Tales of Troy and Greece
by Andrew Lang
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Master storyteller Andrew Lang draws on his classical learning to recount Homeric legends of the wars between the Greeks and the Trojans. Paris, the lovely Helen of Troy, Achilles, Hector, Ulysses, the Amazons, and the Wooden Horse all figure in this magical introduction to one of the greatest legends ever told. Also included in this book are the adventures of Theseus and his dramatic battle with the Minotaur, as well as Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece with the help of the princess Medea.Tags
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This was a fun read. The translations were slightly different from others I’ve read and heard, so it was refreshing to read this. Andrew Lang did a good job in making these tales easy to read and understand without having to read the actual (original) stories if one doesn’t want to (I’ll get around to the rest of the stories on their own at some point - I’ve already read the Iliad and the Odyssey). I highly recommend this as a read.
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Andrew Lang was born at Selkirk in Scotland on March 31, 1844. He was a historian, poet, novelist, journalist, translator, and anthropologist, in connection with his work on literary texts. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy, St. Andrews University, and Balliol College, Oxford University, becoming a fellow at Merton College. His poetry includes show more Ballads and Lyrics of Old France (1872), Ballades in Blue China (1880--81), and Grass of Parnassus (1888--92). His anthropology and his defense of the value of folklore as the basis of religion is expressed in his works Custom and Myth (1884), Myth, Ritual and Religion (1887), and The Making of Religion (1898). He also translated Homer and critiqued James G. Frazer's views of mythology as expressed in The Golden Bough. He was considered a good historian, with a readable narrative style and knowledge of the original sources including his works A History of Scotland (1900-7), James VI and the Gowrie Mystery (1902), and Sir George Mackenzie (1909). He was one of the most important collectors of folk and fairy tales. His collections of Fairy books, including The Blue Fairy Book, preserved and handed down many of the better-known folk tales from the time. He died of angina pectoris on July 20, 1912. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original publication date
- 1907
- Important events
- Trojan War
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- Fiction and Literature
- DDC/MDS
- 398.2093801 — Society, Government, and Culture Customs, etiquette & folklore Folklore & Folktales Folk literature History, geographic treatment, biography Folklore of the ancient world Folklore of ancient Greece
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- PZ8.1 .L25 .T17 — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- Languages
- English, Romanian
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 35
- ASINs
- 11
