Jason and the Argonauts - Couverture souple

Stephanides, Menelaos

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9604250663 ISBN 13 : 9789604250660

Editeur : Sigma Publications, 2022

Synopsis

Jason, heir to the kingdom of Iolcus, has been pushed aside by the usurper Pelias. To win the throne, he agrees to voyage across unknown seas to Colchis and carry off the Golden Fleece, which brings men wealth and happiness...

"Jason and the Argonauts” is the first surviving account of a voyage by fearless seafarers, and it differs from other stories of its kind in that it comes to us from a time before recorded history. We are fortunate that this is so, for thus we hear it from the mouths of poets and story-tellers who were expert in their art. With their soaring imagination, they have wrought a tale which has held readers down the centuries with the same breathless delight which surely captivated those who first heard it from some minstrel’s lips, almost three thousand years ago.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Menelaos Stephanides (1923-2007), the author of 'Greek Mythology series', originally studied economics in Athens but his main preoccupation was writing. For more than twenty-five years he concentrated, with great success, on the retelling of ancient Greek myths, tirelessly studying the source materials to achieve his literary version of the many stories. Working with his brother, the artist and illustrator Yannis Stephanides, he wrote and published the 18-volume series 'Greek Mythology' for children, which was translated into several languages and later reissued as a pocket book for older readers. He then turned his attention to more recent Greek tradition, studying hundreds of folk tales the most appealing of which he retold in the highly successful 10-volume series 'Folk Tales from Greece'. Menelaos Stephanides' name is now familiar in many parts of the world, thanks to the translation of both his mythology and the folk tales into several foreign languages. In 1989 his book 'Jason and the Argonauts' was awarded two Pier Paolo Vergerio honourable distinctions by the University of Padua, while in 1998 his entire published work was recommended by the Hellenic Ministry of Education for inclusion in school libraries, having already long been recognised as a source of reference for publishers, the reading public and educationalists.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Jason, heir to the kingdom of Iolcus, has been pushed aside by the usurper Pelias. To win the throne, he agrees to voyage across unknown seas to Colchis and carry off the Golden Fleece, which brings men wealth and happiness... 'Jason and the Argonauts' is the first surviving account of a voyage by fearless seafarers, and it differs from other stories of its kind in that it comes to us from a time before recorded history. We are fortunate that this is so, for thus we hear it from the mouths of poets and story-tellers who were expert in their art. With their soaring imagination, they have wrought a tale which has held readers down the centuries with the same breathless delight which surely captivated those who first heard it from some minstrel's lips, almost three thousand years ago.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Sigma Publications
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9604250663
• ISBN 13: 9789604250660
• Reliure: Poche
• Illustrateur: Stephanides Yannis
• Nombre de pages: 256
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