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Heroes

Stephen Fry · 2018collection

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Where Mythos ended with the gods, Heroes turns to the mortals who dared to matter: Perseus and the Gorgon's head, Heracles and his impossible labors, Jason's hunt for the Golden Fleece, Theseus in the labyrinth. Stephen Fry retells the great Greek hero myths as one sweeping story, tracing what courage and hubris cost the men and women who tried to earn a place beside the gods.

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Contents

  1. 1Abandonment and Flightshort story
  2. 2After the Labors: Crimes and Grudgesshort story
  3. 3Andromeda and Cassiopeiashort story
  4. 4Apotheosisshort story
  5. 5Bearing False Witnessshort story
  6. 6Born to Be Wildshort story
  7. 7Cerberusshort story
  8. 8Cercyon and the Birth of Wrestlingshort story
  9. 9Chimerical Reactionshort story
  10. 10Crime and Punishmentshort story
  11. 11Deaths, Razor-Sharp Feathers, and the Phrixidesshort story
  12. 12Escape from Colchisshort story
  13. 13Father and Sonshort story
  14. 14Flying Too Highshort story
  15. 15Gorgon Islandshort story
  16. 16Harpiesshort story
  17. 17Hera's Dreamshort story
  18. 18Hylas Disappearsshort story
  19. 19In Lyciashort story
  20. 20Introduction (Heroes)short story
  21. 21Long Live the Kingshort story
  22. 22Medeashort story
  23. 23Medea Rises Upshort story
  24. 24Orpheus and Eurydiceshort story
  25. 25Orpheus in the Underworldshort story
  26. 26Periphetesshort story
  27. 27Procrustes, the Stretchershort story
  28. 28Return to Iolcosshort story
  29. 29Scironshort story
  30. 30Sinisshort story
  31. 31Snakes Aliveshort story
  32. 32The Aftermythshort story
  33. 33The Argoshort story
  34. 34The Augean Stablesshort story
  35. 35The Bull from the Seashort story
  36. 36The Bull Manshort story
  37. 37The Calydonian Boarshort story
  38. 38The Calydonian Huntshort story
  39. 39The Cattle of Geryonshort story
  40. 40The Ceryneian Hindshort story
  41. 41The Chosen Oneshort story
  42. 42The Clashing Rocksshort story
  43. 43The Cretan Bullshort story
  44. 44The Crommyonian Sowshort story
  45. 45The Death of Orpheusshort story
  46. 46The Dolioniansshort story
  47. 47The Dungeons of Knossosshort story
  48. 48The Eagle Kingshort story
  49. 49The Erymanthian Boarshort story
  50. 50The Foot Raceshort story
  51. 51The Giants: A Prophecy Fulfilledshort story
  52. 52The Girdle of Hippolytashort story
  53. 53The Golden Apples of the Hesperidesshort story
  54. 54The Graeaeshort story
  55. 55The Grove of Aresshort story
  56. 56The Isle of Lemnosshort story
  57. 57The Journey Homeshort story
  58. 58The Khalkotauroishort story
  59. 59The Labors of Heraclesshort story
  60. 60The Lernaean Hydrashort story
  61. 61The Line of Perseusshort story
  62. 62The Magical Death of Peliasshort story
  63. 63The Marathonian Bullshort story
  64. 64The Mares of Diomedes (Incorporating the Story of Alcestis and Admetus)short story
  65. 65The Nemean Lionshort story
  66. 66The Offspring of Echidna and Typhonshort story
  67. 67The Oracle Speaksshort story
  68. 68The Power to Soothe the Savage Beastshort story
  69. 69The Queen of Poisonsshort story
  70. 70The Rages of Heraclesshort story
  71. 71The Ramshort story
  72. 72The Return to Seriphosshort story
  73. 73The Riddle of the Sphinxshort story
  74. 74Theseus, the Kingshort story
  75. 75The Shirt of Nessusshort story
  76. 76The Shower of Goldshort story
  77. 77The Story of the Tributeshort story
  78. 78The Stymphalian Birdsshort story
  79. 79The Two Strangers in the Oak Groveshort story
  80. 80The Wicked Stepmothershort story
  81. 81The Winged Oneshort story
  82. 82The Wooden Chestshort story
  83. 83Three Goddessesshort story
  84. 84To Creteshort story
  85. 85Under the Rockshort story
  86. 86Where Three Roads Meetshort story
  87. 87Youth and Upbringing of a Heroshort story