A Thing of Beauty
A Thing of Beauty 'There's an infectious enthusiasm and self-deprecating authority to Fiennes's insights and he's a most agreeable companion.' Guardian on FootnotesThe Greek myths have held a place…
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A Thing of Beauty
'There's an infectious enthusiasm and self-deprecating authority to Fiennes's insights and he's a most agreeable companion.' Guardian on FootnotesThe Greek myths have held a place in the popular imagination for centuries. He starts outside Corinth, where Prometheus first fashioned humanity out of clay, and picks up the trail of Heracles, Persephone, Theseus, Pandora and Perseus. Yet while the stories may not have changed, their original setting has.Fiennes travels to the sites of some of the most famous Greek myths, on the trail of hope, beauty and a new way of seeing what we have done to our world.
Fiennes hikes through stunning scenery in the footsteps of Lord Byron, finds the 'most beautiful beach in Greece', samples 'the best salad in the world' (it's a Do the Ancient Greeks, through their myths and history, have anything to say to us today?