{"product_id":"9780374708139","title":"Songs on Bronze: The Greek Myths Made Real","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA vivid, uninhibited retelling of the classic Greek stories\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSongs on Bronze \u003c\/i\u003eis the first major retelling of Greek mythology in half a century; a set of lively, racy, dramatic versions of the great myths, which, in a multicultural society, are recognized more than ever as stories without equal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost of us would like to know the Greek myths better than we do, and books like Seamus Heaney's Beowulf have demonstrated the power of ancient texts to enchant and enthrall us. And yet the modern translations of the Greek myths have sought to instruct, to edify, or to impart a personal philosophy. \u003ci\u003eSongs on Bronze \u003c\/i\u003eis different. With this book, Nigel Spivey--a young Cambridge classicist and rising star as a documentary host--gives us the Greek myths as the spellbinding stories they are. In bold, sensuous prose, he tells of Demeter and Persephone, of Jason and the Argonauts, of the wrath of Achilles and the travels of Odysseus, of Oedipus's crime and Orpheus's excursion into the underworld. In his hands, these stories are revealed anew as outsize tales of love and strife, of secret compacts and open rivalries, of lust and desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSongs on Bronze\u003c\/i\u003e is a fresh revision of the classics that is likely to become a classic in its own right.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47077660623088,"sku":"9780374708139","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780374708139_p0.jpg?v=1769913326","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780374708139","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}