This is Stephen Fry's retelling of some of the Greek Myths , not all of them but many, and its a lot of fun.
He gives us lots of conversation and doesn't shy away from the sex and violence that are intrinsic to the myths with many laugh out loud moments.
I've read the Robert Graves translation which is wonderful but as an introduction and easy read this is hard to beat.
The remarkable thing about the myths is the impact they have on our every day language the roots of many of our most common words, phrases and things are seen here for the first time. Good stuff
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