When Apollo stood and sounded the first notes of his lyre, a hush fell. From his strings arose visions of universal love, harmony and happiness, a deep abiding joy in life, and a sense of heaven itself.
Stephen Fry, Mythos [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library]
This beautiful boy would be bound to return her love. Cosmos and creation would not make sense otherwise. Of course, you and I know that Cosmos and creation make no sense at all and never have. Poor Echo was about to discover the truth of this.
Stephen Fry, Mythos [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library]
The myth of Antigone, as told by the Greek playwright Sophocles, is one of the most well known of the Greek myths and one of the most meaningful for feminism and for revolutionary politics. She has become an icon of resistance. Of pitting personal conviction against state law. Of speaking truth to power.
Helen Morales, Antigone Rising: The Subversive Power of the Ancient Myths [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library]
Eirene, the goddess of peace, could barely contain her delight. If the absence of Death meant the absence of war then surely her time had come?
Stephen Fry, Mythos [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library]
