Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold
Stephen Fry
No one loves and quarrels, desires and deceives as boldly or brilliantly as Greek gods and goddesses. In Stephen Fry's vivid retelling we gaze in wonder as wise Athena is born from the cracking open of the great head of Zeus and follow doomed Persephone into the dark and lonely realm of the Underworld. We shiver when Pandora opens her jar of evil torments and watch with joy as the legendary love affair between Eros and Psyche unfolds. Mythos captures these extraodinary myths for our modern age - in all their dazzling and deeply human relevance.
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A nice and quick overview of some tales in Greek Mythology!
I liked the humor and learning about all of the linguistic stuff but it also feels like something was missing.
I'm not really a non-fiction reader and expected something more fiction-y (for some reason) and so reaading this was a really draining experience (except some tales). Getting through the stories I really wasn't interested in also was hard, it didn't feel like there was anything inside them to make them more enjoyable.
I'd even go as far and say most of the book lives because you already know certain stories and just want to read them again rather than learning new tales.
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