Zeus, Gaia, Heracles, Medea, Pandora, Theseus and Odysseus: at the dawn of Western civilisation, long before the written word was commonplace, there were great stories of gods and goddesses, heroes and adventurers, monsters and magicians. These myths helped people make sense of the world around the..
"Like the constellations in the sky, words such as aphrodisiac, hubris, museum, galaxy and mentor each contain within them a story, if only you knew to look closely. This collection retells the myths behind common words and expressions in English, bringing to life the heroes, monsters and gods whose..
"Greek myth owes its immortality - often in many varied versions - to the fact that it was cultivated for at least fourteen centuries in the places where it was born by a host of epic, lyric and dramatic poets, who wished to make of it a vehicle for the ideals of the Greek world. Many typical fe..