Menelaos Stephanides

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Menelaos Stephanides


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Constantinople, Turkey
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Menelaos Stephanides, the author of ‘Greek Mythology’, originally studied economics in Athens but his main preoccupation was writing.

For more than twenty-five years he concentrated, with great success, on the retelling of ancient Greek myths, tirelessly studying the source materials to achieve his literary version of the many stories. Working with his brother, the artist and illustrator Yannis Stephanides, he wrote and published the 18-volume series ‘Greek Mythology’ for children, which was translated into several languages and later reissued as a pocket book for older readers. He then turned his attention to more recent Greek tradition, studying hundreds of folk tales the most appealing of which he retold in the highly successful 10-volum
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“Such is life. Sometimes we do not even want to know how much pain we cause others, for fear of spoiling our own petty pleasures. And when the time comes to face the consequences, it is too late to be sorry.”
Menelaos Stephanides, Gods and Men

“Нет на свете более беспомощного создания, чем человек. Он может быть великим и могущественным, а затем вдруг становится бедным и бессильным. Я вынужден терпеть эти невзгоды, потому что много несправедливостей совершил на своем веку. Я полагался только на свой ум и на свои силы, но все пошло верх дном. Поэтому человек прежде всего должен остерегаться несправедливости. Он должен радоваться тому, что дают ему собственные руки, и от души быть благодарным за то, что посылают бессмертные боги.”
Menelaos Stephanides, The Odyssey



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