The Greek Myths (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Robert Graves - ISBN: 9780143106715
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Epic tales of gods and heroes, definitively retold for modern readers.

The Greek Myths (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

(Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

$64.70

  • Paperback

    832 pages

  • Release Date

    30 January 2017

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Summary

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 ele…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780143106715
ISBN-10:0143106716
Author:Robert Graves
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:832
Edition:De Luxe edition
Release Date:30 January 2017
Weight:916g
Dimensions:215mm x 147mm x 55mm
Series:Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions
About The Author

Robert Graves

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.

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