Greek Mythology - The Age of Heroes: A Collection of Myths and Legends of Monsters, Quests & the Trojan War — Reader's Edition (Folklore, Myths & Legends) by Claudia Renberg

Perseus. Heracles. Theseus. Jason and the Argonauts. Odysseus and Achilles. Five heroic arcs. Five legends. One complete story. The complete retelling of ancient Greece's greatest hero myths, told in powerful literary prose. Sourced from Homer, Apollodorus, Plutarch and the ancient mythographers, with all the darkness and beauty intact. FIVE HEROIC ARCS. ONE COMPLETE BOOK: Perseus: Thrown into the sea as an infant. Flew to the edge of the world. Came back with the impossible thing: Medusa's head. Heracles: The strongest man alive, destroyed by Hera's wrath, given twelve labors to earn back his soul. Theseus: Built Athens. Walked into the labyrinth and killed the Minotaur. Lost everything in the end. The Argonauts: Jason, Medea, the Golden Fleece, and one of the most devastating endings in all of mythology. The Trojan War: Achilles. Hector. Odysseus. The fall of Troy and the ten years after it. THE RETELLING SERIOUS READERS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR. Nothing is softened. Nothing is skipped. Medusa's story includes what happened to her before Perseus arrived. The Heracles story does not skip the fire. Medea does not look away. Written for adult readers who want Greek mythology treated like the serious literature it always was. Every story sourced directly from the ancient texts. Every hero given the full weight of what their myth actually contains. Read more