Vor 2 Tagen • 1 Std. 23 Min.

You came for Hades and Persephone and found yourself wanting the real myths. You want the original stories, sharp and strange, with the heartbreak still in them. This collection retells ten of the great Greek mythology love stories in full, each in its own chapter, with dialogue and a small cast of voices. Every myth opens in the middle of the action. You descend with Orpheus to bargain for Eurydice, you watch Psyche light the lamp she was told never to light, and you wait with Hero for a swimmer who may not reach her shore. Pygmalion, Echo and Narcissus, Ariadne and Dionysus, Alcestis, Pyramus and Thisbe, and Baucis and Philemon complete the set, told with warmth and wit. A short closing note explains which ancient versions were chosen and why. You finish knowing these lovers as the ancient poets wrote them, and why their stories still get retold. Press play and start with the god who stole a bride from a field of flowers.