Greek Mythology Book For Adults

ISBN-13: 9783565090075 / Angielski / Miękka / 2025 / 196 str.

Auke de Haan

Opis

Greek myths howl from storm-lashed peaks, where Zeus barters thunder for mortal favors, his eagle ripping livers daily while Hera simmers vendettas in peacock feathers. Olympus isn't a cloud spa-it's a den of divine dysfunction, Poseidon flooding grudges across wine-dark seas, Apollo's lyre cursing lovers to laurel trees, and Ares wading knee-deep in the gore he craves. These tales cut deep: Prometheus chained for playing fire-thief, his guts a daily feast for the gods' ego, a reminder that even immortals pay for pride in pieces.Heroes crash the chaos like uninvited guests: Odysseus outfoxing cyclops with sheepskin guile, his decade-long drift a masterclass in spite and survival, or Achilles sulking in his tent while Patroclus bleeds for borrowed armor. Medea's cauldron brews revenge thicker than blood, boiling uncles for a daughter's slight, while Theseus threads labyrinths only to abandon Ariadne on Naxos rocks. For adults chasing the chill of ancient psyches-fierce, flawed, fatalistic-these stories spill the wine: no morals, just the marrow of what makes us monsters and men.When Ragnarok's kin-the Gigantomachy-shakes the earth, gods grapple giants in a frenzy of fire and flood, birthing a world where hubris humbles the heavens. This book doesn't dust off the classics; it drags them kicking into the agora, lore that explains why we still toast to tragedy and fear the family dinner. Crack it if you're thirsty for the unvarnished vein of myth that bleeds eternal.

Greek myths howl from storm-lashed peaks, where Zeus barters thunder for mortal favors, his eagle ripping livers daily while Hera simmers vendettas in peacock feathers.