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Natalia Kapatsoulia , Filippos Mandilaras

Achilles and Hector [Αχιλλέας και Έκτορας]

The Achaeans have been fighting at Troy for nine years. Hector is the first among the Trojans. Agamemnon is the Achaeans’ general. On the tenth year, Achilles and Agamemnon argue for two women. Chryseis is Agamemnon’s slave girl. Her father, Chryses, a priest of Apollo, begs Agamemnon to give her back. Agamemnon refuses. When Apollo punishes the Achaeans, Agamemnon has to fulfil Chryses’ wish. Having returned Chryseis to her father, Agamemnon orders Briseis, Achilles’ sla(...)

COUNTRY: Greece

TAGS: Achaeans Achilles Agamemnon Ajax Apollo Briseis Chryseis Hector Nereids Odysseus/ Ulysses Paris Patroclus Priam Thetis Trojans Troy

Nikos Kazantzakis

Alexander the Great (In the Time of Alexander the Great)[Μέγας Αλέξανδρος (Στα χρόνια του Μεγαλέξανδρου)]

The novel covers Alexander the Great’s life, beginning with his famous taming of the wild horse Bucephalas at fifteen and ending with his death in Babylon in 323 BCE. The novel focuses primarily on Alexander’s twin ambitions, to unite Greece and to conquer Asia and how he made them a reality. He shared these aspirations with his father Philip II of Macedon, who is an important character in the early part of the book. This covers Alexander’s early life at his father’s cour(...)

YEAR: 1978 (1940-1941)

COUNTRY: Greece

TAGS: Achilles Alexander the Great Aristotle Athens Callisthenes Darius III Demosthenes Greece Hellenism Heracles / Herakles Hercules Homer Kleos (glory/good reputation) Macedonia Olympias Persian Empire Philip II of Macedonia Zeus

Jamila Gavin, David Parkins

Alexander the Great. Man, Myth, or Monster?

Alexander the Great. Man, Myth, or Monster? introduces young readers to ancient history via biography. The birth to death format follows the traditions of biography, while the narrative also moves forward and backwards in parts, with the narrator recalling previous events or anticipating events that will occur later. The story is punctuated by mythic tales which are introduced as if being told to soldiers in the story. These embedded myths are well chosen to reflect what is happening in the main(...)

YEAR: 2011

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Achilles Agamemnon Alexander the Great Architecture Artemis Athens Bible Daedalus Dionysus Divination Egypt Gilgamesh Gods Graeco-Persian wars Greek history Greek mythology Greek philosophy Heracles / Herakles Hercules Homer Horus Icarus Iliad Immortality Julius Caesar Midas Mythology Oracles Patroclus Reception of classical antiquity Slavery Trojan War Troy Zeus

Joe Caramagna, Travel Foreman, Derek Fridolfs, Len O'Grady, Michael Avon Oeming

Ares. God of War

Part One. Ares opens with a repeat of the cover image in which a Mohican-haired Ares looks down reflectively amidst a battlefield strewn with bodies. The opening text quotes Zeus in Homer's Iliad declaring Ares the most hateful of the gods. A second scene of devastation accompanies Ares' account of how the other gods called on him long ago to halt Hades' attack on Olympus. He recalls that even as Hades' hellish demons swarmed about them Hercules discouraged Zeus' appeal to Ar(...)

YEAR: 2006

TAGS: Achilles Alexander the Great Apollo Architecture Ares Argonauts Asclepius / Asklepios Athena/ Athene Gods Greek art Greek mythology Hades Hera Heracles / Herakles Hermes Hermes' winged boots Homer Iliad Immortality Jason Katabasis Mars Mythology Odysseus/ Ulysses Olympus Reception of classical antiquity Trojan War Troy Zeus

Imogen Greenberg , Isabel Greenberg

Athena: The Story of a Goddess

This a humorous, illustrated, modern re-telling of the myths of Athena for a younger audience using elements of graphic novel storytelling. Some of the myths told are directly connected to Athena, but this expands into a re-telling of the myths around the Trojan War. This is preceded by a short introduction of each of the main characters of the book, both gods and heroes. The individual myths are not separated by headings, but flow into each other, almost like a biography of Athena. The myths co(...)

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Achilles Aphrodite Arachne Athena/ Athene Hephaestus Hera Medusa Odysseus/ Ulysses Paris Perseus Poseidon Zeus

Coeur de pirate , Ubisoft Montréal , Thomas Rollus, Jeffrey Yohalem

Child of Light follows the story of Aurora, the daughter of an Austrian count, who wakes one day in the mysterious realm of Lemuria. Befriended by the firefly, Igniculus, Aurora finds the Lady of the Forest and asks her the way home. Instead, she learns that Umbra, Queen of Night, has poisoned Lemuria, and will claim the human world too, if she is not stopped. Armed with an ancient sword, and Igniculus’s light, Aurora sets off to retrieve the sun, moon and stars, and so save her family fro(...)

YEAR: April-July 2014

TAGS: Achilles Athena/ Athene Aurora Greek art

William F. Russell

Classic Myths to Read Aloud

This book is divided into two sections by reader age: the first part contains stories meant for children of over five years and the second part is for children of eight and over. The "ages eight and over" section is primarily made up of stories from the epics of Homer and Virgil. Each story begins with a note from the author, an "approximate reading time" and a pronunciation guide to names and some of the more old-fashioned words. Each story ends with an “A Few Words Mo(...)

YEAR: 1989

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Achilles Aeneas Agamemnon Anchises Athena/ Athene Dido Dionysius of Syracuse Hector Helen Hera Jason Menelaus Odysseus/ Ulysses Paris Penelope Perseus Telemachus Theseus

Kornel Makuszyński , Zbigniew Piotrowski

Demon in 7th Grade [Szatan z siódmej klasy]

Professor Gąsowski is shocked when he discovers that his students have known for a long time his scheme for questioning them during class. It turns out that it was deciphered by Adam Cisowski – a brilliant student with a special gift for solving puzzles. Moreover, Adam accepts the challenge issued by the professor – he will try to guess whom the teacher will select to answer his question during the next class, according to a new scheme. To the professor’s surprise Adam succeeds(...)

YEAR: 1937

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Achilles Aesop Aesop’s Fables Agamemnon Ajax Alcibiades Alexander Amalthea Apelles Atlas Brutus Charon Elysian Fields Famous maxims Greek mythology Hannibal Hecatomb Iris Julius Caesar Jupiter Latin Mercury Mythology Pericles Pythagoras Roman mythology Socrates Tacitus Virgil Virgil’s Aeneid

Andrey Valentinov

Diomedes The Son of Tydeus. Book 1: I Won’t Return [Диомед, сын Тидея. Книга первая: Я не вернусь]

This is a heroic fantasy fiction based on the myth of Diomedes, aimed at young adults, in novel format. The plot of the novel is reframing and reinterpretation of the myths of Seven against Thebes and Epigones, as well as other events from the life of Diomedes before the Trojan War. Diomedes, the son of Tydeus the Unforgiven, was born in exile. His father owes his unfortunate nickname and his status of exile to kindred killing performed by him in the state of madness. Diomedes himself exper(...)

YEAR: 2008

COUNTRY: Russia

TAGS: Achilles Aegiale Agamemnon Alcmaeon Amphiaraus Amphitryon Athena/ Athene Capaneus Cronus Diomedes Fate Hades Helen Helen of Troy Hera Heracles / Herakles Hercules Human sacrifices Iolaos Menelaus Odysseus/ Ulysses Palamedes Paris Patroclus Priam Protesilaus Thersander Tydeus

Andrey Valentinov

Diomedes The Son of Tydeus. Book 2: Someone Else Will Return [Диомед, сын Тидея. Книга вторая: Вернусь не я]

This is a heroic fantasy fiction based on the myth of Diomedes, aimed at young adults, in novel format. The plot of the novel is reframing and reinterpretation of Iliad and Odyssey. The second part of Valentinov’s novel on Diomedes is dedicated to the exploits of the hero during the Trojan War and subsequent events.Diomedes has enough knowledge and experience to understand that the beginning of war between the West and the East on Troad plain would be suicidal: if Trojans call for help fro(...)

YEAR: 2008

COUNTRY: Russia

TAGS: Achilles Aegiale Aeneas Agamemnon Amphilochus Amphitryon Athena/ Athene Cronus Diomedes Fate Hades Helen Helen of Troy Helenus Hera Heracles / Herakles Hercules Human sacrifices Menelaus Odysseus/ Ulysses Palamedes Paris Patroclus Priam Protesilaus Thersander Trojan War Tydeus

Imogen Greenberg , Isabel Greenberg

Discover… (Series): The Ancient Greeks

Discover... began in 2016. It is part of a series offering a light-hearted introduction to a range of ancient cultures, including The Roman Empire, The Ancient Aztecs, and The Ancient Egyptians.Discover... The Ancient Greeks opens with the stated intention of exploring who the ancient Greeks really were. The book is divided into 2-page sub-sections, each discussing a different aspect of ancient Greek culture.(...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Achilles Aesop Aesop’s Fables Alexander the Great Aphrodite Architecture Argo Argonauts Ariadne Athena/ Athene Athens Chorus Classical studies Crete Delos Dionysus Divination Egypt Fable Gods Golden Fleece Graeco-Persian wars Greek art Greek history Greek language Greek music Greek mythology Greek philosophy Greek theatre Hades Harpies Hector Helen of Troy Hera Heracles / Herakles Hercules Hermes Hermes' winged boots Homer Iliad Incest Jason Labyrinth Laurel wreath Maze Medea Menelaus Minos Minotaur Mythology Odysseus/ Ulysses Odyssey Oedipus Rex Olympic Games Olympus Oracles Orpheus Paris Penelope Pericles Poseidon Pythoness Reception of classical antiquity Scylla Sirens Slavery Socrates Sophocles Sparta Theseus Thetis Trident Trojan Horse (wooden) Trojan War Troy Witches Zeus

Donald Cotton, Michael Leeston-Smith, Donald Tosh

Doctor Who (Series, Season 3): The Myth Makers

‘The Myth Makers’ continued the early tendency of Doctor Who (1963-1989; 2005-present) to mix science-fiction adventures with historically-themed storylines (as an extension of its intended educational role). The story sees the crew of the TARDIS (the time/space machine) materialise in Bronze-Age Asia Minor, just outside the walls of Troy (at the very moment when Achilles slays the Trojan champion Hector; indeed causing the death of the Trojan prince). The Doctor (an alien &lsqu(...)

YEAR: 1965

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Achilles Greek mythology Homer Odysseus/ Ulysses Trojan War Virgil

Robert (Bob) Blaisdell, John Green

Favorite Greek Myths: In Easy-to-Read Type

This short anthology of Greek myth is divided into six chapters, with mini sub-chapters within these. 1. Gods and Titans – The stories of Kronos and Ouranos and of Zeus’ war with the Titans.The Story of Prometheus: How Prometheus stole fire and Pandora opened the box. The Story of Persephone: The abduction of Persephone. 2. Hercules – How Hercules carried out labours to become immortal. 3. Heroes and Monsters – Divided into multiple hero stor(...)

YEAR: 1995

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Achilles Agamemnon Ariadne Athena/ Athene Bellerophon Daedalus Echo Epimetheus Eurydice Hades Helen Heracles / Herakles Hercules Icarus Jason Jocasta Kronos / Cronus Medea Medusa Minotaur Narcissus Odysseus/ Ulysses Oedipus Orestes Orpheus Pandora Paris Pegasus Penelope Persephone Perseus Prometheus Theseus Zeus

Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams

Goddess Girls (Series, Book 21): Pallas the Pal

In this installment, two stories occur simultaneously. Pallas, Athena’s best friend from Earth, arrives for a visit and sword-dancing in the Immortal Market Place. The other story revolves around the unexpected birth of Athena’s new baby sister, Hebe. While Athena is worried about her father’s affection, Pallas is worried because she accidently broke her father’s sword during her routine. She thinks, “too bad her dad didn’t have a goddessgirl like Athena for a(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Achilles Agamemnon Amphitrite Aphrodite Apollo Ares Argonauts Artemis Athena/ Athene Epimetheus Hebe Hera Heracles / Herakles Hercules Jason Medusa Persephone Poseidon Zeus

Gary Margrove

Hercules Son of God (Series, Book 5): Deceit of the Gods

This book is written as the fourth in a series of five as an exposition of the deadly threats facing our planet in the face of the Anunnaki (“relatives of Anu, ruler of the planet Nibiru”) and their attempts to take over the Earth. The author asserts that he has written this book as a service to the public, educating all as to the apocalyptic dangers that lie ahead. The writing, using second person narrative addressed to the reader, is peppered with URLs to extra reading material, bo(...)

YEAR: 2013

TAGS: Achilles Alcmene Antiope Ares Artemis Cerberus Chronos Creon Diomedes Eos Erebus Geryon Hades Helios Hera Heracles / Herakles Hercules Hippolyta Hydra Marduk Medusa Megara Minos Nabu Nereus Olympus Pasiphae Philoctetes Rhea Selene Styx Zeus

Simona Bursi, Linda Cavallini, Susanna Davidson, Alex Frith , Anne Millard, Matteo Pincelli, Russell Punter, Lesley Sims , Louie Stowell

Illustrated Stories From the Greek Myths

Illustrated Stories From the Greek Myths is a highly illustrated collection of short stories for children or young teens.Contents:The Wooden Horse: Russell Punter (Author) and Matteo Pincelli (Illustrator),The Minotaur: Russell Punter (Author) and Linda Cavallini (Illustrator),Bellerophon and Pegasus: Susanna Davidson (Author) and Simona Bursi (Illustrator),The Twelve Tasks of Heracles: Alex Frith (Author) and Matteo Pincelli (Illustrator),Perseus and the Gorgon: Lesley Sims (Author) a(...)

YEAR: 2011

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Achilles Aetiology Afterlife Andromeda Aphrodite Apples of the Hesperides Architecture Argo Argonauts Ariadne Athena/ Athene Atlas Bellerophon Cerberus Charon Chimaera Circe Crete Cyclops / Cyclopes Daedalus Demeter Dionysus Graeae Sisters Greek mythology Hades Hera Heracles / Herakles Hercules Hermes Hermes' winged boots Icarus Jason Labyrinth Medusa Metamorphosis Minos Mount Olympus Odysseus/ Ulysses Pandora Pandora’s Box Pegasus Penelope Persephone Perseus Polyphemus Poseidon Prometheus Sirens Telemachus Trojan Horse (wooden) Trojan War Twelve Labours of Heracles Witches Zeus

Natalia Kapatsoulia , Filippos Mandilaras

Jason and the Argonauts [Ο Ιάσονας και η Αργοναυτική Εκστρατεία]

Mandilaras’ narrative starts with Jason’s childhood on Mount Pelion and ends with the hero’s adventures in Colchis. Aeson, Jason’s father, entrusted the child Jason to the centaur Chiron. When he turned twenty Jason headed for Iolcus to dethrone Pelias, his uncle. At a river crossing, Jason assisted an elderly woman, who was the goddess Hera in disguise. Jason lost one sandal in the river. King Pelias was terrified when he saw Jason. He remembered an oracle that he w(...)

COUNTRY: Greece

TAGS: Achilles Aeëtes Aeson Amphiaraus Argonauts Argos Boreas Calais Chiron Clashing Rocks Colchis Greece Harpyiae Hera Hercules Iolcus Jason Lemnos Medea Mysia Nymphs Orpheus Peleus Pelion Phineus Theseus Thrace Zetes

Marisa De Castro, Mark Weinstein

Let’s go to Nafplio! Short City Guides [Πάμε στο Ναύπλιο]

The book starts with an illustration of a typical nuclear family in a car, mother and father at the front (with dad behind the wheel), and daughter and son at the back. The red-blond hair for mother and son could imply that this is a family of foreign visitors to Greece, who drive to Nafplio from other Greek cities. Subsequently, we see a simplified map of the Peloponnese and southern central Greece, dotted with places of interest, such as the Corinth Canal. Nemea is marked with a drawing of a m(...)

YEAR: 2009

COUNTRY: Greece

TAGS: Achilles Acrocorinth Alexander Anymone Argolid Argos Athena/ Athene Athens Epaminondas Isthmus of Corinth Leonidas Miltiades Mycenae Mycenean tomb Nauplius Nemea Palamedes Persians Phocion Poseidon Themistocles Thermopylae Tiryns

Jennifer Adams, Alison Oliver

Little Master Homer. The Odyssey

The Little Master Homer: The Odyssey takes nine episodes from Homer's Odyssey and distils each into a picture/caption/speech-bubble unit. The illustrations cross two pages; they are bold and stylised, designed to capture the attention of very young children. The first character introduced is 'Calypso, the Nymph'. She is saying, I keep Odysseus here with me since I saved him from the wine-dark sea. Next, 'Ino, the Sea Nymph', says, Take my veil and tie it around your(...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Achilles Afterlife Agamemnon Charybdis Circe Classical studies Cyclops / Cyclopes Divination Fate Greek music Greek mythology Hades Homer Iliad Music Mythology Nymphs Odysseus/ Ulysses Odyssey Polyphemus Reception of classical antiquity Scylla Sirens Underworld Witches

Anita Ganeri , David West

Monster Fight Club (Series): Heroes of Myths and Legends

Monster Fight Club is a series of books written in collaboration by Anita Ganeri and David West. In this series, heroes, monsters, mythical beasts, legendary figures from around the world are pitted against one another, much as in a Dungeons and Dragons battle, or computer game. Readers are presented with some context, some facts and some figures about each pair of contestants, before they enter the ring for combat. A double-page narrative, with images of the fighting figures, sums up how the fi(...)

YEAR: 2012

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Achilles Aeneas Amazons Aphrodite Dido Gorgons Hector Heracles / Herakles Hercules Homer Iliad Latium Lavinia Medusa Odysseus/ Ulysses Odyssey Penthesilea Perseus Trojan War

Kate McMullan , Denis Zilber

Myth-O-Mania (Series, Book 9): Hit the Road, Helen!

This is the ninth book in the Myth-O-Mania series. In this series, Hades is the narrator who promises to tell the whole truth about the Greek myth; he claims that his brother, Zeus, is a myth-o-maniac (that is, a liar) and that he fabricated the myths and wrote his version so that he and his children will appear noble and praiseworthy. In this book, Hades tells the story of Helen of Troy. Hades claims that in his version, Zeus put the blame for the Trojan War on Helen. Yet Hades claims, tha(...)

YEAR: 2013

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Achilles Agamemnon Aphrodite Apollo Athena/ Athene Cassandra Cupid Hades Hector Helen Hephaestus Hera Paris Poseidon Priam Trojan War Zeus

Weng Chen (Jade), Carolyn Hennesy

Mythic Misadventures (Series, Book 4): Pandora Gets Heart

This is the fourth installment in a series of books called Mythic Misadventures that takes the classic story of Pandora’s box and gives it a young, adventurous, partly contemporary twist – Pandora is Prometheus’ thirteen-year-old daughter. In this book, the group must travel to the past in order to find Lust, hidden in a golden apple. But they must be careful not to change history since this apple is the one that starts the story of Paris, Troy, and Helen of Sparta. Since (...)

YEAR: 2010

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Achilles Aphrodite Athena/ Athene Centaur Charon Chiron Elysian Fields Eris Hades Helen Hephaestus Hera Hermes Mount Ida Olympians Olympus Pandora Paris Peleus Prometheus Sparta Styx Thetis Titans Troy Zeus

Henry Lion Oldie

Odysseus The Son of Laertes. Book 1: The Man of Nomos [Одиссей сын Лаэрта. Книга первая: Человек Номоса]

This is a heroic fantasy fiction based on the myth of Odysseus, aimed at young adults, in novel format. The novel belongs to the Achaean Cycle of Oldie and Valentinov. The first book – The Man of Nomos – describes the childhood of Odysseus, and explains, how he became “the man of Nomos” – a kind of a person whose greatest value is preservation of his world rather than heroic self-sacrifice. A strange boy, able to see phantoms, ghosts and gods, small O(...)

YEAR: 2000

COUNTRY: Russia

TAGS: Achilles Agamemnon Alkimos Anticlea Athena/ Athene Autolycos Diomedes Eumaeus Eurycleia Giants Gigantomachia Hades Helen Helen of Troy Hera Heracles / Herakles Hercules Human sacrifices Iolaos Iphigenia / Iphigeneia Kronos / Cronus Laertes Menelaus Odysseus/ Ulysses Palamedes Paris Patroclus Penelope Poseidon Priam Telemachus Tindarus Zeus

Henry Lion Oldie

Odysseus The Son of Laertes. Book 2: The Man of Kosmos [Одиссей сын Лаэрта. Книга вторая: Человек Космоса]

This is a heroic fantasy fiction based on the myth of Odysseus, aimed at young adults, in novel format. This book, together with the first book of the same novel, belong to Oldie’s Achaean cycle. The plot of the novel is reframing and reinterpretation of Iliad and Odyssey. The Nomos of Odysseus and his friends Mentor and Diomedes breaks out into Cosmos – or, strictly speaking, into The Caldron of Cronus. The famous problem of classical epic – the absolute and relative age (...)

YEAR: 2000

COUNTRY: Russia

TAGS: Achilles Agamemnon Alkimos Anticlea Athena/ Athene Autolycos Diomedes Eumaeus Eurycleia Hades Helen Helen of Troy Hera Heracles / Herakles Hercules Human sacrifices Iolaos Iphigenia / Iphigeneia Kronos / Cronus Laertes Menelaus Mentor Odysseus/ Ulysses Palamedes Paris Patroclus Penelope Poseidon Priam Telemachus Tindarus Zeus

Coffee Powered Machine

Okhlos' protagonist is an unnamed philosopher, enraged with the gods' indifference towards mortals and their well-being. The breaking point comes with the destruction of the School of Athens (obviously based on Raphael’s famous frescoes) - one of the Olympians crashes it with his foot, leaving almost no survivors. The only one left alive, the philosopher, says "enough!" and mobilizes the Athenians to overthrow Olympus' cruel regime and start a new life with freedom th(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Argentina

TAGS: Achilles Agamemnon Ajax Andromeda Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena/ Athene Athens Comedy Delphi Dionysus Ephesus Gods Greek Gods Hades Hephaestus Hermes Hero Lemnos Medea Menelaus Mob Ochlocracy Ochlos Olympian gods Olympians Olympus Patroclus Philosopher Philosophy Poseidon School of Athens Sparta Tragedy Trojan War Zeus

William Terence Deary, Dave Smith, Michael Tickner

Terry Deary's Best Ever Greek Legends (1st published as: Top Ten Greek Legends)

This is a collection of humorous retellings of myths for children designed to introduce them to Greek mythology and to ancient culture more broadly. Many of the stories are told from unusual perspectives and they are delivered in a variety of literary forms and fonts.Contents:Introduction.Legend 1: Zeus. Hera's Tale. The myth of Io told with Hera narrating events from her perspective.Fantastic Facts 1: 10 Best Victims. Summaries of myths of: Semele, Aphrodite, Echo, Nemesis, Europa, Danae, T(...)

YEAR: 2014 / 1998

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Achilles Aetiology Agamemnon Andromeda Aphrodite Apollo Apples of the Hesperides Arachne Ares Ariadne Artemis Athena/ Athene Athens Atlas Centaurs Cerberus Chiron Cyclops / Cyclopes Daedalus Demeter Diomedes Dionysus Erinyes Eurydice Furies Golden Fleece Greek mythology Greek tragedy Hades Harpies Hector Hephaestus Hera Heracles / Herakles Hercules Hermes Hermes' winged boots Icarus Jason Katabasis Medea Medusa Midas Minos Minotaur Narcissus Odysseus/ Ulysses Orpheus Pandora Pandora’s Box Perseus Phaethon Polyphemus Poseidon Prometheus Sirens Slavery Sphinx Telemachus Theatre Trojan Horse (wooden) Trojan War Twelve Labours of Heracles Witches Zeus

Sulari Gentill

The Hero Trilogy (Series, Book 1): Chasing Odysseus

This is the first book in the author’s Hero trilogy. The story of Chasing Odysseus starts in the final days of the Trojan War. Its heroes are three teenaged brothers (Machaon, Cadmus and Lycon) and their younger sister (Hero). Their adoptive father, Agelaus, is a leader of the Herdsmen, a fiercely independent community, allied to the Trojans, who live on the slopes of Mt Ida. The Herdsmen, traditional protectors of the Trojan people, have been secretly supplying the Trojans with food (...)

YEAR: 2011

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Achilles Aeneas Aeolus Agamemnon Alcinous Amazons Arete Calypso Charybdis Cicones Circe Cyclops / Cyclopes Demodocus Eurylochus Gods Helen Hermes Island of the Sun Lotus-eater Menelaus Nausicaa Odysseus/ Ulysses Pan Pantheon Paris Penthesilea Phaeacia Polyphemus Priam Scamandrios Scylla Sirens Tiresias Troy Underworld

Sulari Gentill

The Hero Trilogy (Series, Book 3): The Blood of Wolves

The Blood of Wolves finds the young Hero and her adopted brothers, Machaon, Lycon and Cadmus back on the slopes of Mt Ida. The arrival of one of the Trojan refugees who left with Aeneas after Troy’s fall soon sets them and their guardian wolf Lupa on another long journey. This time all the Herdsmen leave, as Pan warns that Ida will soon fall to its land-hungry neighbours. They go to find a new home for themselves and to help Aeneas, who they are told has been imprisoned on Crete; their adv(...)

YEAR: 2013

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Acestes Achaemenides Achilles Aeneas Alcippe Anchises Andromache Anna Ariadne Astyanax Celaeno Dido Euryalus Harpies Hector Ilioneus Iulus Latinus Lavinia Minos (King) Minotaur Nausicaa Neoptolemus Nisus Palinarus Pan Pasiphae Patroclus Penthesilea Polyphemus Scamandrios Troy Turnus Venus

Gillian Cross, Neil Packer

Gillian Cross' The Iliad opens with events prior to the Trojan War, starting with the three goddesses arguing over the apple. The text then moves on to a retelling of Homer's Iliad itself, before concluding with an "Afterwards" chapter relating Achilles' death, the quarrel over his armour, the wooden horse, Cassandra's insight (Virgil, Aeneid, 2.246), the fall of Troy, Diomedes' and Odysseus' post-Troy journeys, and Agamemnon's murder (see esp. Aeschylus, Ag(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Achilles Aeneas Agamemnon Aphrodite Apollo Architecture Ares Artemis Asclepius / Asklepios Athena/ Athene Cassandra Classical studies Eris Gods Greek history Greek language Greek mythology Hector Helen Hera Hermes Homer Iliad Juno Katabasis Menelaus Minerva Odysseus/ Ulysses Odyssey Paris Penelope Reception Thetis Trojan Horse (wooden) Trojan War Troy Underworld Zeus

Celina Elmi, Valentina Orlando

The Iliad: Homer for Fun

As is it noted on the book’s cover, “this series of abridged books certainly doesn’t intend to replace the originals of the classics they represent, but rather aims to render them accessible and attractive for young people (and… also not-so- young)”. This is a perfect summary of the series, which incorporates the mythical stories with the help of visually attractive and highly colorful illustrations on each page; the text is written on top of these paintings which (...)

COUNTRY: Italy

TAGS: Achilles Agamemnon Aphrodite Apollo Athena/ Athene Hector Hecuba Helen Hera Menelaus Paris Patroclus Poseidon Priam Thetis Zeus

Janka Maŭr

The Journey to Hell: a Fairy Tale [Падарожжа ў пекла: байка]

The Journey to Hell is a satirical anti-religious fable in 7 parts. It describes adventures of two Soviet pioneers in a mythological Hell which combines ancient, Christian, and traditional Slavic features and topoi. The fable starts with a short introduction providing basic information about Hell as present in the collective consciousness and some quantitative data cited after quasi-scientific Soviet sources and books on religious themes, including The Divine Comedy by Dante. The introduction is(...)

COUNTRY: Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

TAGS: Achilles Cerberus Greek mythology Hades Hercules Styx

Theresa Tomlinson

The Moon Riders

This novel follows over a decade in the life of the Moon Riders, a group of warrior priestesses from various tribes who serve the moon goddess Maa and travel across Asia Minor. They are called ‘Amazons’ by outsiders. In particular, the novel focuses on a young Mazagardi Moon Rider named Myrina, and her friendship with the Trojan princess Cassandra. Tomlinson looks at gender politics and freedom from the point of view of a protagonist from an egalitarian society. Told in third person,(...)

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Achilles Aethra Amazons Cassandra Chryseis Clytemnestra Hecuba Helen Iphigenia / Iphigeneia Odysseus/ Ulysses Paris Penthesilea Priam Theseus

Gillian Cross, Neil Packer

Gillian Cross' Odyssey is an abridged retelling of Homer's Odyssey, set in Greek antiquity. It is a retelling of ancient myth with emphasis on striking visualisation. Chapter headings:The WarTravelling into DisasterThe Giant in the CaveAeolus and CirceGhosts and MonstersStranded on Calypso's IslandNausicaaOdysseus the BeggarA Husband for PenelopeHomer's Odyssey is retold, rearranged into a more chronological order. The introduction explains the Trojan War briefly by way of e(...)

YEAR: 2012

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Achilles Afterlife Agamemnon Aphrodite Apollo Architecture Ares Artemis Asclepius / Asklepios Athena/ Athene Charybdis Circe Classical studies Cyclops / Cyclopes Gods Greek history Greek language Greek mythology Hades Hermes Homer Iliad Ithaca Katabasis Menelaus Odyssey Penelope Polyphemus Poseidon Reception Scylla Sirens Telemachus Trojan Horse (wooden) Trojan War Troy Underworld Zeus

Liudmila Rubleŭskaia

The Old World Myths of the Town of B* [Старасвецкія міфы горада Б*]

The old world myths of the town of B* is a cycle of 12 stories. Each one starts with a short author's retelling of an ancient Greek myth. The title of the story includes the main characters of the corresponding ancient myths, and its plot follows the stated synopsis. The protagonists, who inhabit a generic Belarusian town at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, repeat the fate of ancient heroes. The similarity is vividly emphasized by the parallel details of the story:Artemis and Ac(...)

COUNTRY: Belarus

TAGS: Achilles Actaeon Admetus Alcestis Apollo Artemis Echo Eurydice Galatea Ganymede Heracles / Herakles Jupiter Marsyas Narcissus Odysseus/ Ulysses Orpheus Pandora’s Box Paris Pygmalion Semele Sidon Sirens Trojan Horse (wooden) Troy

Robert (Bob) Blaisdell, Althea (Thea) Kliros

The Story of Hercules (in Easy-to-Read Type)

Hercules narrates his story, beginning with his birth as the mortal son of a god. He talks of how he was child prodigy in warfare, but failed at learning music. After killing the teacher that belittles him about failing at music, Hercules goes out into the world to learn what he can. After Hera challenges Zeus to prove Hercules is worthy of being immortal, Hercules jumps at the opportunity and completes twelve labours. (...)

YEAR: 1997

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Achelous Achilles Admetus Aegan Sea Aeolia Aeolus Aeson Alcestis Alcmene Alcyonian Lake Althaea Amazons Amphitryon Antaeus (King) Aphrodite Apollo Apples of the Hesperides Arcadia Ares Argo Argolid Argonauts Athena/ Athene Atlas Augeas Autolycos Automedusa Black Sea Calydon Castor Centaurs Cerberus Ceryneian hind Chiron Cretan Bull Crete Death Deianeira Diomedes Echidna Elerion Enkelados Erymanthian Boar Eurysthaeus Eurystheus Eurytos Flesh-eating horses Gaia / Gaea Geryon Giants Golden Fleece Golden Vine Greece Hades Hephaestus Hera Heracles / Herakles Hercules Hesion Hippolyta's Belt Hydra Hylas Immortality Iolaos Iole Iphicles Ithaca Jason Kronos / Cronus Lernaean Hydra Linus Minos (King) Minotaur Mount Erymanthos Mount Olympus Mudrikion Mycenae Nemean lion Nephele Nessus Nymphs Odetia Odysseus/ Ulysses Orpheus Pallene Pasiphae Peleponnese Perseus Pholos Pillars of Hercules Poseidon Rhea Stymphalian Birds Telamon Tervalonios Thebes Theiodamas (KIng) Themiscyra Thespis Tiryns Titans Trisia Troy Twelve Labours of Heracles Typhon Xenop Zeus

Natalia Kapatsoulia , Filippos Mandilaras

The Trojan Horse [Ο δούρειος ίππος]

After Achilles’ death, morale was low in the Achaean army. Odysseus came up with a cunning plan for capturing Troy. Agamemnon agreed to the plan “with a heavy heart”, because the operation was risky. Epeius was tasked with constructing a large wooden horse with a hollow stomach to accommodate one thousand soldiers. Once completed, an inscription was carved on the horse’s head reading “a present by the Achaeans to Athena”. Next, the Achaeans burnt their camp an(...)

COUNTRY: Greece

TAGS: Achaeans Achilles Agamemnon Apollo Athena/ Athene Cassandra Epeius Laocoon Odysseus/ Ulysses Priam Trojan Horse (wooden) Trojans Troy

Evi Pini, Elisa Vavouri

The Trojan War. The Beginning of History [Τρωικός Πόλεμος. Η αρχή της ιστορίας]

Evi Pini explains how the Trojan War started. The text takes the form of a fairy tale, as implied by the standard phrase “once upon a time” (my translation) at the very beginning. The book begins with Eris and ends with Iphigeneia’s last-minute rescue from being sacrificed to Artemis. Neither fighting nor bloodshed is presented. Instead, we have an account of human and divine passions and emotions, as well as a description of logistical preparations for going to war. Child(...)

YEAR: 2012

COUNTRY: Greece

TAGS: Achilles Aeolus Agamemnon Aphrodite Argos Artemis Athena/ Athene Athens Being a hero Boeotia Calchas Clytemnestra Crete Diomedes Eris Euboea Gods Helen Hera Hermes History Idomeneus Iphigenia / Iphigeneia Ithaca Kings Lykomedes Menelaus Menestheus Mycenae Nestor Odysseus/ Ulysses Paris Peleus Phocis Priam Pylos Skyros Sparta Thetis Troy Tyndareus Zeus

Mark Bergin, Sue Reid, David Salariya

The Voyages of Odysseus

Odysseus' travels and his various adventures: meeting with Polyphemus, the Cyclops; visit at the court of King Aeolus and on the island of Circe; Odysseus' descent to the Underworld; meeting dangerous sirens, escaping Scylla and Charybdis. When after all the adventures, Odysseus comes home to Ithaca, there is danger there as well - the palace is occupied by suitors who try to marry Odysseus’ wife, Penelope. Odysseus defeats the suitors.In this picture book the illustrations and wor(...)

YEAR: 2004

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Achilles Athena/ Athene Calypso Circe Eolus Hermes Ithaca Odysseus/ Ulysses Penelope Polyphemus Poseidon Scylla Sirens Telemachus Trojan War Troy Underworld Zeus

Gerd Scherm

The Wanderers [Die Irrfahrer]

The prophet and scribe Seshmosis, who saved his nation, the Tajarim, from Egyptian bondage thanks to the support of the goddess GON, god without a name, leaves Byblos with his friends in order to travel to Crete. He intends to analyse a mysterious locket there, whose origins are Cretan, and which is inscribed in a secret language. Once arrived in Crete, the adventurers meet not only Minos, the king of Crete, but also his obliging daughter Ariadne and her lover Theseus who is eager to become hims(...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: Germany

TAGS: Achilles Bible Crete Egypt Greek mythology Labyrinth Minos Minos (King) Minotaur Mythology Odysseus/ Ulysses Theseus Trojan War

John Malam, Peter Rutherford , David Salariya

The Wooden Horse of Troy

The book presents a variant of the myth of Troy. The story of the building of the city walls by Poseidon, Apollo, and Aeacus is followed by the story of the judgement of Paris and its consequences, direct: the reward for giving the first place to Aphrodite, and indirect: the Trojan War. The author describes the fight between the Trojans and the Greeks, the secret help of the gods, the disputes between the warriors in each of the camps (e. g. Agamemnon's quarrel with Achilles, Ajax vs. Hector(...)

YEAR: 2004

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Achilles Achilles’s Heel Aeacus Aeneas Agamemnon Aphrodite Apollo Apple of Discord Athena/ Athene Briseis Chryseis Hector Hecuba Helen Hera Heracles / Herakles Horses of Laomedon Judgement of Paris Laomedon Menelaus Odysseus/ Ulysses Paris Patroclus Philoctetes Priam Rome Sparta Tenedos Thersites Trojan Horse (wooden) Trojan War Troy Zeus

Adèle Geras

Troy is a retelling of the final stages of the Trojan War, focalised through a group of young people living in the besieged city. Xanthe and Marpessa are sisters raised in Troy after being found as babies on the slopes of Mount Ida. Xanthe is nursemaid to Hector and Andromache’s baby son Astyanax, but also tends to wounded soldiers in the hospital she calls the Blood Room. She falls in love with Alastor, a wealthy young Trojan with an overbearing mother, who has been recruited into a (...)

YEAR: 2000

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Achilles Andromache Aphrodite Hector Helen Hermes Homer Iliad Priam Trojan War Troy

Piotr Fąfrowicz, Zofia Stanecka

Troy [Troja. Historia upadku miasta (Czytam sobie series)]

The story is a brief description of the Trojan War written for children aged 6–7 who learn how to read. The classical story begins and ends with a pacifist message saying that every war, even if it generates stories about heroic deeds, is also a dreadful event which causes tears and leaves towns in ruins.(...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Achilles Agamemnon Agelaus Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena/ Athene Cassandra Deiphobus Demeter Eris Gaia / Gaea Greek history Greek mythology Hades Hector Hecuba Helen Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Homer Iliad Ithaca Menelaus Mycenae Odysseus/ Ulysses Olympus Paris Patroclus Peleus Poseidon Priam Sparta Styx Themis Thetis Trojan Horse (wooden) Trojan War Zeus

Lee Smyth

Warriors (Series, Book 1): Achilles’ Rage

This novel is set during the Trojan War, when two fictional characters, the twins Jem and Wren get involved with the rivalry between Achilles, Odysseus, Agamemnon and Hector. They witness the ending of the war and the seizure of Troy. Jem and Wren are orphans from Lemnos. Their parents were killed and the twins were takes as slaves by the horrible Greek mercenaries Scarp and Claw. They were brought to work with horses and are assigned to Achilles’ camp where they witness his harsh feud wit(...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Achilles Agamemnon Andromache Hector Helen Odysseus/ Ulysses Paris Patroclus

Lee Smyth

Warriors (Series, Book 2): Tel's Odyssey

The first novel, Achilles' Rage followed the story of the Trojan War through the eyes of twins from Lemnos, Wren and Jem. This story follows Telemachus' quest (as in the title, Tel’s (Telemachus') Odyssey) to find his father, Odysseus, whom he believes is still alive. Telemachus is the narrator of story who describes how the damnati took over Ithaca in the absence of his father. The damnati are the most notorious criminals whom Agamemnon freed as he needed soldiers for the war.(...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Achilles Agamemnon Ajax Andromache Hector Homer Odysseus/ Ulysses Penelope Telemachus

Małgorzata Karkowska , Monika Warneńska

We’ll Meet on Atlantis [Spotkamy się na Atlantydzie]

The story begins when the young protagonist Alekos Dragumis is travelling to Greece by train. He is the son of a deceased Greek father and a Polish mother. His father reached Poland after WW2, in which he was as a guerilla fighter. This past forced him to leave Greece forever. Before the war he was studying archaeology and he passed on to his son his love for archaeology and history.  Alekos is crossing the Greek border. His father’s family invited him to spend his vacations with them. He (...)

YEAR: 1988

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Achilles Acropolis Acropolis of Athens Alexander Archaelogists Archaeology Architecture Ariadne's thread Athens Atlantis Faras Greece Greek art Greek history Greek mythology Homer Mythology Nike Zeus

John Mackey, Sabrina Malcolm

This is a YA novel in which tales of Classical myth (in connection with astronomy) help a New Zealand teenager come to terms with his father’s death. Zeustian Logic is about a family trying to deal with their grief, after the death of their father and husband. The novel is set in Wellington, New Zealand. Its protagonist is 14-year-old schoolboy and hobby astronomer Tuttle Theodorus, whose father Jamie has died in a mountaineering accident on Mount Everest. Jamie was a famous mountaineer an(...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: New Zealand

TAGS: Achilles Andromeda Castor Centaurs Chiron Constellations Gods Hades Helios Heracles / Herakles Heroes Hygiene Jason Lycaon Mars Mercury Ophiucus Phaeton Pollux Saturn Sirius Venus