About the book: 1992 / The book by Robert Graves - an English poet and novelist (1895-1986) contains a retelling of 171 Greek myths, broken down into mythologems and historical, archaeological variants , ethnographic, etc. comments, as well as a bibliographic apparatus. Tracing the history of the development of Greek myths, the author draws on many Middle Eastern and North African sources, ancient authors are widely quoted. The book is intended for specialists in the field of philosophy, philology, comparative literature, ethnography, religious studies and, of course, a wide range of readers . Can also be used as a textbook. The translation was made from the first (1955) edition of R. Graves' book, since the author's concept is most clearly visible in it. Greek words are given in Latin transcription, like Graves's, which makes them easier to read.