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King Midas
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John W. Stewig |
A king finds himself bitterly regretting the consequences of his wish that everything he touches would turn to gold. |
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The goddess
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Miranda Seymour |
Based on the story of Helen of Troy. |
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Dateline
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Paul Fleischman |
A retelling of the story of the Trojan War illustrated with collages featuring newspaper clippings of modern events from World War I through the Persian Gulf war. |
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The Wanderings of Odysseus
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Rosemary Sutcliff |
A retelling of the adventures of Odysseus on his long voyage home from the Trojan War. |
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The robber baby
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Anne F. Rockwell |
Retells fifteen tales from Greek mythology, including the stories of Hermes, Demeter and Kore, Daedalus, Atalanta, and Pandora. |
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Pegasus the winged horse
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Corinne J. Naden |
With the goddess Athena's help, Bellerophon tames the winged horse and destroys the dreaded Chimaera. |
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Theseus and the Minotaur
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Leonard Everett Fisher |
Retells the Greek myth of the hero Theseus and his battle with the bull-headed monster called the Minotaur. |
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10 plays
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Euripides |
The Greek playwright Euripedes was misunderstood in his own time, but the topics he chose to write about--women's role in society, war, religion, and the human condition--are still relevant today. Th… |
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Artemis the brave
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Joan Holub,Suzanne Williams |
While protecting egotistical transfer student Orion, Artemis makes a mistake that later provides her with the chance that she has both hoped for and dreaded, to prove her courage to herself and other… |
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The McElderry book of Greek myths
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Eric A. Kimmel |
Walk among the gods and goddesses, men and monsters, in this enchanting volume of classic Greek myths! Here are twelve of the most beloved legends of Greek mythology, from Pandora and her dreaded box… |
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Tragedies
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Seneca the Younger,Paul Jal,François-Régis Chaumartin,F.-R. Chaumartin |
"Seneca is a figure of first importance in both Roman politics and literature: a leading adviser to Nero who attempted to restrain the emperor's megalomania; a prolific moral philosopher; and the aut… |
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Aphrodite's blessings
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Clemence McLaren |
Atalanta, Andromeda, and Psyche, three female characters in Greek mythology, tell the stories of their marriages. Includes information on love and marriage in ancient Greece. |
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Pandora gets heart
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Carolyn Hennesy |
Pandy, Alcie, Iole, and Homer face many dangers as they make their way to the sacred Mount Ida in Phrygia to capture another deadly evil--lust. |
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Sweet Venom (Medusa Girls #1)
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Tera Lynn Childs |
Three teenage descendants of Medusa, the once-beautiful Gorgon maligned in myth, must reunite and embrace their fates.
Grace just moved to San Francisco and is excited to start over at a new schoo… |
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Courage
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Shelagh Canning |
When Annie Redfeather falls and loses a big school race, Aristotle the prairie dog reads her the story of Theseus slaying the Minotaur to illustrate courage. |
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Get to work, Hercules!
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Kate McMullan |
In this updated version of Greek mythology, Hades, King of the Underworld, tells the true story of Hercules and his twelve labors. |
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Nice shot, Cupid!
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Kate McMullan |
In this updated version of Greek mythology, Hades, King of the Underworld, tells how a gawky teen Cupid fell in love with the mortal Psyche and what really happened when he kidnapped her. |
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Underworld
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Meg Cabot |
Escape from the realm of the dead is impossible when someone there wants you back.
Seventeen-year-old Pierce Oliviera isn’t dead.
Not this time.
But she is being held against her will in the… |
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The Complete Plays of Sophocles
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Sophocles |
The most celebrated plays of ancient Athens in vivid and dynamic new translations by award-winning poets Robert Bagg and James Scully
The dominant Athenian playwright in fifth-century-BCE Athens, … |
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Stop that bull, Theseus!
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Kate McMullan |
Theseus gets lost inside the labyrinth because he forgot to bring along the ball of string the king's daughter had given him. (Myth-O-Mania). |
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