Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry’s Greek Myths, 1)

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Veyne, Paul (1988). Did the Greeks Believe in Their Myths? An Essay on Constitutive Imagination. (translated by Paula Wissing). University of Chicago. ISBN 978-0-226-85434-2. Therefore outfitted, she was shared to planet, and also presented to Epithemeus, that gladly accepted her, though warned by his brother to be careful of Jupiter [Zeus] and his gifts Epithemeus had in his residence a jar, in which were kept certain poisonous short articles, for which, in fitting man for his new house, he had actually had no occasion. Pandora was seized with an excited interest to understand what this jar had; and also eventually she slipped off the cover and looked in. Suddenly there ran away a wide variety of plagues for hapless man, – such as gout, rheumatism, and also colic for his body, and also envy spite, and retribution for his mind, – as well as spread themselves far and wide. Dialogue is Fry’s great strength, his wit demonstrated in the episode he has invented where an infant Artemis cajoles her “daddy” Zeus into promising her a whole series of presents. This enables Fry to explain her divine attributes: a bow and arrows, a short practical tunic, hunting dogs, choirs of maidens, protection from men and, of course, the moon. Fry’s gods and heroes exchange banter in an endearing style resembling his own posh but colloquial metropolitan argot. Indeed, despite his excellent knowledge of the topography of Greece, especially the Olympus mountains, that informs the narrative, the episodes themselves often feel as if they are set in north London: Cadmus and Harmonia, who Fry tells us today might be called an “iconic power couple”, watch the lethal combat between the Thebans sown from the dragon’s teeth “like a frantic parent on the touchline watching their son being squashed in a scrum”.

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I have finished this book and it is the best of 2022 so far and likely will stay that way. I say this because this book is a masterpiece and has made it into my all time favorite list. I cannot recommend this book enough as it is as vibrant as the Greek pantheon itself and Fry is not only very knowledgeable in the myths themselves but also in languages (that were greatly influenced by these myths) and history in general and you can feel the author's passion for these myths, his enthusiasm therefore being infectious. Moreover, he has a unique way of knowing just when and how to make you laugh, giving the overall retelling a lightness despite the heaviness of some stories.

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Archaeology and mythography have revealed influence from Asia Minor and the Near East. Adonis seems to be the Greek counterpart—more clearly in cult than in myth—of a Near Eastern "dying god". Cybele is rooted in Anatolian culture while much of Aphrodite's iconography may spring from Semitic goddesses. There are also possible parallels between the earliest divine generations (Chaos and its children) and Tiamat in the Enuma Elish. [85] [86] According to Meyer Reinhold, "near Eastern theogonic concepts, involving divine succession through violence and generational conflicts for power, found their way…into Greek mythology." [87] Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology. These stories concern the ancient Greek religion's view of the origin and nature of the world; the lives and activities of deities, heroes, and mythological creatures; and the origins and significance of the ancient Greeks' cult and ritual practices. Modern scholars study the myths to shed light on the religious and political institutions of ancient Greece, and to better understand the nature of myth-making itself. [1] Algra, Keimpe. 1999. "The Beginnings of Cosmology" in The Cambridge Companion to Early Greek Philosophy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-44667-9. Further information: Ancient Greek religion, Twelve Olympians, Family Tree of the Greek Gods, and List of Mycenaean gods Zeus, disguised as a swan, seduces Leda, the Queen of Sparta. A sixteenth-century copy of the lost original by Michelangelo. a b c Griffin, Jasper. 1986. "Greek Myth and Hesiod" in The Oxford Illustrated History of Greece and the Hellenistic World, edited by J. Boardman, J. Griffin, and O. Murray. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-285438-4. p. 80.

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a b c d e f g h i j k l Adkins, A. W. H.; Pollard, John R. T. (2002) [1998]. "Greek Mythology". Encyclopædia Britannica. NOW THE INSPIRATION FOR THE MYTHOS SUITE, STEPHEN FRY AND DEBBIE WISEMAN'S MUSICAL PRODUCTION OF FRY'S THRILLING RETELLINGS North John A., Mary Beard, and Simon R. F. Price. 1998. "The Religions of Imperial Rome" in Classical Mythology in English Literature: A Critical Anthology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-31682-8. p. 259.Mythology was at the heart of everyday life in Ancient Greece. [16] :15 Greeks regarded mythology as a part of their history. They used myth to explain natural phenomena, cultural variations, traditional enmities, and friendships. It was a source of pride to be able to trace the descent of one's leaders from a mythological hero or a god. Few ever doubted that there was truth behind the account of the Trojan War in the Iliad and Odyssey. According to Victor Davis Hanson, a military historian, columnist, political essayist, and former classics professor, and John Heath, a classics professor, the profound knowledge of the Homeric epos was deemed by the Greeks the basis of their acculturation. Homer was the "education of Greece" ( Ἑλλάδος παίδευσις), and his poetry "the Book". [58] Philosophy and myth Plato in Raphael's The School of Athens Woodward, Roger D., ed. (2007). The Cambridge Companion to Greek Mythology. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-84520-5.