Tales of the Greek Heroes

Description

Explore the real Greek myths behind Percy Jackson's story - he's not the first Perseus to have run into trouble with the gods . . .These are the mysterious and exciting legends of the gods and heroes in Ancient Greece, from the adventures of Perseus, the labours of Heracles, the voyage of Jason and the Argonauts, to Odysseus and the Trojan wars.Introduced with wit and humour by Rick Riordan, creator of the highly successful Percy Jackson series.

First Sentence

If ever you are lucky enough to visit the beautiful land of Greece you will find a country haunted by more than three thousand years of history and legend.

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Other Editions

• Tales of the Greek HeroesPaperbackPuffin Classics2009-01-01
• Tales of the Greek heroesPenguin Books1958-01-01
• Tales of Greek heroesPenguin1958-01-01
• Tales of the Greek HeroesHardcoverTurtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media1995-03-01
• Tales of the Greek HeroesPuffin1995-03-01
• Tales of Greek HeroesLibrary BindingTandem Library1999-10-01