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  • Listen to the first two chapters of Heroes by Stephen Fry, read by Stephen Fry. Download the full audiobook here: adbl.co/3wZ7VEB
    Join Jason aboard the Argo as he quests for the Golden Fleece. See Atalanta - who was raised by bears - outrun any man before being tricked with golden apples. Witness wily Oedipus solve the riddle of the Sphinx and discover how Bellerophon captures the winged horse Pegasus to help him slay the monster Chimera.
    Filled with white-knuckle chases and battles, impossible puzzles and riddles, acts of base cowardice and real bravery, not to mention murders and selfless sacrifices, Heroes is the story of what we mortals are truly capable of - at our worst and our very best.
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  • @LambentLark
    @LambentLark Рік тому +284

    I could listen to this man read the phone book.

    • @L8rCloud
      @L8rCloud 11 місяців тому +6

      He was doing that for about 8 months during 97-98 and had gotten halfway through L-Z when Google was launched and the project had to be mothballed

    • @isabellearaujo8991
      @isabellearaujo8991 11 місяців тому +5

      He is an amazing reader!! His reading of a Harry Potter book chapter is, to this day, one of my favorite of all time ❤

    • @ArsonFire00
      @ArsonFire00 11 місяців тому +3

      Is it a Greek phone book?

    • @Goldhart42
      @Goldhart42 10 місяців тому +3

      Beautiful voice

    • @helenstirling2520
      @helenstirling2520 9 місяців тому +2

      Me too ,

  • @JeSTeR-X1o
    @JeSTeR-X1o Місяць тому +3

    Absolute legend of a man, we love you here in Ireland too Stephen 👍💚💚🇮🇪👍

  • @ButterflyLullabyLtd
    @ButterflyLullabyLtd 5 місяців тому +27

    I love the way a narrator can bring a story to life. Stephen Fry does have a magical voice.

  • @bonnie43uk
    @bonnie43uk Рік тому +100

    Stephen really takes you into the stories as though you can picture events, .. just like when I was a little kid at school and our teacher read us stuff like Robinson Crusoe and Black Beauty. Lovely to listen to snuggled up in a warm bed hugging a pillow for comfort 🙂

  • @katioconnor5295
    @katioconnor5295 7 місяців тому +25

    In my younger years, early 60s, we had radio only for a few years so kid radio programs were enthralling. Absolutley the best way to grow your own imagination.
    Now at 64 i find myself returning to descriptive audio option settings when streaming movies during sleep/rest. Mr. Frye is spectacular in so many ways, but his audio reads are superb!
    Well Done!

  • @Donna-cc1kt
    @Donna-cc1kt 9 місяців тому +16

    Mr. Fry is absolutely bonkers crazy and genius. I loved and read Roman & Greek mythology in college and adored the stories. Only Fry could stand the classics on its ear with unexpected humor. He is such a singular man while I couldn’t be noticed naked in the desert selling tacos. Genius helps

  • @philiphema2678
    @philiphema2678 Рік тому +51

    I love Perseus's North English accent! Bravo
    Stephen Frry😁😆😅🤣😂❤💜💙💚💛🧡

    • @theITGuy-no3nt
      @theITGuy-no3nt Рік тому +5

      "Perseus, is it inside of that can?"
      "Nar, tin tin tin." 😁

    • @stacy7672
      @stacy7672 Рік тому +1

      @@theITGuy-no3nt proper snort laughed at that ( and properly needed it too , thank you 😊)

    • @tukoma2121
      @tukoma2121 8 місяців тому +2

      A suttle way of portraying Perseus' closeness to his Fisherman father❤

  • @zenith808
    @zenith808 Рік тому +78

    Brilliantly read, Stephen Fry. You never fail!❣️

  • @Valkylien
    @Valkylien Рік тому +15

    Such wonderful rich and detailed worlds the voice of Stephen Fry evokes. Witty and humorous - Thank you! What a gift - and surely years of hard work to get there...

  • @carolejoly8841
    @carolejoly8841 8 місяців тому +16

    I love this man😊. He is a great writer and is able to tell stories better than anyone else❤

  • @dorkinabubble7772
    @dorkinabubble7772 7 місяців тому +6

    It’s the accents that do it for me. He’s made it such a British story, and that lens makes this retelling all the more fascinating 🥰

  • @infn1
    @infn1 10 місяців тому +11

    What a great orientation, it's amazing how I never realised that Greek God's and Heroes had such strong Welsh accents 😀

  • @jeningle8288
    @jeningle8288 7 місяців тому +5

    I love Andromeda and co being Welsh! Stephen Fry is excellent both as author and narrator. i could listen to him all day.

  • @anniebmimi7210
    @anniebmimi7210 Рік тому +20

    Wow! His voice! His reading!!

  • @bofhzerozero777
    @bofhzerozero777 Рік тому +37

    The breakfast scene is so funny and illustrative of our making the gods in our image. The Kardashians each have their own mansion, but the Greek gods bunk together on Olympus and share nectar jars.

    • @elgato9534
      @elgato9534 Рік тому

      God forbid the islamo
      Judeo Christian mob give credit. Let alone the prior cultures

  • @pchabanowich
    @pchabanowich Рік тому +6

    It would be superfluous to declare ''May the gods be with you, dear fellow!'', for it is clear they all are. Superb in every way, of course.💐

  • @judeirwin2222
    @judeirwin2222 Рік тому +15

    Absolutely delightful, start to finish. Genius with plentiful humour and a true writer's brio bringing some rather tangled and obscure ancient myths to life.

  • @shelleymcafee8197
    @shelleymcafee8197 Рік тому +29

    Lol; I’m loving the humorous re-telling of this classic Greek myth; especially the fact that Fry seems to have given (hero) Persius the voice and personality of ‘David’, from the BBC show Heartbeat!
    (Will definitely be hearing this performance!!)
    Thank-You!!!

  • @BonnyMacVicar
    @BonnyMacVicar Місяць тому

    Stephen Fry has the most wonderful voice. I could picture it all. Thank you!!!

  • @studycoachuk
    @studycoachuk Рік тому +13

    Great to hear the voice of Stephen Fry - love the delivery.

  • @nancybingham7298
    @nancybingham7298 Рік тому +26

    Loved this. Never thought mythology could be so much fun.

  • @aliceofkansas
    @aliceofkansas Рік тому +10

    Andromeda is Welsh? I could not be more peachily pleased. Lovely.

  • @ivapolansky8004
    @ivapolansky8004 10 місяців тому +4

    This video is masterly in every aspect. A pure delight!

  • @djstarr-lowery4047
    @djstarr-lowery4047 7 місяців тому +2

    Oh Lord so could I.., listen to him reading the phone book, dictionary, encyclopedia. I just want to hear his voice. And from everything I've heard and read and seen, he is an amazing person.

  • @baleavitt
    @baleavitt 3 місяці тому +1

    I don't know how he does it but when he reads in Hera's voice, I hear Maggie Smith and see her acting the part in my mind

  • @AAMARTCLUB
    @AAMARTCLUB Рік тому +18

    Beautifully narrated and Bravo for the unusual and imaginative depiction of my favorite tale. Joy unbounded: there’s more!!

  • @christnessa
    @christnessa 11 місяців тому +2

    ❤ Thank you Penguin books and Stephen Fry❤

  • @torurk
    @torurk Рік тому +4

    Thanks to the big man upstairs for Stephen Fry. Truly a treasure to humankind

  • @shazjeffrey1
    @shazjeffrey1 2 місяці тому

    Iv listened to these stories about 3 times not. They never get boring as Stephen reads them so well and bring the stores to life. 😃

  • @sharingmyfun8804
    @sharingmyfun8804 9 місяців тому +2

    Here is the best way to enjoy mythology! Sure wish I had this in high school. 1:22:36

  • @saeyddibaj6118
    @saeyddibaj6118 Рік тому +6

    Brilliant as always dear Stephen

  • @wvhollargirl7549
    @wvhollargirl7549 Рік тому +10

    Oh. Thank you. I was never offered this classic. I plan to understand these Greek stories.

    • @wvhollargirl7549
      @wvhollargirl7549 Рік тому +5

      This seems a little of early messages to humanity. Or at least a way to express reasons for the unknown. Well done Stephen Fry. Well done.

    • @theITGuy-no3nt
      @theITGuy-no3nt Рік тому +1

      When you boil it all down, there are only seven stories in all of literature, and the Greeks gave us all of them.
      Overcoming the Monster
      Rags to Riches
      The Quest
      Voyage and Return
      Rebirth
      Comedy
      Tragedy

  • @PaulaJonesy
    @PaulaJonesy 3 місяці тому

    Ohhhh Steven, I could listen to you all day, every day! ❤

  • @michaeldyas769
    @michaeldyas769 Рік тому +4

    I'm loving this, if I may be so presumptuous as to call you Stephen, once again you excel, thank you.

  • @noobiechick833
    @noobiechick833 Рік тому +4

    A wonderful tale! Thank you.

  • @xaraxania
    @xaraxania Рік тому +7

    Fantastic, I did Classics at school and still love the stories, thank yuou Stephen x

  • @TecOneself
    @TecOneself Рік тому +3

    Oh, how delightful my laughter has reach Olympus thanks to Stephen Fry's characterisations and spirited hight pitch of a real Brit.

  • @mindfullmavericks
    @mindfullmavericks 8 місяців тому

    the best wy to learn english is too listen to it, this channel has perfectly proved that, thank you stephen fry, a legendary voice

  • @user-tm4my4jb6d
    @user-tm4my4jb6d Рік тому +24

    This was wonderful to listen to

  • @zerogrey3798
    @zerogrey3798 Рік тому +6

    I loved Fry's version of Harry Potter, got it on Scamazon/Audible, the rest of the series are narrated by someone else and I didn't bother. Dudes voice is, to me, as iconic as Orson Welles, James Earl Jones and Morgan Freeman.

  • @andrewwilson4528
    @andrewwilson4528 Рік тому +2

    Thanks Stephen, thanks Penguin Books

  • @wasantha7682
    @wasantha7682 Рік тому +2

    Thanks...
    Loved listening ....

  • @keithlutman5611
    @keithlutman5611 2 місяці тому

    Brilliant. Love the use of regional accents. Thank you.

  • @daryabaghdar4340
    @daryabaghdar4340 3 місяці тому

    Marvelous job, thanks Mr. Fry for this great work.

  • @valkanpavlov4658
    @valkanpavlov4658 9 місяців тому

    Oh my... I am listening to this, and just can not stop giggling. Stephen Fry if you ever read this u r amazing!

  • @AntPDC
    @AntPDC 3 місяці тому

    Didn't realise the Graeae came from Lancashire. Beautifully and comically done!

  • @Alan_Mac
    @Alan_Mac Рік тому +5

    This is brilliant!

  • @vtee361
    @vtee361 3 місяці тому

    His voice is liquid gold.

  • @diveinnjim
    @diveinnjim Рік тому +2

    Perseus sounds like a young Alan Bennett :)
    excellent narration
    many thanks

  • @sampunnett2131
    @sampunnett2131 Рік тому +12

    This is hilarious! "NOT LIKE YOU'RE TAKING A CRAP!"

  • @joaniediamond8714
    @joaniediamond8714 9 місяців тому

    Absolutely lovely

  • @VictoriaAlfredSmythe
    @VictoriaAlfredSmythe Рік тому +3

    I know it will be good. Now to listen.

  • @judeirwin2222
    @judeirwin2222 Рік тому +1

    Andromeda as a Welsh lass - hilarious! "It twas all my mother's fault, look you."

  • @robertsemple299
    @robertsemple299 8 місяців тому

    I bought the book but had difficulty with the pronunciation of the characters' names in my mind. This vid solves that problem, thank you.

  • @Tinatime532
    @Tinatime532 5 місяців тому

    Stephen we love you❤ love and hugs always… love this book sweetheart ✨🕊✨❤️

  • @davidromero1549
    @davidromero1549 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for this!!!!

  • @bluepegasus5682
    @bluepegasus5682 Рік тому +1

    2 minutes in and I can't remember what has been stressing me out in the last 24 hours.

  • @dorothy-2930
    @dorothy-2930 Рік тому

    What an excellent reading by Stephen Fry! And the sound is perfect too! What a delightful surprise. The vast majority of audiobooks do not come anywhere near these standards.

  • @teejayaich4306
    @teejayaich4306 8 місяців тому +1

    Hah loved the "golden shower" joke around 6:50 in. Hey, whatever floats a persons boat right? :D

  • @lilylenarzhooyman5242
    @lilylenarzhooyman5242 7 місяців тому

    Stephen fry is a treasure

  • @user-te3mg6lw8j
    @user-te3mg6lw8j 2 місяці тому

    This ismy favourite graham norton show

  • @nrods3787
    @nrods3787 Рік тому +2

    This is super good. 💖🙏🏻

  • @brianmilthorp6690
    @brianmilthorp6690 5 місяців тому

    Love the voice of Perseus.

  • @TinyEpics
    @TinyEpics Рік тому +7

    My channel was partially inspired by this man’s work. Great stuff!

  • @genekern2835
    @genekern2835 Рік тому +1

    Beautifully read

  • @stevebarber8501
    @stevebarber8501 Рік тому +1

    This is a great find!!!

  • @nitajean9885
    @nitajean9885 7 місяців тому

    Thank you

  • @MissSpookyMooky
    @MissSpookyMooky Рік тому +11

    My word, sorry dear Stephen, but that thumbnail photo, makes you look just like the amazing Margaret Rutherford. Luckily I love both of you. ♥

  • @natalya9821
    @natalya9821 7 місяців тому

    Thank you!!!

  • @annedoyle6856
    @annedoyle6856 6 місяців тому

    I enjoy everything historic and mythical . Add the God's, Greece, and Stephen Fry. Well, it was just a sublime combination.
    Though it ended all to soon, only moments after it started. Or so it seemed.
    I have a question.....
    Was that the entire book? Or is the rest to be purchased?

  • @pollyanna6557
    @pollyanna6557 Рік тому

    Nicely read 🏹

  • @salwaaj1356
    @salwaaj1356 Рік тому +1

    Poor Medusa, always a quest for the heroes to inflate their egoes..

  • @willmpet
    @willmpet 7 місяців тому

    I had only heard a part of the story of Perseus before.

  • @helenswan705
    @helenswan705 3 місяці тому

    This is a lovely surprise!

  • @dayneallensheetsftm
    @dayneallensheetsftm Рік тому +1

    I studied mythology in depth when I was in grade and jr high school but it was never this funny and entertaining 🤣

  • @horsedogdognotebook9295
    @horsedogdognotebook9295 11 місяців тому

    Delightful!

  • @smithy2462
    @smithy2462 27 днів тому

    Great stuff.

  • @Asilaysheepless
    @Asilaysheepless Рік тому

    Wow this was brilliant

  • @racebannon5523
    @racebannon5523 Рік тому

    I wish Steven could babysit my kids too.

  • @burna1282
    @burna1282 Рік тому +14

    After spending years all over Africa, can confirm, Welsh is the main ethnicity of Ethiopia 😂

  • @jameswebb4593
    @jameswebb4593 Рік тому +26

    Don'y be scared , my name is Dictys "" Not Bigitys Dictys "

    • @fluorosco
      @fluorosco Рік тому +5

      I have a fwend in wohme named Bictys Dictys

    • @billpiechocki
      @billpiechocki Рік тому +1

      @james webb, Mel Brooks', "History of the World Pt. II" reference?

    • @Orion3741
      @Orion3741 Рік тому

      james webb : he's a Wo-min.

    • @kirnpu
      @kirnpu Рік тому

      @@billpiechocki Life of Brian. :)

    • @juliestone9371
      @juliestone9371 Рік тому

      Fwee wodewick!

  • @allanjstark
    @allanjstark 6 місяців тому

    How good! 👍👍👍

  • @halinamachul2950
    @halinamachul2950 8 місяців тому

    I could listen to

  • @Not00
    @Not00 Рік тому

    Pretty average story. But made into a classic by the wonderful and involved narrative performance. Excellent.

  • @RenegadeZoo
    @RenegadeZoo Рік тому

    Class

  • @Mrincredible-vy2ke
    @Mrincredible-vy2ke 22 дні тому

    So good 😊

  • @kieranforsyth3075
    @kieranforsyth3075 Рік тому

    Great classic Greek mythology meet fireman Sam

  • @aimiliosdakos7262
    @aimiliosdakos7262 2 місяці тому

    1:10:07 - oi oi lads 1:10:10 - te quiero

  • @starcapture3040
    @starcapture3040 Рік тому +2

    Stephen Fry's Narration for mythos was far much better

    • @susandurrant6357
      @susandurrant6357 Рік тому +4

      Much better or far better but never, far much better

    • @daviddawson1718
      @daviddawson1718 Рік тому

      You don't think that he did a good job of capturing the authors voice?? I'll check it out.

    • @starcapture3040
      @starcapture3040 Рік тому

      @@susandurrant6357 it works

    • @starcapture3040
      @starcapture3040 Рік тому +1

      @@daviddawson1718 you must! mythos narration And troy were much better.

    • @susandurrant6357
      @susandurrant6357 Рік тому +4

      @@starcapture3040 ok no probs you must know far more better than me.

  • @bilinguru
    @bilinguru Рік тому +2

    I love Stephen Fry, but a cockney accent for Hermes seems like an odd choice.

  • @brunafarias9415
    @brunafarias9415 10 місяців тому

    I came to listen because Margot Robbie said she only falls asleep listening to his audiobooks. 😂❤

  • @luchiclarter5330
    @luchiclarter5330 9 місяців тому

    Percius is the product of a golden shower 💀🤣

  • @Barbarra63297
    @Barbarra63297 10 місяців тому

    Very entertaining!

  • @AbeeraFoodSecrets
    @AbeeraFoodSecrets 2 роки тому +2

    🌹💐👍

  • @BenSHammonds
    @BenSHammonds 6 місяців тому

    quite enjoyable

  • @ArchieThomas3seesea
    @ArchieThomas3seesea Рік тому +1

    Even Now Barry Manilow.

  • @tharushijayakody3797
    @tharushijayakody3797 4 місяці тому

    Bookmarks
    1:35

  • @rishpanjeet7479
    @rishpanjeet7479 Рік тому

    15:45

  • @mikejackson5666
    @mikejackson5666 6 місяців тому

    Is it any good ,I'm looking for a recommendation

  • @scottfitzgerald5352
    @scottfitzgerald5352 5 місяців тому

    BRAAAAVO