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Emily Wilson recommended Helen in Books (curated)

 
Helen
Helen
Euripides, Frank McGuinness | 2009 | Film & TV
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"Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides were all constantly responding to, or writing back against, the Homeric poems. The Athenian tragedy that is maybe most deeply engaged with rewriting and recreating “The Odyssey,” is Euripides' “Helen”, a provocative, brainy, funny play about the myth that Helen never went to Troy in the first place—the same myth that is central to HD's brilliant sequence “Helen in Egypt.” I translated the Euripides “Helen,” for a collection of Greek tragedy translations, “The Greek Plays.”"

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David McK (3871 KP) rated Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures in Books

Jun 24, 2020  
Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures
Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures
Stephen Fry | 2020 | Education
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7.0 (1 Ratings)
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Second of the (currently) two of Stephen Fry's straight retelling of Greek mythology, this time focusing on the Greek heroes rather than the Gods and Goddesses of Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold, told more or less chronologically.

I say 'more or less' as the setting of these tales are in constant flux, with characters popping up all over the place long before (or after) they otherwise should! That's not a criticism of the retelling: just a statement of fact.

This volume thus covers the likes of Bellerephon and Pegasus, Oedipus (yes, that Oedipus!), Heracles - who the Romans renamed Hercules - and his Twelve Labours, Jason and the Argonauts, Theseus and the Minotaur and many (many) others!

Worth it for the educational value alone!

Now, hurry up and release part 3 (Troy) ...
  
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Books&Football (34 KP) rated For Your Eyes Only (1981) in Movies

Jan 20, 2018  
For Your Eyes Only (1981)
For Your Eyes Only (1981)
1981 | Action, Mystery
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7.2 (19 Ratings)
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Highlights include: an excellent action ski scene, a chase through a greek olive or nut farm, scuba diving and the villain trying to feed Bond to the sharks. (0 more)
The best of the older Bond Movies