The ancient Greeks worshiped a host of gods and goddesses, preserved today in poetry, art, and mythology. Illustrator John Green brings these legendary deities vividly to life in this collection of realistic, detailed renderings. Each illustration is accompanied by a page of descriptive text. In these pages you?ll find Atlas holding up the heavens, Hermes slaying the many-eyed Argus, Aphrodite kneeling and weeping over Adonis, Prometheus chained to a rock, the nine Muses, and more - twenty-two deities in all! 48 pages; 8-1/4 x 11. Saddlewired.