Book Review: Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry’s Great Mythology, #1)
Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold by Stephen Fry
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Mythos is practically perfect in every way.
I’ve adored Greek mythology since I was a child. I’ve also always been utterly charmed by Stephen Fry. The combination of these two things was an absolute delight. Fry’s writing is a perfect marriage of class and sass, and he gives the original source material tremendous respect while never taking those sources or himself too seriously. Take this line, for instance:
“Gaia visited her daughter Mnemosyne, who was busy being unpronounceable.”
Isn’t that just the right mix of informative and snarky? And the amount of word origin Fry included in this book was absolutely perfect. I learned tons of fun facts to share with friends and family but was never inundated to the point of boredom.
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