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  • Published: 30 October 2017
  • ISBN: 9780241982358
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 784
  • RRP: $35.00

The Greek Myths

The Complete and Definitive Edition




Definitive, comprehensive and unparalleled - a fresh look for Graves's classic retelling of the Greek Myths

Including many of the greatest stories ever told - the labours of Hercules, the voyage of the Argonauts, Theseus and the minotaur, Midas and his golden touch, the Trojan War and Odysseus's journey home - Robert Graves's superb and comprehensive retelling of the Greek myths for a modern audience has been regarded for over fifty years as the definitive version.

With a novelist's skill and a poet's eye, Graves draws on the entire canon of ancient literature, bringing together all the elements of every myth into one epic and unforgettable story. Ideal for the first time reader, it can be read as a single, continuous narrative, while full commentaries, with cross-references, interpretations, variants and explanations, as well as a comprehensive index of names, make it equally valuable as a work of scholarly reference for anyone seeking an authoritative and detailed account of the gods, heroes and extraordinary events that provide the bedrock of Western literature.

The result is a classic among classics, a treasure trove of extraordinary tales and a masterful work of literature in its own right.

  • Published: 30 October 2017
  • ISBN: 9780241982358
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 784
  • RRP: $35.00

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Praise for The Greek Myths

Among the most generous, self-willed, unseemly and brilliant writers of our century

New York Times
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