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'As soon as the Cyclops had fallen into a drunken sleep, the wine having been untempered with water, Odysseus and his remaining companions heated the stake in the embers of the fire, then drove it into the single eye and twisted it about . . . 'Classicist and poet Robert Graves's superb two-volume retelling of the Greek myths for a modern audience has been regarded for over fifty years as the definitive version. Drawing on the entire canon of ancient literature, Graves weaves together all the elements of every myth into a single harmonious narrative. Ideal for the first time reader, it is also accompanied by commentaries, cross-references, variants and explanations that make it equally valuable as a work of scholarly reference. The result is a dazzling and comprehensive account of the gods and monsters, the heroic feats and appalling tragedies of ancient Greece, many of them among the greatest stories ever told. In this second volume, Graves recounts the tragedies of Oedipus, Iphigineia and Medea, the labours of Hercules, the voyages of Odysseus, the adventures of Jason and the Argonauts, the epic story of the Trojan War, as well as many, many others.… (altro)
The second volume of Grave's Greek Myths delves into the more familiar myths. It is fascinating to read about the variant and contradictory versions of the gods/heroes, and one wonders how one version beat out the rest. The book also makes it obvious how fluid and changeable is Myth. What interests me most are the actual rituals and rites associated with particular god cults, which Graves only briefly mentions. I suppose James Frazer's The Golden Bough is the place to find such things. What strikes one about these Greek deities as well as the Old Testament god is how humans are merely playthings and a means of assuaging their own vanity -- none of them (the deities) really care what happens to the humans, except temporarily if there is lust or infatuation involved. It seems that humanity felt a need to justify the vicissitudes of fate and nature by creating immortal beings against whom we are all powerless. ( )
The Greek myths have always been some of my favorites to visit over and over again. Robert Graves a fantastic job in telling them in a way modern readers. And the way he breaks down the myths also makes them easier to understand as well, which I highly appreciated. ( )
I understand Graves sometimes inserted his own ideas into this instead of reporting the traditional version. Personally I prefer his retelling for children. ( )
Laius, son of Labdacus, married Iocaste, and ruled over Thebes.
Dopo la morte di Ippodamìa Piritoo indusse Teseo, la cui moglie Fedra si era poco tempo prima impiccata, a recarsi con lui a Sparta per rapire Elena, sorella dei Dioscuri Castore e Polideuce.
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I have suggested the possible circumstances of its composition in another novel: "Homer's Daughter".
Altri affermano che Penelope generò Pan da Ermete e che Odisseo sposò una principessa etolica, la figlia del re Toante; ebbe da lei Leontofono, il più giovane dei suoi figli, e morì serenamente a tarda età.
'As soon as the Cyclops had fallen into a drunken sleep, the wine having been untempered with water, Odysseus and his remaining companions heated the stake in the embers of the fire, then drove it into the single eye and twisted it about . . . 'Classicist and poet Robert Graves's superb two-volume retelling of the Greek myths for a modern audience has been regarded for over fifty years as the definitive version. Drawing on the entire canon of ancient literature, Graves weaves together all the elements of every myth into a single harmonious narrative. Ideal for the first time reader, it is also accompanied by commentaries, cross-references, variants and explanations that make it equally valuable as a work of scholarly reference. The result is a dazzling and comprehensive account of the gods and monsters, the heroic feats and appalling tragedies of ancient Greece, many of them among the greatest stories ever told. In this second volume, Graves recounts the tragedies of Oedipus, Iphigineia and Medea, the labours of Hercules, the voyages of Odysseus, the adventures of Jason and the Argonauts, the epic story of the Trojan War, as well as many, many others.
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Prima della scienza, prima della religione, c'è il mito. Modo ingenuo, fantasioso e spregiudicato di spiegare l'origine delle cose e degli uomini, gli usi, i costumi e le leggi. Robert Graves è riuscito a rianimare questa materia, restituendocela con tutto il suo splendore. 'I Miti Greci' ha un pregio fondamentale: si snoda con sveltezza e col brio di un racconto ben scritto, di una rievocazione partecipe e disincantata al tempo stesso di un mondo incantato e incantevole.
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