{"product_id":"myths-in-minutes-by-neil-philip-9781786485175","title":"Myths in Minutes","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe world's great fables, sagas, and legends dramatically retold.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMyths are the greatest stories ever told.\u003c\/b\u003e Passed down over millennia, they are the templates for all our stories, with their eternal themes of creation and destruction, fate and cunning, heroism and cruelty, sensuality and war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRetold here are nearly 200 myths—from Prometheus defying Zeus to create man to the destruction of Troy; and from valiant battles against Frost Giants and Cyclopes to the heroic quests for the Golden Fleece and Holy Grail—each including a commentary on their origins, common themes, and meanings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCompellingly written, concise, and with each myth illustrated with an iconic image, \u003ci\u003eMyths in Minutes\u003c\/i\u003e is the perfect way to understand and enjoy the world's major fables.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes the great Ancient Greek, Roman and Egyptian legends:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Labours of Heracles; The Gods of Olympus; Zeus defeats the Titans; Hades and the Underworld; Theseus and the Minotaur; The Gorgons; Perseus and Andromeda; Oedipus and the Sphinx; The Judgment of Paris; The Trojan Horse; The Odyssey; Jason and The Golden Fleece; Romulus, Remus and the Founding of Rome; Mars, the God of War; The Eye of Ra; The Murder and Resurrection of Osiris; and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe best of Celtic, Norse, Eastern, American, Oceanic, and African myths:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGilgamesh and the Great Flood; Odin's Great Sacrifice; Thor's Adventures in the Land of the Giants; The Treachery of Loki; Ragnarok - The Last Battle; The Eight Immortals; The War Between the Sun and the Stars; Quetzalcoatl, The Plumed Serpent; Ganesh, the Elephant-headed; Ananse and the Sky God; King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table; the age-old stories of the Aboriginal Dreaming; and many, many more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46854702203116,"sku":"9781786485175","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781786485175.jpg?v=1759252311","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/myths-in-minutes-by-neil-philip-9781786485175","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}