The Greek Myths: Volume One
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the primordial chaos of creation to the blood-soaked halls of Olympus, Robert Graves's The Greek Myths: Volume One is the definitive retelling of the foundational stories that shaped Western civilisation. This first volume chronicles the great cosmogonies, theogonies, and the lives of the earliest gods and heroes, presenting each myth with a scholar's precision and a poet's grace, drawing upon the full breadth of ancient sources from Hesiod to Pindar. Graves meticulously reconstructs the narrative fabric of ancient Greece, embodying the conclusions of modern anthropology and archaeology to situate each story within its historical and ritual context. What distinguishes this work from a mere anthology is Graves's audacious interpretive framework — his argument that many myths encode a pre-Hellenic, matriarchal religious order later suppressed by patriarchal invaders. His prose is simultaneously authoritative and lyrical, commanding the reader's attention across every account, however familiar or obscure. Whether one approaches The Greek Myths as a classical reference or as a work of profound literary and anthropological inquiry, Graves leaves an indelible question hanging in the air: how much of what we call myth was once, in another age, simply memory?
Author: Robert Graves
Format: Paperback
Genre: Myths & legends
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the primordial chaos of creation to the blood-soaked halls of Olympus, Robert Graves's The Greek Myths: Volume One is the definitive retelling of the foundational stories that shaped Western civilisation. This first volume chronicles the great cosmogonies, theogonies, and the lives of the earliest gods and heroes, presenting each myth with a scholar's precision and a poet's grace, drawing upon the full breadth of ancient sources from Hesiod to Pindar. Graves meticulously reconstructs the narrative fabric of ancient Greece, embodying the conclusions of modern anthropology and archaeology to situate each story within its historical and ritual context. What distinguishes this work from a mere anthology is Graves's audacious interpretive framework — his argument that many myths encode a pre-Hellenic, matriarchal religious order later suppressed by patriarchal invaders. His prose is simultaneously authoritative and lyrical, commanding the reader's attention across every account, however familiar or obscure. Whether one approaches The Greek Myths as a classical reference or as a work of profound literary and anthropological inquiry, Graves leaves an indelible question hanging in the air: how much of what we call myth was once, in another age, simply memory?