The Faber Book of Greek Legends ed. Kathleen Lines

I read a version of the Iliad and the Oddessy when I was about 10 and have been vaguely interested in Greek Myths since then. I actually bought this for the Gruesome Twosome but they appear not to be interested at all, even the one who is reading the Percy Jackson series - which is why I finally read this one.

What a bloodthirsty lot those Greek Gods were/are! This one doesn't have the story about the children being eaten by their dad (by mistake) but it does have a few other violent ones and a very short account of the siege of Troy.

All in all not bad, a nice quick bedtime read. But now I think I'll finally have to give my grown-up versions of the Iliad and the Oddessy a spin.