See Atalanta - who was raised by bears - outrun any man before being tricked with golden apples. Join Jason aboard the Argo as he quests for the Golden Fleece. In this companion to his bestselling Mythos, Stephen Fry brilliantly retells these dramatic, funny, tragic and timeless tales.
The tone is once again a high one and Stephen never loses his hold over the story at any time or place throughout the novel.In this companion to his bestselling Mythos, Stephen Fry gloriously retells the epic myths of the Greek heroes - which will be loved by young and old alike.įew mere mortals have ever embarked on such bold and heart-stirring adventures, overcome myriad monstrous perils, or outwitted scheming vengeful gods, quite as stylishly and triumphantly as Greek heroes. Pegasus for example the black horse with wings, one of Zeus’ favorite joins the battle as it is tamed in order to kill Chimera, the monster that has been eating up gods and humans for centuries. The main god of this tale is Jason the one who is in search of the Golden Fleece and is willing to go beyond the boundaries of his godly powers to get the job done.Īgain the writer introduces several of the mythical creatures that really attract the attention of millions every time they appear on the scene. The enemies are also not human they are monsters with evil plots of their own.
These gods engage themselves in battles that are unique and charismatic. Here again once again the heroes are Greek which means that most of them are gods or demigods that are not always immortal but they surely die hard. At the later stages we also read about Midas and his legend as well. This is the second volume of the Mythos series, a series that reminded us about old gods especially Zeus. For this purpose he narrates such novels himself so that he can achieve maximum perfection in his task. Perhaps he wants to give these forgotten stories a modern and easy language so that they can become famous once again. It has been Stephen Fry’s habit to add the classics in his novels, the writer always try to give these old stories a new meaning.
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