Mythos: 1 (Stephen Fry's Greek Myths)

I really enjoyed Frys collection of myths, reinterpreted into prose, and language easily digestible for a modern audience. He injects dry British humour throughout and his appendices providing background knowledge throughout were greatly appreciated.

Ancient Greek mythology has always fascinated me with all that beauty, chaos, pettiness, and drama but it's also previously confused me. Stephen Fry brings order to the madness. He gathers the best myths into a coherent narrative, adds a clear chronology, and shows how the gods connect, clash, and occasionally cooperate. It suddenly all feels readable rather than overwhelming. This is an easy, enjoyable book, helped massively by Fry's humour and wit. His retellings make the hierarchy of the gods feel accessible, without losing any of the grandeur or absurdity that makes Greek mythology so fun. My one niggle? The footnotes. I'm not a footnote person at all. They break the flow for me, and Fry uses them liberally. Not a deal-breaker, just a mild interruption. Overall, Mythos is absolutely worth picking up, especially with Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey now in cinemas.

I found this to be an enjoyable book, well written and the stories and myths intertwined at times. Lots of names, I didn’t try to remember them too much, many you will be familiar with. It’s more a book of short stories than a novel.

I really like how the stories were told. It made me think I went back in time and I was there.

I absolutely love the fun and slightly cheeky style that this book has been written. You can really feel a personality jumping out of the, sometimes difficult to follow, Greek mythology. I enjoyed the additional footnotes and the original way of trying to install some what of a time line.

There seems to be a lot of fervour around this series and especially this book so I picked it up after a recent trip to Athens. I found the writing to be a bit awkward to get into because it is neither wholly telling the story or discussing the context within which the stories were told, but instead opts to blend the two. Therefore, if you are expecting to pick this up primarily as a retelling of the Greek Myths you may struggle with it. The actual content is interesting and reasonably well written, but the stories often focus on one key aspect and gloss over other parts so it ends up carefully describing the beauty of a character, then when they meet their end it says something along the lines of "Zeus struck him down with a lightning bolt" or similar, which feels unceremonious which is a stylistic choice but didn't quite sit right with me. It's probably worth a read but anecdotally a couple of my friends have had to stop partway through the second book because they found it to be rather dull so your mileage may vary but I wasn't a huge fan.

This might help a few readers find their way around Mythos. A lot of the stories are real gems but finding them again can be quite an undertaking. I was so fed up with wads of bookmarks going astray I produced an index. The yarns about Arion, Melissa, Erysichton, etc are very popular in our house at the moment. Abydos, ancient city 359 Aceso, a daughter of Asclepius 253 Acheron, River (Woe) 62, 143 Acis, Sicilian shepherd boy 349 Actaeon, Theban hero and stag 244 Adamanthea, nymph 30 Admetus, King of Thessaly 254 Adonis, son of Smyrna, born of a weeping myrrh tree 325, 327 Aeacus, one of the Judges of the Underworld 143 Aegaeon (Briareos), Hecatoncheir 8 Aegina 270 Aegis 87 Aegyptus, King of Egypt 209 Aeolus 264 Aeos, one of the horses of the Golden Quadriga 202 Aether, God of Light 5 Aethon, one of the horses of the Golden Quadriga 202 Agave 227, 241 Agenor, King of Tyre 210 Aglaea, one of the three Charities or Graces 50 Alecto (Erinys), Remorselessness 22 Alexander the Great 383 Algos, out of Pandora's Jar (or Box), Pain 137 Alopex Teumesios, the Teumessian Fox 313 Amalthea, talking she-goat and nanny to Zeus 28, 30 Ambrosia 80 Ameinias and Narcissus 338 Ampelos, companion of Dionysus, trasformed into a grape vine 239 Amphidamus 216 Amphilogiai, out of Pandora's Jar (or Box), Disputes 137 Amphion, a son of Zeus 225, 283 Amphithea 269 Amphitrite 11, 64 Androktasiai, out of Pandora's Jar (or Box), Manslaughter 137 Anteros, one of the Erotes 157 Antiope 225 anvil, bronze, one of 14 Apate, personification of deceit 17 Aphrodite and Adonis 325 Aphrodite and Eos 317 Aphrodite and Hermes154 Aphrodite and Psyche 160 Aphrodite and the Propoetides 352 Aphrodite emerging from the sea 25 Apollo and Hyacinthus 324 Apollo and Arion 372 Apollo and Marsyas 288 Apollo and Midas 390 Apollo, birth of 92 Apollo, Coronis and his crow 250 Apple of Discord, Discordia's provocative wedding present that led to the Trojan War 18 Apuleius, Roman writer 160 Arachne, the weaver girl and proto-spider 292 Arc, vessel of the Great Flood 140 Arcas, son of Callisto and latterly Ursa Minor 303 Arch Psychopomp 142 Ares and Eos 317 Ares, God of War 69 Arestor 189 Arges, a Cyclopes 8 Arges, killed 254 Argus 191 Arion and the dolphin 363 Arion, a talking horse (not the notable musician) 65 Aristaeus 244 Aristides, King 160 arrows, golden, of Apollo 97 Artemis and Actaeon 244 Artemis, birth of 92 Asclepius, god of medicine 251 ash tree 22, 54 Asopos, a river God 225, 269 Asphodel, Meadows of 144 ass, ears of 391 Astrapos and Arguros 375 Athamas, King of Boeotia 260, 264 Athena and Arachne 292 Athena and Tiresias 330 Athena, delivered from Zeus's head 85 Athens 85 Atlantides, The Seven Sisters 100 Atlas and Gaia's curse 13 Atlas and Prometheus 56 Atlas, a Titan and father of the Pleiades (or Atlantides) 100 Atlas, ordered to hold up the sky by Zeus 54 Atropos, one of the Moirai (Fates) 51 auctoritas, authority or level of prestige (Latin) 67 Auloniades 54 aulos, double-piped reed instrument 286 Aunt Agatha 66 Aurora, Roman name for Eos 308 Autolycus 268 Autonoë 227, 241 Auxesia (Auxo), one of the Horai #1, Goddess of Summer 51 Babylon 345 Bacchae 241 Bacchus 241 Baucis and Philemon 373 Beroë 236 Blessed, Isles of the 144 Botrys 240 bow of Apollo 97 Briareos, Hecatoncheir 8 Brontes, a Cyclopes 8 Brontes, killed 254 Bull, The White, and Europa 210 Byron, Lord 361 Byzas 193 Cadmus (Kadmos) 210 Caduceus, Hermes' staff (Roman apellation) 109 Calanthe 160 Calliope, the muse of epic poetry 47 Callirrhoë 306 Callisto, princess, bear and subsequently Ursa Major 302 Calypso, an oceanid 11 Carpo, one of the Horai #1, Goddess of Autmn 51 Cassandra, Trojan prophetess 330 Caucasus Mountains 146 Cecropia, first King of Athens 86 Cenchreis, Queen of Cyprus 325 Centauros, son of Nephele 258 Centaurs 258 Cephalas 309 Cephissus, river god, father of Narcissus 331 Cerberus (Kerberos) Three-headed Hound of Hades 62, 145 Ceres, Roman equivalent of Demeter 65 Ceto 52 Chaos 3 Chariot, The, that takes Persephone to the Underworld 150 Charities, The (The Graces) 50 Charon, Ferryman of the Dead to the Underworld 18, 62, 143 Chest, Wooden, of Deucalion and Pyrrha 139 Chiron, a centaur 239, 244, 251, 258 chthonic, born/sprung from the earth 22, 97 Chthonius 224 Cilix 210 Cleitus 317 Clio, the muse of history 47 Clotho, one of the Moirai (Fates) 51 Cloud Gatherer (Zeus) 58 Clymene, an oceanid and mother of Atlas, Prometheus, etc 10,13, 44, 54, 138, 196 Cocytus, Stream of Lamentation and Wailing in the Underworld 62 Coeus, Titan of Intellect 7, 81 Cora (Persephone) 149 Corinth 363 Cornucopia, Horn of Plenty 32 Coronis, Princess 250 Cosmos 4 Cottus, Hecatoncheir 8 Creation of Mankind 119 Creon, Regent of Thebes 313 Crete, birthplace of Zeus 28 Cretheus 264 Crius, Titan 7, 12 Crocus, transformed into a flower 325 crows, white turned black 250 Cupid 157 Cyclades 91 Cyclopes 8, 23, 44, 56, 57, 64, 349 Cygnus 199 Cyllene, Mount, in Arcadia 100 Cynthia (Artemis) 95 Cynthos, Mount, Delos. Birthplace of Artemis and Apollo 91 Cyprus and the Propoetides, Pygmalion and Galatea III 352 Cyprus, arrival of Aphrodite 25 Damaris, Queen 160 Daphne, a naiad 351 Daphnis, Sicilian shepherd 352 Dardanelles or Hellespont 359 Dardanus 213 Death 19, 142 Deioneus, King of Phocis 257 Delos, floating island of, birthplace of Artemis and Apollo 91 Delphi in Phocis, navel of the Greek world 98, 140 Delphinus (The Dolphin) constellation 372 Demeter and Persephone abducted 149 Demeter devoured by Kronos 27 Demeter regurgitated 38 Demeter, birth of Arion (a colt) 65 Deucalion and Pyrrha, survivors of the Great Flood 138, 264 Dia, Princess 257 Diana, Roman equivalent of Artemis 95 Dike, one of the Horai #2, Goddess of Justice 51 Dione, hyade or rain nymph 261 Dionysus and Midas 385 Dionysus, born from Zeus's thigh 238 Dis 61 Discordia 18 dodecatheon, the twelve Olympians 67 dolphin 363 Doris, an oceanid 11, 349 dreams 18 dryads, tree nymphs 54 Dryope, a nymph 154 Dysnomia, out of Pandora's Jar (or Box), Anarchy 137 Earth Shaker (Poseidon) 64 Echidna, monster: half woman, half water snake 14, 62 Echion 224 Echo, an oread 333 Eirene, one of the Horai #2, Goddess of Peace 51 Electra 213 Elis 264 Elpis, of Pandora's Jar (or Box), Hope 137 Elysian Fields 144 Elysium 281 Emathion 320 Endymion, eternally slumbering shepherd 315 Eos, Titaness and goddess of the dawn 203, 308 Eos, Tithonus and Cleitus 317 Epaphus, son of Zeus and Io, taunter of Phaeton 193, 197, 209 Ephialtes 259 Ephyra (Corinth) 264 Epimetheus and Pandora 133 Epimetheus, Titan, brother of Prometheus 13, 44 Erato, the muse of lyric and love poetry 48 Erebus, Primordial God of Darkness 5, 60, 61, 137 Erechtheus 194 Erechtheus, first King of Athens 194, 309 Erechthonius, founder of Athens (see Erechtheus) 194 Erines 62 Erinyes or Eumenides, (The Furies) female chthotic deities of vengeance 22, 51 Eris, Goddess of Strife and Discord 18 Eros, one of the Erotes 157 Erotes 156, 157 Ersa (Hersa), daughter of Zeus and Selene 308 Erysichton, King of Thessaly 246 Eumeneia, Asia Minor 373 Eumenides (Erinyes) 22, 51 Eunomia, one of the Horai #2, Goddess of Law 51 Euphrosyne (Euthymia), one of the three Charities or Graces 50 Euripides, Athenian playwright 241 Europa 143 Europa, abducted by Zeus disguised as a white bull 210 Euryale, a Gorgon 52 Eurybia 12 Eurynome, an oceanid, mother of the Charities 50 Eurynomos, demon 145 Euterpe, the muse of music 48 Fates, The (Moirai) 51, 244 Fennel 129 Fire, The Gift of 129 First Order of Dieties 5 Flood, the Great 139, 264 Flora, Roman name for Thallo 51 Forgetfulness, Waters of 144 Fortunate Isles 144 Fraus, Roman equivalent of Apate 17 Furies, The (Erinyes) 22, 62 Gaia, Goddess of Earth (Mother Earth) 5, 141 Galatea III, statue sculpted by Pygmalion 355 Galatea, a nereid 349 Galetea II, mother of Pandion 349 Ganymede 306, 317 Geras, God of Old Age 17 Gigantes 22, 44 Gods, The 39 Golden Age, End of 137 Golden Age, The 126 golden fleece 260 Gordian Knot 382 Gordias, founder of Gordium and father of Midas 381 Gordium, city of, Phrygia 382 Gorgons 52, 87 Graces, The (The Charities) 50 Gratiae, Roman name for The Charities 51 Greek Sea or Dardanelles 359 Gyges, a Hecatoncheir 8 Hades and Persephone 149 Hades regurgitated 38 Hades, King of the Underworld 27, 61, 142 Halicarnassus 154 hamadryad, a type of dryad associated with a particular kind of tree 54, 247 Harmonia 213 Hecate, Titaness 150 Hecatonchires 8, 23, 44, 56 Hedone, daughter of Psyche, spirit of pleasure and delight 186 Hedylogus, one of the Erotes 157 Helicon, Mount 46 Helios, piqued at the Gates of Dawn 203 Helios, Titan 151 Helle, son of Athamas 260 Hellen, son of Deucalion and Pyrrha 264 Hellespont or Dardanelles 359 Hemera, Goddess of Daytime 5 Hephaestus, god of blacksmiths 68, 71, 83, 109, 254 Hera and Tiresias 330 Hera regurgitated 38 Hera, sister and wife of Zeus, goddess of marriage, family, etc 27, 66, 96 Hermaphroditus, son of Hermes and Aphrodite, one of the Erotes 154, 157 Hermes as Arch Psychopomp or chief conductor of souls 142 Hermes delivers Aphrodite to Epimetheus 133 Hermes fathers Pan and Hermaphroditus 154 Hermes, birth of the Messenger of the Gods, trickster, god of trade, thieves, travellers, etc 100 Hermes and Crocus 325 Hero, priestess of Aphrodite 360 Hesiod 43 Hesione, an oceanid 138 Hesperides, Garden of 204 208 Hesperides, Nymphs of the West/Sisters of the Evening 19 Hestia regurgitated 38 Hestia, Goddess of the Hearth 26, 58 Himeros, one of the Erotes 157 Hippocrene fountain 46 Hippolyte, maid to Smyrna 326 Honey 76 Horai, two sets of triplet daughters by Zeus and Themis 51 hubris 18, 283 Humankind, Creation of 118 Hyacinthus, struck by Apollo's discus and turned into a flower 324 Hydra 62 Hygieia, a daughter of Asclepius 253 Hymenaios, one of the Erotes 157 Hypaepae, in Kingdom of Lydia 292 Hyperenor 224 Hyperion, Titan God of Heavenly Light 7 Hypnos, God of Sleep 18 Hysminai, out of Pandora's Jar (or Box), Battles137 Iapetus, Titan God of Mortality 7, 13, 54 Iasion 213 Iaso, a daughter of Asclepius 253 Ichor, the blood of the gods 81 Ictys, son of King Tereus and Procne, transformed into a revenge stew 303 Ida, Mount, Crete, birthplace of Zeus 30, 154 Idmon, father of Arachne 292 Ilium, former name of Troy 306, 318 Illyrius, son of Cadmus and Harmonia 227 Ilos 306 Inachus, King of Argos 189 Ino 227, 241 Io 189 Iphimedia 259 Ixion, King of the Lapiths 256 Jar, Opening the 136 Jason and the Argonauts 260 Judges of the Underworld 143 Juno, Roman equivalent of Hera 66 Justina, Roman name for Dike 51 Karma 18 Kerberos (Cerberus) Three-headed Hound of Hades 62 Keres, female spirits of death, daughters of Nix 52 Keroessa 193 Kerykeion, Hermes' staff 109 Kithara, musical instrument, lyre 363 Kore (Persephone) 149 Kos 81 Kronos and the Titanomachy 44 Kronos and the sickle 15 Kronos, children of, regurgitated 38 Kronos, Titan, father of Zeus 7 Lachesis, one of the Moirai (Fates) 51 Ladon, a river god 351 Lailaps the wonderdog 312 Lampros 349 Laomedon, son of Ilus, King of Troy 317 Latona, Roman equivalent of Leto 90 Leander and Hero 359 Leimakides 54 Lerna, Lake, one of the entrances to the Underworld 62 Lesbos 363 Lethe, River, Waters of Forgetfulness in the Underworld 62, 144 Leto and Zeus, dispatched to the island of Delos 90 Leto of Kos, daughter of Titans Coeus and Phoebe 81 Letoides, Leto's twins Artemis and Apollo 99 Leucippos II, son of Oenomaus 351 Leucippos, daughter, and later son, of Galetea II and Lampros 350 Libya 209 lightning, bolt from the blue 254 lime tree 379 Limos, out of Pandora's Jar (or Box), Starvation 137, 247 linden tree 379 Liriope, a naiad, mother of Narcissus 331 Livia, wife of Emperor Augustus 90 Lottery, The 60 Lucifer 61 Luna, Roman name for Selene 308 Lycaon, King of Arcadia 139 Lydia, Kingdom of 292 lyre 106, 390 Machaon, a son of Asclepius 253 Maenads, female followers of Dionysus 241 Magaera (Erinys) Jealous Rage 22 Maia, an oread, mother of Hermes and associated with nurturing and midwives 100 Makhai, out of Pandora's Jar (or Box), Wars 137 Mankind, Creation of 119 manna 22, 54 Mars, Roman equivalent of Ares Marsyas, a satyr 286 Meadows of Asphodel 60, 277 Medicine, The Birth of 250 Medusa, a Gorgon 52 Megala Kazania 110 Meliae, nymphs of the manna-bearing ash tree 22, 28, 54 Melissa, a nymph who introduced honey to Zeus 76 Melops 265 Melpomene, muse of tragedy 48 Memnon 320 Memphis 209 Menoetius 54 Mercury, Roman name for Hermes 110 Mestra 248 metamorphoses 82 Methe 240 Methymna, Lesbos 363 Metieta 89 Metis persued, then consumed by Zeus 81 Metis, an oceanid and first spouse of Zeus 10, 44, 88, 89 Metis's Potion 35 Midas, King of Phrygia 383 Minerva, Roman name for Athena 86 Minos, King of Crete, and subsequently one of the Judges of the Underworld 143, 212, 301 Miseria 17 Mnemosyne, Titan Goddess of Memory 7, 11 Moirai, The (Fates) 51 Momos, God of Mockery, Scorn and Blame 18 Moros, God of Doom 17, 43, 68, 149 Morpheus 18 Mors, Roman equivalent of Thanatos 19 Muses, The 11, 46 Music 363 Mycene 189 myrrh tree 327 Mytikos 127 Naiads, freshwater nymphs 53 Narcissus 331 Narthex 129 Nectar 80 Neikea, (not Ikea) out of Pandora's Jar (or Box), Quarrels 137 Nemesis, Goddess of Retribution 18 Nephele, cloud nymph in the image of Hera 258 Neptune, Roman counterpart of Poseidon 64 Nereids, sea nymphs 11, 53 Nereus, a sea god 11, 349 nightingales 101, 305 Nilus, God of the Nile River 10, 209 Ninus, King of Assyria 346 Niobe, the Queen of Tears, daughter of Tantalus 261, 283 Niobids, seven sons and seven daughters of Niobe 283 Nisus, King of Megara 301 Nyctimus 139 Nymphs 53 Nyx, Goddess of the Night 5, 61, 137 oak tree 247, 379 obolus, metal token or coin 276, 143 Oceanids, water nymphs 10, 53 Oceanus, Titan God of the Sea 7 Oenomaus 351 Oenone, Island of 270 Oizys, Goddess of Misery, Anxiety, Grief, and Depression 17 Old Father Time (Kronos) 56 olive tree 86 Olympians 68 Olympus, Mount 68, 110 Omphalos, navel-stone of Greece 97 Oncaea, a nymph, mother of Arion 363 Oneroi, spirits charged with making and bringing dreams 18 Ophiuchus, constellation of (The Serpent Bearer) 255 Oreads, mountain nymphs 53 Ossa, Mount 259 Othrys, Mount, home of the Titans during the Titanomachy 9, 16, 25, 31, 43, 68 Otus 259 Ouranos 22 Ouranos emasculated 20 Ouranos, Primordial God of the Sky 6 Ovid 345 owl 86 Pactolus, River 389 Pallas 87 Pan 180 Pan and Acis 349 Pan and Apollo 390 Pan, goat-footed Nature God 154 Panacea, a daughter of Asclepius 253 Pandia, daughter of Zeus and Selene 308 Pandion of Phaestos, Crete 349 Pandion, King of Athens 303 Pandora, first woman created by the gods 132 Pandora's Box (or Jar) 136 Paphos, son of Pygmalion and Galatea III 359 Parnassus, Mount 46, 97, 140 parthenogenesis 5 Pax, Roman name for Eirene 51 Pegaeae 53 Pelagon, King of Phocis 216 Pelasgos 139 Pelion, Mount 258 Pelops, son of Tantalus 261 Pelor 224 Pentheus 227, 241 Periander, tyrant of Corinth 363 Persephone, goddess of the underworld and springtime 65, 149 Petasus, Hermes' winged helmet 109 Phaeton, son of Helios and Clymene, crashed the sun chariot 196 Phantasos, one of the Oneroi, God of Surreal Dreams 18 Philemon and Baucis 373 Philomela, tongueless daughter of King Pandion, transformed into a nightingale 303 Phlegethon, River of Fire in the Underworld 62 Phlegon, one of the horses of the Golden Quadriga 202 Phlegyantis, Kingdom of 250 Phobetor, one of the Oneroi, God of Nightmares 18 Phoebe, Titaness associated with the moon 7, 12, 81 Phoebus Apollo 196 Phoenix, son of King Agenor and Queen Telephassa, not the combusting bird 210 Phonoi, out of Pandora's Jar (or Box), Murders 137 Phorcys 52 Phrixus, son of Athamas 260 Phrygia, Kingdom of, Asia Minor 373, 382 Phylira, an oceanid 258 Pieria, Thessaly 46 Pierian Spring, The Fount of all Wisdom 46 Pierides 46 Pithos 133 Pleiades (Atlantides), The Seven Sisters 100 Pleione, an Oceanid 100 Pluto, Roman equivalent of Hades 61 Podalirius, a son of Asclepius 253 Polydorus 227 Polyhymnia, muse of sacred music, dance, poetry, rhetoric, etc 49 Polyphemus, another Cyclopes 349 Pomegranate seeds 153 Ponos, out of Pandora's Jar (or Box), Hardship 137 Pontus, Primordial Sea God 5, 12, 52 Poseidon regurgitated 38 Poseidon, god of the sea, earthquakes, etc 27, 60, 62, 86, 259, 349, 363 Potameides 53 Pothos, one of the Erotes 157 Praxithea 309 Priapus 242 Primordial Deities 5 Procne, daughter of King Pandion, cooked son, transformed into a swallow 303 Procris 309 Prometheus and the creation of mankind 115 Prometheus and the gift of fire 129 Prometheus bound in chains 145 Prometheus, a Titan 13, 44, 56, 83 Propoetides, the daughters of Propoetus 352 Propoetus 352 Proserpina, Roman name for Persephone 149 Proteus, Sea God, Old Man of the Sea 64 Pseudea, out of Pandora's Jar (or Box), Lies 137 Psyche and Eros (Cupid) 157, 160 Punishment, Fields of 144 Pygmalion, sculptor who fell in love with his statue 352 Pyramus 345 Pyrois, one of the horses of the Golden Quadriga 202 Pyrrha and Deucalion, survivors of the Great Flood 138, 264 Pythia, a priestess, the Oracle of Delphi 98 Pythian Games 98 Pytho (later Delphi) 98 Python, dragon-like serpent 97 Quadriga, Golden 202 Rhadamanthus, one of the Judges of the Underworld 143, 212 Rhea, Titan Goddess 7, 13, 25 Rhesus, King of Thrace 48 Rock, Sisyphus rolling the 280 rose garden of Midas 384 Salmacis, a naiad 154 Salmoneus 264 Sarpedon 212 Saturn (Kronos) 56 Scamander 306 Scylla, Princess 302 scythe 16, 38 Second Order of Devine Beings 7 Selene, Moon Goddess 209, 308 Semele 227, 230 Semiramis 346 Senectus 17 serpent 86 Sestos, ancient Greek town 360 Sibyl 98 sickle 16 Silenus 156, 238 Silenus and Midas 384 Silver Age, The 138, 154 Sisyphus, eternally punished for his deceitfulness 264 Skolio, The Heights of, on Mount Olympus 127 Sky Father (Zeus) 58 Smilax, a nymph adored by the boy Crocus, transformed into brambly vine 325 Smyrna (Myrrhe or Myrrha) daughter and lover of King Theias, turned into a myrrh tree 325 stag (Actaeon) 245 Staphylos, King of Athens. Died of the first ever fatal hangover 240 Stefani, on Mount Olympus 127 Steropes, a Cyclopes 8 Steropes, killed 254 Stheno, a Gorgon 52 Strymon 48 Styx, Goddess and boundary river of the Underworld 11, 62 Styx, River (Hate) 143 swallow 305 Symaethis, a river nymph, mother of Acis 349 syrinx, pan pipes 390 Talaria, winged sandals of Hermes 109 Tantalus, King of Lydia 261 Tarentum, Italy 363 Tartarus, Primordial Diety/Place of the Dead 5, 14, 44, 57, 60, 282 Telephassa, Queen 210 Telesphorus, a son of Asclepius 253 Tereus, King of Thrace, tricked into eating his son, Ictys. Turned into a hoopoe bird 303 Terpsichore, muse of dance 49 Tethys, Titan Goddess of Water 7 Thalassa, Primordial Sea Goddess 6 Thalia MkII one of the three Charities or Graces 50 Thalia, muse of comic arts and idyllic poetry 49 Thallo, one of the Horai #1, Goddess of Spring 51 Thanatos and Sysyphus 271 Thanatos, Personification of Death 19, 62, 143 Thasos 210 Thebes 224 Theia, Titaness 7 Theias, King of Cyprus 325 Themis, Titaness of Devine Law and Order 7, 12, 51, 140 Theseus 64 Third Order, The 58 Thisbe 345 Thoosa, an oceanid 349 Threesomes 50 Throne, Enchanted 70 thunderbolts 44, 56 Timolus, mountain deity 391 Tiresias, Theban seer 330 Tisiphone (Erinys) Vengeance 22 Titans, Clash of the 43 Titans, The 7, 23, 31, 39, 54 Tithonus 317 Trident 64 Triton, Sea God Messenger and Merman 64 Tros, King of Troy 305 Troy (Troad), Kingdom of 305 Typhon 14, 62 Tyro 265 Udaeus 224 Urania, muse of astronomy 50 Uranium 24 Ursa Major 303 Valhalla 52 Valkyries 52 Vesta, Roman name for Hestia 58 Voluptas, Roman name for Hedone 186 Vulcan, Roman equivalent of Hephaestus 74 Water Dragon, The 219 Wedding of Zeus and Hera (and Aphrodite and Hephaestus) 75 wine 239, 240 Woman, Creation of 132 xenia, the sacred duty of hosts towards guests 59, 256, 270, 378, 386 Zephyrus, God of the West Wind 164, 324 Zethus 225 Zeus and Atlas 54 Zeus and Selene 308 Zeus and Semele 230 Zeus and the Third Order 58 Zeus, birth of 30 Zona 160 Hope this helps.

An entertaining and interesting book about ancient Greek mythology written in a style that is recognisable as Stephen Fry (if you've ever watched him on QI). Originally, I had been looking for a book on ancient Greek mythology that was written in a modern way and would be both easy to understand and fluid and I think this book fulfilled those criteria. I had read books on Ulysses (Odysseus I think he's also known as), Theseus, Hercules, Jason and the Argonauts and Perseus as well as seeing a few films about said characters (although they are not really covered in this book because as Fry mentions you would need several books to tell their stories) and so wanted to find a book that tells other myths such as the creation of the Greek Gods, the Titans and some of the less well known characters in Greek myth such as Prometheus, Sisyphus, Persephone, but because I am not a classics scholar I didn't really feel that I would particularly enjoy reading translated ancient texts so this book was just about right and ideal for what I wanted. Fry does use some complicated words (although he'd probably recommend I use a dictionary) but I still found this to be, on the whole, easily understandable, a great read and it ticked all the boxes for what I was looking for. Fry's writing style is (as I'd imagine the man himself to be) charming, intelligent and informative with a sense of wit and of course there are plenty of footnotes as he adds extra bits of information as he tells the stories. Also, he does add a sources section at the end of the book for those who wish to delve further which I think is an excellent idea. I would recommend this book to anyone who has an interest about ancient Greek mythology (although not sure if it's ideal for children), especially if you want to learn about the Greek Gods, the Titans and the many myths and stories associated with them but rather than using this as a definitive guide it should be seen as an entry point to a fascinating subject.

Funny and well written, an absolute must for any fan of mythology.

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A releitura feita pelo autor é sensacional!!!

1. Libro arrivato in perfette condizioni e un paio di giorni prima del previsto. 2. La mitologia greca ri-raccontata con umorismo e semplicità! Se poi conosci la voce di Stephen Fry, lo leggi con le sue voci in mente! Non potevo non acquistare anche i seguiti! (4 libri in tutto, si conclude con l’odissea)

Such a nice book! I like how the myths were told with the author's comedic and funny storytelling. It is so interesting to learn how random things and concepts nowadays rooted from names of gods and goddesses. It's easy to understand and the words used are not that complicated.