Myth. Greek myths in retelling. Fry S.

Someone will ask, they say, why do we need the next arrangement of Greek myths and legends? Firstly, old stories live in retelling, that is, they do not stomake and do not turn into dogma. Secondly, Greek mythology is rich in material, which, up to the second half of the twentieth century, even among the sungaters of antiquity - artists, sculptors, poets - sometimes caused girlish bashfulness. Now finally the time has come in an adult way, with interest and healthy to perceive the myths of the ancient Greeks - without bills and allotted to the eyes. And to whom, if not Stephen Frand, to do it? Thirdly, Fry does not try to interpret the stories he hesitated. And not because he has no opinion about them - he simply honestly retells, and delights in meaning to anthropologists and philosophers. Fourth, yes, all these stories can be found in hundreds of books on ancient Greece. But Fry reinstall the bouquet of them, his book is a kind of ikebana. You can look at the flowers, branches, sticks and vases separately in a flower store, but humanity still draws up and buys bouquets. Read this book, in addition to the obvious entertaining and restraint, is also worth shaking dust from children's memories of the kun and its “legends and myths of ancient Greece”, put in order the family tree of the gods and heroes, which have probably been confused in your head for a long time as well as recall the mythogenic geography of Greece: where was what was, who ran where and where he hid. Fry's book is a great way to get into ancient Greece, and at the same time, it should have fun: Fry's style is an invariable guarantee of a real reader adventure.