Cu mult timp în urmă, în Itaca, o insulă mică, stâncoasă, aflată nu departe de coasta apuseană a Greciei, trăia un rege, pe nume Laerte. Oamenii spuneau că Itaca „seamănă cu un scut aşezat pe mare”, ceea ce ne poate duce cu gândul la o ţară cu relief plat. Dar nu era aşa. Pe vremea aceea, scuturile

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

A decent read for anyone who'd love to be familiar with Greek mythology. It felt more of a children's book and a bit flat at times but it was thoroughly enjoyable so I didn't mind. I wasn't very familiar with Greek mythology before I picked this book but after I read it I could pick The Odyssey and

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

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

هذا الكتاب كانت قراءته تحدي بحد ذاته استغرق مني شهرين تقريبا .. كتاب دسم وممتع استمتعت بجو الاساطير وأحسب انني استفدت من لغة الكتاب الانجليزية.

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.