Lucilla Burn Bücher

Commissioned by the Fitzwilliam Museum to celebrate its bicentenary in 2016.

Here retold in all their dramatic power are some of the most exciting and influential of all Greek myths: the epic struggle of the Trojan War, the wanderings of Odysseus, the tragic destiny of Oedipus, and the heroic adventures of Herakles, Theseus, Perseus, and Jason. The author introduces the complex pantheon of Olympian gods and goddesses, describing their attributes, genealogies, and often comic relationships, and illustrates the personalities and their stories by drawing upon the artistry of the ancient culture which created them. A concluding chapter reviews the powerful and continuing imaginative legacy of Greek myth, from Botticelli to Freud.

Der Inhalt umfasst zentrale Mythen der griechischen Antike, darunter die Taten des Herakles, die Abenteuer des Theseus, den Trojanischen Krieg, die Geschichte des Odysseus sowie die Erzählungen über Iason, Medea, Perseus, Medusa und Ödipus.