MEN AND GODS: MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF THE ANCIENT GREEKS

'Men and Gods' brings together the novelist and scholar Rex Warner’s knack for spellbinding storytelling with Edward Gorey’s inimitable talent as an illustrator in a memorable modern recounting of the most beloved myths of ancient Greece. Writing in a relaxed and winning colloquial style, Warner vividly re-creates the classic stories of Jason and the Argonauts and Theseus and the Minotaur, among many others, while Gorey’s splendid pen-and-ink sketches offer a visual interpretation of these great myths in the understated but brilliantly suggestive style that has gained him admirers throughout the world. These are stories that are perfect for bedtime reading to younger children but that will appeal equally to children with greater reading skills. The book covers the range of the Greek myths, from tales of creation (Deucalion and Pyrrha) to those of famous heroes and monsters (Perseus and Medusa), cautionary stories of excessive ambition (Icarus) and of love (Cupid and Psyche) to the tragic history of Oedipus and his family. 'Men and Gods' is a delightful book with which to discover some of the key stories of the world literature.