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Greek Myths is a large collection of stories from across the mythology of ancient Greece. Summary of the Book In this book, Robert Graves brings together some of the most iconic of Greek Myths. He shows how the Bronze Age Greece changed from a matriarchal system to a patriarchal one and how their mythology evolved to reflect this change. Further, he covers the stories in three stages, showing the intermediate stage involving the Triple Goddess and how the hereditary queen of the city states was ritualistically slaughtered after constant periods of time. His imagery captures some of Greek's finest myths and shows the relation between the divine twins struggling in the womb of the Horse-Goddess which evolved into the myth of the Trojan Horse in later times. Reconstructing the Pelasgian creation myth, Graves tells readers how the Greeks thought the world was created, and how the Titans came into being, setting the stage for the great tale of the Greek Pantheon, and eventually its better known inhabitants: Zeus, Hera and Hades. About Robert Graves Robert Graves was an English poet, historian and writer. He finished more than 140 works in his lifetime and was best known for I, Claudius, Good-Bye to All That and The White Goddess.