The Dolphin Rider And Other Greek Myths

by Bernard Evslin, Bernard Evslin (Illustrator)

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Genres: Mythology, Fiction, Greece

139 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1976

About the author

Bernard Evslin was an author best known for his adaptations of Greek mythology. With over seventy titles, which include both novel-length retellings and short stories, Evslin is one of the most widely published authors of classical mythology in the world. His best-known work is Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths, which has sold more than ten million copies worldwide and has been translated into ten different languages. An estimated 30 million students have come into contact with Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths due to its repeated use in high school and college classrooms over the years. This bestselling anthology includes such well-known stories as "Theseus and the Minotaur" and "Perseus and Medusa." He also published non-Hellenic titles such as The Green Hero, based on the Irish mythological character Finn McCool. He also was involved in an audio book called: "Children of the Corn." It included "Whistling Boy" a Native American tale; "Pancho's Puppets," a story about a boy in Mexico, and other stories.

Reviews

[Emily Knapp · Rating 4 out of 5]

In the book The Dolphin Rider and Other Greek Myths, written by Bernard Evslin, heroes and Gods go on different quests and adventures to be able to achieve their goals and get what they want. There are many heroes, including Prince Cadmus who sails to the four corners of the world in order to find his sister, Ulysses who stands up to a witch to save his crew mates, and Psyche who could not resist sneaking a peak at her mysterious husband. In general this was an entertaining book. Some of the Greek Myths were better than others, in my opinion, but they were all generally fun to read. There were a few parts and stories that weren’t as interesting and they took me a lot longer to read. I found that some of the stories that I thought weren’t that good were a lot longer than others and the ones that I enjoyed tended to be considerably shorter than others. The book was easy to read and harder in some places. I thought that it made it a lot easier to read because I was just reading a bunch of shorter stories. I also enjoyed this book because I love Greek Mythology. There is something about stories about Gods and Goddesses with adventure that captures my attention. Once I got into the book it didn’t take much time to read it, but it did take me a little bit to actually get into the book.

[Watermelon Daisy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I own this, yes. It was a very nice collection of stories and gave me a feel of Greek myths.

[Bookguide · Rating 3 out of 5]

A short children's book telling a few of the major Greek myths, introducing some of the gods. Engagingly written but (ironic, I know), now somewhat outdated in style. There's a useful list at the back giving the Greek and Roman names for gods and other characters. I found out that the Romans invaded Greece and incorporated their gods into their own belief system which explains a lot to me, uneducated as I am in that period of history. It was a revelation to me that Odysseus and Ulysses are the same person! It makes me want to read more about Greek myths to overcome the dislike I established as a 12-year-old when my first introduction to literature as a subject was to read a similarly stodgy version of ancient Greek stories involving people whose names I couldn't remember. I believe a certain author named Stephen Fry has recently written a version I might prefer, Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold.

[Shawn Thrasher · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very simplistic and not always very gripping re-telling of Greek and Roman myths. A good introduction, but there are better books of myths out there.