Name: Mythos
Rating: 4.211261261261261 (111 reviews)
ISBN: 9786064006332

Stephen Fry

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Mythos

Rina

'A romp through the lives of ancient Greek gods. Fry is at his story-telling best . . . the gods will be pleased'

No one loves and quarrels, desires and deceives as boldly or brilliantly as Greek gods and goddesses. In Stephen Fry's vivid retelling, we gaze in wonder as wise Athena is born from the cracking open of the great head of Zeus and follow doomed Persephone into the dark and lonely realm of the Underworld. We shiver in fear when Pandora opens her jar of evil torments and watch with joy as the legendary love affair between Eros and Psyche unfolds. Mythos captures these extraordinary myths for our modern age - in all their dazzling and deeply human relevance.

A Retelling of the Myths of Ancient Greece

Vincent Osvald

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.

Teresa Bonifácio

"it starts with an empty universe"

I just loved this audiobook. Stephen Fry is an amazing narrator and tells the stories collected in a way that you can just stay listening for hours. 

This audiobook is great for those that want to learn, learn more or remember the greek mythology.

(Bre)anne✨

Shareca

If you are interested in Greek myths and constructs, this is the book for you. I found the narrative and prose was fantastic to read and interesting. Fry truly makes the content interesting and not dry or dense, to say the least. In many of these books, the narrative can be dry and underwhelming. You don't get the sense of "intriguing" when you read them, but I didn't get that here. It was written very nicely. The illustrations are beautiful as well.

Anna

Ce livre c’est absolument le must have de la mythologie. Qu’on soit expert ou total débutant dans le monde des mythes grecs, il FAUT le lire si on est un tant soit peu intéressé par eux. La façon d’écrire de Stephen Fry, sa façon de raconter les mythes à sa manière sans les changer ni les revisiter c’est juste dingue. Il arrive a ajouter une touche de modernité et de rire dans des mythes vieux de plusieurs millénaires. Sa façon d’écrire est incroyable et totalement entraînante. C’était mon plaisir de chaque jour de lire ce livre.

Ce livre englobe absolument tout ce qu’il y a à savoir et plus encore sur les mythes qui touchent aux dieux (création à partir du Chaos, rivalités avec les humains, amours, etc…). J’ai vraiment hâte mais alors vraiment vraiment que les tomes suivants sortent afin de pouvoir compléter tout ça, puisque le tome 2 est sur les héros des mythes, le 3 sur la Guerre de Troie et le 4 sur l’Odyssée. Avec ces 4 livres on englobe de A à Z les mythes grecs !!

Losbandigheid, lust en liefde, moord en doodslag, triomfen en tragedies; de Griekse mythen en sagen zijn wilder en woester dan het leven zelf. Deze verhalen bieden alles wat een lezer zich kan wensen. De oude Grieken inspireerden onder anderen Shakespeare, Michelangelo, James Joyce en Walt Disney. In de handen van Stephen Fry komen de verhalen opnieuw tot leven. We worden verliefd op Zeus, we aanschouwen de geboorte van Athena, we zien hoe Kronos en Gaia wraak nemen op Ouranos, we huilen met koning Midas en we jagen met de even beeldschone als meedogenloze Artemis. Stephen Fry haalt deze verhalen op uit de oudheid en geeft ze hun welverdiende plek in onze moderne tijd.

Wouter ter Keurs

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Charles Siboto

The manner in which Stephan Fry retells the Greek myths is quite charming and accessible to those who might not know the stories. I did find some parts tiresome, though. If you've read Neil Gaiman's Norse Gods you can't help but compare the two books and Gaiman's effort is superior by a stretch. Stephen Fry has made jokes that when Norse Gods got published he wanted to scrap his project thinking that Gaiman might also write a book about the Greek gods. I would have had a harder time getting through this book if I didn't go with the audio option narrated by Stephen Fry himself. One could listen to the man read the ingredients that make up shampoo and have a great time. It's not a terrible book but it's also not a great one.

Fraser Simons

While it glosses over some of the intricacies and brutal aspects of the mythology, it gains in brevity, excellent authorial voice, and a proclivity for actually landing jokes—a too rare thing. Narration from Fry is, of course, perfect. I’ve never heard a poor performance from him and this is his own material. It’s the most accessible way to consume this stuff imo.

Rachel ✨

Kelly Macquire

Cariena

Wat vind ik de Griekse mythologie toch mega interessant en leuk!! Stephen Fry schreef het leuk. Ik was ergens in het midden wel een beetje het verhaal kwijt, waardoor ik dat stuk wat minder leuk vond. Later kreeg ik de smaak weer te pakken en las ik het binnen een paar dagen uit. Ik ga zeker deel 2 lezen. Maar eerst even wat anders.

Iris

Katto

A nice and quick overview of some tales in Greek Mythology!
I liked the humor and learning about all of the linguistic stuff but it also feels like something was missing. 
I'm not really a non-fiction reader and expected something more fiction-y (for some reason) and so reaading this was a really draining experience (except some tales). Getting through the stories I really wasn't interested in also was hard, it didn't feel like there was anything inside them to make them more enjoyable. 
I'd even go as far and say most of the book lives because you already know certain stories and just want to read them again rather than learning new tales.

taryn

Love Greek mythology and Stephen Fry has done an incredible job of making these really interesting and fun. Listening to the audiobook could be a bit tricky since a lot of the names sound familiar, but if you have any knowledge of Greek mythology you should be able to keep up.

Rose Stanley

1. Greek mythology
2. A reteller who clearly enjoys Greek mythology
3. Plenty of asides about etymology
4. Encountering stories, or details that I hadn't previously
...obviously I devoured this.

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