Greek Mythology: A Traveller's Guide from Mount Olympus to Troy - Hardcover

Stuttard, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0500518327 ISBN 13: 9780500518328

Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2016

Synopsis

The Greek myths have a universal appeal, reaching far beyond the time and physical place in which they were created. But many are firmly rooted in specific settings: Thebes dominates the tragedy of Oedipus; Mycenae broods over the fates of Agamemnon and Electra; Knossos boasts the scene of Theseus slaying of the Minotaur; Tiryns was where Heracles set out from on each of his twelve labours. Here, the reader is taken on a tour of 22 destinations in Greece and Turkey, from Mount Olympus to Homer s Hades, recounting the tales from Greek mythology and the history associated with each, evoking their atmosphere and highlighting features that visitors can still see today. Drawing on a wide range of Classical sources, with quotations newly translated by the author and freshly illustrated with specially commissioned drawings, this book is both a useful visitor s guide to famous sites connected with Greek mythology and an enthralling imaginative journey for the armchair traveller.

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Review:

Ordered geographically, this is a friendly and intelligent guide, which serves well as a general introduction to Greek mythology. It would also make for a gratifying travel companion, offering easy on-site access to beautiful and relevant quotations from ancient literature. --Minerva

Provides extra travel perspective. --Wanderlust

David Stuttard does the smart and enticing thing of taking the best - and strangest - of the Greek myths and helps us both to unpack them, and to live them, as the ancients themselves did ... enchanting and life-enhancing. --Bettany Hughes

This book is the result of wide-ranging research into the mythology and history of the sites described and brings together these two components in an original and entertaining way. The style is easy-going and accessible, and the subject matter is treated with considerable humour. --British Museum Magazine

About the Author:

David Stuttard taught in Edinburgh, St. Andrews and York, and has written numerous books including A History of Ancient Greece in Fifty Lives and, along with Sam Moorhead, The Romans Who Shaped Britain.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0500518327
• ISBN 13: 9780500518328
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272