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Informationen zum Autor Susie Donkin has been a writer for the hugely popular Horrible Histories (CBBC) since it first aired in 2009. Now in its 9th series it was won a variety of awards including Best Writing Team and Best Comedy Show at the Children's BAFTAs. Other writing credits include the award-winning Smack The Pony (Channel 4), and Bearded Ladies (Radio 4, BBC2). As Artistic Director of Spitz & Co she has created three successful rural touring comedy shows all of which have toured extensively throughout the UK. Klappentext In the beginning, everything was fine.* And then along came Zeus. It's about time we stopped respecting Greek myths and started laughing at them. Did you know Aphrodite was born of some discarded genitals? And Hera threw her own son off a mountain because he was ugly? And let's not even get started on Zeus - king of the gods, ruler of the skies and a man who's never heard of self-control. In fact, if there's one thing most Greek myths have in common, it's that all the drama could have been avoided if SOMEONE could keep it in their toga . . . Comedy writer and performer Susie Donkin takes us on a hilarious romp through mythology and the numerous times the gods (literally) screwed everything up! 'It's about time someone called him out on all this' Hera, goddess of marriage, wife of Zeus 'Worst. Father. Ever.' Artemis, goddess of the hunt, daughter of Zeus 'Just a real dick, honestly' Many, many people *more or less Vorwort In the beginning, everything was fine. And then along came Zeus. Zusammenfassung In the beginning, everything was fine. And then along came Zeus.
