{"product_id":"travelling-heroes","title":"Travelling Heroes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobin Lane Fox''s \u003ci\u003eTravelling Heroes:\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreeks and their Myths in the Epic Age of Homer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eproposes a new way of thinking about ancient Greeks, showing how real-life journeys shaped their mythical tales.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  The tales of the ancient Greeks have inspired us for thousands of years. But where did they originate? Esteemed classicist Robin Lane Fox draws on a lifetime''s knowledge of the ancient world, and on his own travels, to open up the age of Homer. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  His acclaimed history explores how the intrepid seafarers of eighth-century Greece sailed around the Mediterranean, encountering strange new sights - volcanic mountains, vaporous springs, huge prehistoric bones - and weaving them into the myths of gods, monsters and heroes that would become the cornerstone of Western civilization: the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''A beautiful evocation of a tantalizing world ... \u003ci\u003eTravelling Heroes\u003c\/i\u003e is a tour de force''\u003cbr\u003e  Rowland Smith, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''Lyrical, passionate ... his great gift is to make this long-ago world a vivid, extraordinary and sometimes frightening place ... a wonderful story'' \u003cbr\u003e  Elizabeth Speller, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''Original, daring and arguably life-enhancing ... produced with a sweeping narrative flourish worthy of a cinematographer or screenwriter'' \u003cbr\u003e  Paul Cartledge, \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''Lane Fox argues his case with tremendous style and verve ... learned, and always lively'' \u003cbr\u003e  Mary Beard, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eRobin Lane Fox \u003c\/b\u003e(b. 1946) is a Fellow of New College, Oxford, and a University Reader in Ancient History. His other books include \u003ci\u003eThe Classical World\u003c\/i\u003e, Alexander\u003ci\u003e the Great\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePagans and Christians \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Unauthorized Version\u003c\/i\u003e. He was historical advisor to Oliver Stone on the making of Stone''s film \u003ci\u003eAlexander\u003c\/i\u003e, for which he waived all his fees on condition that he could take part in the cavalry charge against elephants which Stone staged in the Moroccan desert.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320151613822,"sku":"NW9780140244991","price":14.02,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780140244991.jpg?v=1778234854","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/travelling-heroes","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}