Mythos - smart, funny, and above all great fun - is the retelling we deserve by a man who has been entertaining the nation for over four decades. The Greek gods are the best and worst of us, and in Stephen Fry's hands they tell us who we are. Experience the terrible and endless fate of Prometheus after his betrayal of Zeus and shiver as Pandora opens her jar of evil torments. Witness Athena born from the cracking open of Zeus's great head and follow Persephone down into the dark realm of Hades. Stephen Fry - who fell in love with these stories as a child - retells these myths for our tragic, comic, fateful age. They are like us, only more so - their actions and adventures scrawled across the heavens above, from the birth of the universe to the creation of humankind. No one loves and quarrels, desires and deceives as boldly and brilliantly as Greek gods and goddesses. 'Wit and erudition are impressively evident. © Stephen Fry 2017 (P) Penguin Audio 2017 In this sequel to the bestselling Mythos, legendary author and actor Stephen Fry moves from the exploits of the Olympian gods to the deeds of mortal heroes. 'A head-spinning marathon of legends' Guardian Read by Fry with his accustomed ebullient showmanship gives the legends modern resonance by telling them with a contemporary colloquial twist' - AUDIOBOOK OF THE WEEK - The Sunday Times If you're enthralled by the magic of Greek mythology you'll love Fry's follow-up books HEROES and TROY, with tales of mortals and monsters, quests and adventures. Read by Stephen Fry himself, Mythos captures these extraordinary myths for our modern age - in all their dazzling and deeply human relevance. Listen with joy as the legendary love affair between Eros and Psyche unfolds.

Shiver in fear when Pandora opens her jar of evil torments. 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. No one loves and quarrels, desires and deceives as boldly or brilliantly as Greek gods and goddesses.

STEP INTO ANOTHER WORLD - OF MAGIC, MAYHEM, MONSTERS AND MANIACAL GODS - IN STEPHEN FRY'S MOMENTOUS SUNDAY TIMES AND AUDIBLE BESTSELLER, MYTHOSĭiscover Stephen Fry's magnificent retelling of the greatest myths and legends ever told.

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