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Arthur Griffin fell in love with mythology as a six-year-old when his mother, not able to find a sitter, took him with her to her art history class. They were studying Renaissance paintings of Greek and Roman legends, and he learned two very important things that day.

One, that there was a whole new world of thrilling stories and myths for him to explore and be enchanted by.

And two, dude! A lot of people were naked back then!

Since then, he’s always enjoyed the steamier side of stories of the ancient world, and is thrilled to be exploring them in his writing. Sometimes his stories are set in a fictional version of the past, or sometimes the gods of old come knockin' (boots) in the present, but almost always there's some element of mythology v
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Arthur Griffin There were several inspirations for The Lusty Adventures of Theseus. One was, of course, the original myth of Theseus and the Minotaur. Another was - …moreThere were several inspirations for The Lusty Adventures of Theseus. One was, of course, the original myth of Theseus and the Minotaur. Another was - and I'm not kidding - Flesh Gordon, the soft porn parody of Flash Gordon. Something about writing a porn-ed up version of a Greek myth really tickled me. I'm also a huge Lord of the Rings fan, so Tolkien's elves made their way into the story as the nymphs of legend, only in my version there are male and female nymphs.

Really, Lusty Adventures is, to use a Greek mythological term, a chimera--a bizarre sum of many disparate parts, which hopefully creates something fun and new.(less)
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Donna Hi Arthur! I hope you, your family and all of your friends have a safe and Happy Christmas and a safe, healthy and happy New Year!


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