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Héroes

Héroes

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  • Author：Stephen Fry
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Summary

La mitología al alcance de todos。 Stephen Fry nos relata las apasionantes aventuras de los héroes griegos。

Acción， amor， aventura， traición， violencia， codicia， transgresiones， sangre， redención， peligros， sacrificios， trampas， argucias。。。 Todo esto y mucho más encontrará el lector en este libro， en el que Stephen Fry –actor， escritor， activista cultural– nos relata las andanzas de los héroes de la mitología griega。

Para quienes leyeron Mythos， este libro es su continuación natural （a los que no lo leyeron， se les recomienda hacerlo junto a este Héroes， porque el disfrute está garantizado）。 Y si Mythos se centraba en los dioses y titanes， aquí se centra la atención en los héroes humanos。 Y así， en estas páginas se suceden las andanzas de Jasón embarcado en una difícil misión， Prometeo sometido a un horrendo castigo， Belerofonte dando caza al caballo alado Pegaso para enfrentarse a la quimera， Orfeo ante la prueba definitiva por amor hacia Eurídice， Teseo frente al minotauro y el laberinto， Edipo encarándose a la esfinge， Ícaro con las alas que deberían conducirle hacia la libertad…

Mezclando rigor y altas dosis de amenidad， lo que aquí se nos cuenta son las peripecias dramáticas， fantásticas y muchas veces delirantes de los personajes de los mitos griegos， guiados siempre por actitudes， decisiones y pasiones muy humanas。

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Reviews

Sheryl Germaine ，

I’m a huge fan of this series！ Fry takes the conundrum of Greek myths and turn them into comprehensible （and hilarious） chapters。 I love it！

Andi ，

3。5。 I love Greek Mythology， enjoy Stephen Fry’s spin on it， as well as his narration， but some of the tales just didn’t seem to hold my attention。

Justin ，

An epigrammatic retelling of the popular champions of Ancient Greece summarized candidly with the charisma & grace which Frye has mastered。

Chris Nitsas ，

The book recounts the stories of Perseus， Jason， the Argonauts & Medea， Bellerophon & Pegasus， Hercules， Orpheus， Atalanta， Theseus， Daedalus & Icarus， and more。 The author mostly recounts the myths themselves， talks a bit about tropes， mentions some common threads like "xenia" （hospitality）， i。e。 ancient Greeks's idea that being a guest or a host to someone is sacred and both parties must treat each other well or face the wrath of the gods。 He also mentions some alternative versions in a few of The book recounts the stories of Perseus， Jason， the Argonauts & Medea， Bellerophon & Pegasus， Hercules， Orpheus， Atalanta， Theseus， Daedalus & Icarus， and more。 The author mostly recounts the myths themselves， talks a bit about tropes， mentions some common threads like "xenia" （hospitality）， i。e。 ancient Greeks's idea that being a guest or a host to someone is sacred and both parties must treat each other well or face the wrath of the gods。 He also mentions some alternative versions in a few of the stories。I liked this。 Being Greek I knew some if not most of the myths in this book， but there were some that I hadn't read about。What I missed overall was some speculation about where these myths may have sprung up from。 For example， maybe some king commissioned his bard to create a story about his grandfather's exploits， where the fight and win against the neighboring city became the slaying of a wild monster。 Maybe Theseus was an up-and-coming price who was very good at small-scale governing before he inherited his father's rule。 Maybe he solved problems in the land trade routes of Athens while still a prince， and that became the story of him slaying bandits and killers in his travel from Troezen to Athens。 。。。more

Emily ，

Listened to audiobook

Cherie ，

I lost interest midway through， my interest picked up a bit at the end。 I just wasn't as fascinated as I was with Mythos。 I lost interest midway through， my interest picked up a bit at the end。 I just wasn't as fascinated as I was with Mythos。 。。。more

Christopher ，

Heroes never rest。The second volume of Stephen Fry's mythology series reimagines several of the Greek heroic tales including Herakles， Perseus， Theseus， Oedipus， Orpheus， et al。As before， these are generally familiar tales but it's refreshing to see all 12 of Herakles' labors or the trials of Theseus laid out in order with some modern phrasing。 As these tales aren't new， Fry invariably cribs from their main sources - most notably Aeschylus， Euripedes， and Sophocles。 That's both a strength and we Heroes never rest。The second volume of Stephen Fry's mythology series reimagines several of the Greek heroic tales including Herakles， Perseus， Theseus， Oedipus， Orpheus， et al。As before， these are generally familiar tales but it's refreshing to see all 12 of Herakles' labors or the trials of Theseus laid out in order with some modern phrasing。 As these tales aren't new， Fry invariably cribs from their main sources - most notably Aeschylus， Euripedes， and Sophocles。 That's both a strength and weakness in that the lyrical and poetic quality of the original plays is lost when summarized/translated into prose。 But the benefit is in a more accessible retelling that still remains true to the originals。As before， Fry doesn't analyze or interpret the stories， leaving that for other writers， he simply tells them。 And sometimes， all one wants is just to hear a good story。 It works。 。。。more

Ashe ，

I mostly used this audiobook to fall asleep because Stephen Fry has such a soothing voice。 I did learn some interesting facts about Greek mythology in the process！

Henny ，

Mythos was better but I still enjoyed this a lot。 Without a doubt， Stephen Fry is an amazing storyteller！

Larkin H ，

Just like Fry's first book on Greek mythology this one is enjoyable， witty， and easy to digest。 Real scholars probably won't appreciate Fry "dumbing down" these historical stories but for the average reader Fry does a great service。 Just like Fry's first book on Greek mythology this one is enjoyable， witty， and easy to digest。 Real scholars probably won't appreciate Fry "dumbing down" these historical stories but for the average reader Fry does a great service。 。。。more

Alessandra Burato ，

Initially really liked this and I was watching the TV show The Great at the same time and all I kept thinking was how Tony McNamara should adapt this for screen maintaining the same satirical commentary Stephen Fry scatters through his retelling of these mythical tales。 I’m just calling the collaboration early in case it happens/ manifesting it。 But as much as I loved Stephen Fry’s narration I couldn’t get past the repetition of themes in the stories and eventually it started to bore me （not Fry Initially really liked this and I was watching the TV show The Great at the same time and all I kept thinking was how Tony McNamara should adapt this for screen maintaining the same satirical commentary Stephen Fry scatters through his retelling of these mythical tales。 I’m just calling the collaboration early in case it happens/ manifesting it。 But as much as I loved Stephen Fry’s narration I couldn’t get past the repetition of themes in the stories and eventually it started to bore me （not Frys fault but rather an ancient problem）。 Also， Fry acknowledges this at the beginning but， the complexity and incestual connection between the characters made the stories really difficult to follow for me。 。。。more

Shaun ，

I’ll never remember all their names but this was a fun read。

Diana ，

Fun and funny！ Stephen Fry makes the audiobook a must-listen。 I happen to prefer primary myths over hero tales。 I'm very much looking forward to his covering The Iliad and The Odyssey。 Fun and funny！ Stephen Fry makes the audiobook a must-listen。 I happen to prefer primary myths over hero tales。 I'm very much looking forward to his covering The Iliad and The Odyssey。 。。。more

Alexi Grivas ，

This is the best of the Great Mythology series。 Thanks in no small part to the fact that the stories of the great Greek heroes are just honestly better than that of their divine forebears。 Less ephemeral， more relatable- as is reasonable， because the human Heroes are， after all， （mostly） human。 Fry responds in kind: his jokes are funnier， his scenes more vivid。 He plays with form - stories within stories， first-to-third-person jumps。 All are successful。 If you only want to read one book in the F This is the best of the Great Mythology series。 Thanks in no small part to the fact that the stories of the great Greek heroes are just honestly better than that of their divine forebears。 Less ephemeral， more relatable- as is reasonable， because the human Heroes are， after all， （mostly） human。 Fry responds in kind: his jokes are funnier， his scenes more vivid。 He plays with form - stories within stories， first-to-third-person jumps。 All are successful。 If you only want to read one book in the Fry Mythos series， read this one。 You may miss some of the backstory， but you won't miss out on the adventure。 。。。more

Daisy ，

medea said gatekeep， gaslight， girlboss， and i respect that❤️

Mrs M。A。Cooper ，

Fantastic version。 Mythos and Heroes bring together all the famous snippets and link them sensibly to make a brilliantly interwoven set of stories。 So much easier to understand and enjoy than some older versions。 Loved the comments in the footnotes too。

Laura ，

Always find that when I read these books I notice so many references to mythology in the world。 As with the first book， Stephen Fry is a perfect storyteller。

Petra Valković ，

Dok je prvi Mythos bio posvećen stvaranju svijeta iz kaosa， postanku božanstava， njihovom ustoličavanju i naposljetku stvaranju čovječanstva i puštanja u svijet svih ljudskih vrlina i mana， u Junacima nam Fry donosi priče o nekima od najpoznatijih junaka antičke Grčke: Perzeju， Heraklu， Belerofontu， Orfeju， Jazonu， Atalanti， Edipu i Tezeju。 Uz njih su vezani i neki drugi junaci i junakinje koji se sporedno spominju， ali svima im je zajedničko uplitanje bogova u njihovu sudbinu， bogova koji se pr Dok je prvi Mythos bio posvećen stvaranju svijeta iz kaosa， postanku božanstava， njihovom ustoličavanju i naposljetku stvaranju čovječanstva i puštanja u svijet svih ljudskih vrlina i mana， u Junacima nam Fry donosi priče o nekima od najpoznatijih junaka antičke Grčke: Perzeju， Heraklu， Belerofontu， Orfeju， Jazonu， Atalanti， Edipu i Tezeju。 Uz njih su vezani i neki drugi junaci i junakinje koji se sporedno spominju， ali svima im je zajedničko uplitanje bogova u njihovu sudbinu， bogova koji se prema njima ponašaju kao prema igračkama， povlače konce njihovih marioneta， ponekad okrutno （Hera je npr。 dosta gadna igračica， ne valja joj se zamijeriti）， ponekad milosrdno， ali uvijek sve u svoju korist。 Junaci služe kao sredstva za njihove ciljeve， osvete za uvrede， bračne preljube ili nešto pak posve nama beznačajno。 Sve se vrti u začaranom krugu i junaci nikada nemaju mira， a nerijetko i tragično završavaju svoj pustolovni život ispunjen ubijanjem čudovišta， spašavanjem kraljevstava， dokazivanjem svoje vrijednosti ili pronalaženjem svojih obitelji。 Često su puni sebe， puni mana， impulzivnosti， nitko-mi-ništa-ne-može stava， ali po potrebi i poniznosti， kajanja， srama i hrabrih djela iskupljenja。 Fry ih je sve prikazao na sebi svojstven način， humorističan， dovitljiv， satiričan， s odličnim dijalozima （ipak je glumac） i ljudski。 Svaka njihova osobina je ogoljena， ono nešto što ih čini tragičnima， ali i velikima i pamtljivima kroz vjekove。 Junaci su pisani gotovo isključivo modernim jezikom i na način na koji sam se i sama nekoliko puta uhvatila pri prepričavanju nekih knjiga 😄 Dakle， prevladava razgovorni jezik， ali to ne umanjuje njihovu vrijednost， barem ne meni。 Jer pročitala sam puno "ozbiljnih" knjiga mitologija， ali nijedna mi nije te ljude uspjela približiti kao što je to učinio Fry。 Uvijek su mi se činili nekako udaljeni， kao neki nedostižni likovi， a zapravo su toliko bliski i svatko se može prepoznati u nekoj od njihovih osobina。 Ova knjiga je čista zabava， s ozbiljnim temama， što je teško postići。 Osobito smiješne bile su mi Perzejeve i Tezejeve rane faze， one mladenačke i pune poletnosti i nepromišljenosti。 Nekoliko puta uhvatila sam se da se naglas smijem 😄 i baš sam uživala u čitanju！Jedina zamjerka u svemu tome bila mi je količina imena nabacanih u ovoj knjizi。 U Mythosu ih je još bilo moguće pohvatati， ali ovdje mi se sve pomiješalo。 I sam je autor bio svjestan tih stvari i napomenuo je to odmah na početku， a sve opaske i moguće nedoumice oko imena nadodao je u fusnote。 Svejedno sam se malo pogubila。 Shvaćam da ih je bilo potrebno spomenuti， ali ponekad mi je to povezivanje oduzimalo vrijeme za fokusiranje na priču。 Jer imam svoju povjesničarsku "bubicu" koja mooora sve povezati 😅。 Iako na kraju to nije niti toliko važno。 。。。more

Aaron Kravitz ，

Got un"god"ly bored of this book。 pun fully intended。 Got un"god"ly bored of this book。 pun fully intended。 。。。more

Matty Barone ，

I loved reading this book。 Stephen Fry gives such a comical delivery of these stories and legends。 I knew that after reading mythos， I would like this but was nervous there would be such high hopes and I’d be disappointed。 The research was clearly done and embellishments were only added to throw in a touch of personality for each character。 If you have any interest in Heracles， Theseus， Perseus， or any of the other mortals in Greek mythology， pick up this book and pair it with Fry’s audible narr I loved reading this book。 Stephen Fry gives such a comical delivery of these stories and legends。 I knew that after reading mythos， I would like this but was nervous there would be such high hopes and I’d be disappointed。 The research was clearly done and embellishments were only added to throw in a touch of personality for each character。 If you have any interest in Heracles， Theseus， Perseus， or any of the other mortals in Greek mythology， pick up this book and pair it with Fry’s audible narration。 。。。more

Angelica ，

Very readable， but not enough different from any other interpretation to hold my interest。 I found some of the anachronistic speech patterns to be distracting from the feel of the myths， and I have more books on my summer list than I can get to， so this one's getting set aside for now。If you want a great retelling of mythology， try Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology。 This is reminiscent， but somehow misses the mark for me。 Very readable， but not enough different from any other interpretation to hold my interest。 I found some of the anachronistic speech patterns to be distracting from the feel of the myths， and I have more books on my summer list than I can get to， so this one's getting set aside for now。If you want a great retelling of mythology， try Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology。 This is reminiscent， but somehow misses the mark for me。 。。。more

Adam Mehdi ，

Fry renders the Greek myths as tantalizing as any other story I might have heard。 Add to that the stories' significance on Western society and language， and the stories take on an extra dimension of delight。 Even to those with no interest in Greek myths， the book is a masterclass of storytelling。 Fry renders the Greek myths as tantalizing as any other story I might have heard。 Add to that the stories' significance on Western society and language， and the stories take on an extra dimension of delight。 Even to those with no interest in Greek myths， the book is a masterclass of storytelling。 。。。more

Ginger Gritzo ，

Very entertaining。

Catherine Bailey ，

I struggled a bit with the labrynthine family and geographical details。 I think some sort of further visual aid could have helped。 It was also a little bit dense in terms of similar stories， but an excellent and entertaining retelling of the original material。

Sara ，

Good fun！ The Greek myths are always worth revisiting and I'll enjoy spotting new hidden details and cameos in paintings and sculptures from here on。The level of detail is so astounding you're bound to get a bit muddled up， but that's what will make me come back to these over and over。 Agree with the Guardian which has called this "great learning worn lightly"。 Good fun！ The Greek myths are always worth revisiting and I'll enjoy spotting new hidden details and cameos in paintings and sculptures from here on。The level of detail is so astounding you're bound to get a bit muddled up， but that's what will make me come back to these over and over。 Agree with the Guardian which has called this "great learning worn lightly"。 。。。more

Peter Corens ，

Great read， relaxed style and vivid retelling of the myths。The （partly imposed） timeline that Fry established， really helped structuring the complex conglomerate of Heroes， gods and killings。 Main drawback: often the story feels like and abbreviation， having to navigate between all concerned storylines。

pluma ，

（reposting my review bc i decided to add a little review of the heroes themselves at the end）stephen fry is my guardian angel at this point and honestly he would probably have to shove an elderly woman down a flight of stairs for me to say he ever did anything wrong。 and I'd probably inquire about the old lady first。 that's how much i adore him。 this book is a perfect reflection of why i do: witty， funny， to the point， thorough， insightful， and somehow kinda sexy？ heroes are fun; not as fun as g （reposting my review bc i decided to add a little review of the heroes themselves at the end）stephen fry is my guardian angel at this point and honestly he would probably have to shove an elderly woman down a flight of stairs for me to say he ever did anything wrong。 and I'd probably inquire about the old lady first。 that's how much i adore him。 this book is a perfect reflection of why i do: witty， funny， to the point， thorough， insightful， and somehow kinda sexy？ heroes are fun; not as fun as gods， which is why I'm grateful that i read stephen's mythos before this book; but still fun。 spoiler: everyone in this book is queer and/or a furry。 EVERY。 SINGLE。 ONE。 I can't wait to read his troy now， even though I'll be sad as fuck since there are no more greek mythology books by stephen fry， at least for now。 but this is honestly amazing and a lovely read， i had sooooo much fun。 a must read for anyone who cares about greek mythology for sure~now on to the heroes themselves and my thoughts and feelings about themperseus: ngl， i thought him to be kind of a dick， since he set off to kill medusa， the most wronged character in all greek myths imo。 but i can't blame someone who was born from a literal golden shower。 i mean。 come onheracles: an absolute dumbass。 airhead。 aloof。 stupid。 my favourite kind of man。 also a lil bit of a psychopath at times， but what can you expect from someone who's an idiot。 i'm serious， heracles is a stupid hoe and muscles and little more than that。 but he does have the labours going for him， which are delicious to read about， especially being conducted by such a dimwit。 he's also relentlessly taken advantage of and basically doesn't get a moment of happiness or rest ever， so i feel a lot for him。 also he's a bisexual legend who could literally row an entire boat carrying dozens of men as long as his boyfriend fed him fruit， which is like， iconicbellorophon: a fucking furry。 yeah i said it。 he wanted to fuck that horse and that's what i have to say about himorpheus: stephen gave him the absolute best description， which was "Orpheus was the Mozart of the ancient world。 He was more than that。 Orpheus was the Cole Porter， the Shakespeare， the Lennon and McCartney， the Adele， Prince， Luciano Pavarotti， Lady Gaga and Kendrick Lamar of the ancient world"。 he has the saddest story， i think， because all he wanted was to lyre and chill and it wasn't out of arrogance that he wasn't able to do that， so i'm sympatheticjason: another pile of muscles with a little more brain and wit。 his story is the most confusing one but it's the most fun of all， i think， because the real hero is medea。 oh yes， medea the crazy bitch， medea the psycho， medea the role model for little girls all around the world。 she makes the story believableatalanta: the only heroine of the book in the literal sense of the word， therefore obviously my insta favourite。 she was raised by a fucking bear， she will murder men just to show she's strong， she will take no shits and she will bow the house down， but she is LITERALLY that family guy joke "oh a piece of candy" but with golden applesoedipus: i mean， talk about being catfished。 the poor guy。 the only consolation for this fucker is that he fulfilled all of our dreams and murdered his own dad， which is like， moodtheseus: no one in greece will tell you that but theseus was a fucking nerd。 he probably squinted a lot because he needed glasses bc he was， you know， a fucking nerd， and people thought that was out of wit。 he's very smart though， since he's a fucking nerd， but he's also the dickest dick of all of the heroes。 also he loses his ass at some point， literally。 he loses his entire whole bum to hades。 i stan 。。。more

jjoannexx ，

3。5*

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Reena ，

I didn't enjoy this one as much as Mythos and don't particularly like Heracles or how he portrays Medea and under female characters。 （Love Madeline Miller for her women focused retelling of classics。） Still I love the stories and all put together like this is a pleasure。 I didn't enjoy this one as much as Mythos and don't particularly like Heracles or how he portrays Medea and under female characters。 （Love Madeline Miller for her women focused retelling of classics。） Still I love the stories and all put together like this is a pleasure。 。。。more

Reference

google book https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=Héroes

hathitrust digital library https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ls?q1=Héroes&field1=ocr&a=srchls&ft=ft&lmt=ft

The British Library https://bll01.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Héroes&tab=LibraryCatalog&search_scope=Not_BL_Suppress&vid=44BL_INST:BLL01&lang=en&offset=0