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A fun and entertaining foray into Ancient Greek mythology through the lens of some of Marvel''s most popular characters--including Iron Man, Black Widow, and Wolverine--and an investigation into why classical stories continue to resonate with modern audiences. Since its inception, Marvel has created--in comics and on the silver screen--a vast, intricate universe brimming with superheroes and superhumans. Yet Marvel exists in a much larger mythological tradition, one that dates back to the Ancient Greeks and their tales of gods and heroes. Professor of Classics Peter Meineck traces Marvel''s lineage back to its earliest roots at the dawn of human culture. Using Marvel''s most beloved heroes (and antiheroes), such as Spider-Man and Deadpool, Meineck demonstrates how ancient themes continue to appear in our stories today and reintroduces characters like Achilles and Odysseus from Homer''s Iliad and Odyssey . He shows the connection between Black Panther and the legend of Atlantis and reveals that disabled heroes like Daredevil have existed since the days of Hercules. What do Scarlet Witch and the sorceress Medea have in common? As grieving mothers outcast from society, quite a lot, actually. Through it all, Meineck explores why these stories endure and remain so relevant today. He examines how the legends have shifted to reflect society''s changing values and warns of the perils of misinterpreting such stories. Most importantly, he asks the million-dollar question: What do our modern myths say about us? Tony Stark, Odysseus, and the Myths Behind Marvel is a rollicking journey from legends of old to the pop-culture stories of today.
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"By connecting our modern heroes to the archetypes of ancient myth, Peter Meineck's marvelous book bestows thrilling contemporary resonance upon those bygone legends." - Christopher Markus, co-screenwriter of Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame
"The ancient Greeks were into myths-traditional tales, multiply manipulated-in a mega way. So too are today's devotees of the MCU, as Professor of Classics Peter Meineck so brilliantly demonstrates in a daringly pioneering book. Scholarship and storytelling have rarely been so well matched as in this treasure house of tangled techno-mythological tales." - Paul Cartledge, bestselling author of The Spartans and Professor of Greek Culture at Cambridge University
"Endlessly malleable, changing and adapted with every telling, mythologies ancient and modern are windows into the human heart and mind. Peter Meineck works his magic untangling the threads that link the electric, modern Marvel Universe and its heroes with the mythic worlds of Homer, Euripides, Virgil, and more." - Annette Giesecke, author of Classical Mythology A to Z
"Great Odin's beard! Like a superpowered Edith Hamilton, Peter Meineck guides 21st-century cape-and-cowl fans back millennia and through Greco-Roman, Egyptian, and even American esoteric mythologies to find the lines that connect Kirby to kleos and to reveal that, beyond the corporate demarcations that define Marvel, there is a storytelling multiverse that belongs to us all." - Sean Howe, author of the Eisner Award-winning Marvel Comics: The Untold Story
