STEP INTO ANOTHER WORLD - OF MAGIC, MAYHEM, MONSTERS AND MANIACAL GODS - IN STEPHEN FRY'S MOMENTOUS SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, MYTHOS

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

Discover Stephen Fry's magnificent retelling of the greatest myths and legends ever told . . .
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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.

If you're enthralled by the magic of Greek mythology you'll love Fry's follow-up book HEROES, with tales of mortals and monsters, quests and adventures . . .
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NOW THE INSPIRATION FOR THE MYTHOS SUITE, STEPHEN FRY AND DEBBIE WISEMAN'S MUSICAL PRODUCTION OF FRY'S THRILLING RETELLINGS

'A head-spinning marathon of legends' Guardian

'An Olympian feat. The gods seem to be smiling on Fry - his myths are definitely a hit' Evening Standard

'An odyssey through Greek mythology. Brilliant . . . all hail Stephen Fry' Daily Mail

'A rollicking good read' Independent

SHORTLISTED FOR A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD

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The Greek myths are told to you here by the ever-soothing voice of Stephen Fry, who takes you from Zeus to Athena with his typical humour. The Greek gods of the past become relatable as pop culture, modern literature and music are woven throughout. It is joyfully informal yet full of the literary legacy threaded through so much of the tapestry of contemporary Greece, The Guardian

Wit and erudition are impressively evident . . . Read by Fry with his accustomed ebullient showmanship [he] gives the legends modern resonance by telling them with a contemporary colloquial twist' -- AUDIOBOOK of the WEEK, The Times

Mythos is the best thing he's written since his superb first novel . . . it is entertaining and edifying - one cannot really ask for more than that, The Telegraph

Fry's lively writing certainly conveys his lifelong passion for Greek myths . . . It's a rollicking good read, The Independent

Fry reimagines the Greek myths with wit, warmth and humanity, bringing them into the modern age. A welcome addition to any bookshelf, Book Bag

Mythos is Stephen's vivid retelling of the Greek myths. Bringing to life the Gods, monsters and mortals of Ancient Greece, he reimagines their astonishing stories for the modern world., Express and Star

Perfect for the 21st Century. Ebullient, funny, Fry retells the Greek myths with elegance , The Times

A wondrous new immersion in ancient stories we only thought weknew. Page to page, Mythos is brilliant, funny, erudite, inventive, surprising and enthralling -- Richard North Patterson, -

[Fry] exhibits prodigious learning, a great facility with words, and enormous erudition and enthusiasm , Mail on Sunday

Lively, humorous and intimate, this retelling has real charm , The Guardian --This text refers to the audioCD edition.

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One of the most imaginative minds alive retells the greatest stories in history - the Greek Myths. --This text refers to the audioCD edition.

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Publisher: Penguin; 01 edition (2 November 2017)
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Christian Todd

learned a lot about the greek myths that gets referenced in various movies and sayings like the Midas touch I have heard over the years

Reviewed in Australia on 27 December 2017

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I downloaded the audible version with the book. learned a lot about the greek myths that gets referenced in various movies and sayings like the Midas touch I have heard over the years. Stephen fry has a fantastic voice over style that can make what could be dry narrative very entertaining

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Nate

Humour + Greek mythology = Mythos

Reviewed in Australia on 8 February 2019

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Take Stephen Fry's dry humour, and combine it with his fascination of Greek mythology, and this book is the final product. This is the type of book that I know i will read again, and I look forward to reading again, as it was so well written.

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Inman

Stephen Fry is a wonderful storyteller!

Reviewed in Australia on 4 May 2019

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Stephen Fry is a wonderful storyteller and has a delightful voice bringing the Greek myths to life. I thoroughly enjoyed Mythos and learnt new things about the Greek myths that I did not know. I have just purchased the audio version of Heroes, Stephen's newest book on Ancient Greek mythology and I am looking forward to hearing it, and I am sure it will be as enjoyable as Mythos.

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Dave Roden

A witty, splendidly written and thoroughly reseached book. ...

Reviewed in Australia on 11 March 2018

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A witty, splendidly written and thoroughly reseached book. Not so much a reference work along the lines of Robert Graves' volumes on the same subject - there is no index - more a fascinating continuous chronological narrative with many a nod along the way to the debt our modern world owes to these tales.

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It's all Greek to me - and that's not a bad thing

Reviewed in Australia on 7 January 2019

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Stephen Fry retells the Greek myths in an appealing and approachable way, much as an avuncular uncle might school his nephews.

A cracking read and a great introduction to further thoughts upon the tales within.

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Amanda Derham

Engaging, enthralling and informing

Reviewed in Australia on 6 July 2019

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Imaginative retelling of Classical Greek myths by Steven Frey make the stories accessing and memorable. Thoughtful footnotes illuminate the story and references to historians and literary greats, such as Ovid, Shakespeare and Byron, make the book a treasure trove for the interested amateur.

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Michelle Birkette

A pleasure to listen to. Good stories too.

Reviewed in Australia on 14 May 2019

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As usual, listening to Steven Fry narrate an audiobook is a pleasure—and it’s so easy to listen to the Greek myths when told with a modern voice and modern language.

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Miss Thommo

Filled the Gaps with giggles.

Reviewed in Australia on 9 April 2019

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A fun and funny light hearted retelling of the greek myths from start to end. I thoroughly enjoyed dipping into this book and reading both the stories I know and those less well known to me. It filled in the gaps of my classical education and made sense of the Greek pantheon.

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D. Lye

Go back to the originals

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 November 2018

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A real disappointment, especially from a writer as good and witty as Stephen Fry. This is twee, patronising, and feels as if it was written in a hurry to meet a publisher's deadline. Fry's efforts to make these great myths seem more modern and relevant read like a trendy vicar trying to "hang out" with the kids in his parish.

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Fry's Greek Delight

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 November 2018

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An entertaining and interesting book about ancient Greek mythology written in a style that is recognisable as Stephen Fry (if you've ever watched him on QI). Originally, I had been looking for a book on ancient Greek mythology that was written in a modern way and would be both easy to understand and fluid and I think this book fulfilled those criteria. I had read books on Ulysses (Odysseus I think he's also known as), Theseus, Hercules, Jason and the Argonauts and Perseus as well as seeing a few films about said characters (although they are not really covered in this book because as Fry mentions you would need several books to tell their stories) and so wanted to find a book that tells other myths such as the creation of the Greek Gods, the Titans and some of the less well known characters in Greek myth such as Prometheus, Sisyphus, Persephone, but because I am not a classics scholar I didn't really feel that I would particularly enjoy reading translated ancient texts so this book was just about right and ideal for what I wanted.
Fry does use some complicated words (although he'd probably recommend I use a dictionary) but I still found this to be, on the whole, easily understandable, a great read and it ticked all the boxes for what I was looking for. Fry's writing style is (as I'd imagine the man himself to be) charming, intelligent and informative with a sense of wit and of course there are plenty of footnotes as he adds extra bits of information as he tells the stories. Also, he does add a sources section at the end of the book for those who wish to delve further which I think is an excellent idea.
I would recommend this book to anyone who has an interest about ancient Greek mythology (although not sure if it's ideal for children), especially if you want to learn about the Greek Gods, the Titans and the many myths and stories associated with them but rather than using this as a definitive guide it should be seen as an entry point to a fascinating subject.

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A fun read but needs an index!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 May 2018

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This book is written in an accessible, user-friendly way (I am a complete beginner with Greek mythology!) but there are a few omissions which would make it much more easy to read:
An INDEX of characters
A more extensive diagram of how the hundreds of characters are related to eachother
A glossary.
I also thought that the last few chapters are slightly disorganised.
There are a few typo's and duplications as well, giving the impression it was thrown together at the last minute.
I hope the author and publisher take this into consideration for future editions.

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Kev Ramsay

Interesting for many reasons, that anyone will enjoy

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 September 2018

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Really enjoyed reading this book. It wasn't what I was after but I liked it all the same. I read the Illiad and the Odyssey and really loved the style of writing and the exciting story lines. This book is more an exposé of the many Greek gods, but written by Steven Fry in his own inimitable way. Ancient myths written in modern language.
Its interesting and enjoyable and does a good jobs of put as much as possible together in a single book without ever making you feel this it is study material for an exam.
I'd definitely recommend

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Cj81

Myths Busted !!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 February 2019

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Okay so being a massive fan of Greek mythology and the like this caught my eye on here on my recommendations home page so I purchased and wasn't disappointed. Although not very over the top exciting I just couldn't put it down reading the exploits of Zeus and His wife Hera. Stephen Fry is very eloquent with his wording as the man's posh himself. Haha. A canny read so give it a go. Each to their own opinion and the world won't end if you don't like it. 😊

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walton

A great read of the Greek Myths

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 July 2018

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A very entertaining and informative read. Stephen Fry is an excellent story teller who tells the story of the Greek Myths most informatively.

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James Simon

Enchanting!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 August 2018

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Stephen Fry tells these stories with passion, emphasising their humanity and injecting a reshreshingly non heteronormative perspective.

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stuart

Awfully written, ignore if you like mythology

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 December 2018

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I really enjoy reading about mythology, especially Greek mythology, but this was written awfully! The way he interprets the gods talking to each other is like listening to two 9 year olds arguing, do juvenile and stupid. Highly recommended avoiding this!

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Knownic

Steven Fry brings them to life in a light hearted humorous manner.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 August 2018

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I enjoyed getting to know about the Greek myths and gods which have mostly seemed very remote and academic till Steven Fry brings them to life in a light hearted humorous manner.

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Interesting and Informative but Annoying

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 December 2018

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Is this Stephen Fry's bid to become accepted as a "national treasure"? If so he must try harder. I realise that Mr Fry has made a career out of being arch and a little bit patronising, in a mildly amusing way, but here it conflicts with the subject matter. Do you want an insight into the Greek Myths? I remember being quite impressed by Robert Graves treatment of this matter some years ago and can, therefore, recommend it. This piece of twaddle - not so much.

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r p cloudsley - daughton

brilliant, smutty

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 April 2018

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brilliant, smutty, interesting and educational. whats best is the way stephen fry writes you can hear him reading you the book in your head.

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Char Louise

A modern spin on classic myths told in Fry's unique voice

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 March 2019

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I’m into mythology but so far have focused more on Norse mythology, so for a while I’d been wanting to read more of Greek mythology. I knew of the classic myths such as Pandora’s box, but the account of the creation of the world and of humanity was new to me and was fascinating. I found it especially interesting how many of the stories, recounted by Greek philosophers before the rise of Christianity, have similar biblical counterparts. While the book – as Fry states in the introduction – doesn’t aim to go into the meaning and interpretation of the myths, there were still intriguing historical and geographical comments that made me think. There are some modern references as he puts his own spin and humour into the classic tales.

I found the book slightly hard to get into and concentrate on, for various reasons: I wanted to read all the footnotes as I was interested, but that did mean breaking off from the main text and losing the flow. Also, because of the nature of mythology being short tales and anecdotes, I didn’t get absorbed in the story in the same way you do with a novel. But, neither of these things reflect badly on the author, it’s just the nature of the subject. He did try to structure the book so that it is as cohesive and easy to follow as possible, but with mythology it’s never going to be a direct linear tale. The other thing was the sheer amount of names thrown in – it was impossible to remember who was who and who was the parent of who and what powers they had – but, again, I guess that’s just the nature of mythology.

I would like to read the second book, Heroes, but I’ll have a break in between!

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Janna

So Disappointing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 February 2019

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I can't tell who this book is written for. The language pitches and dives from complex to very basic as though it is in part written for adult audiences and then for small children. It comes across as a series of incomplete thoughts. I did not enjoy and wish I could get my money back.

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Ken johns

Brilliant

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 June 2018

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Really enjoying this book, amazing how much of the language and stories are still alive in modern day words, expressions and philosophy.

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Don't purchase the Audio

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 February 2019

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I purchased this book with the audio version, and to be honest as wonderful as the narrator is, I honestly wish I hadn't. The audio version is missing many paragraphs of the book, has different odd words and missing many sentences. It actually causes a lot of issues if you're trying to use the two together in sync, as it's impossible most of the times. If you're a reader who uses the audio takes to help absorb the information within a book, then I wouldn't recommend wasting your money purchasing it.
As a standalone book it's very good and a very interesting read, which I would recommend.

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