The Greek Myths: Volume 1 - Softcover

Graves, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140010262 ISBN 13: 9780140010268

Publisher: Penguin, 1990

Synopsis

Endymion, Pelops, Daedalus, Pygmalion – what are the stories behind these and the hundreds of other familiar names from Greek mythology – names that recur throughout the history of European culture?

In a two-volume work that has become a classic reference book for both the serious scholar and the casual inquirer, Robert Graves retells the adventures of the important gods and heroes worshipped by the ancient Greeks.

Drawing on an enormous range of sources, he has brought together all the elements of every myth in simple narrative form, supplying detailed cross-references and indexes. Each entry has a full commentary which examines problems of interpretation in both historical and anthropological terms, and in the light of contemporary research.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert Graves was born in 1895 in Wimbledon. He went from school to the First World War, where he became a captain in the Royal Welch Fusiliers and was seriously wounded at the Battle of the Somme. He wrote his autobiography, Goodbye to All That, in 1929, and it was soon established as a modern classic. He died on 7 December 1985 in Majorca, his home since 1929.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0140010262
• ISBN 13: 9780140010268
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384