The whole panoply of Greek mythology retold in Fry’s inimitable voice. I hadn’t realized that the whole bunch of gods, godesses, demigods, nymphs, and naiads were such a petty, jealous, vindictive lot.
Stephen Fry’s Mythos was interesting because I’d never studied greek mythology before, and it was an okay introduction to it. I found it a bit of a slow going, something about milllenia-old stories not having all the hooks of a modern page-turner. But it was interesting connecting the dots on concepts that trace back all the way back.
Very well written. Fry does a great job of weaving the crazy stories into something more palpable. It does take a dip about 2/3rds of the way through, but other than that it's pretty good.
Excellent audio book! Stephen Fry did a great job putting all those myths together and his storytelling is great. It was a delight to listen to it.
