Animales divinos

Pegasus, the winged horse; the dog Argos, a faithful friend of Ulises; Hephaestus's donkey or the lions of Cibeles are some of the protagonists of this fun story about the animals that accompanied the heroes and gods of Antiquity. The ancient Greeks did not trust their gods. That's right. The Olympians had a reputation for being selfish, capricious and bullying, perhaps because being immortal they had an eternity of time ahead of them and they didn't want to get bored. That's why they played with mortals, animals included. One of their cruelest entertainments was the Trojan War, where thousands of Greek and Trojan warriors died, along with their horses, dogs and mules, and the bulls and sheep they sacrificed on altars to pray for victory. They are the protagonists of this book: the animals that shared adventures with gods and heroes; that is, the fauna of Greek mythology. Thanks to them we will know curiosities of some famous myths, and we will discover others that are not so well known. And, tracing the footprints of these divine creatures, we will be surprised to see how myths are still present in our daily lives.