Other specifications: The Greek Myths (2 Volumes), Graves, Robert. It has no missing or damaged pages, and no visible creasing. Notes: These books and their slipcover are in very good condition, besides a smudge mark on the back of the slipcase and some minor corner wear to the volumes. Theses classic volumes present a treasure trove of extraordinary tales!Ĭondition: Very good Folio Society edition.Ĭover image: For illustration purposes only. Ideal for the first time reader, it can be read as a single, continuous narrative, while full commentaries, with cross-references, interpretations, variants and explanations, as well as a comprehensive index of names, make it equally valuable as a work of scholarly reference for anyone seeking an authoritative and detailed account of the gods, heroes and extraordinary events that provide the bedrock of Western literature. With a novelist’s skill and a poet’s eye, Graves draws on the entire canon of ancient literature, bringing together all the elements of every myth into one epic and unforgettable story. This deluxe two volume edition in a slipcase retells the labours of Hercules, the voyage of the Argonauts, Theseus and the minotaur, Midas and his golden touch, the Trojan War and Odysseus’s journey home. Robert Graves’s comprehensive retelling of the Greek myths has been regarded for over half a century as the definitive version.
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