ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΜΥΘΟΛΟΓΙΑ (ΑΓΓΛΙΚΑ)

The myths of the twelve gods, the lesser gods, the heroes - both pahelleic ad local - ad the mythical campaigs, as they were recorded by the aciet Greeks ad described by their poets, are brought alive i this book ad trasport the reader ito a echated fatasy world. Gods ''i the image ad likeess'' of ma, with weakesses ad passios but at the same time all-powerful, radiat, immortal ad ageless. Heroes who are huma but have ivicible physical stregth ad are fearless ad self-sacrificig. Zoomorphic lesser diviities, oe-eyed Cyclops, Cetaurs with horses' bodies, hermaphrodite beigs ad terrible mosters - all these touch the imagiatio, etertai ad educate; they are the very begiigs of Europea civilizatio. The richest mythology i the world is recouted i a easily uderstadable way, ad lavishly illustrated with represetatios both from the art of aciet Greece ad from works datig from the Middle Ages, the Reaissace ad moder times, provig that it has ever ceased to be a source of artistic ispiratio. Zeus, Hera, Athea, Aphrodite, Apollo, Herakles, Theseus, Achilles all quickly passed beyod the borders of Greece to costitute a uiversal model for stregth, wisdom ad beauty.