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Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold
by Stephen Fry
Mythology
416 pages
Published November 2017, by Michael Joseph

From Goodreads: The Greek myths are the greatest stories ever told, passed down through millennia and inspiring writers and artists as varied as Shakespeare, Michelangelo, James Joyce, and Walt Disney.

They are embedded deeply in the traditions, tales and cultural DNA of the West. In Stephen Fry’s hands, the stories of the titans and gods become a brilliantly entertaining account of ribaldry and revelry, warfare and worship, debauchery, love affairs and life lessons, slayings and suicides, triumphs and tragedies.

You’ll fall in love with Zeus, marvel at the birth of Athena, wince at Cronus and Gaia’s revenge on Ouranos, weep with King Midas and hunt with the beautiful and ferocious Artemis.

Thoroughly spellbinding, informative and moving, Stephen Fry’s Mythos perfectly captures these stories for the modern age – in all their rich and deeply human relevance.

Given that Stephen Fry is one of my favorite humans, it’s a given that I would want to read any of his books. That he’s rewritten a collection of Greek myths just adds to the appeal. This is definitely a book I want to track down in 2020.