内容简介
ThegoldstandardinGreekmythology,inadazzlingGraphicDeluxeEditionwithanewintroductionbythebestsellingauthorofthePercyJacksonandtheOlympiansseriesFromthecreationoftheworldoutofChaosandthebirthoftheOlympianstotheTrojanWarandOdysseus'sreturn,RobertGraves'ssuperbretellingoftheGreekmythshaslongbeenacclaimedasthedefinitiveedition.Gravesdrawsonsourcesscatteredthroughoutancientliterature,usinganovelist'sskilltoweaveacrisp,coherentnarrativeofeachmythandprovidingcommentarieswithcross-references,interpretations,andexplanationsbasedonsolidscholarship.Theresultisaclassicvolumeofmanyofthegreateststoriesevertold—storiesofthegods,heroes,andextraordinaryeventsthatinspiredHomer,theGreektragedians,andsomuchofsubsequentEuropeanliterature.
作者简介
RobertGraves(1895–1985)istheauthorofthehistoricalnovelI,Claudius,theclassicwarmemoirGoodbyetoAllThat,andmorethan140otherpublishedworks,includingtranslationsofHomerandSuetoniusforPenguinClassics.RickRiordanisthe#1NewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorofthePercyJacksonandtheOlympiansseries.Morethantwentymillioncopiesofhisbooksareinprint.RiordanlivesinSanAntonio,Texas.RossMacDonaldisanillustrator,comic-bookartist,andcontributingeditoroftheVirginiaQuarterlyReviewwhoseillustrationshaveappearedinTheNewYorker,VanityFair,Newsweek,andTime,amongothermagazines.HelivesinConnecticut.