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Tales of the Greek Heroes: Retold From the Ancient Authors (Puffin Classics)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 292.13
EAN: 9780140366839
ISBN: 0140366830
Label: Puffin
Manufacturer: Puffin
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: March 01, 1995
Publisher: Puffin
Reading Level: Young Adult
Studio: Puffin
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Rating:  - Book starts on page 233
I order this book and when it arrived the first page was 233. I asked Amazon for a new book and they sent one immediately. The only problem is that it too started on page 233. Not want to go through the hassle again I ask for and was granted a refund. I just wish they would insure the books they send are not misprints.
Rating: - Tales of the Greek Heroes: Retold From the Ancient Authors (Puffin Classics)
Green is deeply knowledgable of the myths-scholarly so- yet he presents same with simple clarity and I-want-to-know-what-happens-next suspence. Superb introductions to the myths for younger first-time myth readers. Behind the action suspence looms the enormous meanings of the archtypes which are implanted for memories' later work of 'reminding' the understanding as life experiences reflect them.
Orders the myths for further ease of understanding.
Rating:  - Wonderful rendering by a true master of literature
Roger Lancelyn Green was a true expert of classic literature and ancient mythology. Green was also good friends with C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Lewis's stepson Douglas Gresham (who recently co-produced the Disney production of THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE). So, Roger Lancelyn Green ran in literary circles.
Furthermore, Roger Lancelyn Green thoroughly studied all the ancient mythologies from around the world. He knew them inside and out. But unlike most other like-minded ... Read More
Rating: - Tales of greek heros
I reaky enjoyed this book because they have all the best myths and stories. Also it has some myths that i dident even know existed like the gods vs. the giants. Over all I realy loved this book.
Rating: - Really captures the heart of Greek Myth
This book is among the best myhology books I have ever read. It is expanded to the best and most popular of Greek Myths. For example, The Labors of Hercules, The Quest for the Golden Fleece and more.
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