Historian Honestly Reviews Stephen Fry's Mythology Books

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4 ай бұрын

Unsurprisingly, Stephen Fry is perfect. I literally have nothing bad to say about him nor Mythos. What's wonderful about Fry's retellings is that every time he chooses a version of the ancient myth, he clarifies it by stating exactly which source he got it from, and why it's the best version for his collection. For that reason alone you simply cannot fault him. Yes there are differing versions of every single story Fry tells within these pages, but that fact he gives his readers references constantly throughout the narrative means that we can go back and check these tales in the original writings. And who knows? Maybe a newbie to mythology has seen those footnotes and decided to go buy their own copy of Hesiod or Homer - or even Ovid! - just to see what words Fry was building off of! What a wonderful thought.
So yeah, he's perfect. Amazing. Fantastic. I will pay good money for MYTHOS, HEROES, TROY and all his books surround greek mythology in the future.
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@danskihatch 4 ай бұрын

Literally what happened to me. Read Mythos, thought “omg”, and like 5 or 6 years later I have a massively library of myths and retellings. 👍🏽

@MoAnInc 4 ай бұрын

As you should!!!

@jaymarshall845 4 ай бұрын

It was definitely a "re-jumping" start for me! Loved these stories as a kid, love all of Fry's books, and love this show. Keep going!

@MoAnInc 4 ай бұрын

❤️🙏

@JanHoos 12 күн бұрын

I read Mythos and Heroes but wanted to pick up the illustrated edition. Wanted to check out a review and then came across your channel. Subbed when I saw all those great video's! I need a few nights off to watch 'm al haha! Awesome to see that this is a nice starting point to deepen my knowledge about ancient history and greek mythology :D

@Yup712 4 ай бұрын

I found out about these books from your channel! Being American I kind of knew who Stephen Fry was, but had no idea he was so knowledgeable about the Classics! And the books are amazing volumes. Everything from the art to the page layout is just so well done. (And the Footnotes! Oh, the lovely footnotes and Appendices). I really, really hope the public libraries and school libraries have tons of copies. I was lucky enough to find a copy of “Heroes, Gods, and Monsters of Greek Myth” by Bernard Evslin when I was 8, and Mr. Fry’s works were the first to capture that feeling of reading them again for the first time.

@MoAnInc 4 ай бұрын

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@bleepods 4 ай бұрын

Oh my god I didn't know there's a pretty version of mythos!! Gonna have to get myself a copy, thanks for the vid! I love your videos so much and your whole channel is massively underrated

@MoAnInc 4 ай бұрын

Thank you 🥹🙏

@eric.aaron.castro 4 ай бұрын

Literary critic, Northrop Frye, has noted that 'The gods and heroes of the old myths fade away and give place to people like ourselves'.

@nicole__toni 4 ай бұрын

I got the illustrated Mythos for Christmas! So excited to read it😍 it’s stunning xx

@MoAnInc 4 ай бұрын

Isn’t it just!!!!

@DANJEPO 4 ай бұрын

I’ve just recently finished listening to the series on Audible, Stephen Fry narrating his own work is brilliant, you get the humour and serious tones when necessary, making it, for me, a heightened experience than reading to yourself. All three are incredible so I had to have the hardcover physical copies too! 10/10 for me. Love your book reviews Erica, my audible is full of your recommendations

@MoAnInc 4 ай бұрын

🥹❤️

@kbasco2000 11 күн бұрын

Ideal for the summer vacations, thanks!!!

@MoAnInc 9 күн бұрын

You’re so welcome!

@RobHinkforth 3 ай бұрын

11:35 you convinced me, I am getting a copy of mythos: thanks for the video, you’re enthusiastic mindset lit an intrinsic interest for Mythos. In the university, I was a religious studies major. It sounds all very familiar.

@MoAnInc 3 ай бұрын

I hope you enjoy it!!!!

@thomasmathieu4463 3 ай бұрын

I was looking for a book to get my second grader into reading. A coworker suggested Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. We got the first book The Lightning Thief and we enjoyed it very much. I knew Stephen wrote Heros but found Mythos in the public library, so I checked it out and fell in love with Greek mythology. Can’t wait to read Heros and Troy. Thanks for your review!

@SobekLOTFC 4 ай бұрын

Keep up the exceptional work, Erica 👍

@MoAnInc 4 ай бұрын

Thank you :)

@osckarlaguna. 16 күн бұрын

Long ago when I started to read greek mithology I came across with thee books, Apollodorus´s library , Antoninus Liberalis Metamophoses and mitlogogia grecorromana of Jean humbert.

@jesusdelcanto9715 4 ай бұрын

I would really like you to make a video about The Book of One Thousand and One/Arabian Nights. I know it's not in the themes of the channel but it's one of my favourite classics in universal literature. Besides, I've read it contains many elements of Odyssey, like Simbad's encounter with a cyclops-type monster and the structure of stories within stories. I've read somewhere that Penelope has also been compared to Scheherezade.

@jtaha1771 3 ай бұрын

Great video, very informative !

@MoAnInc 3 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏

@Lumbeelegend Ай бұрын

I am a 35 year old, Native American from the southern American states who shares many of the typical political beliefs that would be expected. Stephen Fry is one of my heros. I love his story, his acting and comedic sketches from his show with Hugh Laurie, and most of all, his books and narrative works from the Harry Potter series. My little sister convinced me to listen to the Potter audio books and not having read many books my entire 29 years, I fell in love. It's childish, but I enjoyed them. Listening to his Mythos series got me into etymology, which then got me into attempting to learn greek. It's a beautiful language and many of our words are ancestors of theirs, obviously. He was a badass for not taking the Knighthood, but before his life ends, I hope he will be known as Sir Stephen Fry. Thank you for the review Erica and I'm ecstatic to learn of his new books on the Odyssey. You've made my week!

@MoAnInc Ай бұрын

Thank you SO MUCH for watching! ✨

@roadtoantiquity 4 ай бұрын

I have only read Mythos a couple of years ago and liked it - never got around to the rest. Now adding at least Troy to my reading list (while reading the Iliad atm)

@MoAnInc 4 ай бұрын

Let us know how you find them!

@tylermileslockett 4 ай бұрын

Excellent review Erica! youre doing the lords (polytheistic lords) work! bless your heart! (texas slang)

@MoAnInc 4 ай бұрын

Thank you, Tyler!!! ❤️✨

@285wilson 4 ай бұрын

I’m currently reading Mythos, about half way through after two weeks. The stories are so nicely contained that it doesn’t make me feel the need to rush. Also having heard or read 97% of these it’s great to see some sort of possible chronology thrown together for them. Funny enough I really started liking myths after reading Percy Jackson which is a book Stephen Fry makes reference to when speaking of the sons of Poseidon. So I now consider Percy Jackson as a true modern myth. 😂

@MoAnInc 4 ай бұрын

Hahaha fair enough! Percy Jackson deserves it tbh 😂

@mervistoh2238 3 ай бұрын

How does the series by Stephen Fry compare to Classical Mythology by Annette Giesecke and Mythology by Edith Hamilton? Anyone has an opinion?

@madeleinemagsano2543 2 ай бұрын

Can you suggest a good translation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses?

@MoAnInc 2 ай бұрын

The newest one (which I think is wonderful) is by Stephanie McCarter :)

@JohnSaxon-vw5vi 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for three 3️⃣ more homework books 📚 miss teacher 👩‍🏫 here is a apple 🍏 lol 😂😂I can’t wait to read them all as I love ❤️ reading 📖 his work prayers and blessings to you and your family love your Aussie family friend John ❤❤❤

@joesdi 2 ай бұрын

Ovid didn't write the Metamorphoses to make the Empire laugh 😅

@tylermileslockett 4 ай бұрын

Love Stephen fry! 🤘😁🤘❤️🏛

@MoAnInc 4 ай бұрын

😄‼️

@johnmichaelarellano9162 4 ай бұрын

Hello, new subscriber here. I really like your reviews! Can you also do a review of Medusa's Sisters by Lauren J. A. Bear please?

@MoAnInc 4 ай бұрын

I’ll add it to the list 🤓

@Holmnielsen- 4 ай бұрын

i would cry if i stood in front of Stephen Fry too!

@MoAnInc 4 ай бұрын

At least it’s not just me!!! 😂

@Fledermausmann 3 ай бұрын

I actually don't recommend buying these books... because there're are the audiobooks! THAT HE READS! It's a 10 hour long bedtime story read to you by the author himself!! I'm personally waiting for the next amazon sale and am going to go ham and buy them all.

@MoAnInc 3 ай бұрын

So many people seem to really LOVE the audiobooks!

@torrentialrage 4 ай бұрын

Lol are those both a hardcover and a softcover of the same book? 😂 ❤

@roadtoantiquity 4 ай бұрын

Yes, but one of them is the illustrated Mythos:D

@MoAnInc 4 ай бұрын

^^^ 😏🤓

@Bonkatsu12 7 күн бұрын

Holy hell!! You are insanely beautiful!! 😍😍

@khushikashyap9155 4 ай бұрын

I don't know about facts and truth but I know a absolute truth that you're pretty

@Googleman81 4 ай бұрын

On the chance of sounding like an uninformed snob, wouldn't it be best, if historical research on say ancient Greek topics is conducted in ancient Greek, to get as close to the source material as possible. Not that Oxford curated books aren't great and all, just seems a little less committed. The Pantheon is really pretty btw, one can only imagine what it looked like before they filled the alcoves with Christian saints.