Heroes | Stephen Fry

"few heroes die peacefully in their beds after long lives filled with happiness."

    I've read Mythos earlier this year and absolutely loved the irreverent, quippy way Fry tells stories. The Greek mythology is something I've been interested in for a long time - since my first History lessons as a 10-year old who couldn't get enough of the myths, as opposed to the drab memorisation of dates.

    This book is a continuation of the saga, telling the stories of the humans who were created by the gods (Prometheus and Zeus, to be specific there), toyed with by the gods, impregnated by the gods (looking at you, Zeus, specifically, but others aren't that far behind) and the heroes who challenged the gods and rose to their levels.

    Fry's amazing sense of comedic timing is impeccable and lends levity to some of the more gruelling fates he retells here. But it also makes the subjects of the stories somehow more charming, especially when one imagines these distant figures talking in modern slang.