Myths ~ Tales of the Greek and Roman Gods

DescriptionMyths~ Tales of the Greek and Roman Gods & goddesses is richly illustrated with representations of celestial heralds from ancient murals and pottery to the paintings of Gustav Klimt and Odilon Redon. Author and art historian Lucia Impelluso has drawn from a variety of sources. It includes the plays of Euripides and Aeschylus, the epics of Homer and Virgil, Aesop’s fables, Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Petrarch’s sonnets, and the works of Pindar, Sophocles, Plutarch, Pliny the Elder, and Bocaccio.Beginning with the stories of Earth’s creation and its early rulers, the Titans, Impelluso recounts the major episodes and figures of Greek and Roman mythology. With sections on the gods of the sky, the sea, the earth, and the underworld; the Fates and the Muses; monsters; human heroes; and the Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Aeneid.Here are beloved stories, retold and illustrated in a wonderful hardcover format.Hardcover Vintage 2008