Overview
From the same series as Abramsā successful Saints and Angels comes Myths: Tales of the Greek and Roman Gods, richly illustrated with representations of these celestial heralds from ancient murals and pottery to the paintings of Gustav Klimt and Odilon Redon.
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Author and art historian Lucia Impelluso has drawn from a variety of sources, including the plays of Euripides and Aeschylus, the epics of Homer and Virgil, Aesopās fables, Ovidās Metamorphoses, Petrarchās sonnets, and the works of Pindar, Sophocles, Plutarch, Pliny the Elder, and Bocaccio.
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Beginning with the stories of Earthās creation and its early rulers, the Titans, Impelluso recounts the major episodes and figures of Greek and Roman mythology, with sections on the gods of the sky, the sea, the earth, and the underworld; the Fates and the Muses; monsters; human heroes; and the Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Aeneid. Here are beloved stories, retold and illustrated in a wonderful, giftable format.
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This book title, Myths (Tales of the Greek and Roman Gods) (Miniature Edition), ISBN: 9780810971448, by Lucia Impelluso, Rosanna Giammanco, published by Abrams (September 1, 2008) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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