The Greek Myths [Illustrated Edition]

The Greek Myths [Illustrated Edition] by Graves, Robert. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780385177900.

Captain Robert von Ranke Graves (1895 – 1985) was an English poet, soldier, historical novelist and critic. Graves produced more than 140 works in his lifetime. His poems, his translations and innovative analysis of the Greek myths has never been out of print. Since his first publication of the up-to-date retelling of the Greek Myths in 1955, he reached a vast world audience and is renowned for his scholarship and insight, wit and clarity. This edition adds illustrations by John Buchanan-Brown to complement the narrative with fine examples of Greek art and brings to life the age-old stories of gods and heroes that have played so important a part in literature, art and drama. The myths have been divided into seven sections: 1) In the Beginning, 2) The Olympians, 3) Of heroes, Gods, and Men, 4) Minos and Theseus, 5) Thebes and Mycenae, 6) Hercules, and 7) The Argonauts and Medea.