Book Το Σιλμαρίλλιον

The "Silmarillion", although published last after Tolkien's death, was the first in terms of both authorship and content. It is the story of the First Age, to which the heroes of "The Lord of the Rings" refer from time to time, such as Elrond and Galadriel, who lived since then. Anyone who has read "The Lord of the Rings" will now have a comprehensive picture of Middle-earth, its peoples, and the development of their history over the centuries. Anyone who, on the contrary, begins his acquaintance with Tolkien with "The Silmarillion" is certain not to stop there. "The Silmarillion" is the story of the creation of Middle-earth. It is the story of the peoples who lived in the heroic First Age, much older than the time in which the events of "The Lord of the Rings" (Third Age) take place. The book contains, in addition to the story of the Silmarils, the stones made by Feanor, the Music of the Ainur, the story of the Valar, the fall of the Numen and a chapter concerning the Rings of Power and the Third Age. It also tells us how the First Dark Lord, Morgoth, stole the stones and placed them in his iron crown, in the fortress of Angband, and how Feanor and his people began an endless and desperate war against the great Enemy to take them back. In the book, in addition to the fall of Númenor, there is also the extraordinary love story of Beren and Lúthien.