One of a number of folkloric/mythological picture-book adaptations from Robert Byrd - others include the Irish tale, Finn MacCoul and His Fearless Wife, and the Grimm fairy-tale, The Bear and the Bird King - this foray into the world of Greek mythology cobbles together two related tales: the story of the hero Theseus, his discovery of his heritage and his father, and his quest to slay the Minotaur, and free Athens from the onerous tribute that had been imposed by King Minos of Crete; and the story of the great inventor Daedalus and his son, Icarus, and their flight from captivity in Minos' palace.
I appreciated Byrd's narrative, which, despite being aimed at younger readers, didn't soften or omit some of the more disturbing incidents in these stories, from Icarus' fall to King Aegeus' suicide. I was a little surprised to see the two story strands joined in quite the way that they were, because although the are (as Byrd observes) related - both feature King Minos, and the labyrinth of the Minotaur - they're not usually paired so closely. Still, it made sense once I'd thought about it, and I enjoyed the combination, although I wish Byrd had included his specific sources. Leaving that aside, this was an engaging work of Greek mythology for the younger, picture-book set, with an engrossing text and appealing illustrations.
el minotauro existió de mucho años, algunos decían que el minotauro era un monstruo creado por los dioses y otros decían que era una maldición pero la verdad era que una chica se había enamorado de un toro a pasar el tiempo el mitad toro y mitad humano ya había nacido y le llamaron minotauro pero cuando creció se volvió salvaje hasta que lo enserraron en un laberinto y cada año venían 10 jóvenes al laberinto para que minotauro se los coma
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One of a number of folkloric/mythological picture-book adaptations from Robert Byrd - others include the Irish tale, Finn MacCoul and His Fearless Wife, and the Grimm fairy-tale, The Bear and the Bird King - this foray into the world of Greek mythology cobbles together two related tales: the story of the hero Theseus, his discovery of his heritage and his father, and his quest to slay the Minotaur, and free Athens from the onerous tribute that had been imposed by King Minos of Crete; and the story of the great inventor Daedalus and his son, Icarus, and their flight from captivity in Minos' palace.
I appreciated Byrd's narrative, which, despite being aimed at younger readers, didn't soften or omit some of the more disturbing incidents in these stories, from Icarus' fall to King Aegeus' suicide. I was a little surprised to see the two story strands joined in quite the way that they were, because although the are (as Byrd observes) related - both feature King Minos, and the labyrinth of the Minotaur - they're not usually paired so closely. Still, it made sense once I'd thought about it, and I enjoyed the combination, although I wish Byrd had included his specific sources. Leaving that aside, this was an engaging work of Greek mythology for the younger, picture-book set, with an engrossing text and appealing illustrations.
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el minotauro existió de mucho años, algunos decían que el minotauro era un monstruo creado por los dioses y otros decían que era una maldición pero la verdad era que una chica se había enamorado de un toro a pasar el tiempo el mitad toro y mitad humano ya había nacido y le llamaron minotauro pero cuando creció se volvió salvaje hasta que lo enserraron en un laberinto y cada año venían 10 jóvenes al laberinto para que minotauro se los coma