Mify drevnikh grekov - eto zakhvatyvayushchie istorii, v kotorykh est vse, chto uvlekaet chitatelya v lyubye vremena: intrigi, lyubov, strast, mest, deyaniya nizkie i geroicheskie. Stoit li udivlyatsya, chto eti predaniya ne pervuyu tysyachu let vladeyut umami?! Sara Ails-Dzhonston priglashaet nas vmeste proiti neveroyatnyi put ot sotvoreniya mira do novoi zhizni posle Troyanskoi voiny, uvlekatelno pereskazyvaya klassicheskie syuzhety - kak samye izvestnye, tak i dovolno redkie. Na protyazhenii etogo puti Ails-Dzhonston rasskazyvaet o vzaimootnosheniyakh bogov i smertnykh, demonstriruya, kakov udel cheloveka v mire, gde pravyat mogushchestvennye, nepodvlastnye lyudyam sily. Knigu mozhno chitat po poryadku ot pervoi glavy do poslednei kak edinuyu istoriyu, a mozhno vraznoboi, v zavisimosti ot togo, chto vas zainteresuet v tot ili inoi moment, - temy i sostavlyayushchie syuzhetov pereklikayutsya.