Tales of Troy and Greece

Name: Tales of Troy and Greece
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Andrew Lang
ISBN: 9781441799715

Author: Andrew Lang

Narrator: Frederick Davidson

Unabridged: 8 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Published: 08/30/2011

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

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 Jasons quest for the Golden Fleece with the help of the princess Medea.

About Andrew Lang

Andrew Lang (1844–1912), Scottish man of letters educated at the Edinburgh Academy, St. Andrews, and Balliol College, Oxford, became a prolific and versatile London journalist. He took a leading part in the controversy with Max Müller and his school about the interpretation of mythology and folk tales. He published several volumes of verse and several solid contributions to the study of the philosophy and religion of primitive man. He also wrote the four-volume History of Scotland, A History of English Literature, and many fairy-tale collections, as well as works on Homer, Joan of Arc, Scott, Lockhart, Mary Stuart, John Knox, Prince Charlie, Tennyson, and others.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ramón on June 14, 2019

It is a good summary of mythology tales. My edition is superbly illustrated by H.J. Ford which made the reading very delightful. It is true that some things of the myths are not described here. Because the book is addressed to a young public. Andrew Lang does a great job of compilation and as a storyt......more

Goodreads review by Andrei on March 12, 2017

Varianta moderna, in proza, a Iliadei lui Homer. In schimb, Andrew Lang il pune in centrul actiunii sale nu pe legendarul Ahile, ci pe Ulise din Itaca.......more

Goodreads review by Elisabeth on July 10, 2012

This book should probably be 3 stars, but I feel like giving 4. *Shrugs* Is that strange? Anyway... Tales of Troy and Greece starts with the boyhood of Odysseus (Ulysses in this version) and sums up the siege of Troy as well as the story of the Odyssey. It then moves on to the tale of Jason, then The......more

Goodreads review by Eve on July 16, 2017

It's a good book, but the constant references to other topics relating to England get annoying as they have really no reason to be in there. Also referring to Odysseus as Ulysses, when you are talking about him in his Greek form but refer to him in his Roman is annoying as hell. But maybe thats just......more

Goodreads review by Valentine on December 08, 2024

The writing was very dry and seemed to focus on the least interesting bit of the plot. Something really mundane would get paragraphs of description dedicated to it and then Perseus would kill Medusa in a single sentence.......more