This is a two-volume retelling of the myths of ancient Greece, gathering stories of gods, heroes and monsters into numbered entries. Each tale is followed by a commentary in which Graves discusses its sources and offers his own interpretation of what it might reveal about early religion and society. The stories include the creation of the world, the labours of Heracles, the voyage of the Argonauts and the Trojan War. Many of his theories are now widely doubted by specialists, but the book remains a rich, readable collection of Greek legend.