Young hero Perseus killed the monster Medusa the Gorgon. Everyone knows about that feat. But few know how—thirty years later—the great Perseus went to war against Dionysus, trying to stop the god’s triumphant march through Argolis. Two sons of Zeus met in battle to the death. Blood flowed, the bacchantes raged, and men seized spears. The past turned inside out, and the future threatened with lightning. Perseus’s grandson, a boy named Amphitryon, has a harsh fate—to stand beside his grandfather in his war.
“The Grandson of Perseus” tells of the events preceding the books “One Must Be a Hero” and “Odysseus, Son of Laertes.” Ancient Greece of gods and heroes, kings and monsters appears before you—an exquisite stranger whose gaze can turn you to stone. Ellada, described by the stellar duo Олді, has long won readers’ love and recognition.