenty 32Coronis, Princess 250Cosmos 4Cottus, Hecatoncheir 8Creation of Mankind 119Creon, Regent of Thebes 313Crete, birthplace of Zeus 28Cretheus 264Crius, Titan 7, 12Crocus, transformed into a flower 325crows, white turned black 250Cupid 157Cyclades 91Cyclopes 8, 23, 44, 56, 57, 64, 349Cygnus 199Cyllene, Mount, in Arcadia 100Cynthia (Artemis) 95Cynthos, Mount, Delos. Birthplace of Artemis and Apollo 91Cyprus and the Propoetides, Pygmalion and Galatea III 352Cyprus, arrival of Aphrodite 25Damaris, Queen 160Daphne, a naiad 351Daphnis, Sicilian shepherd 352Dardanelles or Hellespont 359Dardanus 213Death 19, 142Deioneus, King of Phocis 257Delos, floating island of, birthplace of Artemis and Apollo 91Delphi in Phocis, navel of the Greek world 98, 140Delphinus (The Dolphin) constellation 372Demeter and Persephone abducted 149Demeter devoured by Kronos 27Demeter regurgitated 38Demeter, birth of Arion (a colt) 65Deucalion and Pyrrha, survivors of the Great Flood 138, 264Dia, Princess 257Diana, Roman equivalent of Artemis 95Dike, one of the Horai #2, Goddess of Justice 51Dione, hyade or rain nymph 261Dionysus and Midas 385Dionysus, born from Zeus's thigh 238Dis 61Discordia 18dodecatheon, the twelve Olympians 67dolphin 363Doris, an oceanid 11, 349dreams 18dryads, tree nymphs 54Dryope, a nymph 154Dysnomia, out of Pandora's Jar (or Box), Anarchy 137Earth Shaker (Poseidon) 64Echidna, monster: half woman, half water snake 14, 62Echion 224Echo, an oread 333Eirene, one of the Horai #2, Goddess of Peace 51Electra 213Elis 264Elpis, of Pandora's Jar (or Box), Hope 137Elysian Fields 144Elysium 281Emathion 320Endymion, eternally slumbering shepherd 315Eos, Titaness and goddess of the dawn 203, 308Eos, Tithonus and Cleitus 317Epaphus, son of Zeus and Io, taunter of Phaeton 193, 197, 209Ephialtes 259Ephyra (Corinth) 264Epimetheus and Pandora 133Epimetheus, Titan, brother of Prometheus 13, 44Erato, the muse of lyric and love poetry 48Erebus, Primordial God of Darkness 5, 60, 61, 137Erechtheus 194Erechtheus, first King of Athens 194, 309Erechthonius, founder of Athens (see Erechtheus) 194Erines 62Erinyes or Eumenides, (The Furies) female chthotic deities of vengeance 22, 51Eris, Goddess of Strife and Discord 18Eros, one of the Erotes 157Erotes 156, 157Ersa (Hersa), daughter of Zeus and Selene 308Erysichton, King of Thessaly 246Eumeneia, Asia Minor 373Eumenides (Erinyes) 22, 51Eunomia, one of the Horai #2, Goddess of Law 51Euphrosyne (Euthymia), one of the three Charities or Graces 50Euripides, Athenian playwright 241Europa 143Europa, abducted by Zeus disguised as a white bull 210Euryale, a Gorgon 52Eurybia 12Eurynome, an oceanid, mother of the Charities 50Eurynomos, demon 145Euterpe, the muse of music 48Fates, The (Moirai) 51, 244Fennel 129Fire, The Gift of 129First Order of Dieties 5Flood, the Great 139, 264Flora, Roman name for Thallo 51Forgetfulness, Waters of 144Fortunate Isles 144Fraus, Roman equivalent of Apate 17Furies, The (Erinyes) 22, 62Gaia, Goddess of Earth (Mother Earth) 5, 141Galatea III, statue sculpted by Pygmalion 355Galatea, a nereid 349Galetea II, mother of Pandion 349Ganymede 306, 317Geras, God of Old Age 17Gigantes 22, 44Gods, The 39Golden Age, End of 137Golden Age, The 126golden fleece 260Gordian Knot 382Gordias, founder of Gordium and father of Midas 381Gordium, city of, Phrygia 382Gorgons 52, 87Graces, The (The Charities) 50Gratiae, Roman name for The Charities 51Greek Sea or Dardanelles 359Gyges, a Hecatoncheir 8Hades and Persephone 149Hades regurgitated 38Hades, King of the Underworld 27, 61, 142Halicarnassus 154hamadryad, a type of dryad associated with a particular kind of tree 54, 247Harmonia 213Hecate, Titaness 150Hecatonchires 8, 23, 44, 56Hedone, daughter of Psyche, spirit of pleasure and delight 186Hedylogus, one of the Erotes 157Helicon, Mount 46Helios, piqued at the Gates of Dawn 203Helios, Titan 151Helle, son of Athamas 260Hellen, son of Deucalion and Pyrrha 264Hellespont or Dardanelles 359Hemera, Goddess of Daytime 5Hephaestus, god of blacksmiths 68, 71, 83, 109, 254Hera and Tiresias 330Hera regurgitated 38Hera, sister and wife of Zeus, goddess of marriage, family, etc 27, 66, 96Hermaphroditus, son of Hermes and Aphrodite, one of the Erotes 154, 157Hermes as Arch Psychopomp or chief conductor of souls 142Hermes delivers Aphrodite to Epimetheus 133Hermes fathers Pan and Hermaphroditus 154Hermes, birth of the Messenger of the Gods, trickster, god of trade, thieves, travellers, etc 100Hermes and Crocus 325Hero, priestess of Aphrodite 360Hesiod 43Hesione, an oceanid 138Hesperides, Garden of 204 208Hesperides, Nymphs of the West/Sisters of the Evening 19Hestia regurgitated 38Hestia, Goddess of the Hearth 26, 58Himeros, one of the Erotes 157Hippocrene fountain 46Hippolyte, maid to Smyrna 326Honey 76Horai, two sets of triplet daughters by Zeus and Themis 51hubris 18, 283Humankind, Creation of 118Hyacinthus, struck by Apollo's discus and turned into a flower 324Hydra 62Hygieia, a daughter of Asclepius 253Hymenaios, one of the Erotes 157Hypaepae, in Kingdom of Lydia 292Hyperenor 224Hyperion, Titan God of Heavenly Light 7Hypnos, God of Sleep 18Hysminai, out of Pandora's Jar (or Box), Battles137Iapetus, Titan God of Mortality 7, 13, 54Iasion 213Iaso, a daughter of Asclepius 253Ichor, the blood of the gods 81Ictys, son of King Tereus and Procne, transformed into a revenge stew 303Ida, Mount, Crete, birthplace of Zeus 30, 154Idmon, father of Arachne 292Ilium, former name of Troy 306, 318Illyrius, son of Cadmus and Harmonia 227Ilos 306Inachus, King of Argos 189Ino 227, 241Io 189Iphimedia 259Ixion, King of the Lapiths 256Jar, Opening the 136Jason and the Argonauts 260Judges of the Underworld 143Juno, Roman equivalent of Hera 66Justina, Roman name for Dike 51Karma 18Kerberos (Cerberus) Three-headed Hound of Hades 62Keres, female spirits of death, daughters of Nix 52Keroessa 193Kerykeion, Hermes' staff 109Kithara, musical instrument, lyre 363Kore (Persephone) 149Kos 81Kronos and the Titanomachy 44Kronos and the sickle 15Kronos, children of, regurgitated 38Kronos, Titan, father of Zeus 7Lachesis, one of the Moirai (Fates) 51Ladon, a river god 351Lailaps the wonderdog 312Lampros 349Laomedon, son of Ilus, King of Troy 317Latona, Roman equivalent of Leto 90Leander and Hero 359Leimakides 54Lerna, Lake, one of the entrances to the Underworld 62Lesbos 363Lethe, River, Waters of Forgetfulness in the Underworld 62, 144Leto and Zeus, dispatched to the island of Delos 90Leto of Kos, daughter of Titans Coeus and Phoebe 81Letoides, Leto's twins Artemis and Apollo 99Leucippos II, son of Oenomaus 351Leucippos, daughter, and later son, of Galetea II and Lampros 350Libya 209lightning, bolt from the blue 254lime tree 379Limos, out of Pandora's Jar (or Box), Starvation 137, 247linden tree 379Liriope, a naiad, mother of Narcissus 331Livia, wife of Emperor Augustus 90Lottery, The 60Lucifer 61Luna, Roman name for Selene 308Lycaon, King of Arcadia 139Lydia, Kingdom of 292lyre 106, 390Machaon, a son of Asclepius 253Maenads, female followers of Dionysus 241Magaera (Erinys) Jealous Rage 22Maia, an oread, mother of Hermes and associated with nurturing and midwives 100Makhai, out of Pandora's Jar (or Box), Wars 137Mankind, Creation of 119manna 22, 54Mars, Roman equivalent of AresMarsyas, a satyr 286Meadows of Asphodel 60, 277Medicine, The Birth of 250Medusa, a Gorgon 52Megala Kazania 110Meliae, nymphs of the manna-bearing ash tree 22, 28, 54Melissa, a nymph who introduced honey to Zeus 76Melops 265Melpomene, muse of tragedy 48Memnon 320Memphis 209Menoetius 54Mercury, Roman name for Hermes 110Mestra 248metamorphoses 82Methe 240Methymna, Lesbos 363Metieta 89Metis persued, then consumed by Zeus 81Metis, an oceanid and first spouse of Zeus 10, 44, 88, 89Metis's Potion 35Midas, King of Phrygia 383Minerva, Roman name for Athena 86Minos, King of Crete, and subsequently one of the Judges of the Underworld 143, 212, 301Miseria 17Mnemosyne, Titan Goddess of Memory 7, 11Moirai, The (Fates) 51Momos, God of Mockery, Scorn and Blame 18Moros, God of Doom 17, 43, 68, 149Morpheus 18Mors, Roman equivalent of Thanatos 19Muses, The 11, 46Music 363Mycene 189myrrh tree 327Mytikos 127Naiads, freshwater nymphs 53Narcissus 331Narthex 129Nectar 80Neikea, (not Ikea) out of Pandora's Jar (or Box), Quarrels 137Nemesis, Goddess of Retribution 18Nephele, cloud nymph in the image of Hera 258Neptune, Roman counterpart of Poseidon 64Nereids, sea nymphs 11, 53Nereus, a sea god 11, 349nightingales 101, 305Nilus, God of the Nile River 10, 209Ninus, King of Assyria 346Niobe, the Queen of Tears, daughter of Tantalus 261, 283Niobids, seven sons and seven daughters of Niobe 283Nisus, King of Megara 301Nyctimus 139Nymphs 53Nyx, Goddess of the Night 5, 61, 137oak tree 247, 379obolus, metal token or coin 276, 143Oceanids, water nymphs 10, 53Oceanus, Titan God of the Sea 7Oenomaus 351Oenone, Island of 270Oizys, Goddess of Misery, Anxiety, Grief, and Depression 17Old Father Time (Kronos) 56olive tree 86Olympians 68Olympus, Mount 68, 110Omphalos, navel-stone of Greece 97Oncaea, a nymph, mother of Arion 363Oneroi, spirits charged with making and bringing dreams 18Ophiuchus, constellation of (The Serpent Bearer) 255Oreads, mountain nymphs 53Ossa, Mount 259Othrys, Mount, home of the Titans during the Titanomachy 9, 16, 25, 31, 43, 68Otus 259Ouranos 22Ouranos emasculated 20Ouranos, Primordial God of the Sky 6Ovid 345owl 86Pactolus, River 389Pallas 87Pan 180Pan and Acis 349Pan and Apollo 390Pan, goat-footed Nature God 154Panacea, a daughter of Asclepius 253Pandia, daughter of Zeus and Selene 308Pandion of Phaestos, Crete 349Pandion, King of Athens 303Pandora, first woman created by the gods 132Pandora's Box (or Jar) 136Paphos, son of Pygmalion and Galatea III 359Parnassus, Mount 46, 97, 140parthenogenesis 5Pax, Roman name for Eirene 51Pegaeae 53Pelagon, King of Phocis 216Pelasgos 139Pelion, Mount 258Pelops, son of Tantalus 261Pelor 224Pentheus 227, 241Periander, tyrant of Corinth 363Persephone, goddess of the underworld and springtime 65, 149Petasus, Hermes' winged helmet 109Phaeton, son of Helios and Clymene, crashed the sun chariot 196Phantasos, one of the Oneroi, God of Surreal Dreams 18Philemon and Baucis 373Philomela, tongueless daughter of King Pandion, transformed into a nightingale 303Phlegethon, River of Fire in the Underworld 62Phlegon, one of the horses of the Golden Quadriga 202Phlegyantis, Kingdom of 250Phobetor, one of the Oneroi, God of Nightmares 18Phoebe, Titaness associated with the moon 7, 12, 81Phoebus Apollo 196Phoenix, son of King Agenor and Queen Telephassa, not the combusting bird 210Phonoi, out of Pandora's Jar (or Box), Murders 137Phorcys 52Phrixus, son of Athamas 260Phrygia, Kingdom of, Asia Minor 373, 382Phylira, an oceanid 258Pieria, Thessaly 46Pierian Spring, The Fount of all Wisdom 46Pierides 46Pithos 133Pleiades (Atlantides), The Seven Sisters 100Pleione, an Oceanid 100Pluto, Roman equivalent of Hades 61Podalirius, a son of Asclepius 253Polydorus 227Polyhymnia, muse of sacred music, dance, poetry, rhetoric, etc 49Polyphemus, another Cyclopes 349Pomegranate seeds 153Ponos, out of Pandora's Jar (or Box), Hardship 137Pontus, Primordial Sea God 5, 12, 52Poseidon regurgitated 38Poseidon, god of the sea, earthquakes, etc 27, 60, 62, 86, 259, 349, 363Potameides 53Pothos, one of the Erotes 157Praxithea 309Priapus 242Primordial Deities 5Procne, daughter of King Pandion, cooked son, transformed into a swallow 303Procris 309Prometheus and the creation of mankind 115Prometheus and the gift of fire 129Prometheus bound in chains 145Prometheus, a Titan 13, 44, 56, 83Propoetides, the daughters of Propoetus 352Propoetus 352Proserpina, Roman name for Persephone 149Proteus, Sea God, Old Man of the Sea 64Pseudea, out of Pandora's Jar (or Box), Lies 137Psyche and Eros (Cupid) 157, 160Punishment, Fields of 144Pygmalion, sculptor who fell in love with his statue 352Pyramus 345Pyrois, one of the horses of the Golden Quadriga 202Pyrrha and Deucalion, survivors of the Great Flood 138, 264Pythia, a priestess, the Oracle of Delphi 98Pythian Games 98Pytho (later Delphi) 98Python, dragon-like serpent 97Quadriga, Golden 202Rhadamanthus, one of the Judges of the Underworld 143, 212Rhea, Titan Goddess 7, 13, 25Rhesus, King of Thrace 48Rock, Sisyphus rolling the 280rose garden of Midas 384Salmacis, a naiad 154Salmoneus 264Sarpedon 212Saturn (Kronos) 56Scamander 306Scylla, Princess 302scythe 16, 38Second Order of Devine Beings 7Selene, Moon Goddess 209, 308Semele 227, 230Semiramis 346Senectus 17serpent 86Sestos, ancient Greek town 360Sibyl 98sickle 16Silenus 156, 238Silenus and Midas 384Silver Age, The 138, 154Sisyphus, eternally punished for his deceitfulness 264Skolio, The Heights of, on Mount Olympus 127Sky Father (Zeus) 58Smilax, a nymph adored by the boy Crocus, transformed into brambly vine 325Smyrna (Myrrhe or Myrrha) daughter and lover of King Theias, turned into a myrrh tree 325stag (Actaeon) 245Staphylos, King of Athens. Died of the first ever fatal hangover 240Stefani, on Mount Olympus 127Steropes, a Cyclopes 8Steropes, killed 254Stheno, a Gorgon 52Strymon 48Styx, Goddess and boundary river of the Underworld 11, 62Styx, River (Hate) 143swallow 305Symaethis, a river nymph, mother of Acis 349syrinx, pan pipes 390Talaria, winged sandals of Hermes 109Tantalus, King of Lydia 261Tarentum, Italy 363Tartarus, Primordial Diety/Place of the Dead 5, 14, 44, 57, 60, 282Telephassa, Queen 210Telesphorus, a son of Asclepius 253Tereus, King of Thrace, tricked into eating his son, Ictys. Turned into a hoopoe bird 303Terpsichore, muse of dance 49Tethys, Titan Goddess of Water 7Thalassa, Primordial Sea Goddess 6Thalia MkII one of the three Charities or Graces 50Thalia, muse of comic arts and idyllic poetry 49Thallo, one of the Horai #1, Goddess of Spring 51Thanatos and Sysyphus 271Thanatos, Personification of Death 19, 62, 143Thasos 210Thebes 224Theia, Titaness 7Theias, King of Cyprus 325Themis, Titaness of Devine Law and Order 7, 12, 51, 140Theseus 64Third Order, The 58Thisbe 345Thoosa, an oceanid 349Threesomes 50Throne, Enchanted 70thunderbolts 44, 56Timolus, mountain deity 391Tiresias, Theban seer 330Tisiphone (Erinys) Vengeance 22Titans, Clash of the 43Titans, The 7, 23, 31, 39, 54Tithonus 317Trident 64Triton, Sea God Messenger and Merman 64Tros, King of Troy 305Troy (Troad), Kingdom of 305Typhon 14, 62Tyro 265Udaeus 224Urania, muse of astronomy 50Uranium 24Ursa Major 303Valhalla 52Valkyries 52Vesta, Roman name for Hestia 58Voluptas, Roman name for Hedone 186Vulcan, Roman equivalent of Hephaestus 74Water Dragon, The 219Wedding of Zeus and Hera (and Aphrodite and Hephaestus) 75wine 239, 240Woman, Creation of 132xenia, the sacred duty of hosts towards guests 59, 256, 270, 378, 386Zephyrus, God of the West Wind 164, 324Zethus 225Zeus and Atlas 54Zeus and Selene 308Zeus and Semele 230Zeus and the Third Order 58Zeus, birth of 30Zona 160Hope this helps.

I loved Greek myths when I was a child, but I was far along in life when I discovered that children's versions are REALLY sanitized. I had been meaning to read adult versions of the myths for years and when I found this one by Stephen Fry, I knew that I was in for a great romp from the Elysian Fields to the House of Hades. This is a very witty and compelling retelling of the exploits of the deities, with footnotes and side comments that indicate how much Greek mythology continues to inform our lives today. How marvelous it must have been to have lived in a world where no matter how ghastly you might have been in your life, it is not a patch on what the gods have done and where you are expected to fall in love with the beautiful no matter what sex or species. Some pedants have complained that Mr. Fry has been selective in the stories he presents, but frankly what he gives us is far more than we mere mortals can be expected to absorb and remember on our first journey into this strange and marvelous world.

Stephen Fry is a great story teller. The mythology of Greece and the entertaining gods of Ancient Greece are brought to vivid life with Mr. Fry’s witty narrative. Enjoyable and charming.

I always loved listening to Stephen Fry... And I can't listen him on his writing. Easy to ready with a lot of interesting information but given on an unpretentious way.

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Good book. Funny and thrilling to read