From Achilles rampant on the fields of Troy to the gods at sport on Mount Olympus, from Icarus flying too close to the sun to the superhuman feats of Heracles, Theseus, and the wily Odysseus, the tales of Greek mythology exert a fascination and inspiration that have endured for thousands of years. There are few people as steeped in the ancient world as husband and wife Robin and Kathryn Waterfield—a classicist and a writer specializing in Greek history, respectively—and in their hands the heroism, humor, mystery, sensuality, and brutality of the Greek myths are vividly brought to life.