About the book: 2024 / This book contains the most popular ancient Greek myths, retold by the wonderful Russian historian Nikolai Albertovich Kun (1877–1940). Ancient Greek mythology not only lies at the foundation of modern civilization, but also permeates the entire European culture and has even entered our everyday life with such phraseological units as “Olympic calm”, “Sisyphean labor”, “Achilles’ heel”, “Trojan horse”, “Scylla and Charybdis" and others. This publication will help the young reader understand the complex hierarchy of characters in these stories - gods, heroes, titans - and experience exciting adventures with them. For middle school age. Introductory article by Alexandra Glebovskaya. Artist Vladimir Fedorovich Plevin.