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Fifty leading writers retell myths from around the world in this dazzling follow-up to the bestselling My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me.

Icarus flies once more. Aztec jaguar gods again stalk the earth. An American soldier designs a new kind of Trojan horse—his cremains in a bullet. Here, in beguiling guise, are your favorite mythological figures alongside characters from Indian, Punjabi, Inuit, and other traditions.
 
Aimee Bender retells the myth of the Titans.

Elizabeth McCracken retells the myth of Lamia, the child-eating mistress of Zeus.

Madeline Miller retells the myth of Galatea.
 
Kevin Wilson retells the myth of Phaeton, from Ovid’s Metamorphoses.
 
Emma Straub and Peter Straub retell the myth of Persephone.
 
Heidi Julavits retells the myth of Orpheus and Euridice.
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Xo Orpheus Fifty New Myths

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      Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
      Published 24 September 2013
      ISBN-13 9780143122425
      978-0143122425
      ISBN-10 0143122428

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Fifty leading writers retell myths from around the world in this dazzling follow-up to the bestselling My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me.

      Icarus flies once more. Aztec jaguar gods again stalk the earth. An American soldier designs a new kind of Trojan horse—his cremains in a bullet. Here, in beguiling guise, are your favorite mythological figures alongside characters from Indian, Punjabi, Inuit, and other traditions.
       
      Aimee Bender retells the myth of the Titans.

      Elizabeth McCracken retells the myth of Lamia, the child-eating mistress of Zeus.

      Madeline Miller retells the myth of Galatea.
       
      Kevin Wilson retells the myth of Phaeton, from Ovid’s Metamorphoses.
       
      Emma Straub and Peter Straub retell the myth of Persephone.
       
      Heidi Julavits retells the myth of Orpheus and Euridice.
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