Project Gutenberg 2006-03-11 Public domain in the USA. 59 Bangs, John Kendrick 1862 1922 Olympian Nights Reading ease score: 80.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Paul Good, Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Olympian Nights" by John Kendrick Bangs is a humorous fantasy novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows the misadventures of a mortal who, while seeking shelter on Mount Olympus, finds himself entangled in the antics of the gods, revealing their less-than-great qualities through witty dialogues and playful satire. Key characters include the narrator, an unnamed man, and his guide, Hippopopolis, who together explore the absurdities of divine life. At the start of the novel, the protagonist has just arrived at the base of Mount Olympus during a fruitless search for a war that he had hoped to witness. After a long and tiring walk led by his guide Hippopopolis, he learns that he is resting near the legendary home of Greek gods. Hippopopolis expresses a skeptical opinion of the gods, claiming they are not as noble as one may believe, and his cynical humor sets the tone for the narrator's journey. As the rain begins to pour, the protagonist is left alone to fend for himself on the mountain, eventually discovering a mysterious elevator and a world within Olympus that operates on its quirks, alluding to the comedic mischief that will unfold. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Mythology, Classical -- Humor PS Text Browsing: Humour Browsing: Literature 238582 238586 2024-10-08T05:42:21.735689 2023-09-08T07:49:21.988813 text/html text/html 239037 2006-03-11T07:49:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 4347694 2006-03-11T07:49:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 5014920 2024-10-08T05:42:34.012601 application/epub+zip 5008875 2024-10-08T05:42:26.092689 application/epub+zip 156745 2024-10-08T05:42:23.828660 application/epub+zip 8604714 2024-10-08T05:42:39.578588 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 8564834 2024-10-08T05:42:31.600665 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 269851 2022-09-08T13:56:58.907973 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 200402 200306 2024-10-08T05:42:20.794674 2023-09-08T07:49:21.237826 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 200305 2006-03-11T07:49:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 79105 2006-03-11T07:49:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 200332 2006-03-11T07:49:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 79064 2006-03-11T07:49:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21092 2024-10-08T05:42:39.729578 application/rdf+xml 14524 2024-10-08T05:42:24.397679 image/jpeg 3714 2024-10-08T05:42:24.109682 image/jpeg 4487665 2024-10-08T05:42:21.860669 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia