by Roger Lancelyn Green
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This book presents the great stories of the heroic age - "Dionysus", "Heracles", "Theseus", "The Quest for the Golden Fleece", and many more.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 An interesting weave of danger, suspense and excitement., 2008-12-24
Roger Lancelyn Green, has been able to paint a beautiful anthology of the Greek heros in almost perfect chronological order. The stories are lucid, and Green's enthusiasm gives the book a clear sense of direction up to The Tale of Troy Divine.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 Well done!, 2008-11-04
Groger Lancelyn Green retells the stories of the ancient Greek Heroes in a way that lends detail and continuity to those stories we have all heard. I had several "oh...that is how it hooks together" moments while reading.
The actual reading level is probably appropriate for a 5th-6th grader, but the style and story-telling will grasp the attention of an older reader. This book would also be a fabulous "read-aloud" for a younger audience with interest in the Greek Heroes.
Roger Green is obviously passionate about this subject and his passion shines through and grabs the reader. This is one the better books I have ever read about the ancient Greek heroes.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
 Book starts on page 233, 2007-07-03
I order this book and when it arrived the first page was 233. I asked Amazon for a new book and they sent one immediately. The only problem is that it too started on page 233. Not want to go through the hassle again I ask for and was granted a refund. I just wish they would insure the books they send are not misprints.
0 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Tales of the Greek Heroes: Retold From the Ancient Authors (Puffin Classics), 2006-11-03
Green is deeply knowledgable of the myths-scholarly so- yet he presents same with simple clarity and I-want-to-know-what-happens-next suspence. Superb introductions to the myths for younger first-time myth readers. Behind the action suspence looms the enormous meanings of the archtypes which are implanted for memories' later work of 'reminding' the understanding as life experiences reflect them.
Orders the myths for further ease of understanding.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Wonderful rendering by a true master of literature, 2005-12-31
Roger Lancelyn Green was a true expert of classic literature and ancient mythology. Green was also good friends with C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Lewis's stepson Douglas Gresham (who recently co-produced the Disney production of THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE). So, Roger Lancelyn Green ran in literary circles.
Furthermore, Roger Lancelyn Green thoroughly studied all the ancient mythologies from around the world. He knew them inside and out. But unlike most other like-minded scholars, Green chose to bring these stories home for children. Such he has done with Norse mythology, Egyptian mythology, Robin Hood, Arthurian legend, and of course, Greek mythology.
Green's book TALES OF THE GREEK HEROES is nothing short of exciting and fun to read. It's simple enough that a child can understand it and complex enough that an adult reader will not be bored by it. In it are such exciting stories as the adventures of Perseus the Gorgon-slayer (also depicted in the 1981 film CLASH OF THE TITANS) and all the labors of Hercules (or Heracles). The book concludes with the fall of Troy, which gives way to Green's two follow-up books THE TALE OF TROY and THE LUCK OF TROY.
I also highly recommend Roger Lancelyn Green's KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE.
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