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Alice Werner

The Were-Wolf Husband

There was a girl, who, after attaining maturity, rejected all the suitors that came for her hand in marriage. This girl’s wish was to have a perfect husband. Her parents, who did not want to have a commoner for a son-in-law, supported her decision. One day, a sword dance was organized in the girl’s village, and young men came from far and near to take part in the dance. Amongst them was a tall and handsome young man who was the centre of attention for every young girl. He wore (...)

african Other Traditions

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Werewolves

Alice Werner

The Were-Wolf Husband

United Kingdom

african Other Traditions

African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Werewolves

Sònia González [La Cuchu] , Jaime Moreno Delgado

100 Myths. Gods, Heroes and Legendary Creatures [100 Mitos. Dioses, Héroes y Criaturas Legendarias]

100 Mitos is a compilation of 100 classical myths and legends for children. The book is divided into three parts called Gods and Titans (Dioses y titanes), Heroes, Demi-gods and Humans (Héroes, semidioses y humanos), and Legendary Creatures (Criaturas legendarias). In Dioses y Titanes, the stories included relate to the following characters, places and events: Aphrodite (Afrodita); Apollo (Apolo), Ares; Artemis (Ártemis); Asclepius (Asclepio); Athena (Atenea); Atlas; Charon (C(...)

YEAR: 2019

COUNTRY: Spain

TAGS: Achilles Actaeon Aeolus Amalthea Amazons Andromeda Aphrodite Apollo Arachne Ares Artemis Asclepius Athena Atlas Basilisk Bellerophon Centaur(s) Cerberus Charon Charybdis Circe Cretan Bull Cronus / Kronos Cybele Cyclops / Cyclopes Danae Daphne Demeter Deucalion Diomedes’ Mares Dionysus / Dionysos Dioscuri Echo Eos Erinyes Eris Eros Erymanthian Boar Europa Eurydice Gaia / Gaea Ganymede Gods Hades Hebe Hecate Helen Hephaestus Hera Heracles Hermes Hesperides Hestia Icarus Iris Jason Leda Lotus Eaters / Lotophagoi Medea Medusa Minotaur Moirai Morpheus Muses Narcissus Nemean Lion Nymphs Odysseus / Ulysses Orion Orpheus Pan Pandora Paris (Trojan Prince) Pasiphae Pegasus Penelope Persephone Perseus Polyphemus Poseidon Prometheus Proteus Pyrrha Python Satyr(s) Selene Sirens Sisyphus Sphinx Stymphalian Birds Talos (Automaton) Theseus Tiresias Zeus

Sònia González [La Cuchu] , Jaime Moreno Delgado

100 Myths. Gods, Heroes and Legendary Creatures [100 Mitos. Dioses, Héroes y Criaturas Legendarias]

Spain • 2019

Achilles Actaeon Aeolus Amalthea Amazons Andromeda Aphrodite Apollo Arachne Ares Artemis Asclepius Athena Atlas Basilisk Bellerophon Centaur(s) Cerberus Charon Charybdis Circe Cretan Bull Cronus / Kronos Cybele Cyclops / Cyclopes Danae Daphne Demeter Deucalion Diomedes’ Mares Dionysus / Dionysos Dioscuri Echo Eos Erinyes Eris Eros Erymanthian Boar Europa Eurydice Gaia / Gaea Ganymede Gods Hades Hebe Hecate Helen Hephaestus Hera Heracles Hermes Hesperides Hestia Icarus Iris Jason Leda Lotus Eaters / Lotophagoi Medea Medusa Minotaur Moirai Morpheus Muses Narcissus Nemean Lion Nymphs Odysseus / Ulysses Orion Orpheus Pan Pandora Paris (Trojan Prince) Pasiphae Pegasus Penelope Persephone Perseus Polyphemus Poseidon Prometheus Proteus Pyrrha Python Satyr(s) Selene Sirens Sisyphus Sphinx Stymphalian Birds Talos (Automaton) Theseus Tiresias Zeus

Jetdogs Studios , Zoom Out Games

12 Labours of Hercules

The first 12 labours of Hercules game begins by introducing the main characters, Hercules and Megara, who live happily together with their servants. However, Hades abducts Megara, causing Hercules to set out to search for and rescue her. With the help of characters such as Medusa, Cerberus and Chiron, whom he rescues along the way, he fights the Hydra, saves Prometheus from his golden chains and rescues Megara from the Underworld.The second game begins in Thebes with Hercules having the idea of (...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: Online

TAGS: Amazons Augean Stables Cerberus Charon Charybdis Chiron / Cheiron Council of the Gods Cretan Bull Hades Harpies Hephaestus Hera Heracles Heraklion Hermes Medusa Megara Minotaur Nemean Lion Norse Mythology Pegasus Poseidon Prometheus Scylla Stymphalian Birds Thebes Twelve Labours of Heracles Underworld Zeus

Jetdogs Studios , Zoom Out Games

12 Labours of Hercules

Online • 2015

Amazons Augean Stables Cerberus Charon Charybdis Chiron / Cheiron Council of the Gods Cretan Bull Hades Harpies Hephaestus Hera Heracles Heraklion Hermes Medusa Megara Minotaur Nemean Lion Norse Mythology Pegasus Poseidon Prometheus Scylla Stymphalian Birds Thebes Twelve Labours of Heracles Underworld Zeus

Stanley Kubrick

2001: A Space Odyssey

“2001: A Space Odyssey” is an epic sci-fi film produced by Stanley Kubrick in 1968, which became a milestone in the development of fiction movies and world cinematography. The producer, inspired by the Homer’s epic “The Odyssey”, gave the film its name. Kubrick said: “It occurred to us that for the Greeks the vast stretches of the sea must have had the same sort of mystery and remoteness that space has for our generation”. The plot of the film concerns f(...)

YEAR: 1968

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Charybdis Homer Jupiter Odysseus / Ulysses Odyssey Polyphemus Scylla Sirens Telemachus

Stanley Kubrick

2001: A Space Odyssey

United States • 1968

Charybdis Homer Jupiter Odysseus / Ulysses Odyssey Polyphemus Scylla Sirens Telemachus

Lewis Helfand , Lalit Kumar Singh

400 BC. The Story of the Ten Thousand

400 is a graphic novel retelling of the March of the Ten Thousand, a historical event which took place at the beginning of the fourth century BCE. Greek mercenaries found themselves stranded in what is now Iraq after the failure of a coup by Cyrus the Younger who was attempting to seize the Persian throne. The event is known to history largely because of the thorough account written by a participant in the events, the philosopher-historian Xenophon. His Anabasis, or journey up country, was writt(...)

YEAR: 2010

COUNTRY: India

TAGS: Architecture Athens Graeco-Persian Wars Greek Art Greek History Socrates Xenophon

Lewis Helfand , Lalit Kumar Singh

400 BC. The Story of the Ten Thousand

India • 2010

Architecture Athens Graeco-Persian Wars Greek Art Greek History Socrates Xenophon

Margaret Evans Price

A Child's Book of Myths and Enchantment Tales

This is a collection of Greek myths for children. It is a 1986 compilation of Price's 1924 A Child's Book of Myths and 1926 Enchantment Tales for Children. The text is illustrated throughout with Price's large, colourful drawings. The stories generally stick closely to Ovid's versions of myths. An Index of characters at the end provides further context on the characters in the stories.Featured Stories:Prometheus and the Fire of the Gods,Pandora's Box,Hercules,Apollo and Diana(...)

YEAR: 1924

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Apollo Atalanta Bellerophon Callisto Ceres Circe Cupid Diana Epimetheus Hercules Icarus Jason Juno Jupiter Medea Midas Orpheus Pandora Perseus Phaethon Pluto / Plouton Pomona Prometheus Proserpina Psyche

Margaret Evans Price

A Child's Book of Myths and Enchantment Tales

United States of America • 1924

Apollo Atalanta Bellerophon Callisto Ceres Circe Cupid Diana Epimetheus Hercules Icarus Jason Juno Jupiter Medea Midas Orpheus Pandora Perseus Phaethon Pluto / Plouton Pomona Prometheus Proserpina Psyche

Heather Alexander , Meredith Hamilton

A Child’s Introduction to Greek Mythology

The book is divided into an introductory section of character profiles and short stories – ‘Who’s Who and What’s What’, taking up almost half the book, and a second section of full-length mythology retellings. Who’s Who and What’s WhatIntroduction – Why Greek mythology is still being told; why we have different versions; the story of Cronus and Uranus; the war between the Titans and Olympians; a chart showing Titan marriage pairings.Titan Chil(...)

YEAR: 2011

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Aphrodite Apollo Arachne Ares Artemis Atalanta Athena Bellerophon Daedalus Demeter Echo Eros Hades Helen Hephaestus Hera Heracles Hermes Hestia Icarus Midas Minotaur Narcissus Odysseus / Ulysses Orpheus Pandora Persephone Perseus Phaethon Poseidon Psyche Theseus Zeus

Heather Alexander , Meredith Hamilton

A Child’s Introduction to Greek Mythology

United States • 2011

Aphrodite Apollo Arachne Ares Artemis Atalanta Athena Bellerophon Daedalus Demeter Echo Eros Hades Helen Hephaestus Hera Heracles Hermes Hestia Icarus Midas Minotaur Narcissus Odysseus / Ulysses Orpheus Pandora Persephone Perseus Phaethon Poseidon Psyche Theseus Zeus

Victor Ambrus , Hugh Marshall , Rosemary Sutcliff

A Circlet of Oak Leaves

One evening at a tavern in Isca Silurium (Caerleon), sometime in the mid-second century CE, a group of cavalry auxiliaries and Roman legionaries get into to a debate over who has the most important role during a battle. As the conversation turns to a battle with the Picts beyond the Antonine Wall a decade before, at which point the Thracian horse-trader Aracos steps in and mentions that he fought in the battle as part of the Dacian Horse. When one of his fellow patrons notes that one of the Daci(...)

YEAR: 1965

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Roman Army Roman Britain Roman Empire Roman History

Victor Ambrus , Hugh Marshall , Rosemary Sutcliff

A Circlet of Oak Leaves

United Kingdom • 1965

Roman Army Roman Britain Roman Empire Roman History

Sarah Janet Maas

A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, 2)

A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses #2) is book two of a high fantasy series in which each book takes inspiration from well-known myths or fairytales, with book two being described by the author as influenced by the myth of Hades and Persephone. The novel is published as New Adult in America, a category that explores similar themes to Young Adult, but often with more explicit sexual themes and violence. This impacts the retelling by centring the protagonist’s attraction t(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Demeter Hades Persephone Seasons Underworld

Sarah Janet Maas

A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, 2)

United States • 2016

Demeter Hades Persephone Seasons Underworld

Monika Rekowska

A Day in the Museum, or Caius Probinus’ Tale about Life in Ancient Rome [Dzień w muzeum, czyli opowieść Caiusa Probinusa o życiu w starożytnym Rzymie]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp.School children visit Park Arkadia in Nieborów. It is a historic, English style garden, with numerous themes recalling ancient architecture. A new guide, Monika, is a young archaeologist fascinated by the ancient world, es(...)

YEAR: 2011

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Ancient Religious Practices Pottery / Vases Roman Baths Roman Education Roman Empire Roman Funerary Customs Roman Gods Roman History Roman Religion Roman Theatre

Monika Rekowska

A Day in the Museum, or Caius Probinus’ Tale about Life in Ancient Rome [Dzień w muzeum, czyli opowieść Caiusa Probinusa o życiu w starożytnym Rzymie]

Poland • 2011

Ancient Religious Practices Pottery / Vases Roman Baths Roman Education Roman Empire Roman Funerary Customs Roman Gods Roman History Roman Religion Roman Theatre

Ivan Aksenchuk

A Great Relay [Большая эстафета (Bol’shaia ėstafeta)]

The film presents the history of the Olympic Games as bringing peace to the nations. The animation starts with a story of a nice woman being kidnapped by a handsome Greek soldier. Helen (it is apparently she) agrees with kidnapping after a while and takes her belongings with her.There is a pursuit across the sea, and the couple hides behind a city wall. A great war starts. We see also the Olympic gods watching the war. Some of them want to participate in it, but Zeus asks Apollo to pla(...)

YEAR: 1979

COUNTRY: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

TAGS: Apollo Ares Athena Helen Olympic Games Paris (Trojan Prince) Trojan War Zeus

Ivan Aksenchuk

A Great Relay [Большая эстафета (Bol’shaia ėstafeta)]

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics • 1979

Apollo Ares Athena Helen Olympic Games Paris (Trojan Prince) Trojan War Zeus

Cornelia Funke

A Griffin’s Feather [Drachenreiter: Die Feder eines Greifs] (Dragon Rider, 2)

Die Feder eines Greifs is the sequel to Drachenreiter / Dragon Rider (1997, Engl. transl. 2004). The main character of the novel is 14-year-old Ben who was also the protagonist of Dragon Rider. In the first book, he was rescued by the dragon Lung / Firedrake as an orphan in London and became his dragon rider. Now Ben has been adopted by the Wiesengrund / Greenbloom family and is living with them in Norway, where they run a sanctuary for mythical (and non-mythical) creatures, MÍMAMEID(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Germany

TAGS: Cambyses Centaur(s) Charybdis Cyclops / Cyclopes Dragons Griffins / Gryphons Medusa Nymphs Ouranos / Uranus Pegasus Phoebe Phoenix (Bird) Scylla Sphinx

Cornelia Funke

A Griffin’s Feather [Drachenreiter: Die Feder eines Greifs] (Dragon Rider, 2)

Germany • 2016

Cambyses Centaur(s) Charybdis Cyclops / Cyclopes Dragons Griffins / Gryphons Medusa Nymphs Ouranos / Uranus Pegasus Phoebe Phoenix (Bird) Scylla Sphinx

Halina Rudnicka

A Hero Bound [Heros w okowach] (Spartan Trilogy [Trylogia spartańska/Trylogia antyczna], 3)

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp., section by Joanna Grzeszczuk, p. 322.A Hero Bound is the last book of Halina Rudnicka’s trilogy about ancient Sparta. The Spartan king Cleomenes, after being defeated by the Achaean League, flees to the court of Ptolemy E(...)

YEAR: 1969

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Achilles Adonia Festival Adonis Alexandria Cleomenes III Dionysia (Festival) Dionysus / Dionysos Eratosthenes (of Cyrene) Heracles Hercules Ptolemaia Festival Ptolemaic Egypt Ptolemy III Euergetes Ptolemy IV Philopator Sparta Zeus

Halina Rudnicka

A Hero Bound [Heros w okowach] (Spartan Trilogy [Trylogia spartańska/Trylogia antyczna], 3)

Poland • 1969

Achilles Adonia Festival Adonis Alexandria Cleomenes III Dionysia (Festival) Dionysus / Dionysos Eratosthenes (of Cyrene) Heracles Hercules Ptolemaia Festival Ptolemaic Egypt Ptolemy III Euergetes Ptolemy IV Philopator Sparta Zeus

Henry Lion Oldie [Dmitry Gromov and Oleg Ladyzhensky]

A Hero Must Be Alone [Герой должен быть один (Geroi dolzhen byt' odin)]

This is a heroic fantasy fiction based on the myth of Hercules, aimed at young adults, in novel format. The plot of the original myth is thoroughly transformed in order to emphasize topics and motives relevant to contemporary youth culture. At the beginning of the book, we learn that Zeus has a special plan for his newly-conceived child from Alcmene and that this plan is a matter of serious disagreement in the family of gods (or “the Family”, as it is called throughout whole Ach(...)

YEAR: 1996

COUNTRY: Russia

TAGS: Alcmene Amphitryon Antaeus / Antaios Chiron / Cheiron Cronus / Kronos Deianeira Eurystheus Eurytos Galanthis Giants Gigantomachia Hades Hera Heracles Hercules Hestia Hydra Iolaus Iole Iphicles Iphitos of Oechalia Medusa Megara Nessus Perseus Poseidon Salmoneus Thebes Theseus Tiresias Zeus

Henry Lion Oldie [Dmitry Gromov and Oleg Ladyzhensky]

A Hero Must Be Alone [Герой должен быть один (Geroi dolzhen byt' odin)]

Russia • 1996

Alcmene Amphitryon Antaeus / Antaios Chiron / Cheiron Cronus / Kronos Deianeira Eurystheus Eurytos Galanthis Giants Gigantomachia Hades Hera Heracles Hercules Hestia Hydra Iolaus Iole Iphicles Iphitos of Oechalia Medusa Megara Nessus Perseus Poseidon Salmoneus Thebes Theseus Tiresias Zeus

Alison Forbes , Neville Smith

A Horse with Wings

“A Horse with Wings” tells of how a young boy named Charles wants a pony, but when he kicks his football through the window on the back verandah, he saves his parents the trouble of punishing him by putting himself to bed without any supper. As he drifts off to sleep, a winged horse visits him, Pegasus, who assumes the authoritative voice of an adult, advising that “People do not believe the stories about the ancient Greek gods nowadays, which is rather a shame, because many of(...)

YEAR: 1955

COUNTRY: Australia

Alison Forbes , Neville Smith

A Horse with Wings

Australia • 1955

Wojciech Mohort-Kopaczyński

A Long Time Ago in Hellas. Selection of Greek Myths for Children [Dawno temu w Helladzie. Mity greckie w wyborze dla dzieci]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp., section by Maria Kruhlak, p. 215.A collection of the best known Greek myths developed and adapted for children. It introduces the world of myths for children who are encountering mythological stories for the first time. In this(...)

YEAR: 2000

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Aeolus Apollo Ariadne Augeas Calypso Circe Daedalus Demeter Hades Heracles Hercules Icarus Labyrinth Marsyas Midas Minos Minotaur Muses Odysseus / Ulysses Oedipus Paris (Trojan Prince) Persephone Perseus Polyphemus Sphinx Theseus

Wojciech Mohort-Kopaczyński

A Long Time Ago in Hellas. Selection of Greek Myths for Children [Dawno temu w Helladzie. Mity greckie w wyborze dla dzieci]

Poland • 2000

Aeolus Apollo Ariadne Augeas Calypso Circe Daedalus Demeter Hades Heracles Hercules Icarus Labyrinth Marsyas Midas Minos Minotaur Muses Odysseus / Ulysses Oedipus Paris (Trojan Prince) Persephone Perseus Polyphemus Sphinx Theseus

Kiazpora Book Series

A Messob Gift to Lula’s Friend

Lula decides to offer a messob* to her friend as a gift in honor of their friendship. She asks her mother if it is a good idea and her mother agrees. She looks at the messob basket made by her mother and is very excited. Lula knows how to bake and also how to make traditional baskets and she takes some weaving tools from her mother’s kit box for that. The next day Lula looks for palms and straw to weave the traditional basket and her mother permits her to use some of the straw she had kept(...)

african Other Traditions

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: African Storytelling African Traditions

Kiazpora Book Series

A Messob Gift to Lula’s Friend

United States of America

african Other Traditions

African Storytelling African Traditions

Werewere Liking

A New Earth. African Ritual Theatre [Une Nouvelle Terre. Théâtre-Rituel]

The entry is based on the English translation of the play by Siga Asanga, Jeanne N. Dingome, Innocent Futcha and Nalova P. Lyonga under the title: African Ritual Theatre. The Power of Um and A New Earth, San Francisco: International Scholars Publication, 1996, 61–89. This play is a sequel to the 1979 version of the same title, reviewed in this database.It is a play written in three movements. The first movement opens in an imaginary village with a man, Nguimbus, arguing with his wife,(...)

african Other Traditions

COUNTRY: Ivory Coast

TAGS: African Traditions Gods

Werewere Liking

A New Earth. African Ritual Theatre [Une Nouvelle Terre. Théâtre-Rituel]

Ivory Coast

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African Traditions Gods

Franciszek Kobryńczuk

A Poem about King Picus [Poemat o królu Pikusie]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue (accessed: June 11, 2021), Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp.Picus, son of Saturn, the first king of Latium, is very rich and likes to hunt. In a forest, he meets a nymph called Canens. They fall in love and marry. Later, the witch Circe watches Picus and falls in(...)

YEAR: 1994

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Canens Circe Latium Metamorphosis Picus

Franciszek Kobryńczuk

A Poem about King Picus [Poemat o królu Pikusie]

Poland • 1994

Canens Circe Latium Metamorphosis Picus

Alison Hawes

A Roman Soldier Handbook

This handbook contains information and facts about Roman legionary life, from food to paychecks and to their everyday life in the Roman army. The text is accompanied by photos and illustrations.The book also offers a short glossary and further reading, listing websites, books and places you can visit and learn about the Roman army in the UK, such as Vindolanda.(...)

YEAR: 2009

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Roman Army Vindolanda

Alison Hawes

A Roman Soldier Handbook

United Kingdom • 2009

Roman Army Vindolanda

Ngwa J. Neba

A Royal Turmoil

The novel begins with the Fon* startled by the noise that has awakened him from sleep: lightning, thunder and then a storm; things that are unusual in the dry season. Before this happens, he had a dream in which three of his wives (queens) left his presence and excrete on the path leading up to their houses. In the same dream, he saw the sacred tree of the village in flames and a voice from nowhere telling him to “cleanse the village”. All these led the Fon to the conclusion that all(...)

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COUNTRY: Cameroon

TAGS: African Traditions

Ngwa J. Neba

A Royal Turmoil

Cameroon

african Other Traditions

African Traditions

Brett Helquist , Lemony Snicket [pen name of Daniel Handler]

A Series of Unfortunate Events (Series, Books 1–13)

This series of thirteen 13-chaptered novels follows the "unfortunate events" which befall Violet, Klaus and baby Sunny Baudelaire after the death of their parents in a fire in the family home. On becoming orphans, the siblings are placed in the custody of their uncle, Count Olaf, who, from the first book onwards tries various – and typically murderous – ways, to acquire their huge fortune. Olaf is aided throughout by his accomplices in V.F.S., a mysterious organisation to w(...)

YEAR: 1999

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Calypso Charybdis Damocles Glaucus Gorgon(s) Heracles Lotus Eaters / Lotophagoi Nero Odysseus / Ulysses Odyssey Plato Sappho Scylla

Brett Helquist , Lemony Snicket [pen name of Daniel Handler]

A Series of Unfortunate Events (Series, Books 1–13)

United States of America • 1999

Calypso Charybdis Damocles Glaucus Gorgon(s) Heracles Lotus Eaters / Lotophagoi Nero Odysseus / Ulysses Odyssey Plato Sappho Scylla

Cynthia Voigt

A Solitary Blue (Tillerman Cycle, 3)

A Solitary Blue tells the story of Jeff Greene, a character first introduced in Dicey’s Song (1982). When Jeff is seven, his mother Melody abandons him, purportedly to devote herself to helping others. Meanwhile Jeff’s father, an academic known as the Professor, is distant and seemingly uncaring. From an early age Jeff is accustomed to feeding both himself and his father, experiencing extreme anxiety lest his father become unhappy. Jeff becomes ill as a result of being negl(...)

YEAR: 1983

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Horace Venus

Cynthia Voigt

A Solitary Blue (Tillerman Cycle, 3)

United States • 1983

David Almond

A Song for Ella Grey

A Song For Ella Grey is a non-linear retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice set in contemporary Newcastle, from the point of view of Claire, Ella’s best friend and lover. Claire disapproves of Ella’s relationship with Orpheus, and is gradually left behind by Ella to witness their love and subsequent deaths. Claire and Ella are seventeen, and Orpheus is described as looking in his early twenties, though it is hinted that he may be much older.Part 1 – Present DayClaire is in love with(...)

YEAR: 2014

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Eurydice Maenads Orpheus Snakes Underworld

David Almond

A Song for Ella Grey

United Kingdom • 2014

Eurydice Maenads Orpheus Snakes Underworld

Robert Sutherland Rattray , Maalam Shaihu

A Story about Three Youths All Skilled in Certain Things, and How They Used That Skill to Circumvent a Difficulty

Three young men (known as the king of wrestlers, the king of prayer and the king of archers) went to a neighbouring village with young girls. On their way, they came across a stream, where the water was so shallow that it barely reached their ankles. They crossed with ease, arrived where the girls were, greeted them and carried off one each. On their way back, they found that the waters of the stream had risen, and it had become so deep that they could not get into it. Since none of them could s(...)

african Other Traditions

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

Robert Sutherland Rattray , Maalam Shaihu

A Story about Three Youths All Skilled in Certain Things, and How They Used That Skill to Circumvent a Difficulty

United Kingdom

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African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

Robert Sutherland Rattray , Maalam Shaihu

A Story about a Giant, and the Cause of Thunder

A long time ago, there lived a man and his wife. He called himself “A-Man–among-Men” (henceforth referred to here as “the pretender”) and was very confident of his strength. One day, his wife went out to draw water from a well but returned with an empty pot because the well was too deep. On her way back, she met a strange woman and her son, who were also on their way to the well. They happened to be family members of the real “A-Man-among-Men” (hencefort(...)

african Other Traditions

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

Robert Sutherland Rattray , Maalam Shaihu

A Story about a Giant, and the Cause of Thunder

United Kingdom

african Other Traditions

African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

Robert Sutherland Rattray , Maalam Shaihu

A Story about a Maiden and the Pumpkin

There was once a rich man called Alabarma, whose wife, Watapansa gave birth to a girl called Furaira; the man decided that he did not wish to raise a hand to her. One day Watapansa took Furaira to the bush to relieve herself. There, the child saw a pumpkin and asked her mother to harvest it for her to play with. Her mother refused because it was the sole pumpkin in the patch, and she did not want to disturb it. This made Furaira cry all the way home. Once there, the father asked the cause (...)

african Other Traditions

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

Robert Sutherland Rattray , Maalam Shaihu

A Story about a Maiden and the Pumpkin

United Kingdom

african Other Traditions

African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

Robert Sutherland Rattray , Maalam Shaihu

A Story about an Orphan Which Was the Origin of the Saying “The Orphan with a Coat of Skin is Hated, but When It Is a Metal One He Is Honoured”

There was a man who died and left two sons and their mothers, his wives. Time passed, and one of the mothers fell sick. No matter the quantity and quality of medicine that she took, there was no amelioration. Realizing that she would die, she swore in the name of God and told the other woman that she was leaving her son for her to take care of. The other woman (i.e. co-wife) accepted this agreement. One day, she died, and when the funeral was over, her son started rearing fowls with his half-bro(...)

african Other Traditions

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

Robert Sutherland Rattray , Maalam Shaihu

A Story about an Orphan Which Was the Origin of the Saying “The Orphan with a Coat of Skin is Hated, but When It Is a Metal One He Is Honoured”

United Kingdom

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African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

Irena Parandowska

A Tale about Icarus and Daedalus [Opowieść o Ikarze i Dedalu]

A previous version of the entry was published in: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 270–272.In ancient times, before the invention of railway and air travel, there lived a man in Athens who may be considered the first aviator in history. His name was Daedalus, and he was th(...)

YEAR: 1981

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Crete Daedalus Helios Hermes Icarus Labyrinth Minos Zeus

Irena Parandowska

A Tale about Icarus and Daedalus [Opowieść o Ikarze i Dedalu]

Poland • 1981

Crete Daedalus Helios Hermes Icarus Labyrinth Minos Zeus

Annie Sullivan

A Touch of Gold

Kora is the daughter of King Midas. When Dionysus grants him the golden touch, Midas inadvertently turns her, aged seven, into a golden statue. After begging the deceitful god to reverse the power, the king submerges himself and his daughter in the nearby river, but while celebrating Kora’s return to human form, Midas forgets to adhere to the terms of Dionysus’ bargain – that all the items he turned to gold must be washed in the river before sunset. Twelve objects are forgotten(...)

YEAR: 2018

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Golden Touch Midas Odyssey Poseidon Sirens Triton

Annie Sullivan

A Touch of Gold

United States of America • 2018

Golden Touch Midas Odyssey Poseidon Sirens Triton

Christelle Dabos

A Winter’s Promise [Les Fiancés de l’hiver] (The Mirror Visitor Quartet [La Passe-Miroir], 1)

When a cataclysm, known as the ‘Rupture’, destroyed the old world many generations ago, powerful ancestors known as ‘Family Spirits’ were entrusted with individual lands suspended in the sky, known as Arks. These Arks are governed by each Family Spirit and inhabited by their descendants who have been endowed with certain powers. On the Ark of Anima, a family-based, and pleasant Ark, the reigning Family Spirit is Artemis, the Mistress of Objects. Her ancestors are endowed (...)

YEAR: 2013

COUNTRY: France

TAGS: Arcadia Artemis Hero(es) Labyrinth Latin (Language) Persephone

Christelle Dabos

A Winter’s Promise [Les Fiancés de l’hiver] (The Mirror Visitor Quartet [La Passe-Miroir], 1)

France • 2013

Arcadia Artemis Hero(es) Labyrinth Latin (Language) Persephone

Nathaniel Hawthorne

A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys

First published in 1851, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys holds a significant place in the reception of classical myth as one of the first retellings written in English specifically for children (Charles Lamb’s Adventures of Ulysses, published in 1808, is an important predecessor, and Charles Kinglsey’s The Heroes, or, Greek Fairy Tales for My Children, was published five years later in 1856). Prior to this, mythic stories predominantly featured in t(...)

YEAR: 1852

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Atlas Baucis Bellerophon Heracles Hercules Hermes Medusa Midas Pandora Pegasus Perseus Philemon

Nathaniel Hawthorne

A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys

United States • 1852

Atlas Baucis Bellerophon Heracles Hercules Hermes Medusa Midas Pandora Pegasus Perseus Philemon

Joël Ebouémé Bognomo

A Wonderful Grandmother [Une Merveilleuse Grand-Mère]

Nondo is a ten-year-old orphan who has been adopted by his grandmother Balacia. She treats him like a baby and insists on bathing him. They are always together, and she always finds something to occupy them like peeling vegetables and deshelling groundnuts. When the weather is bright, they go to the farm across the river. Nondo is very afraid each time they cross the river because his parents got drowned in it. This river is situated in the heart of the Bambua village and legend has it that a cr(...)

african Other Traditions

COUNTRY: Cameroon

TAGS: African Storytelling African Traditions

Joël Ebouémé Bognomo

A Wonderful Grandmother [Une Merveilleuse Grand-Mère]

Cameroon

african Other Traditions

African Storytelling African Traditions

Juliet Rix , Juliet Snape

A-Maze-Ing Minotaur

This picture book retells the story of Theseus and the Minotaur. Its retelling is unusual in that the text is framed on each left page, with a split-level illustration spreading across each pair of pages. In the top illustration (usually taking up two-thirds of the image) is the story of King Minos and his action; the lower illustration (one-third) reveals the Minotaur, lurking below. The style of the illustration is influenced by Minoan art, with bright colours, clothing, and wall-decorations, (...)

YEAR: 2014

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Ariadne Crete Knossos Labyrinth Minoans Minos Minotaur Theseus

Juliet Rix , Juliet Snape

A-Maze-Ing Minotaur

United Kingdom • 2014

Ariadne Crete Knossos Labyrinth Minoans Minos Minotaur Theseus

Elisabeth Belomo

Abobo Ndene and Otene Nka'a

Long, long time ago, AboboNdene, the spider, and OteneNka’a, the monitor lizard, were close friends; so intimate that they shared everything: their happiness, worries and sorrows. They both believed in the same ideologies as they openly rebuked inhumane inclinations.One day, on their way back home from the farm, they engaged in a debate on the origins of good and evil. Before they realised it, they were on opposing sides: while Abobo held God responsible for good and evil, Otene attributed(...)

oral Other Traditions

COUNTRY: Cameroon

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Gods

Elisabeth Belomo

Abobo Ndene and Otene Nka'a

Cameroon

oral Other Traditions

African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Gods

Franciszek Kobryńczuk

About Arion, the Famous Singer [O słynnym śpiewaku Arionie]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue (accessed: June 11, 2021), Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp.Poseidon and Ino had a son born on Lesbos who became a famous singer. His name was Arion. He travelled to Corinth where he found a patron in Periander, the city's tyrant. Later, Arion successfully co(...)

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Arion (Poet) Corinth Dolphins of Poseidon Periander Sicily

Franciszek Kobryńczuk

About Arion, the Famous Singer [O słynnym śpiewaku Arionie]

Poland

Arion (Poet) Corinth Dolphins of Poseidon Periander Sicily

Marian Grześczak , Zbigniew Łoskot

About a Boy Whom You Also Are [O chłopcu, którym jesteś i ty]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp.Daedalus and his inquisitive and lively son, Icarus, travel from Athens, from where they were banished, to Crete. Icarus dreams about being able to fly, so he and his father could travel much faster than they do, walking on the g(...)

YEAR: 1981

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Athens Crete Daedalus Icarus Labyrinth Minos

Marian Grześczak , Zbigniew Łoskot

About a Boy Whom You Also Are [O chłopcu, którym jesteś i ty]

Poland • 1981

Athens Crete Daedalus Icarus Labyrinth Minos

Natalia Kapatsoulia , Filippos Mandilaras

Achilles and Hector [Αχιλλέας και Έκτορας (Achilléas kai Éktoras)]

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(...)

YEAR: 2012

COUNTRY: Greece

TAGS: Achaeans Achilles Agamemnon Ajax / Aias Apollo Briseis Chryseis Hector Nereid(s) Odysseus / Ulysses Paris (Trojan Prince) Patroclus Priam Thetis Trojans Troy

Natalia Kapatsoulia , Filippos Mandilaras

Achilles and Hector [Αχιλλέας και Έκτορας (Achilléas kai Éktoras)]

Greece • 2012

Achaeans Achilles Agamemnon Ajax / Aias Apollo Briseis Chryseis Hector Nereid(s) Odysseus / Ulysses Paris (Trojan Prince) Patroclus Priam Thetis Trojans Troy

Lee Smyth

Achilles’ Rage (Warriors, 1)

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 (Trojan Prince) Patroclus

Lee Smyth

Achilles’ Rage (Warriors, 1)

United States of America • 2017

Achilles Agamemnon Andromache Hector Helen Odysseus / Ulysses Paris (Trojan Prince) Patroclus

Andrzej Majewski

Adam the Tireless Wanderer [Adam niestrudzony wędrowiec]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp., section by Gabriela Rogowska, pp. 175–176.The hero of the book is Adam – a little boy found by an old couple in the forest. When the boy grows a little older he sets out on a journey seeking the wisdom of the world (...)

YEAR: 2002

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Aesop’s Fables Sirens Sphinx

Andrzej Majewski

Adam the Tireless Wanderer [Adam niestrudzony wędrowiec]

Poland • 2002

Aesop’s Fables Sirens Sphinx

Dapo Adeleke

Adamu and His Horse

Adamu and His Horse is a Children’s fiction, didactic and with thematic thrusts yarned from oral tradition. Adamu is a young and ambitious young man. His parents migrated to Garinlafiya long time ago from their ancestral village where they were relatively wealthy but had to leave because of famine. His father had a retinue of slaves but trusted one. On the night of their departure from Garinlafiya, he tied together most of his property and money which were too heavy to carry on the back of(...)

african Other Traditions

COUNTRY: Nigeria

TAGS: African Storytelling African Traditions Archetype Odyssey Slavery in Africa

Dapo Adeleke

Adamu and His Horse

Nigeria

african Other Traditions

African Storytelling African Traditions Archetype Odyssey Slavery in Africa

Franciszek Kobryńczuk

When Adonis becomes an orphan, Aphrodite becomes his guardian and soon begins to love him. The goddess comes up with the idea that the beautiful boy, to avoid catching a cold, should go down to Hades with Persephone for the winter. When Persephone emerges from the Underworld in the spring, it turns out that she has also fallen in love with Adonis and does not want to give him to Aphrodite. Zeus settles the dispute: Adonis will spend one-third of the year with Aphrodite, one-third – with Pe(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Adonis Aphrodite Artemis Hades Metamorphosis Persephone

Franciszek Kobryńczuk

Poland • 2015

Adonis Aphrodite Artemis Hades Metamorphosis Persephone

Vikentsi Ravinski

Aeneid Inside Out [Энеіда навыварат (Eneida navyvarat)]

After the fall of Troy, Aeneas, the son of Venus, along with his soldiers travel to Rome in order to establish a new kingdom there. Juno, who does not like Aeneas's mother, Venus, wants to thwart the hero. She talks Aeolus, the Keeper of the Winds, into raising a storm in the sea. But Aeneas appeals to Neptune for help. Neptune calms down the wind and soothes the sea. Venus helps her son too; she asks Zeus to support Aeneas. Zeus promises Venus that her son will happily arrive in Rome and wi(...)

YEAR: 1845

COUNTRY: Russian Empire

TAGS: Aeneas Aeneid Aeolus Bacchus Carthage Dido Eurus / Euros Juno Neptune Notus / Notos Troy Venus Virgil Vulcan Zephyrus

Vikentsi Ravinski

Aeneid Inside Out [Энеіда навыварат (Eneida navyvarat)]

Russian Empire • 1845

Aeneas Aeneid Aeolus Bacchus Carthage Dido Eurus / Euros Juno Neptune Notus / Notos Troy Venus Virgil Vulcan Zephyrus

Ivan Kotliarevsky

Aeneid. Travestied Inside Out into Little Russian language by I. Kotliarevsky [Енеида. На малороссійскій языкъ перелиціованная И. Котляревскимъ (Eneyda. Na malorossiĭskiĭ iazyk perelytsiovannaia Y. Kotliarevskym)]

After the fall of Troy, Aeneas ("Aeneas was a lively fellow, / Lusty as any Cossack blade") and the Trojans run away to sea. Juno asks Aeolus to sink the Trojans. Aeolus creates the storm, but Aeneas gives Neptune a bribe, and the storm calms down. Venus feels worried about her son Aeneas and complains about Juno to Zeus. Zeus says that the fate of Aeneas is already sealed – he will go to Rome and found a strong state there. After much suffering, the Trojans reach Carthage, where(...)

YEAR: 1798

COUNTRY: Russian Empire

TAGS: Aeneas Aeneid Aeolus Anchises Apollo Ascanius / Iulus Carthage Creusa (Aeneas' Wife) Cupid Dido Euryalus Juno Jupiter Latinus Lavinia Mercury Minerva Neptune Nisus Paris (Trojan Prince) Sibyl Trojan Horse Trojan War Turnus Venus Virgil Vulcan

Ivan Kotliarevsky

Aeneid. Travestied Inside Out into Little Russian language by I. Kotliarevsky [Енеида. На малороссійскій языкъ перелиціованная И. Котляревскимъ (Eneyda. Na malorossiĭskiĭ iazyk perelytsiovannaia Y. Kotliarevskym)]

Russian Empire • 1798

Aeneas Aeneid Aeolus Anchises Apollo Ascanius / Iulus Carthage Creusa (Aeneas' Wife) Cupid Dido Euryalus Juno Jupiter Latinus Lavinia Mercury Minerva Neptune Nisus Paris (Trojan Prince) Sibyl Trojan Horse Trojan War Turnus Venus Virgil Vulcan

Talleen Hacikyan , Michael Rosen

Aesop [an introduction to Aesop by Dr J.R.C. Cousland, Univ. British Columbia]Dog and Wolf;Fox and Grapes;Crow and Fox;Lion, Fox and Wolf;Wolf and Lamb;Mouse and Lion;Frog and Bull;Cockerel, Dog and Fox;Mosquito, Lion and Spider;Fir Tree and Thornbush;The Axe and the Trees;Partridge and the Fighting Cocks;Town Mouse and Country Mouse.Each story is laid out with one page for the tale and a full-page illustration on the facing page. The myths are told in the simple, direct language (note the minim(...)

YEAR: 2013

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Aesop Aesop’s Fables

Talleen Hacikyan , Michael Rosen

United Kingdom • 2013

Aesop Aesop’s Fables

Rodney McRae

Aesop’s Fables

McRae’s illustrations interpret Aesop’s fables through a range of international art forms and visual references. He is inspired by folk art and design, as well as some of the earliest known European artworks, such as the Lascaux cave paintings, Australian Indigenous, Mayan and Aztec art, Indian art, and contemporary Japanese woodblocks which enhance the reader’s interpretations of the fables. McRae also uses collage from torn paper, scraperboard, charcoal and watercolours. (...)

YEAR: 1990

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Aesop Aesop’s Fables Fable Jupiter Mercury Venus

Rodney McRae

Aesop’s Fables

Australia • 1990

Aesop Aesop’s Fables Fable Jupiter Mercury Venus

Stanisław Srokowski

Aesop’s Fables [Bajki Ezopa]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp.A collection of Aesopian fables featuring traditional and “non-traditional” animals as main characters; the fables are written in prose. Every fable tells a tale in a very expressive manner, in a colourful language; a(...)

YEAR: 2003

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Aesop Fable

Stanisław Srokowski

Aesop’s Fables [Bajki Ezopa]

Poland • 2003

Manuela Adreani

Aesop’s Fables [Le favole di Esopo]

Aesop’s Fables includes twenty fables drawn from Aesop, accompanied by Adreani’s surrealistic and dreamy paintings.* The collection features less famous stories, including The Fox and the Donkey in a Lion’s Skin, The Lion and the Stag at the Spring, and The Frogs Ask for a King, rather than the widely known fables, such as The Hare and the Tortoise, The Lion and the Mouse, and Town Mouse and Country Mouse. Foxes, donkeys, lions, frogs, and various species of birds feature in mo(...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: Italy

TAGS: Aesop Aesop’s Fables Aetiology Zeus

Manuela Adreani

Aesop’s Fables [Le favole di Esopo]

Italy • 2017

Aesop Aesop’s Fables Aetiology Zeus

Vivian French , Korky Paul [of Hamish Vigne Christie Paul]

Aesop’s Funky Fables

The work is a selection of Aesop’s Fables, retold for children in verse and prose, using rap and humorous techniques. All retellings have humorous illustrations, in a mixture of watercolours and line drawings. The Fox and the Crow (8–13) is told in verse, using rap techniques of repetition and other poetic techniques: e.g., ‘Brother CrowPuffed up his feathers with pridePuffed up his feathersPuffed upPuffedAnd opened his beak wide. “CAW!” said the cr(...)

YEAR: 1997

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Aesop’s Fables

Vivian French , Korky Paul [of Hamish Vigne Christie Paul]

Aesop’s Funky Fables

United Kingdom • 1997

Aesop’s Fables

Ray Ching

Aesop’s Kiwi Fables

These are Aesop’s Fables adapted, illustrated and set in New Zealand, substituting native fauna for Aesopian characters. There are forty seven fables in Ching’s Aesop’s Kiwi Fables.The Cat & The Cockerel upon a Journey; The Blackbird & His Tail; The Kiwi at the River; The Huhu Beetle & His Shadow; The Kiwi & The Goose; The Old Tuatara & the Possum; The Cat & the Kiwi Chick; The Kiwi & the Jewel; The Thoughtful Kea; Huia & Kokako of Old; The Old M(...)

YEAR: 2012

COUNTRY: New Zealand

TAGS: Aesop Fable

Ray Ching

Aesop’s Kiwi Fables

New Zealand • 2012

The Rugby Football Union

Age Grade Rugby

This guide from the Rugby Football Union, the governing body for Rugby Union in England, provides information on children’s player progression at all levels from Under 7 to Under 18. Information on player safety is included along with an overview of the personal and social skills fostered by the sport. The guide, pitched both at players and adults involved as e.g. parents, coaches and first-aiders, mixes an emphasis on the benefits of playing rugby union with safety information. Key benefi(...)

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Ancient Temples Architecture

The Rugby Football Union

Age Grade Rugby

United Kingdom

Ancient Temples Architecture

Age of Mythology

In Age of Mythology users play as one of three ancient civilizations (Greek, Egyptian or Norse), and guide their people from the paucity of the Archaic Age to the cultural and military brilliance of the Mythic Age. Starting with a small settlement, players collect resources – Food, Wood, Gold and divine Favour – that enable them to erect buildings, train soldiers, and research new technologies to strengthen their civilization. The overall aim is to defeat rival players by either dest(...)

YEAR: 2002

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Athena Chiron / Cheiron Cronus / Kronos Egyptian Mythology Norse Mythology Olympus Penelope Poseidon Troy

Age of Mythology

United States • 2002

Athena Chiron / Cheiron Cronus / Kronos Egyptian Mythology Norse Mythology Olympus Penelope Poseidon Troy

Nnedi Okorafor

Akata Warrior recounts the story of Sunny Nwazue, who is a leopard* Nigerian-American albino girl, struggling to understand her true self through the secret leopard world**, after officially undergoing initiation into a local Leopard Society***. The key to leopards’ extraordinary power is their uniqueness or ‘natural’ flaws. In Sunny’s case, it is her albinism. Sunny finds it difficult to adapt to both worlds, since she is the only leopard person in her family. One (...)

african Other Traditions

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: African Traditions

Nnedi Okorafor

United States of America

african Other Traditions

African Traditions

Izechukwu John Ekeh

Akwugo, the Gods of Our Land

Lebechi was a beautiful girl with many unfortunate experiences, one of which was childlessness. These misfortunes continued even when she became pregnant with her husband, Ajulu. One day, Ugele, Lebechi’s closest friend visited her and just when she was about to take her leave, Lebechi started labour. With the help of Ugele, Lebechi delivered a baby boy. Unfortunately, Lebechi collapsed. Shortly afterwards, Ugele met Ajulu and told him the news about his wife’s putting to birth but A(...)

african Other Traditions

COUNTRY: Nigeria

TAGS: African Traditions

Izechukwu John Ekeh

Akwugo, the Gods of Our Land

Nigeria

african Other Traditions

African Traditions

Jolanta Nowaczyk , Daria Solak

Ala has a Cat. And Ali? First-class Sentences [Ala ma kota. A Ali? Zdanka pierwsza klasa]

The book is a collection of the first sentences from elementary schools primers, used to teach how to read worldwide, specifically in twenty-five countries, including Poland, Sweden, Spain, Japan, Ethiopia. This original idea reinforces reading skills through contact with other languages and promotes basic knowledge about other cultures. For example, on the page with the Greek sentence, “Έλλη, να ένα μήλο” [Elli, this is an (...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Greece Helle Laurel Wreath Symposium

Jolanta Nowaczyk , Daria Solak

Ala has a Cat. And Ali? First-class Sentences [Ala ma kota. A Ali? Zdanka pierwsza klasa]

Poland • 2016

Greece Helle Laurel Wreath Symposium

Jane Bingham , Robin Lawrie , Anne Millard

Alexander the Great

This title introduces young readers to biography and history, with elements of geography and politics, in a title that also encourages developing literacy through the use of fairly complex vocabulary and delivery in a relatively lengthy volume. The format is birth to death, following the traditions of biography. A map of Alexander's empire opens the work and orientates the reader, and this is followed by ten chapters on Alexander's life, in which text and image are interspersed; most pag(...)

YEAR: 2004

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Alexander the Great Architecture Egypt Gods Graeco-Persian Wars Greek History Greek Philosophy

Jane Bingham , Robin Lawrie , Anne Millard

Alexander the Great

United Kingdom • 2004

Alexander the Great Architecture Egypt Gods Graeco-Persian Wars Greek History Greek Philosophy

Nikos Kazantzakis

Alexander the Great / In the Time of Alexander the Great [Μέγας Αλέξανδρος / Στα χρόνια του Μεγαλέξανδρου (Mégas Aléxandros / Sta chrónia tou Megaléxandrou)]

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: 1940

COUNTRY: Greece

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

Nikos Kazantzakis

Alexander the Great / In the Time of Alexander the Great [Μέγας Αλέξανδρος / Στα χρόνια του Μεγαλέξανδρου (Mégas Aléxandros / Sta chrónia tou Megaléxandrou)]

Greece • 1940

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

Chris Capstick , Monika Filipina

Alexander the Great Dane

This light-hearted story is set in an ancient Egypt ruled by giant cats. The giant cats unfairly favour the normal-sized cats, leaving dogs to do all the work. This injustice has persisted for generations, until "a young pup called Alexander" left his care-free youth behind him to enter a world of toil and decided to lead the dogs in throwing off the shackles of their oppressors. True to the genre of books for young children, Alexander asks dogs of various occupations for their views o(...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Alexander the Great Ancient Slavery Architecture Bible Egypt

Chris Capstick , Monika Filipina

Alexander the Great Dane

United Kingdom • 2017

Alexander the Great Ancient Slavery Architecture Bible Egypt

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 Ancient Slavery Architecture Artemis Athens Bible Caesar Daedalus Dionysus / Dionysos Divination Egypt Egyptian Mythology Gilgamesh Gods Graeco-Persian Wars Greek History Greek Philosophy Heracles Hercules Homer Icarus Iliad Immortality Midas Oracles Patroclus Trojan War Troy Zeus

Jamila Gavin , David Parkins

Alexander the Great. Man, Myth, or Monster?

United Kingdom • 2011

Achilles Agamemnon Alexander the Great Ancient Slavery Architecture Artemis Athens Bible Caesar Daedalus Dionysus / Dionysos Divination Egypt Egyptian Mythology Gilgamesh Gods Graeco-Persian Wars Greek History Greek Philosophy Heracles Hercules Homer Icarus Iliad Immortality Midas Oracles Patroclus Trojan War Troy Zeus

Anna M. Komornicka

Alpha and Omega, or Antiquity Encapsulated [Alfa i Omega, czyli starożytność w miniaturze]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue (accessed: June 11, 2021), Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp.This is the last volume in the series The Legacy of Antiquity, where the author explains the classical origin of well-known expressions used by famous Greek and Roman leaders, philosophers etc., such as (...)

YEAR: 1995

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Alphabet Caesar Croesus Greek History Olympic Games Omega Philip II of Macedonia Pyrrhus of Epirus Roman History Sparta

Anna M. Komornicka

Alpha and Omega, or Antiquity Encapsulated [Alfa i Omega, czyli starożytność w miniaturze]

Poland • 1995

Alphabet Caesar Croesus Greek History Olympic Games Omega Philip II of Macedonia Pyrrhus of Epirus Roman History Sparta

Renée Grimaud (Grimaud Ayanoglou) , Daniel Maja

Alphabeta. The Greek Alphabet through Its Legends [Alphabêta. L'alphabet grec par ses légendes]

In the beginning, the 24 letters of the Greek alphabet are introduced with their French names and pronunciation. Selected mythological stories are presented in the alphabetical order of their titles. Each two-page layout contains a short tale and a full-page illustration in a blue colour scheme and introduces another character by their name, which begins with a particular Greek letter. The characters described are: Alpha – Argos, Beta – Bellerophon, Gamma – (...)

YEAR: 1995

COUNTRY: France

TAGS: Achilles Alphabet Apollo Argonauts Argos / Argus Panoptes (Giant) Bellerophon Chimera / Chimaera Chiron / Cheiron Circe Clytie Daedalus Gods Gorgon(s) Hephaestus Hera Heracles Hermes Hyacinth Io Jason Leda Marsyas Medusa Minotaur Narcissus Odysseus / Ulysses Orion Pan Pegasus Perseus Phineus Psyche Scamander / Xanthus Selene Tantalus Theseus Troy Zeus

Renée Grimaud (Grimaud Ayanoglou) , Daniel Maja

Alphabeta. The Greek Alphabet through Its Legends [Alphabêta. L'alphabet grec par ses légendes]

France • 1995

Achilles Alphabet Apollo Argonauts Argos / Argus Panoptes (Giant) Bellerophon Chimera / Chimaera Chiron / Cheiron Circe Clytie Daedalus Gods Gorgon(s) Hephaestus Hera Heracles Hermes Hyacinth Io Jason Leda Marsyas Medusa Minotaur Narcissus Odysseus / Ulysses Orion Pan Pegasus Perseus Phineus Psyche Scamander / Xanthus Selene Tantalus Theseus Troy Zeus

Franciszek Kobryńczuk

Amalthea the Goat [Koza Amalteja]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue (accessed: June 11, 2021), Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp.When Cronus learns about a prophecy foretelling that one of his children will defeat him, he starts devouring them as soon as they are born. By giving Cronus a stone to eat, his wife Rhea saves the young(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Amalthea Cornucopia Crete Cronus / Kronos Rhea Titanomachy Zeus

Franciszek Kobryńczuk

Amalthea the Goat [Koza Amalteja]

Poland • 2015

Amalthea Cornucopia Crete Cronus / Kronos Rhea Titanomachy Zeus

Michael Townsend

Amazing Greek Myths of Wonder and Blunders: Welcome to the Wonderful World of Greek Mythology

This book contains nine mythological tales written in comic form. First there is a brief introduction of various creatures of Greek mythology, such as the Cyclops, centaurs, Satyrs, Nymphs, Pegasus but also made-for-laugh ones such as a fairy goat or Mer-Donkey. There is an emphasis on the natural world of ancient Greece, where there was no technology, and on monsters, heroes and gods. The Olympian gods are mentioned, with the exclusion of Hephaestus and Ares, although Zeus, Hera, Athena, Apollo(...)

YEAR: 2010

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Arachne Daedalus Dionysus / Dionysos Hades Hera Heracles Hercules Icarus Medusa Midas Olympians Pandora Persephone Perseus Pygmalion Pyramus Thisbe Zeus

Michael Townsend

Amazing Greek Myths of Wonder and Blunders: Welcome to the Wonderful World of Greek Mythology

United Kingdom • 2010

Arachne Daedalus Dionysus / Dionysos Hades Hera Heracles Hercules Icarus Medusa Midas Olympians Pandora Persephone Perseus Pygmalion Pyramus Thisbe Zeus

Demitria Lunetta , Marley Lynn , Kate Karyus Quinn

Amazon Academy: Amazon Queen (Mythverse, 5)

This book follows the events of the previous book in the series (Amazon Princess). In the previous book, Brandee Jean Mason, the beauty pageant regular from Wisconsin, won the challenge to become the new queen of the gods and replace the dead Zeus. However, during her coronation ceremony, Zeus reemerged. Since he died, he now occupies a different body, that of one of the contenders, Sora. Hades is the one responsible for bringing Zeus back and for refusing to accept the result of the competition(...)

YEAR: 2020

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Amazons Artemis Athena Hades Harpies Zeus

Demitria Lunetta , Marley Lynn , Kate Karyus Quinn

Amazon Academy: Amazon Queen (Mythverse, 5)

United States of America • 2020

Amazons Artemis Athena Hades Harpies Zeus

Demitria Lunetta , Marley Lynn , Kate Karyus Quinn

Amazon Princess: Amazon Academy (Mythverse, 4)

This book follows the events of the previous book in the series (Wither & Wound) yet focuses on a new set of heroes and a different setting. In the previous book, Edie Evans, the dragon shape shifter killed her father Zeus in a fatal duel. As a result Zeus’ powers left him and entered different individuals across the world. Minor deities then begun to create havoc on earth so Edie and her friends set out to locate the people with Zeus’ powers and try to save the world. Thisbook f(...)

YEAR: 2019

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Amazons Artemis Athena Hades Harpies Zeus

Demitria Lunetta , Marley Lynn , Kate Karyus Quinn

Amazon Princess: Amazon Academy (Mythverse, 4)

United States of America • 2019

Amazons Artemis Athena Hades Harpies Zeus

Neil Gaiman

In American Gods, a man named Shadow is released from prison when his wife dies in a car accident. On his journey to the funeral, he meets a mysterious stranger, Mr Wednesday. Wednesday turns out to be the Norse god, Odin, and hires Shadow as a bodyguard. Wednesday tells Shadow that war is coming, a war between the "old" gods, and the "new." These old gods are the gods of myth and legend, who have come to the United States, brought in the imaginations, memories, and stor(...)

YEAR: 2001

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Architecture Eurydice Hero(es) Katabasis Orpheus

Neil Gaiman

United States • 2001

Architecture Eurydice Hero(es) Katabasis Orpheus

Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Amphitrite the Bubbly (Goddess Girls, 17)

In this installment, we meet a new character, Amphitrite, a mermaid who is not a regular student at MOA academy. Amphitrite is a mermaid who dreams about living on land. In this combination of mythology and “the little mermaid”, Amphitrite does not forsake her marine home for life on land, but learns to combine both. The story alternates between her narrative and Poseidon’s, and the connecting theme is identity – who you really are. Amphitrite’s sister, Thetis,(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Aglaia Amphitrite Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Dionysus / Dionysos Eris Gaia / Gaea Hades Harmonia Hera Heracles Hercules Medusa Nereus Panacea Pandora Persephone Pheme Pythia Thetis Zeus

Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Amphitrite the Bubbly (Goddess Girls, 17)

United States • 2015

Aglaia Amphitrite Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Dionysus / Dionysos Eris Gaia / Gaea Hades Harmonia Hera Heracles Hercules Medusa Nereus Panacea Pandora Persephone Pheme Pythia Thetis Zeus

Alfred Ledwig , Stanisław Pagaczewski

An Adventure on Rhodes [Przygoda na Rodos]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp.In terms of the plot, this book (an adventure novel with elements of fantasy) can be regarded as a continuation of the trilogy about the adventures of the Wawel Dragon, but the action does not take place in the Middle-Ages but in(...)

YEAR: 1982

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Cetus Dragons Minotaur Perseus Rhodes

Alfred Ledwig , Stanisław Pagaczewski

An Adventure on Rhodes [Przygoda na Rodos]

Poland • 1982

Cetus Dragons Minotaur Perseus Rhodes

Peter Numfor Ambe

An Orphan Child and Her Uncle's Wife

AN ORPHAN CHILD AND HER UNCLE’S WIFE:Long long time agoThere lived a manWho got married and hadJust one child.The gift that was given him duringHis wedding was his late sister’s daughter - A child who had been movingFrom one family member to another.The wife detested the gift butLater on accepted it.She accepted it becauseTheir only daughterWas feeling very lonely.She was still very young,And so needed company.The acceptance of this childInto the new home took place after a lot (...)

oral Other Traditions

COUNTRY: Cameroon

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Nymphs

Peter Numfor Ambe

An Orphan Child and Her Uncle's Wife

Cameroon

oral Other Traditions

African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Nymphs

Joseph Ndipowah Teneng

An Orphan Girl and Her Stepmother

Long time agoThere was a manWho was so handsome.He had two wives.The first was very, very beautiful,The second was not so beautiful.The first wife gave birth to a girl child,The man was happy.Because that was part of his wealth.He had a friend who startedBetrothing this little girl at birth,He would always bring him firewood,And roast meat.The man planted a kola nut tree for the daughterThe daughter had everything that one can imagine.Dresses, enough food, bracelets, necklaces, and others.One da(...)

oral Other Traditions

COUNTRY: Cameroon

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Archetype

Joseph Ndipowah Teneng

An Orphan Girl and Her Stepmother

Cameroon

oral Other Traditions

African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Archetype

Kemonde Wangmonde

An Orphan’s Tears

The novel opens when Ngeh* is walking along the road in Bay City and stubs his toe. An old man, almost the age of his father, appears from nowhere and tells him that in the African traditional belief, hitting one’s toe is a sign of bad luck. Ngeh gives a deaf ear to this old man because he takes him for a swindler, but the old man tells him he will understand someday. Later in a taxi, Ngeh contemplates about their low standard of living and his father’s incapability to pay his school(...)

african Other Traditions

COUNTRY: Cameroon

TAGS: African Traditions

Kemonde Wangmonde

An Orphan’s Tears

Cameroon

african Other Traditions

African Traditions

Enoch Tanyi

Anansi is a myth of the people of Asante on the coast of Ghana. This myth is centered on the character and ingenuity of Anansi, who succeeded through tricks to bring stories from the gods to his people and gave them wisdom. It is believed that Anansi is a mystical figure, who acts on behalf of Nyame, his father, and the Sky Father (God). He has the ability to bring rain and to stop wild fires. In some sectors of the Asante clan, Anansi is believed to be responsible for creating the sun, the star(...)

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COUNTRY: Ghana

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Gods

Enoch Tanyi

Ghana

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African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Gods

Richard Bonson , Stewart Ross

The book’s main story takes place in 416 BC Greece. It is the story of a young man competing in the Olympic Games, told in the form of a graphic novel. After a brief plot overview and the historical background, the story continues around the border of every page, whilst the centre of each page is filled with factual information. The plot of the story focuses on a young Athenian man named Kinesias and his journey to and attendance of the Olympic Games. Kinesias dreams of personal succe(...)

YEAR: 2004

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Agora Apollo Athena Athens Masks Olympic Games Oracles Peloponnesian War Pottery / Vases Sparta Theatre

Richard Bonson , Stewart Ross

United States of America • 2004

Agora Apollo Athena Athens Masks Olympic Games Oracles Peloponnesian War Pottery / Vases Sparta Theatre

Cath Senker

Ancient Greeks is an educational, introduction to ancient Greek culture aimed at children aged 7+. This title is one of several titles in the Ladybird Histories series, including Kings and Queens, Tudor and Stuarts, Ancient Egyptians, The Vikings, Romans, and Anglo-Saxons. Each is written in a similarly serious tone. Through the combination of titles, the series presents the Ancient Greeks as an important non-British historical society. Ancient Greeks focuses on the Classical period, w(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Aphrodite Architecture Ares Athena Athens Comedy (Ancient) Dionysus / Dionysos Divination Graeco-Persian Wars Greek Art Greek History Greek Music Greek Theatre Hades Heracles Hercules Homer Minotaur Odysseus / Ulysses Olympic Games Oracles Poseidon Roman Empire Theatre Theseus Tragedy (Ancient) Trojan Horse Trojan War Troy Twelve Labours of Heracles Zeus

Cath Senker

United Kingdom • 2015

Aphrodite Architecture Ares Athena Athens Comedy (Ancient) Dionysus / Dionysos Divination Graeco-Persian Wars Greek Art Greek History Greek Music Greek Theatre Hades Heracles Hercules Homer Minotaur Odysseus / Ulysses Olympic Games Oracles Poseidon Roman Empire Theatre Theseus Tragedy (Ancient) Trojan Horse Trojan War Troy Twelve Labours of Heracles Zeus

Colin King , Stephanie Turnbull

This short book starts by introducing "An ancient land", before moving to specific sections, each covering a double spread, on: Life in Greece; Clothes and fashion; What people ate; A trip to market; Feasts and fun; Gods and goddesses; Talking to the gods; Heroes and monsters; The Olympic Games; Greek plays; Mighty warriors; Into battle; and Great Greeks. Each section comprises short sentences in a large font accompanied (...)

YEAR: 2002

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Gods Greek Theatre Hero(es) Monsters Olympic Games Pottery / Vases

Colin King , Stephanie Turnbull

United Kingdom • 2002

Gods Greek Theatre Hero(es) Monsters Olympic Games Pottery / Vases

Joe Lillington , Iris Volant [The Flying Eye Books’ In-House Writers]

Ancient Warriors

Ancient Warriors is divided as follows: overview of specific armies; short biographies of military leaders; overviews of battles throughout history. The book covers the Bronze Age until the 14th Century CE and features armies such as the Mayans (pp. 12–13), the Romans (pp. 24–28), the Huns (pp. 34–35), the Vikings (pp. 42–43), and the Samurai (pp. 50–51). These armies are arranged chronologically and are described along with their respective military leaders such as(...)

YEAR: 2018

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Alexander the Great Ancient Warfare Egypt Graeco-Persian Wars Greek History Greeks Legionaries Persian Empire Punic Wars Roman Army Roman Empire Roman History

Joe Lillington , Iris Volant [The Flying Eye Books’ In-House Writers]

Ancient Warriors

United Kingdom • 2018

Alexander the Great Ancient Warfare Egypt Graeco-Persian Wars Greek History Greeks Legionaries Persian Empire Punic Wars Roman Army Roman Empire Roman History

Danielle Jawando

And the Stars Were Burning Brightly

Set in Wythenshawe in Manchester, And the Stars Were Burning Brightly follows fifteen-year-old Nathan as he attempts to understand his older brother Al’s death by suicide. Al, a deep thinker and talented artist, seemingly had everything to live for, but Nathan eventually learns that Al was the victim of a sustained bullying campaign on social media and in his everyday life at school and on the estate where they live.As part of his quest for information both online and offline, Nathan gets (...)

YEAR: 2020

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Atlantis Orion Pandora

Danielle Jawando

And the Stars Were Burning Brightly

United Kingdom • 2020

Atlantis Orion Pandora

Jenny Blackford

Andromeda is a feminist reimagining of the story of Andromeda and the sea monster. It fleshes out the personality of the princess, who, whilst mindful of the obligations of her royal role, longs for freedom from its obligations. She has an unaccountable sense of needing something, ‘something she had been missing for such a long time’ (130). Since the onset of puberty Andromeda has suffered overwhelming fits of rage. Her maturation is symbolically tied to the sea monster, who be(...)

YEAR: 2008

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Andromeda Barbarians Medusa Monsters Perseus

Jenny Blackford

Australia • 2008

Andromeda Barbarians Medusa Monsters Perseus

Annick Ndo Medjoto

Angon Nana and Abomo Nguele

Long ago, in a certain corner of South Cameroon, was born a boy of extraordinary handsomeness, named Angon Nana. He was so handsome that upon seeing him people were cured of their psychological problems. Unfortunately, Nana’s parents died while he was still young and he became unbearably sad. He wept day and night for several years. One day, amid his tears, he felt a strange presence around him. As he turned around, a girl Abomo was looking down at him smiling. She dried his tears. As(...)

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COUNTRY: Cameroon

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Gods

Annick Ndo Medjoto

Angon Nana and Abomo Nguele

Cameroon

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African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Gods

Ola [Aleksandra] Woldańska-Płocińska

Animalocracy [Zwierzokracja]

Zwierzokracja is a large-format non-fiction picture book presenting the history of human-animal relations from prehistory to modern times. Each spread is dedicated to a different topic. Woldańska-Płocińska touches on such issues as hunting, mediaeval animal trials, farming chickens on top of city buildings, intensive animal farming, bird feeding, the Universal Declaration of Animal Rights (1978), endangered species, and veganism. There is even a mention of Jane Goodall, famous primatologist(...)

YEAR: 2018

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Aristotle Egypt Greek Philosophy Pythagoras

Ola [Aleksandra] Woldańska-Płocińska

Animalocracy [Zwierzokracja]

Poland • 2018

Aristotle Egypt Greek Philosophy Pythagoras

Kendare Blake

Antigoddess (Goddess War, 1)

Like several other recent novels for young adults, including Aimee Carter’s The Goddess Test (2011) and Bree Despain’s Into the Dark series, Kendare Blake’s Antigoddess explores the premise that ancient gods have survived into the modern age. Ranging across both urban and natural landscapes of the United States, the novel is focalised through Athena, who is accompanied by her brother, Hermes. The pair resemble modern teenagers: Hermes wears jeans and a tight t-sh(...)

YEAR: 2013

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Andromache Aphrodite Apollo Athena Cassandra Circe Demeter Hector Hera Hermes Monsters Odysseus / Ulysses Odyssey Poseidon Trojan War Troy

Kendare Blake

Antigoddess (Goddess War, 1)

United States • 2013

Andromache Aphrodite Apollo Athena Cassandra Circe Demeter Hector Hera Hermes Monsters Odysseus / Ulysses Odyssey Poseidon Trojan War Troy

Andrew Matthews , Tony Ross

Antony and Cleopatra

The book belongs to the series by Andrew Matthews, where classic plays of William Shakespeare are retold. The story about Antony and Cleopatra is told in a form of recollections of Servius, one of Antony’s loyal soldiers. Servius goes back to recall memories from the day when he was listening to Antony giving a speech over Caesar's body. Shortly afterward, Servius was appointed to be Antony’s Centurion. Since that moment, the soldier’s memories overlap with the events known(...)

YEAR: 2001

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Caesar Cleopatra VII Egypt Greek History Hellenism Hellenistic Egypt Mark Antony Octavian Ptolemaic Egypt Roman History Rome

Andrew Matthews , Tony Ross

Antony and Cleopatra

United Kingdom • 2001

Caesar Cleopatra VII Egypt Greek History Hellenism Hellenistic Egypt Mark Antony Octavian Ptolemaic Egypt Roman History Rome

Ash

Lyrically a very simple song, Aphrodite describes an encounter of an unidentified first-person narrator falling in love with a woman, who is referred to as the eponymous goddess. While the song is about love, the lyrics hint at a darker side to love as all consuming and weakening; the Aphrodite of the song is referred to as having a "dark power", while the narrator laments that they are "getting lost/ at such a cost/ as I fall/ I feel my heart deceiving even me" and "how(...)

YEAR: 1998

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Aphrodite

Ash

United Kingdom • 1998

Yuyi Chen , Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Aphrodite & the Gold Apple (Little Goddess Girls, 3)

In the third book of the Little Goddess Girls series, Athena, Persephone and Aphrodite continue to travel along the Hello Brick Road to Sparkle City, where they hope the mighty Zeus might grant their wishes. Athena wishes to return home, from which she was mysteriously carried away by storm and brought to this magical, Mount Olympus, land. Persephone hopes Zeus helps her overcome her bad luck. Aphrodite wishes for the gift of likability, for sometimes she says things to people without thinking a(...)

YEAR: 2020

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aphrodite Artemis Athena Medusa Olympus Persephone Zeus

Yuyi Chen , Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Aphrodite & the Gold Apple (Little Goddess Girls, 3)

United States of America • 2020

Aphrodite Artemis Athena Medusa Olympus Persephone Zeus

Yuyi Chen , Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Aphrodite & the Magical Box (Little Goddess Girls, 7)

In the seventh book of the "Little Goddess Girls" series, the little goddess girls are traveling together, looking for adventures. Suddenly, a big carrot comes running towards them, holding a burning torch. He tells them his name is Prometheus Carrot. Then, he touches with his torch a glittery pink brick on the road and suddenly an elevator with a talking face shows up through the bricks. The carrot goes inside telling the elevator he wishes to go to Veggie-Boo-boo and the elevator mov(...)

YEAR: 2021

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aphrodite Artemis Athena Pandora Persephone Prometheus

Yuyi Chen , Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Aphrodite & the Magical Box (Little Goddess Girls, 7)

United States of America • 2021

Aphrodite Artemis Athena Pandora Persephone Prometheus

Josef Hill , Elena Paige

Aphrodite Finds Her Inner Beauty (Taki and Toula Time Travelers, 5)

In this time-traveling series fifth installment, two modern day Greek children from Crete, Toula (8-year-old girl) and Taki (6-year-old boy) find strange traditional Greek shoes called tsarouhia in their mother’s chest. They find out that wearing these shoes enables them to time-travel to ancient Greece (see here). In this book, the children arrive at Aphrodite’s temple. There are many statues of beautiful Aphrodite in the temple, yet one of the statues is of an older, ugly woma(...)

YEAR: 2018

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Aphrodite Galatea Pygmalion Zeus

Josef Hill , Elena Paige

Aphrodite Finds Her Inner Beauty (Taki and Toula Time Travelers, 5)

Australia • 2018

Aphrodite Galatea Pygmalion Zeus

Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Aphrodite the Beauty (Goddess Girls, 3)

General summary for the series see under Athena the Brain.In this installment (the third book of the series and the first which focuses on Aphrodite) we follow the adventures of Aphrodite, the pretty and stylish goddessgirl of love and beauty. Aphrodite gives Athena a makeover to make her more appealing to boys and gets jealous at the too-good outcome. Aphrodite learns the meaning of true beauty (Hephaestus) and hollow beauty (Ares) and in the end, friendship is the most beautiful thing.(...)

YEAR: 2010

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Aglaia Aphrodite Ares Artemis Atalanta Athena Cyclops / Cyclopes Hades Hephaestus Hippomenes Kydoimos Machai / Makhai Pandora Persephone Pheme Poseidon Zeus

Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Aphrodite the Beauty (Goddess Girls, 3)

United States • 2010

Aglaia Aphrodite Ares Artemis Atalanta Athena Cyclops / Cyclopes Hades Hephaestus Hippomenes Kydoimos Machai / Makhai Pandora Persephone Pheme Poseidon Zeus

Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Aphrodite the Diva (Goddess Girls, 6)

General summary for the series see under Athena the Brain.In this installment we follow Aphrodite’s plan to up her grade in Hero-ology class. She goes to Egypt where she encounters Isis. Aphrodite and the Greek go encounter the Egyptian goddesses and compete with them. Aphrodite needs to find her own voice and what makes her special. The book also reiterates themes from the Trojan war.(...)

YEAR: 2011

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Aphrodite Apollo Artemis Athena Dionysus / Dionysos Egyptian Mythology Galatea Hades Hera Isis Pandora Persephone Pheme Pygmalion Zeus

Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Aphrodite the Diva (Goddess Girls, 6)

United States • 2011

Aphrodite Apollo Artemis Athena Dionysus / Dionysos Egyptian Mythology Galatea Hades Hera Isis Pandora Persephone Pheme Pygmalion Zeus

Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Aphrodite the Fair (Goddess Girls, 15)

In this installment, Ares’ sister, Eris, goddess of discord, suddenly appears at his birthday party. The self-confident Ares, the envy of many other godboys, is in fact scared of his older sister who bullied him since childhood. When Eris crashes his surprise birthday party, Ares is terrified: “panic filled him. He had to get rid of his sister before she ruined everything for him here at MOA.” (p. 19). In a retelling of the judgement of Paris, Eris causes strife between the stu(...)

YEAR: 2014

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Eris Hera Heracles Hercules Pheme Zeus

Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Aphrodite the Fair (Goddess Girls, 15)

United States • 2014

Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Eris Hera Heracles Hercules Pheme Zeus

Natalia Kapatsoulia , Filippos Mandilaras

Aphrodite, Goddess of Beauty [Αφροδίτη η θεά της ομορφιάς (Afrodítī ī theá tīs omorfiás)]

Mandilaras and Kapatsoulia recount Aphrodite’s life, starting with her birth from the sea in Cyprus and ending with her veneration in Greek temples and legacy for sculptors and painters. Aphrodite emerged from the sea in a large seashell. She was beautiful and everyone fell in love with her. Zephyrus travelled with Aphrodite, first to the island of Cythera – where he spent a night with her – and afterwards to the west part of Cyprus. In Cyprus, the Hours made Aphrodite bea(...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: Greece

TAGS: Adonis Aphrodite Aphrodite of Melos / Venus of Milo Ares Athena Cyprus Cythera Dionysus / Dionysos Eris Eros Helen Hephaestus Hera Hermes Horae Judgement of Paris Menelaus Olympus Peleus Persephone Poseidon Pottery / Vases Thetis Troy Underworld Zephyrus Zeus

Natalia Kapatsoulia , Filippos Mandilaras

Aphrodite, Goddess of Beauty [Αφροδίτη η θεά της ομορφιάς (Afrodítī ī theá tīs omorfiás)]

Greece • 2017

Adonis Aphrodite Aphrodite of Melos / Venus of Milo Ares Athena Cyprus Cythera Dionysus / Dionysos Eris Eros Helen Hephaestus Hera Hermes Horae Judgement of Paris Menelaus Olympus Peleus Persephone Poseidon Pottery / Vases Thetis Troy Underworld Zephyrus Zeus

George O'Connor

Aphrodite. Goddess of Love (Olympians, 6)

Aphrodite is the sixth instalment of the tremendous Olympians series. It is narrated by the Charites and begins in a time before time, with the ancient Greek creation myths – Gaea and Ouranos, unfocused Eros, and the rise of the Titans leading to Kronos' castration. "The seat of Eros' power in Ouranos" is depicted falling into the sea in a mass of pink foam. The foam churns while more of the creation story plays out. The Olympians, humans, and animals all develop and(...)

YEAR: 2014

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Achilles Aeneas Aeneid Agamemnon Aphrodite Apollo Architecture Ares Argo Argonauts Artemis Athena Athens Cerberus Charites Cronus / Kronos Cupid Cyclops / Cyclopes Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Eris Eros Gaia / Gaea Galatea Gods Greek Art Hades Helen Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Iras (Handmaid) Metamorphoses (Ovid's) Olympus Paris (Trojan Prince) Poseidon Priam Psyche Sirens Thetis Trojan Horse Trojan War Troy Venus Zeus

George O'Connor

Aphrodite. Goddess of Love (Olympians, 6)

United States of America • 2014

Achilles Aeneas Aeneid Agamemnon Aphrodite Apollo Architecture Ares Argo Argonauts Artemis Athena Athens Cerberus Charites Cronus / Kronos Cupid Cyclops / Cyclopes Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Eris Eros Gaia / Gaea Galatea Gods Greek Art Hades Helen Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Iras (Handmaid) Metamorphoses (Ovid's) Olympus Paris (Trojan Prince) Poseidon Priam Psyche Sirens Thetis Trojan Horse Trojan War Troy Venus Zeus

Maria Krüger

Apolejka and Her Donkey [Apolejka i jej osiołek]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp.A princess named Apolejka lives alone in a high tower on a hill outside the town. One day from the windows of her tower she notices a chimney-sweep drinking water from the well. The very next instant the boy turns into a donkey; (...)

YEAR: 1963

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Apuleius Metamorphosis

Maria Krüger

Apolejka and Her Donkey [Apolejka i jej osiołek]

Poland • 1963

Apuleius Metamorphosis

Natalia Kapatsoulia , Filippos Mandilaras

Apollo and Artemis [Απόλλωνας και Άρτεμη (Apóllōnas kai Ártemī)]

The book starts by showing two gods as small children in a pram. We read that the boy grew up to become a patron of the arts and music, while the girl lived in the forests and hunted. Readers are asked to guess the two siblings’ names. Next, we read about pregnant Leto trying to find a place to give birth, running away from Hera’s frustration with Zeus’ infidelity. Leto takes refuge in a small island, and gives birth, first to Artemis and then to Apollo. It now becomes cle(...)

YEAR: 2012

COUNTRY: Greece

TAGS: Actaeon Apollo Artemis Aulis Cassandra Daphne Delos Delphi Hera Hyacinth Iphigenia / Iphigeneia Leto Nymphs Python Tityos Troy Zephyrus Zeus

Natalia Kapatsoulia , Filippos Mandilaras

Apollo and Artemis [Απόλλωνας και Άρτεμη (Apóllōnas kai Ártemī)]

Greece • 2012

Actaeon Apollo Artemis Aulis Cassandra Daphne Delos Delphi Hera Hyacinth Iphigenia / Iphigeneia Leto Nymphs Python Tityos Troy Zephyrus Zeus

Joan Holub , Craig Phillips , Suzanne Williams

Apollo and the Battle of the Birds (Heroes in Training, 6)

This is the sixth book in the Heroes in Training series (see entry about Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom (Heroes in Training, 1)). The group is searching for the mysterious aegis and on the way they will battle the ferocious Stymphalian birds and meet Ares. The group also helps the villagers to overcome a deadly drought. Meanwhile Ares, who was raised by Titans, takes time to adapt to his new found family.(...)

YEAR: 2014

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Apollo Ares Artemis Atlas Clymene Corinth Cronus / Kronos Delphi Demeter Epimetheus Hades Hera Hestia Iapetus / Japetus Menoetius Oracles Poseidon Prometheus Rhea Stymphalian Birds Typhon / Typhoeus / Typhaon Zeus

Joan Holub , Craig Phillips , Suzanne Williams

Apollo and the Battle of the Birds (Heroes in Training, 6)

United States • 2014

Apollo Ares Artemis Atlas Clymene Corinth Cronus / Kronos Delphi Demeter Epimetheus Hades Hera Hestia Iapetus / Japetus Menoetius Oracles Poseidon Prometheus Rhea Stymphalian Birds Typhon / Typhoeus / Typhaon Zeus

Nick Roberts , Stella Tarakson

Apollo's Mystic Message (Hopeless Heroes, 5)

This is book 5 in the Hopeless Heroes series. This is series of portal-fantasy adventures in which a timid boy travels to the world of ancient myth by means of a magic vase, and learns to be brave through adventures with classical heroes. At the end of the previous book, Tim Baker was told by his mother's boyfriend (and his school teacher), Larry Green, that there is a vase at the British Museum which depicts an image of a modern boy holding a vase. At first, Tim is reluctant to believe it i(...)

YEAR: 2018

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Apollo Athena Epimetheus Hera Hercules Hermes Prometheus Pythia

Nick Roberts , Stella Tarakson

Apollo's Mystic Message (Hopeless Heroes, 5)

United Kingdom • 2018

Apollo Athena Epimetheus Hera Hercules Hermes Prometheus Pythia

George O'Connor

Apollo. The Brilliant One (Olympians, 8)

The Muses narrate this collection, taking turns to tell different myths about Apollo:The birth of Apollo and Artemis.Apollo establishes the oracle at Delphi.Daphne.Marsyas.Hyacinth.Asklepios.A thoughtful Author's Note on Apollo follows. Profile summaries of Apollo, Asklepios, and the Muses are included along with eight points for follow-up discussion and a bibliography and recommended reading list that includes explicit reference to works used in the creation of the graphic novel (Hesiod, Ae(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aetiology Apollo Architecture Artemis Asclepius Athena Chiron / Cheiron Cyclops / Cyclopes Daphne Delphi Dionysus / Dionysos Divination Faun Gods Greek Music Hades Hera Hermes Hyacinth Iris Laurel Wreath Leto Marsyas Metamorphosis Muses Olympus Oracles Zeus

George O'Connor

Apollo. The Brilliant One (Olympians, 8)

United States of America • 2016

Aetiology Apollo Architecture Artemis Asclepius Athena Chiron / Cheiron Cyclops / Cyclopes Daphne Delphi Dionysus / Dionysos Divination Faun Gods Greek Music Hades Hera Hermes Hyacinth Iris Laurel Wreath Leto Marsyas Metamorphosis Muses Olympus Oracles Zeus

Marios Aristopoulos , Jesse McGibney , Maciej Paprocki , Lee Vermeulen

Apotheon features the story of Nikandreos, a warrior from the village of Dion, and his journey to save his village and the Earth from the wrath of Zeus. The story begins with the ransack of Dion by invaders. Nikandreos saves his village alongside surviving soldiers and then heads to the temple, where Hera congratulates him for defeating the invaders and recruits him as her champion to take down Zeus, in revenge for her husband’s affairs with other gods and humans. He agrees to this task an(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: Canada

TAGS: Acheron (River) Aesop’s Fables Aphrodite Apollo Ares Argonauts Artemis Athena Atlantis Bacchus Castor Charon Chimera / Chimaera Cocytus (River) Cyclops / Cyclopes Daphne Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Greek Music Hades Hephaestus Hera Heracles Heraclitus (of Ephesus) Hermes Homer Hydra Iliad Immortality Labyrinth Lethe (River) Midas Nymphs Odyssey Olympus Persephone Phlegethon (River) Poseidon Pottery / Vases Satyr(s) Sculpture Styx Thetis Underworld Zeus

Marios Aristopoulos , Jesse McGibney , Maciej Paprocki , Lee Vermeulen

Canada • 2015

Acheron (River) Aesop’s Fables Aphrodite Apollo Ares Argonauts Artemis Athena Atlantis Bacchus Castor Charon Chimera / Chimaera Cocytus (River) Cyclops / Cyclopes Daphne Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Greek Music Hades Hephaestus Hera Heracles Heraclitus (of Ephesus) Hermes Homer Hydra Iliad Immortality Labyrinth Lethe (River) Midas Nymphs Odyssey Olympus Persephone Phlegethon (River) Poseidon Pottery / Vases Satyr(s) Sculpture Styx Thetis Underworld Zeus

Will Beall , James Wan

The plot concentrates on the life of Arthur Curry – the Aquaman. In the opening scenes, we find out more about him and his life. He is half-human, half Atlantean. His mother Atlanna was the Queen of the underwater Atlantis. His father was just an average human working as a lighthouse keeper. Sadly they didn’t have a chance to enjoy peaceful family life together. When Arthur was little, his mother was punished for a betrayal by the army of the King of Atlantis and sentenced to death b(...)

YEAR: 2018

COUNTRY: USA

TAGS: Atlanteans Atlantis Atlas Critias Plato Poseidon

Will Beall , James Wan

USA • 2018

Atlanteans Atlantis Atlas Critias Plato Poseidon

Katie O’Neill

Lana, a motherless girl, returns to the small seaside town of Abalone with her father, to spend time with her Auntie Mae, and help her repair the family property after a storm. Walking on the beach and looking in rock pools, remembering times she spent there with her mother, Melody, Lana finds a curious, wounded creature, like a seahorse but not quite. She puts it in a jar of water, and takes advice from Mae to feed it brine shrimp. Later, while on beach clean-up, Lana is greeted by a larger ver(...)

YEAR: 2018

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Atlantis Pegasus Unicorn (hippos monokeras)

Katie O’Neill

United States of America • 2018

Atlantis Pegasus Unicorn (hippos monokeras)

Franciszek Kobryńczuk

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue (accessed: June 11, 2021), Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp.A mortal woman named Arachne boasts that she is a better weaver than Athena. In response, the goddess orders Arachne to demonstrate her skills. When Athena realizes that Arachne’s skills are indeed(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Arachne Athena Metamorphosis

Franciszek Kobryńczuk

Poland • 2015

Arachne Athena Metamorphosis

Nick Roberts , Stella Tarakson

Arachne Golden Gloves (Hopeless Heroes, 3)

This is book 3 in the Hopeless Heroes series. This is a series of portal-fantasy adventures in which a timid boy travels to the world of ancient myth by means of a magic vase, and learns to be brave through adventures with classical heroes. Tim Baker, the school-child hero of the book is doing the housework since his mother is busy with her jobs. He catches a spider, and is very interested in it. Yet his mother is afraid of it. Tim decides not to kill the animal but rather set it free outside. H(...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Arachne Athena Hera Hercules Hermes Jason Perseus

Nick Roberts , Stella Tarakson

Arachne Golden Gloves (Hopeless Heroes, 3)

United Kingdom • 2017

Arachne Athena Hera Hercules Hermes Jason Perseus

Ron Brooks , Jenny Wagner

Aranea: A Story About A Spider

Aranea tells the story of an orb weaving spider who seeks to construct the perfect web. From her home in the "lilac bush in somebody’s garden", she works persistently and secretly at her weaving. Sometimes she herself destroys what she has created before anyone wakes up to see it; other times her webs are broken by stick-wielding schoolboys or housewives hanging out their washing. But while the people register her weaving, Aranea herself remains hidden from sight. Late in th(...)

YEAR: 1975

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

Ron Brooks , Jenny Wagner

Aranea: A Story About A Spider

United Kingdom • 1975

Kai Meyer

Arcadia Awakens [Arkadien erwacht] (Arcadia, 1 [Arkadien, 1])

A shy seventeen year old girl, Rosa Alcantara, comes from Brooklyn, New York, and is of Italian descent. After having been raped she had to undergo an abortion. One day, she travels by plane to Palermo in Sicily in order to attend the funeral of a leader of the mafia clan called Carnevares. Rosa’s situation within her family is complicated: her father died several years earlier and her mother, who left Sicily a long time before that, does not want to have any contacts with her relatives, w(...)

YEAR: 2009

COUNTRY: Germany

TAGS: Aesop Lamia Lycaon Metamorphosis

Kai Meyer

Arcadia Awakens [Arkadien erwacht] (Arcadia, 1 [Arkadien, 1])

Germany • 2009

Aesop Lamia Lycaon Metamorphosis

Kai Meyer

Arcadia Burns [Arkadien brennt] (Arcadia, 2 [Arkadien, 2])

When Rosa Alcantara and Alessandro Carnevare try to be intimate, they are transformed into mythical beasts, the moment they get too close to each other. The reason for this lies in the fact that they belong to different mafia clans, which have been adversaries for centuries. Therefore, their fate seems to be an eternal fight against each other. When they realize the problem, they stop trying to be intimate, Rosa moves to New York and after many years reconciles with her mother Gemma. Her mum esc(...)

YEAR: 2010

COUNTRY: Germany

TAGS: Aesop Arcadia Caduceus Hermes Lamia Lycaon Metamorphoses (Ovid's) Metamorphosis

Kai Meyer

Arcadia Burns [Arkadien brennt] (Arcadia, 2 [Arkadien, 2])

Germany • 2010

Aesop Arcadia Caduceus Hermes Lamia Lycaon Metamorphoses (Ovid's) Metamorphosis

Kai Meyer

Arcadia Falls [Arkadien fällt] (Arcadia, 3 [Arkadien, 3])

During their search in Sicily for a peace bringing ancient statue, Rosa Alcantara and Alessandro Carnevare are attacked by harpies, who look like big owls. Yet, it turns out soon that this mythical statue is missing. In their dreadful fight with the harpies, one ally of Rosa and Alessandro called Quattrini is killed. In due course, it is revealed that the harpies are killers for hire and belong to their own clan, the Malandras. The leaders of the clan are two dangerous sisters, Aliza and Saffira(...)

YEAR: 2011

COUNTRY: Germany

TAGS: Aesop Arcadia Caduceus Hermes Lamia Lycaon Metamorphoses (Ovid's) Metamorphosis

Kai Meyer

Arcadia Falls [Arkadien fällt] (Arcadia, 3 [Arkadien, 3])

Germany • 2011

Aesop Arcadia Caduceus Hermes Lamia Lycaon Metamorphoses (Ovid's) Metamorphosis

Shoo Rayner

Archimedes: the Man Who Invented the Death Ray

Archimedes: the Man Who Invented the Death Ray is an illustrated chapter book that explains the life and work of the Greek scientist (287–212 BC). Rayner explains that Archimedes lived in Sicily, in Syracuse, and his inventions (such as the Death Ray of the title) staved off the Roman conquest of Sicily for two years. The chapters describe his discovery of fundamental principles of physics and maths: levers, pulleys, pi, the screw pump, the principle named after him (Archimedes’(...)

YEAR: 2019

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Archimedes Greek Philosophy

Shoo Rayner

Archimedes: the Man Who Invented the Death Ray

United Kingdom • 2019

Archimedes Greek Philosophy

Megan Levens , Jamie S. Rich

Ares & Aphrodite: Love Wars

Will Ares is a successful divorce lawyer to Hollywood celebrities, currently helping his client, movie producer Evans Beatty, divorce his second wife. Gigi Averelle is a wedding planner at her business Goddess of Love, and is organising the wedding of her client, teen film sensation Carrie Cartwright. Cartwright is marrying Beatty. Will is a hopeless romantic, but Gigi is a romance cynic and does not believe in true love. The pair meet through their clients, whose impending wedding is being thre(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aphrodite Ares Gorgon(s) Medusa

Megan Levens , Jamie S. Rich

Ares & Aphrodite: Love Wars

United States of America • 2015

Aphrodite Ares Gorgon(s) Medusa

Joan Holub , Craig Phillips , Suzanne Williams

Ares and the Spear of Fear (Heroes in Training, 7)

This is the seventh book in the Heroes in Training series (see entry about Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom (Heroes in Training, 1)). Demeter, Hestia and Hades have gone missing and the rest of the group need to find them as well as a magical spear which is guarded by the Amazons. Lastly they meet another Olympian, Athena. Hera finally gets her own magical object, only to lose it.(...)

YEAR: 2014

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Amazons Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Cronus / Kronos Delphi Demeter Ephialtes Hades Hera Hestia Oracles Otus (Giant) Poseidon Rhea Zeus

Joan Holub , Craig Phillips , Suzanne Williams

Ares and the Spear of Fear (Heroes in Training, 7)

United States • 2014

Amazons Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Cronus / Kronos Delphi Demeter Ephialtes Hades Hera Hestia Oracles Otus (Giant) Poseidon Rhea Zeus

George O'Connor

Ares. Bringer of War (Olympians, 7)

Ares: Bringer of War presents the figure of Ares through a retelling of the myths of the Trojan War with Ares as a major focus point. The book closes with an author's note on adapting Homer's Iliad and his preference for a version of the Trojan War which includes the gods. Profile summaries of Ares, Eris, and Achilles follow, along with eight points for discussion, a Bibliography and Further Reading recommendations.(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Achilles Aeneas Aphrodite Apollo Architecture Ares Athena Diomedes (Son of Tydeus) Eris Hector Hephaestus Hera Hermes Homer Iris Leto Olympus Thetis Trojan Horse Trojan War Troy Zeus

George O'Connor

Ares. Bringer of War (Olympians, 7)

United States of America • 2015

Achilles Aeneas Aphrodite Apollo Architecture Ares Athena Diomedes (Son of Tydeus) Eris Hector Hephaestus Hera Hermes Homer Iris Leto Olympus Thetis Trojan Horse Trojan War Troy Zeus

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

Ares. God of War

Part 1. 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(...)

YEAR: 2006

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Achilles Alexander the Great Apollo Architecture Ares Argonauts Asclepius Athena Gods Greek Art Hades Hera Heracles Hermes Homer Iliad Immortality Jason Katabasis Mars Odysseus / Ulysses Olympus Trojan War Troy Zeus

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

Ares. God of War

United States of America • 2006

Achilles Alexander the Great Apollo Architecture Ares Argonauts Asclepius Athena Gods Greek Art Hades Hera Heracles Hermes Homer Iliad Immortality Jason Katabasis Mars Odysseus / Ulysses Olympus Trojan War Troy Zeus

Kalliope Kyrdi , Evi Pini

Argos Tells Stories from the Mycenaean Period in the National Archaeological Museum [Ο Άργος αφηγείται ιστορίες από τη μυκυναϊκή εποχή στο Εθνικό Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο (O Árgos afīgeítai istoríes apó tī mykynaïkī epochī sto Ethnikó Archaiologikó Mouseío)]

The book is a guide to the Mycenaean antiquities in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens. The first page offers background information about a museum visit for parents and teachers. From page 4 onwards, the guide to the Mycenaean past begins with defining the temporal and geographical context. Readers are presented with a general narrative about the Achaeans arriving in mainland Greece. At first, the Achaeans practiced agriculture and animal husbandry, before becoming richer through(...)

YEAR: 2008

COUNTRY: Greece

TAGS: Achaeans Acropolis Agamemnon Argos (Dog) Bronze Age Cassandra Egypt Homer Linear B Odysseus / Ulysses Phoenicians Pylos Syria Tiryns Troy

Kalliope Kyrdi , Evi Pini

Argos Tells Stories from the Mycenaean Period in the National Archaeological Museum [Ο Άργος αφηγείται ιστορίες από τη μυκυναϊκή εποχή στο Εθνικό Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο (O Árgos afīgeítai istoríes apó tī mykynaïkī epochī sto Ethnikó Archaiologikó Mouseío)]

Greece • 2008

Achaeans Acropolis Agamemnon Argos (Dog) Bronze Age Cassandra Egypt Homer Linear B Odysseus / Ulysses Phoenicians Pylos Syria Tiryns Troy

Ralph Hardy

Argos: The Story of Odysseus as Told by His Loyal Dog

Argos: The Story of Odysseus as Told by His Loyal Dog by Ralph Hardy is a novel aimed at primary school children (8–12). It retells the story of Homer’s The Odyssey through the eyes of Argos – a loyal dog, bred from both wolf and bear (p. 4). Argos follows his master’s trail by asking the birds and other animals if they have heard news of him. He sends out the seagulls to search for information about Odysseus, and soon learns that he was sailing toward the island of Ithak(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Argos (Dog) Cyclops / Cyclopes Gods Odysseus / Ulysses Sirens

Ralph Hardy

Argos: The Story of Odysseus as Told by His Loyal Dog

United States of America • 2016

Argos (Dog) Cyclops / Cyclopes Gods Odysseus / Ulysses Sirens

Kalliope Kyrdi , Evi Pini

Ariadne Tells Stories from the Cycladic Period in the National Archaeological Museum [Η Αριάδνη αφηγείται ιστορίες από την κυκλαδική εποχή στο Εθνικό Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο (Ī Ariádnī afīgeítai istoríes apó tīn kykladikī́ epochī́ sto Ethnikó Archaiologikó Mouseío)]

The first part of the book (pages 4 to 8), which is entitled “a first familiarisation with the Cycladic civilization”, presents the geographical, chronological, and social setting of Cycladic communities. Rare words, such as βραχονησίδα, μεταλλείο, and οψιανός (“rocky islets”, “mines”, and “obsidian”), are explaine(...)

YEAR: 2009

COUNTRY: Greece

TAGS: Aegean Sea Ariadne Crete Cyclades Melos Minotaur Naxos Paros Syros Thera Theseus

Kalliope Kyrdi , Evi Pini

Ariadne Tells Stories from the Cycladic Period in the National Archaeological Museum [Η Αριάδνη αφηγείται ιστορίες από την κυκλαδική εποχή στο Εθνικό Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο (Ī Ariádnī afīgeítai istoríes apó tīn kykladikī́ epochī́ sto Ethnikó Archaiologikó Mouseío)]

Greece • 2009

Aegean Sea Ariadne Crete Cyclades Melos Minotaur Naxos Paros Syros Thera Theseus

Jennifer Cook

Ariadne: The Maiden and the Minotaur

Cook’s story opens with sixteen-year-old Ariadne abandoned on Naxos, furious that she fell for Theseus, who has taken up with her sister Phaedra and sailed home to Athens. As in the traditional version of the myth, Ariadne falls in love with Theseus when he arrives on Crete as one of the Athenian tributes, destined for death in the labyrinth. But in this story, the Minotaur is not a monstrous beast, but instead a small child afflicted with a club foot, a hare-lip, and other deformities. Ch(...)

YEAR: 2004

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Ariadne Crete Dionysus / Dionysos Hecate Labyrinth Minos Minotaur Pasiphae Plague Theseus

Jennifer Cook

Ariadne: The Maiden and the Minotaur

Australia • 2004

Ariadne Crete Dionysus / Dionysos Hecate Labyrinth Minos Minotaur Pasiphae Plague Theseus

Jan Bajtlik

Ariadne’s Thread: Myths and Labyrinths [Nić Ariadny. Mity i Labirynty]

Bajtlik’s mythical catalogue consist of numerous depictions of the labyrinth in various configurations, each alluding to classical motifs and mythological stories. In the Introduction we read that ancient Greece was one of the most fascinating countries in the world whose culture and history influenced Europe and are admired to this day (Bajtlik, 2018: 5). Labyrinths drawn and described by Batjlik ought to lead the reader through this tradition, and teach them about ancient stories and cus(...)

YEAR: 2018

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Gods Iliad Labyrinth Minotaur Monsters Odyssey

Jan Bajtlik

Ariadne’s Thread: Myths and Labyrinths [Nić Ariadny. Mity i Labirynty]

Poland • 2018

Gods Iliad Labyrinth Minotaur Monsters Odyssey

Christophe Chaffardon

Aristarchos' Manuscript [Le manuscrit d’Aristarque]

The action takes place in the 3rd century B.C. Athens and later Alexandria in Ptolemaic Egypt. A physician practicing advanced and not yet sanctioned medicine is forced to flee Athens with his daughter Ophelia as stowaways on a small ship going to Alexandria. He dies suddenly, having been poisoned when the ship reaches its destination. Before he dies he manages to tell his daughter to look for a certain Aristarchus, who turns out to have been a revolutionary astronomer who believed that the Eart(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: France

TAGS: Alexander the Great Alexandria Archimedes Aristarchus of Samos Athens Eratosthenes (of Cyrene) Greek Astronomy Greek Medicine Library of Alexandria Pharos of Alexandria Ptolemaic Egypt

Christophe Chaffardon

Aristarchos' Manuscript [Le manuscrit d’Aristarque]

France • 2016

Alexander the Great Alexandria Archimedes Aristarchus of Samos Athens Eratosthenes (of Cyrene) Greek Astronomy Greek Medicine Library of Alexandria Pharos of Alexandria Ptolemaic Egypt

Blue [Gregory Kerr] , Overly Sarcastic Productions , Red

Armchair Classics (Series): The Epic of Gilgamesh / Hecuba / Ajax

Armchair Classics is the shortest series made by Overly Sarcastic Productions – apart from the first episode, The Epic of Gilgamesh, which will be described here as an example of the series’ style and characteristics, there are only two other episodes: about Ajax and Hecuba. The series is also slightly different from the others (except Armchair History): the only drawn character is the one of the boy (Blue, we can guess), who sits in an armchair and narrates the whole story. The othe(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: Online

TAGS: Epic Gilgamesh Immortality Mesopotamia Mesopotamian Deities

Blue [Gregory Kerr] , Overly Sarcastic Productions , Red

Armchair Classics (Series): The Epic of Gilgamesh / Hecuba / Ajax

Online • 2015

Epic Gilgamesh Immortality Mesopotamia Mesopotamian Deities

Cyprian Assam Egbe

Arrah and the Slave Girl

A long time ago, there lived a beautiful young eighteen-year old girl, Arrah, from a royal family. Her grace and charm left no young man indifferent both within and outside the village of Tinto. Her beauty was also complemented by good manners and diligent housekeeping which she learnt from her mother. As a result, a long line of suitors called on her every day to ask for her hand, but she and her parents found none worthy enough of her. Eventually, despite the fact that in those days people did(...)

oral Other Traditions

COUNTRY: Cameroon

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Archetype Slavery in Africa

Cyprian Assam Egbe

Arrah and the Slave Girl

Cameroon

oral Other Traditions

African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Archetype Slavery in Africa

Chinua Achebe

Arrow of God is a classic tragedy which depicts the fall of a tragic hero caused by both his hubris and outside forces beyond his understanding. The title comes from an Igbo proverb in which a person or event is said to represent the Will of GodEzeulu, the chief priest of the Umuaru clan, wields enormous power over the six federated villages that make up the clan. Part of his role is to store up twelve healthy yams in his barn which he roasts and eats without salt or palm oil immediately he sees(...)

african Other Traditions

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: African Mythologies African Traditions

Chinua Achebe

United Kingdom

african Other Traditions

African Mythologies African Traditions

Yuyi Chen , Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Artemis & the Awesome Animals (Little Goddess Girls, 4)

In the fourth book of the Little Goddess Girls series, Athena, Persephone, Aphrodite, and their new friend Artemis, arrive at Thunderbolt Tower in Sparkle City. They are eager to meet Zeus, the king of the gods, who might grant their wishes. This time we are informed that the city is located in Greece and is situated on the top of Mount Olympus, the highest mountain. Athena wants to return to her home, Persephone wishes for good luck, Aphrodite for the gift of likability, and Artemis for co(...)

YEAR: 2020

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aphrodite Artemis Athena Medusa Olympus Persephone Perseus Zeus

Yuyi Chen , Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Artemis & the Awesome Animals (Little Goddess Girls, 4)

United States of America • 2020

Aphrodite Artemis Athena Medusa Olympus Persephone Perseus Zeus

Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Artemis the Brave (Goddess Girls, 4)

General summary for the series see under Athena the Brain.In this installment we follow the adventures of Artemis, the goddess of hunt and her meeting with Orion. The book explores the meaning of true bravery as well as first love and honesty.(...)

YEAR: 2010

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Actaeon Aphrodite Apollo Artemis Athena Daphne Dionysus / Dionysos Hades Orion Pandora Persephone Zeus

Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Artemis the Brave (Goddess Girls, 4)

United States • 2010

Actaeon Aphrodite Apollo Artemis Athena Daphne Dionysus / Dionysos Hades Orion Pandora Persephone Zeus

Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Artemis the Loyal (Goddess Girls, 7)

General summary for the series see under Athena the Brain.In this installment, fairness and accepting others are the main themes. Artemis is angered that she cannot participate in the Olympics, since girls are not allowed. She needs to overcome the prejudice against the participation of girls in sport, decided long ago by Zeus and thus break a very long tradition. She even needs to face her own brother who does not encourage her, as well as the rest of the godboys. We also get a different v(...)

YEAR: 2011

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Actaeon Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Atlas Ephialtes Hades Hera Heracles Hercules Medusa Otus (Giant) Pandora Persephone Pheme Poseidon Zeus

Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Artemis the Loyal (Goddess Girls, 7)

United States • 2011

Actaeon Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Atlas Ephialtes Hades Hera Heracles Hercules Medusa Otus (Giant) Pandora Persephone Pheme Poseidon Zeus

George O'Connor

Artemis. Wild Goddess of the Hunt (Olympians, 9)

This collection of myths about Artemis opens with an account of her birth and early childhood narrated by her mother, Leto. This section compliments material from volume 8 in the series, Apollo, The Brilliant One, telling the reader more about Leto's seduction by Zeus, her flight from Hera, Artemis' assistance in the birth of Apollo, and the twins' introduction to their father on Olympus. Once Artemis has received gifts from Zeus, she looses her arrows, striking a tree, then an (...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Apollo Artemis Atalanta Demeter Giants Jason Leto Niobe Pelops Poseidon Tantalus Theseus

George O'Connor

Artemis. Wild Goddess of the Hunt (Olympians, 9)

United States • 2017

Apollo Artemis Atalanta Demeter Giants Jason Leto Niobe Pelops Poseidon Tantalus Theseus

Shirin Yim Bridges , Albert Nguyen

Artemisia of Caria

This is an illustrated history book for young readers which tells the story of the Persian Wars with focus on the role of Artemisia of Caria and the social history of her life and times. Artemisia opens with sixteen names in a pronunciation guide and an invitation to try saying them aloud, before moving on to an introduction.The introduction begins with an account of the traditional superstition that it is bad luck to have women, or at least upper class women, on board ship, and the general expe(...)

YEAR: 2010

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Architecture Artemisia of Caria Athens Graeco-Persian Wars Greek Art Greek History

Shirin Yim Bridges , Albert Nguyen

Artemisia of Caria

United States of America • 2010

Architecture Artemisia of Caria Athens Graeco-Persian Wars Greek Art Greek History

Ubisoft , Ubisoft Montréal

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

Please note, this entry will contain spoilers for the game.Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is a game set in ancient Greece, during the Peloponnesian War. It is the prequel to the other games in the Assassin’s Creed series. It follows the adventures of the “tainted one”, who is either named Kassandra or Alexios. The player has the choice to play either as Kassandra or as Alexios. For this entry, the protagonist will be referred to Kassandra as she is the “canon” chara(...)

YEAR: 2018

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Alcibiades Ancient Temples Ancient Warfare Architecture Aspasia Athena Athens Atlantis Circe Deimos Delphic Oracle Greek Gods Greek History Greek Medicine Hermes Herodotus Hippocrates Labyrinth Leonidas Medusa Minotaur Odyssey Pericles Pheidias / Phidias Plato Pythagoras Socrates Sparta Spartans Sphinx Theseus

Ubisoft , Ubisoft Montréal

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

United States • 2018

Alcibiades Ancient Temples Ancient Warfare Architecture Aspasia Athena Athens Atlantis Circe Deimos Delphic Oracle Greek Gods Greek History Greek Medicine Hermes Herodotus Hippocrates Labyrinth Leonidas Medusa Minotaur Odyssey Pericles Pheidias / Phidias Plato Pythagoras Socrates Sparta Spartans Sphinx Theseus

Ubisoft

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey – Legacy of the First Blade

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey – Legacy of the First Blade is an extension pack to the 2018 game Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. It contains downloadable content allowing to play an additional plot incorporated into the original name. The player has a choice to play as the Eagle Bearer, Alexios or Kassandra, both of which are Greek misthioi – mercenaries, who, as per the original game, are descendants of King Leonidas of Sparta. The game takes place during the time of the Peloponnesi(...)

YEAR: 2018

COUNTRY: worldwide

TAGS: Achaea Ancient Fashion Ancient Greece Ancient Warfare Herodotus Macedonia Messenia Odyssey Persians Sparta

Ubisoft

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey – Legacy of the First Blade

worldwide • 2018

Achaea Ancient Fashion Ancient Greece Ancient Warfare Herodotus Macedonia Messenia Odyssey Persians Sparta

Ubisoft , Stéphanie-Anne Ruatta

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey: Discovery tour

Following hugely successful Discovery Tour mode in Assassin’s Creed Origins, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey has also included a mode where the game re-uses its in-game assets for educational purposes. Curated by various historians, including, Dr. Stéphanie-Anne Ruatta, the game consists of 30 tours, introducing the players to an array of subjects, from mythological stories to Spartan education, politics, gender issues, or the importance of items such as wine, metallurgy, and clothin(...)

YEAR: 2019

COUNTRY: Worldwide

TAGS: Aspasia Atlantis Eros Heracles Herodotus Hydra Leonidas Medusa Mycenae Odyssey Pegasus Pericles Pythagoras Socrates Sparta

Ubisoft , Stéphanie-Anne Ruatta

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey: Discovery tour

Worldwide • 2019

Aspasia Atlantis Eros Heracles Herodotus Hydra Leonidas Medusa Mycenae Odyssey Pegasus Pericles Pythagoras Socrates Sparta

René Goscinny , Albert Uderzo

Asterix and Cleopatra [Astérix: Astérix et Cléopâtre] (Astérix, 6)

Asterix and Cleopatra is the 6th part of the series about a brave Gaul and his friends. Every story and series have similar outline. Smart Asterix and strong Obelix obtain enourmous power thanks to magical potion prepared by Panoramix an old druid. Magic potion helps to fight the Romanians. Asterix and Cleopatra begins with an unexpected visit of an architect named Numerobis from Alexandria. He interrupts the Gaul’s daily routine to ask for help in building a palace in Alexandria. His Quee(...)

YEAR: 1968

COUNTRY: France

TAGS: Caesar Cleopatra VII Egypt Rome

René Goscinny , Albert Uderzo

Asterix and Cleopatra [Astérix: Astérix et Cléopâtre] (Astérix, 6)

France • 1968

Caesar Cleopatra VII Egypt Rome

René Goscinny , Albert Uderzo

Asterix and the Laurel Wreath [Astérix: Les Lauriers de César] (Astérix, 18)

Asterix and the Laurel Wreath is the 18th story in the Astérix comic series (see also entries for Book 4, Book 6, Book 12, Book 17). The story commences with Astérix and Obélix in Ancient Rome pondering whether they have made a mistake travelling to the city. An explanatory flashback takes the story Lutetia, the Roman name for modern day Paris. At Lutetia, Astérix and Obélix travel as part of a dinner party that includes Chief Abraracourcix (à(...)

YEAR: 1972

COUNTRY: France

TAGS: Ancient Slavery Roman Religion Roman Virtues

René Goscinny , Albert Uderzo

Asterix and the Laurel Wreath [Astérix: Les Lauriers de César] (Astérix, 18)

France • 1972

Ancient Slavery Roman Religion Roman Virtues

René Goscinny , Albert Uderzo

Asterix at the Olympic Games [Astérix: Astérix aux Jeux olympiques] (Astérix, 12)

"In 50 BC, Gaul is entirely occupied by the Romans. Well… not entirely. One small village of indomitable Gauls still holds out against the invaders." The Gauls are aided by a magic potion which gives them superhuman strength, and is brewed by the druid Panoramix (Getafix in English). In late spring, the inhabitants of the village learn that the neighbouring Roman camp of Aquarium is preparing to send its champion – Claudius Cornedurus (corne d'urus, Gluteus Maximus in (...)

YEAR: 1968

COUNTRY: France

TAGS: Architecture Athens Caesar Gaul Gods Greek Gods Greek Religion Olympic Games Roman Army Roman Gods Roman Religion

René Goscinny , Albert Uderzo

Asterix at the Olympic Games [Astérix: Astérix aux Jeux olympiques] (Astérix, 12)

France • 1968

Architecture Athens Caesar Gaul Gods Greek Gods Greek Religion Olympic Games Roman Army Roman Gods Roman Religion

René Goscinny , Albert Uderzo

Asterix in Switzerland [Astérix chez les Helvètes] (Astérix, 16)

Asterix in Switzerland is the 16th book of the Astérix adventures comic book series (see also entries for Book 4, Book 6, and Book 12). The comic opens with Abraracourcix (à bras raccourcis, Vitalstatistix in English) sacking his shield bearers and nominating Astérix and Obélix as their replacements. While Astérix tries to object, the chief orders them to start immediately. Meanwhile, Gracchus Garovirus (gare au virus, Varius Flavus in Engl(...)

YEAR: 1970

COUNTRY: France

TAGS: Roman Army Roman History Roman Religion Roman Republic Roman Virtues Rome

René Goscinny , Albert Uderzo

Asterix in Switzerland [Astérix chez les Helvètes] (Astérix, 16)

France • 1970

Roman Army Roman History Roman Religion Roman Republic Roman Virtues Rome

René Goscinny , Albert Uderzo

Asterix the Gladiator [Astérix: Astérix gladiateur] (Astérix, 4)

The fourth installment in the Astérix series begins with the Prefect of Gaul, Caligula Alavacomgetepus (Odius Asparagus in English), visiting Petibonum (Compendium in English), one of the Roman camps near the Gaulish village that is home to Astérix and Obélix. He hopes to curry favour with Julius Caesar by bringing him one of the Gauls as a present, but Centurion Gracchus Nenjetépus (n'en jetez plus, Gracchus Armisurplus in English) is well aware that the Gauls ar(...)

YEAR: 1964

COUNTRY: France

TAGS: Ancient Slavery Brutus Caesar Circus Maximus Forum Gaul Gladiators Phoenicians Roman Baths Rome

René Goscinny , Albert Uderzo

Asterix the Gladiator [Astérix: Astérix gladiateur] (Astérix, 4)

France • 1964

Ancient Slavery Brutus Caesar Circus Maximus Forum Gaul Gladiators Phoenicians Roman Baths Rome

Marisa De Castro , Myrto Delivoria

At the Museum [Στο μουσείο (Sto mouseío)]

The purpose of this book is to introduce young children to a museum environment. The book starts with a drawing of a museum, recognisable as the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, which is compared, and with good reason, to a treasure house. In the book’s opening pages, we form an impression that a museum is as much about a massive building (with gigantic stairs and big glass doors) as about antiquities (statues and vases) and a plethora of vibrant visitors of different ethnic(...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: Greece

TAGS: Greek Art Pottery / Vases Sculpture

Marisa De Castro , Myrto Delivoria

At the Museum [Στο μουσείο (Sto mouseío)]

Greece • 2007

Greek Art Pottery / Vases Sculpture

Simon Spence

Atalanta offers a retelling of the myths of Atalanta the huntress for a young audience. The retelling takes a biographical form, opening with Atalanta's early childhood and ending with her living out "the rest of [her] days." This retelling might be considered a feminist retelling of the myths, as the narrator encourages the reader to approve of Atalanta's skills and independence of mind and to disagree with those who wish to limit her actions because she is female. This has th(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Aphrodite Architecture Argonauts Argos / Argus (Constructor of "Argo") Centaur(s) Divination Golden Fleece Greek Art Greek History Homer Jason Metamorphoses (Ovid's) Mycenae Peleus

Simon Spence

United Kingdom • 2016

Aphrodite Architecture Argonauts Argos / Argus (Constructor of "Argo") Centaur(s) Divination Golden Fleece Greek Art Greek History Homer Jason Metamorphoses (Ovid's) Mycenae Peleus

Emanuele Luzzati , Gianni Rodari

Atalanta. A Maiden in Greece of Gods and Heroes [Atalanta. Una fanciulla nella Grecia degli dei e degli eroi]

Atalanta. A Maiden in Greece of Gods and Heroes is an illustrated children’s novel in which Gianni Rodari recounts the myth of Atalanta by combining a respectful reading of the tradition with a rewriting imbued with his characteristic fervent imagination. The protagonist of this story is Atalanta, daughter of King Iasus of Arcadia, who is repudiated at birth and abandoned on a mountain by order of her father who desired a male heir to the throne. Little Atalanta is saved and suckled b(...)

YEAR: 1982

COUNTRY: Italy

TAGS: Argonauts Atalanta Calydonian Boar Diana Golden Fleece Hercules Jason Medea

Emanuele Luzzati , Gianni Rodari

Atalanta. A Maiden in Greece of Gods and Heroes [Atalanta. Una fanciulla nella Grecia degli dei e degli eroi]

Italy • 1982

Argonauts Atalanta Calydonian Boar Diana Golden Fleece Hercules Jason Medea

Justine Fontes , Ron Fontes , Thomas Yeates

Atalanta. The Race Against Destiny

The myth of Atalanta is retold here to familiarise young people with her myths and with ancient Greek culture more broadly. Atalanta is exposed as an infant, reared by a bear, then taken to live with hunters. She learns from the Delphic oracle that she will 'lose [her]self' if she marries. She takes part in the Calydonian boar hunt, challenges potential suitors to race her for her hand in marriage, and experiences metamorphosis once she finally marries. Chapter Headings:AbandonedFou(...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Aphrodite Apollo Architecture Argo Argonauts Artemis Atalanta Athena Centaur(s) Demeter Divination Eros Fate Gods Hera Jason Meleager Metamorphoses (Ovid's) Metamorphosis Minotaur Moirai Nestor Oracles Ovid Poseidon Theseus Zeus

Justine Fontes , Ron Fontes , Thomas Yeates

Atalanta. The Race Against Destiny

United States • 2007

Aphrodite Apollo Architecture Argo Argonauts Artemis Atalanta Athena Centaur(s) Demeter Divination Eros Fate Gods Hera Jason Meleager Metamorphoses (Ovid's) Metamorphosis Minotaur Moirai Nestor Oracles Ovid Poseidon Theseus Zeus

Normand Cousineau , Priscilla Galloway

Atalanta: The Fastest Runner in the World

Atalanta: The Fastest Runner in the World retells the myth of Atalanta, with a detailed text by Galloway and handsome illustrations by Cousineau. The illustrations are stylized in a way influenced by Greek art, drawn in ink and gouache, and surrounding the text. A prologue (pp. 11–13) explains the early part of the Atalanta myth – her exposure by her father, with a commentary about the reasons for which Greek society might put infants out to die. "However painfully, a paren(...)

YEAR: 1995

COUNTRY: Canada

TAGS: Aphrodite Artemis Atalanta Iasus Melanion / Milanion

Normand Cousineau , Priscilla Galloway

Atalanta: The Fastest Runner in the World

Canada • 1995

Aphrodite Artemis Atalanta Iasus Melanion / Milanion

Vashti Farrer [aka Vasthi Therese Waterhouse] , Naomi C. Lewis

Atalanta: the Fastest Runner in the World

Atalanta: The Fastest Runner in the World is a picture book for primary-school children that retells the story of Atalanta. It is published under an educational imprint, through Pearson Education, called Chatterbox, in a series of stories called Traditional Fiction, and thus marketed around the world. Other stories in the series include Rumpelstiltskin, and How Maui Stole Fire from the Gods.This short retelling of the Atalanta myth is written in simple language for young readers. The openin(...)

YEAR: 2004

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Aphrodite Atalanta Delphic Oracle Hippomenes Meleager Prophecy

Vashti Farrer [aka Vasthi Therese Waterhouse] , Naomi C. Lewis

Atalanta: the Fastest Runner in the World

Australia • 2004

Aphrodite Atalanta Delphic Oracle Hippomenes Meleager Prophecy

Shirley Climo , Alexander Koshkin

Atalanta’s Race: A Greek Myth

Atalanta’s Race is a picture book in which the myth of Atalanta is retold. King Iasus of Arcadia prays to Zeus and to Rhea for a son to be born, but when a girl is born, whom his wife calls Atalanta, he commands that she be exposed on the highest slope of Mount Cyllene. The guard lays the baby in the mouth of a cave, ‘away from the bite of the wind,’ a cave which is the ‘den of a she-bear’ (p. 6), that nestles the baby between her own cubs. In Spring, Cir(...)

YEAR: 1995

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Aphrodite Atalanta Iasus Melanion / Milanion Rhea Zeus

Shirley Climo , Alexander Koshkin

Atalanta’s Race: A Greek Myth

United States • 1995

Aphrodite Atalanta Iasus Melanion / Milanion Rhea Zeus

Yuyi Chen , Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Athena & the Island Enchantress (Little Goddess Girls, 5)

In the fifth book of the Little Goddess Girls series, Athena, who has returned home in the previous book, is contacted by the fairy goddess Hestia who asks her to come back to the magical land of Olympus for a quest. Athena quickly clicks her magic winged sandals and is miraculously transported to a mysterious island. Upon arriving there, she is met by a yellow owl, Owlie, who hands her a key with an attached note that reads: "Help Heracles" (Athena has no idea who or what Heracles is)(...)

YEAR: 2020

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aphrodite Artemis Athena Circe Hephaestus Olympus Persephone

Yuyi Chen , Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Athena & the Island Enchantress (Little Goddess Girls, 5)

United States of America • 2020

Aphrodite Artemis Athena Circe Hephaestus Olympus Persephone

Yuyi Chen , Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Athena & the Magic Land (Little Goddess Girls, 1)

Little Athena returns home from school, playing a game about pets on her tablet. Suddenly she is caught up in a strange storm and is whisked off to a strange new land. When she lands safely, she discovers a cute white dog named Oliver near her; this is the same dog she had chosen on her tablet game. A sign nearby reads: Hello Brick Road. Then a little Greek goddess named Hestia flies to her, and explain to Athena that she has arrived at magical Mount Olympus. Next magical sandals appear fro(...)

YEAR: 2019

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Athena Hestia Medusa Olympus Persephone Zeus

Yuyi Chen , Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Athena & the Magic Land (Little Goddess Girls, 1)

United States of America • 2019

Athena Hestia Medusa Olympus Persephone Zeus

Steve Barlow [real name: Steve Lowe] , Steve Skidmore , Andrew Tunney [aka 2hands]

Athena (EDGE: I HERO: Legends, 5)

In this choose-your-own-path book, the reader is Athena. Athena is punished by the gods because she helped Odysseus evade Hera’s traps. Hera and Poseidon would like to avenge these acts by punishing Athena and stripping her of her divine powers. Athena now becomes a mortal and must face challenges before she can confront Zeus and plead for her innocence. On her way to Mt. Olympus, Athena encounters mysterious creatures and faces real danger. She is chased by the fierce hunter Orion and his(...)

YEAR: 2018

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Apollo Ares Athena Centaur(s) Chiron / Cheiron Cyclops / Cyclopes Delphi Hera Heracles Hercules Oracles Orion Pegasus Poseidon Zeus

Steve Barlow [real name: Steve Lowe] , Steve Skidmore , Andrew Tunney [aka 2hands]

Athena (EDGE: I HERO: Legends, 5)

United Kingdom • 2018

Apollo Ares Athena Centaur(s) Chiron / Cheiron Cyclops / Cyclopes Delphi Hera Heracles Hercules Oracles Orion Pegasus Poseidon Zeus

Josef Hill , Elena Paige

Athena Finds Her Confidence (Taki and Toula Time Travelers, 2)

In this time-traveling series first installment, two modern day Greek children from Crete, Toula (8 years old girl) and Taki (6 years old boy) find strange traditional Greek shoes called tsarouhia in their mother’s chest. They find out that wearing these shoes enable them to time-travel to ancient Greece. In this book, they arrive at the time of the competition between Athena and Poseidon for the founding of a new city. They help Athena find her courage and win the competition against(...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Athena Cecrops Poseidon

Josef Hill , Elena Paige

Athena Finds Her Confidence (Taki and Toula Time Travelers, 2)

Australia • 2017

Athena Cecrops Poseidon

Athena [Αθηνά (Athīná)]

This comic book is about the goddess Athena. On the inside of the front cover, we read about Athena’s temples on the Acropolis, her motherless status, and her many adjectives, which, we note, derive from Homer. Also, we learn about festivals honouring Athena. The book closes with Pericles praising Athena’s virtues. The story starts with young and beautiful Athena’s presentation to the world. She stands in Zeus’ hand as he sits on a throne surrounded by other O(...)

YEAR: 1965

COUNTRY: Greece

TAGS: Acropolis Alcibiades Aphrodite Apollo Argonauts Asclepius Aspasia Athena Briareus / Briareos Charites Crete Darius the Great Echo Enceladus Erechtheion Giants Hephaestus Hera Heracles Hermes Iris Marathon Medusa Minos Muses Odysseus / Ulysses Panathenaia Paris (Trojan Prince) Parthenon Pericles Perseus Persians Pheidias / Phidias Poseidon Sisyphus Socrates Solon Sophocles Tartarus Theseus Tiresias Trojan War Typhon / Typhoeus / Typhaon Zeus

Athena [Αθηνά (Athīná)]

Greece • 1965

Acropolis Alcibiades Aphrodite Apollo Argonauts Asclepius Aspasia Athena Briareus / Briareos Charites Crete Darius the Great Echo Enceladus Erechtheion Giants Hephaestus Hera Heracles Hermes Iris Marathon Medusa Minos Muses Odysseus / Ulysses Panathenaia Paris (Trojan Prince) Parthenon Pericles Perseus Persians Pheidias / Phidias Poseidon Sisyphus Socrates Solon Sophocles Tartarus Theseus Tiresias Trojan War Typhon / Typhoeus / Typhaon Zeus

Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Athena the Brain (Goddess Girls, 1)

This is the first book in the Goddess Girls series and in which we are introduced into the world of MOA (Mount Olympus Academy). The academy is the school for various little gods and goddesses from Greek mythology, who are referred to as goddessgirls and godboys. The series is aimed at older readers, especially girls, with an emphasis on girl-power. Using the format of the American teen high-school comedy romance, Holub and Williams retell different Greek myths (there is no identification r(...)

YEAR: 2010

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Aphrodite Artemis Athena Cyclops / Cyclopes Hermes Hydra Medusa Metis Pandora Persephone Pheme Poseidon Zeus

Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Athena the Brain (Goddess Girls, 1)

United States • 2010

Aphrodite Artemis Athena Cyclops / Cyclopes Hermes Hydra Medusa Metis Pandora Persephone Pheme Poseidon Zeus

Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Athena the Proud (Goddess Girls, 13)

General summary for the series see under Athena the Brain.The students are traveling to King Minos’ new amusement park which includes a Labyrinth and a mechanical Minotaur. They also meet the King’s daughter Ariadne and the court’s inventor Daedalus. They are joined by Heracles’ cousin, Theseus. Athena, the heroine of this story, learns a valuable lesson about pride while Theseus learns how to be a hero.In the story we have two parallel stories; one about Athena and one a(...)

YEAR: 2014

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Aphrodite Apollo Ares Ariadne Artemis Athena Cassandra Eros Heracles Hercules Labyrinth Medusa Minos Minotaur Pandora Persephone Pheme Theseus

Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Athena the Proud (Goddess Girls, 13)

United States • 2014

Aphrodite Apollo Ares Ariadne Artemis Athena Cassandra Eros Heracles Hercules Labyrinth Medusa Minos Minotaur Pandora Persephone Pheme Theseus

Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Athena the Wise (Goddess Girls, 5)

General summary for the series see underAthena the Brain.In this installment, Athena meets the new boy in school, especially admitted by the headmaster Zeus – the boy Heracles (the Greek pronunciation is kept). The wise Athena is confronted with the brawny Heracles and the two form a strong friendship in which Athena helps Heracles in his dangerous tasks while he encourages her with her own problems. Furthermore it appears that bullying is not a problem only on earth. In the book we have t(...)

YEAR: 2011

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Aphrodite Arachne Artemis Athena Atlas Augean Stables Cerberus Ceryneian Hind Charon Cretan Bull Erymanthian Boar Eurystheus Hades Heracles Hercules Hydra Nemean Lion Pandora Persephone Pheme Zeus

Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Athena the Wise (Goddess Girls, 5)

United States • 2011

Aphrodite Arachne Artemis Athena Atlas Augean Stables Cerberus Ceryneian Hind Charon Cretan Bull Erymanthian Boar Eurystheus Hades Heracles Hercules Hydra Nemean Lion Pandora Persephone Pheme Zeus

Heather E. Schwartz , Susan C. Shelmerdine

Athena, Greek Goddess of Wisdom and War

This book is part of a Legendary Goddesses by Capstone publishing, a set of short informational books on ancient goddesses, which includes books on Aphrodite, Hera, Diana, Freya, Hathor and Isis. The book provides numerous facts on the goddess Athena, such as myth and cults, supplemented by photos and illustrations (from various picture archives such as Alamy, Getty and many more listed in the book’s inner cover). The photos in the book are accompanied by explanatory notes which describe t(...)

YEAR: 2019

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Arachne Ares Athena Athens Gaia / Gaea Homer Perseus Poseidon Trojan War

Heather E. Schwartz , Susan C. Shelmerdine

Athena, Greek Goddess of Wisdom and War

United States of America • 2019

Arachne Ares Athena Athens Gaia / Gaea Homer Perseus Poseidon Trojan War

George O'Connor

Athena. Grey-Eyed Goddess (Olympians, 2)

These tales of Athena are narrated by the Moirae, the Fates. They are all-seeing and know what happened in the earliest times, and even what happened inside Zeus' head. They know who Athena is, and here they tell stories of her birth, followed by three stories of Athena establishing her identity: young Pallas, monster Pallas, Perseus and Medusa, and finally a story of fully-established Athena – the myth of Arachne.The Fate Klotho narrates at first. She recaps the myth of the triumph of(...)

YEAR: 2010

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Andromeda Arachne Architecture Ares Athena Athens Cronus / Kronos Fate Gaia / Gaea Gods Graeae / Graiai Greek Art Hera Hermes Juno Medusa Mercury Metamorphoses (Ovid's) Metamorphosis Metis Minerva Moirai Nymphs Olympus Ovid Pegasus Perseus Poseidon Zeus

George O'Connor

Athena. Grey-Eyed Goddess (Olympians, 2)

United States • 2010

Andromeda Arachne Architecture Ares Athena Athens Cronus / Kronos Fate Gaia / Gaea Gods Graeae / Graiai Greek Art Hera Hermes Juno Medusa Mercury Metamorphoses (Ovid's) Metamorphosis Metis Minerva Moirai Nymphs Olympus Ovid Pegasus Perseus Poseidon 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(...)

YEAR: 2018

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Achilles Aphrodite Arachne Athena Hephaestus Hera Medusa Odysseus / Ulysses Paris (Trojan Prince) Perseus Poseidon Zeus

Imogen Greenberg , Isabel Greenberg

Athena: The Story of a Goddess

United Kingdom • 2018

Achilles Aphrodite Arachne Athena Hephaestus Hera Medusa Odysseus / Ulysses Paris (Trojan Prince) Perseus Poseidon Zeus

David Hair , Catherine Mayo

Athena’s Champion (Olympus, 1)

Athena’s Champion begins Hair and Mayo’s Olympus trilogy, which follows the early stages in Odysseus’ story. This novel details his discovery of his true parentage and divine lineage, and awakening to the world of the Gods as Odysseus is selected as Athena’s champion. As her champion, he is required to fight for her on earth alongside – and eventually against – Theseus, another of her celebrated servants. Odysseus begins the story as he attends a coming-of-age(...)

YEAR: 2018

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Afterlife Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Athens Gods Greek History Hades Helen Hera Hittite Empire Homer Iliad Ithaca Odysseus / Ulysses Persephone Prometheus Prophecy Pythia Sisyphus Theseus Zeus

David Hair , Catherine Mayo

Athena’s Champion (Olympus, 1)

United Kingdom • 2018

Afterlife Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Athens Gods Greek History Hades Helen Hera Hittite Empire Homer Iliad Ithaca Odysseus / Ulysses Persephone Prometheus Prophecy Pythia Sisyphus Theseus Zeus

Stewart Ross

Athens is Saved!

Athens is Saved! opens with a note To the Reader from the author. The note explains that the story is based on a real event, with some invented parts added to make the story more fun. The author adds his wish that the story will encourage the reader to find out more about ancient Greece and perhaps to run their first marathon.Notes on The Story So Far are divided into three sections: Ancient Greece, The Persians, and Athens. Ancient Greece explains that "Before the time of Jesus Christ"(...)

YEAR: 1997

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Ancient Slavery Athens Divination Graeco-Persian Wars Greek History

Stewart Ross

Athens is Saved!

United Kingdom • 1997

Ancient Slavery Athens Divination Graeco-Persian Wars Greek History

Allyson Braithwaite Condie

The teenage girl Rio Conwy lives in the underwater city of Atlantia because due to the environmental pollution the continents are hardly inhabitable. Nevertheless, every year teens are able to decide to enter the continental world to work there for Atlantia, so that they gain enough air to breathe, to drink and to eat. But those teens will soon die since the polluted environment brings damage to their health. Nevertheless Bay, Rio’s beloved twin-sister, makes the decision to support Atlant(...)

YEAR: 2014

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Atlantis Sirens

Allyson Braithwaite Condie

United States of America • 2014

Atlantis Sirens

Johnny Capps , Julian Murphy , Howard Overman

Atlantis (Series)

Jason, a twenty-first-century young man in search of his lost father, travels in a submarine through an under-ocean portal and ends up on the shores of the ancient city of Atlantis ruled by King Minos. He befriends a yet unrecognized mathematical genius/geek Pythagoras and a prizefighter past his prime, Hercules. In this version of the Minotaur myth, victims for the monster are picked from among the inhabitants of the city in a lottery. Pythagoras draws a black stone, but his friends try to save(...)

YEAR: 2013

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Admetus Aeson Alcestis Anabasis Ariadne Atalanta Baucis Campe Cassandra Circe Daedalus Destiny Furies Hecate Heracles Hercules Icarus Jason Jocasta Katabasis Laius Medea Medusa Melas Minos Minotaur Oedipus Oracle of Poseidon Oracles Orpheus Pandora’s Box Pasiphae Philemon Prophecy Pythagoras Telamon Thanatos Tiresias Underworld

Johnny Capps , Julian Murphy , Howard Overman

Atlantis (Series)

United Kingdom • 2013

Admetus Aeson Alcestis Anabasis Ariadne Atalanta Baucis Campe Cassandra Circe Daedalus Destiny Furies Hecate Heracles Hercules Icarus Jason Jocasta Katabasis Laius Medea Medusa Melas Minos Minotaur Oedipus Oracle of Poseidon Oracles Orpheus Pandora’s Box Pasiphae Philemon Prophecy Pythagoras Telamon Thanatos Tiresias Underworld

Klaxons

Atlantis to Interzone

The title of the song is inspired by both the mythical city of Atlantis as described by Plato in the dialogues Timaeus and Critias and William S. Burroughs' short story collection Interzone. The title of Burroughs' collection itself was taken from one of the stories within, International Zone, referring to the Tangier International Zone that made up part of Tangier, Morocco, between 1924 and 1956 and in which Burroughs lived for a while. Burroughs explored the idea of the Interzone (...)

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Atlantis Pegasus Plato

Klaxons

Atlantis to Interzone

United Kingdom

Atlantis Pegasus Plato

Maciej Kuczyński

Atlantis, an Island of Fire [Atlantyda, wyspa ognia]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue (accessed: June 16, 2021), Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp., section by Maria Kruhlak, pp. 160–162.Awaru, son of a tribal chief, secretly goes as Shanti (he assumes this name for the duration of his trip) to Atlantis, an island located nearby. His task is (...)

YEAR: 1967

COUNTRY: Poland

Maciej Kuczyński

Atlantis, an Island of Fire [Atlantyda, wyspa ognia]

Poland • 1967

Natalia Olbińska

Atlantis. A City Guide [Atlantyda. Przewodnik po mieście]

The book is a fictional guide to the underwater city of Atlantis. Beginning with the description of the town itself, the author tells us how to get there, which places are worth visiting (Poseidon’s temple, Guggenheim Museum, public beaches, the financial centre, ancient aqueducts, etc.), and provides a good deal of practical information (including how to travel within Atlantis, where to sleep, eat, and drink). The text is accompanied by the author’s black and white illustrations. In(...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Atlantis Greek Art Plato

Natalia Olbińska

Atlantis. A City Guide [Atlantyda. Przewodnik po mieście]

Poland • 2017

Atlantis Greek Art Plato

Gary Trousdale , Kirk Wise

Atlantis: The Lost Empire

Atlantis: The Lost Empire is a story about a young linguist Milo, who wants to fulfill his grandfather’s dream and find the legendary land of Atlantis. In Milo’s opinion Atlantis is now located near Iceland – and there is where he wants to start his research. The animation opens with a quotation from Plato: “[…] in a single day and night of misfortune,the island of Atlantis disappearedinto the depths of the sea.”The first scene presents a lectu(...)

YEAR: 2001

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Atlantis Plato

Gary Trousdale , Kirk Wise

Atlantis: The Lost Empire

United States • 2001

Bernard Beckett

This novel is the middle volume of a trilogy together with Genesis and Lullaby. It is set in what reminds one of a mediaeval walled city, under the rule of a powerful and oppressive church, but with some modern technology (such as cars). In this two class society the group of the “people of the night” are suppressed, as they allegedly lack a soul. They only enter the city at night, do manual labour and look for scraps of food to eat.In this novel, the teenagers Tristan and Grace, bad(...)

YEAR: 2011

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Augustine (of Hippo) Bible Plato Theory of Forms / Theory of Ideas

Bernard Beckett

Australia • 2011

Augustine (of Hippo) Bible Plato Theory of Forms / Theory of Ideas

Tidjani Yaya

Autan and the Monster

A long time ago, in the village of Galim-Tignere, there lived a woman called Iya and her husband with their two kids. This village was being terrorised by dodo - a wild monstrous animal. The presence of this animal made it impossible for the villagers to go out very early in the morning and late at night. If anyone did, they were either killed or seriously wounded by the animal. Iya soon became pregnant for her last child. During the months of pregnancy, she would sit in front of her hut to feel(...)

oral Other Traditions

COUNTRY: Cameroon

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Hero(es) Monsters

Tidjani Yaya

Autan and the Monster

Cameroon

oral Other Traditions

African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Hero(es) Monsters

Ogbeh Peter Ogbeh

Awele and the Stranger

A long time ago, there lived a very powerful lady named Awele. She was an excellent hunter. In one of her hunting expeditions she stumbled across a path which led her to the kingdom of Anye. Upon arrival she came across Prince Azuka who was being attacked by a group of warriors. Awele immediately intervened and helped fight off the prince’s assailants. Prince Azuka was grateful and brought Awele to the palace. King Ezewanyi of Anye immediately offered a part of his kingdom to Awele as a si(...)

african Other Traditions

COUNTRY: Nigeria

TAGS: African Traditions Anagnorisis Oracles Prophecy

Ogbeh Peter Ogbeh

Awele and the Stranger

Nigeria

african Other Traditions

African Traditions Anagnorisis Oracles Prophecy

Arcade Fire

Awful Sound (Oh Eurydice)

This song loosely narrates the death of Eurydice. Although he is not mentioned by name in the song, the second person perspective and the relative place of the song on the album (as a companion to It’s Never Over (Oh Orpheus) suggests that it is being sung from Orpheus’ perspective. The lyrics do not directly reference ancient versions of the myth but narrates the version of events as told in the 1959 film Orfeu Negro (Eng: Black Orpheus; dir. Marcel Camus), from which the mythic eve(...)

YEAR: 2013

COUNTRY: Canada

TAGS: Underworld

Arcade Fire

Awful Sound (Oh Eurydice)

Canada • 2013

Pierre Keubou

Bamougong Creation Myth

In the beginning was Mbu’ Ngwòŋ or Ssé*. The world was the work of Mbu’ Ngwòŋ, that is, the earth or the ground. Mbu’ Ngwòŋ is a compound word, made up of “Mbu”, which means, to make or to create, and “Ngwòŋ”, which means the world. Earth created everything: animate and inanimate. In fact, everything came into existence thanks to the Earth. According to the myth, the world is found at Nzsyè**, which means, the be(...)

oral Other Traditions

COUNTRY: Cameroon

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

Pierre Keubou

Bamougong Creation Myth

Cameroon

oral Other Traditions

African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

William Lau , Walter P. Martishius

Barbie (Series): Mermaidia / Fairytopia. Mermaidia

Being a sequel to Fairytopia (2005, Barbie™), Mermaidia is a story in which Barbie, as the fairy Elina travels to the realm of the mermaids to rescue her merman friend Nalu, who was kidnapped by the evil fairy Laverna. Laverna pressures Nalu to reveal the location of a special berry, by threatening that she would poison the waters of Mermaidia. With the help of Nori, a mermaid in love with Nalu, Elina tries to save Nalu before Laverna’s servants retrieve the magical fruit allowing he(...)

YEAR: 2006

COUNTRY: Canada, United States of America

TAGS: Delphic Oracle Metamorphosis Nereid(s) Nymphs Sea Nymphs Sirens

William Lau , Walter P. Martishius

Barbie (Series): Mermaidia / Fairytopia. Mermaidia

Canada, United States of America • 2006

Delphic Oracle Metamorphosis Nereid(s) Nymphs Sea Nymphs Sirens

Mattel, Inc.

Barbie® Classical Goddess™ Collection (Series): Barbie® Doll as Goddess of Wisdom™

This collector’s edition doll depicts the Goddess of Wisdom, which is not attributed to one specific goddess but could represent either the Greek Athena or Roman Minerva (or both); this doll is distinct from the 2010 Barbie as Athena doll, which is also surveyed in this database. The doll is dressed in a gold pleated sheath dress draped with ivory chiffon and an ivory cape with gold, Greek-inspired printed patterns. A metallic medallion is attached to her dress between her breasts, with a (...)

YEAR: 2001

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Athena Minerva

Mattel, Inc.

Barbie® Classical Goddess™ Collection (Series): Barbie® Doll as Goddess of Wisdom™

United States of America • 2001

Mattel, Inc.

Barbie® Classical Goddess™ Collection (Series): Goddess of Beauty™ Barbie®

This collector’s edition doll depicts the Goddess of Beauty, in which Mattel conflate Aphrodite and Venus (while these two goddesses are similar, they are not necessarily interchangeable, but the box text makes it clear that the doll is meant to stand in for both goddesses). The doll is separate from the later Barbie as Aphrodite doll from 2009, also surveyed in this database. The doll was the first of the Classical Goddess Series. Unlike the later Goddess Series, this series is based on h(...)

YEAR: 2000

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aphrodite Venus

Mattel, Inc.

Barbie® Classical Goddess™ Collection (Series): Goddess of Beauty™ Barbie®

United States of America • 2000

Aphrodite Venus

Mattel, Inc.

Barbie® Classical Goddess™ Collection (Series): Goddess of Spring™ Barbie® Doll

This collector’s edition doll depicts the Goddess of Spring, and is not attributed to a specific goddess but could represent either the Greek Chloris or Roman Flora (or possibly both). The doll is dressed in a pale purple crepe peplum-style dress with chiton-style draped sleeves. The hem of the peplum is decorated with floral motifs, and she wears a golden necklace. She holds two overflowing bouquets aloft, one in each hand, and wears a flower in her long auburn hair (although the image fr(...)

YEAR: 2000

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Chloris Flora

Mattel, Inc.

Barbie® Classical Goddess™ Collection (Series): Goddess of Spring™ Barbie® Doll

United States of America • 2000

Mattel, Inc. , Linda Kyaw

Barbie® Doll as Cleopatra

This collector’s edition doll depicts Barbie as Cleopatra (distinct from the similar dolls which depict Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra from 2000, the 1993 Egyptian Queen doll and the 2001 Princess of the Nile doll). Barbie wears a stylised version of Egyptian dress, decorated with Egyptian-style motifs. The text on the back of the box reads: “Amongst the leaders of history, Cleopatra VII stands out – the quintessential woman of great beauty, power, and strength. The la(...)

YEAR: 2010

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Cleopatra VII Egypt

Mattel, Inc. , Linda Kyaw

Barbie® Doll as Cleopatra

United States • 2010

Cleopatra VII Egypt

Mattel, Inc.

Barbie® Dolls of the World® — The Princess Collection (Series): Barbie® Doll as Princess of the Nile™

This collector’s edition doll depicts Barbie as an ancient Egyptian princess (distinct from the similar dolls which depict Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra (2000), the 2010 Barbie as Cleopatra doll and the 1994 Egyptian Queen doll). The doll is part of the Dolls of the World Princess Collection, which also includes a Princess of Ancient Greece doll. The doll wears a gold, pleated shift under a white overdress. Her hair is styled in shoulder-length braids and is suggestive of ancient Egyptian (...)

YEAR: 2001

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Cleopatra VII Egypt

Mattel, Inc.

Barbie® Dolls of the World® — The Princess Collection (Series): Barbie® Doll as Princess of the Nile™

United States of America • 2001

Cleopatra VII Egypt

Mattel, Inc. , Linda Kyaw

Barbie® Goddess Series (Series): Barbie® Doll as Aphrodite

This collector’s edition doll depicts Barbie as Aphrodite. The doll was the second of the Goddess Series, which is comprised of Athena, Aphrodite and Medusa (the other dolls are also surveyed in this database). Both the text that accompanies the dolls and their costumes suggests that the series is fashion focused, rather than trying to produce authentic versions of the mythological figures it represents. The doll is distinct from the Goddess of Beauty doll, which is a generalised version o(...)

YEAR: 2009

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Aphrodite Venus

Mattel, Inc. , Linda Kyaw

Barbie® Goddess Series (Series): Barbie® Doll as Aphrodite

United States • 2009

Aphrodite Venus

Mattel, Inc. , Linda Kyaw

Barbie® Goddess Series (Series): Barbie® Doll as Athena

This collector’s edition doll depicts Barbie as Athena (distinct from the Goddess of Wisdom Barbie from 2000, which is not attributed to a specific goddess). Barbie wears a stylised armour-style ball gown, thigh-high gold boots and a floor length cloak. She is armed with a gold and silver spear and shield, and wears a helmet with a long plume, echoing her long black hair which falls beneath in a ponytail. Unlike the Goddess of Wisdom doll, the Athena doll is presented in a warrior-like cos(...)

YEAR: 2010

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Athena Gorgon(s) Jason Medusa Odysseus / Ulysses

Mattel, Inc. , Linda Kyaw

Barbie® Goddess Series (Series): Barbie® Doll as Athena

United States • 2010

Athena Gorgon(s) Jason Medusa Odysseus / Ulysses

Mattel, Inc. , Linda Kyaw

Barbie® Goddess Series (Series): Barbie® Doll as Medusa

This collector’s edition doll depicts Barbie as Medusa. The doll was the first of the Goddess Series (2008-2010); although in mythology Medusa is not mortal, she is not a goddess herself. The series is fashion focused, rather than trying to produce authentic versions of the mythological figures it represents. Like the other dolls in the Barbie Goddess Series, Barbie as Medusa is first and foremost a fashion doll, designed to be admired as a fashionable representation of ancient myth rather(...)

YEAR: 2008

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Athena Medusa Poseidon

Mattel, Inc. , Linda Kyaw

Barbie® Goddess Series (Series): Barbie® Doll as Medusa

United States • 2008

Athena Medusa Poseidon

Mattel, Inc.

Barbie® The Great Eras® Collection (Series): Barbie® Doll as Egyptian Queen™

This collector’s edition doll depicts Barbie as an ancient Egyptian Queen (distinct from the similar dolls which depict Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra (2000), the 2010 Barbie as Cleopatra doll and the 2001 Princess of the Nile doll). The doll is part of the Dolls of the World, Great Eras collection, which also includes a "Grecian Goddess" doll. The doll wears a blue and gold dress with a blue cloak. Her black hair comes over her shoulders and is largely covered by a gold head-piec(...)

YEAR: 1994

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Cleopatra VII Egypt

Mattel, Inc.

Barbie® The Great Eras® Collection (Series): Barbie® Doll as Egyptian Queen™

United States of America • 1994

Cleopatra VII Egypt

David S. Goyer , Charles Roven , Deborah Snyder , Zack Snyder , Chris Terrio

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Superman (superhero from the planet Krypton is also known as Clark Kent) and General Zod (Superman’s adversary, also from Krypton) fight in the sky, causing death and destruction as the high-rise buildings of Metropolis collapse around them. This is witnessed by Bruce Wayne (whose alter ego is Batman) who saves a little girl from the collapsing Wayne Financial Building 18 months later, Kryptonite is found in the Indian Ocean. Millionaire businessman and opponent of Superman, Lex Luthor, ha(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Amazons Gods Icarus Prometheus Zeus

David S. Goyer , Charles Roven , Deborah Snyder , Zack Snyder , Chris Terrio

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

United States • 2016

Amazons Gods Icarus Prometheus Zeus

Joan Holub , Leslie Patricelli

Be Careful, Icarus!

In Be Careful, Icarus!, Icarus is a young child living in the modern world. He is introduced on the first page, while the facing page uses a single image, single word combination to show what is important to Icarus – a kite. When the story begins, Icarus is making a bird-shaped kite with his father. He is warned not to spill the paint, but still does so. They celebrate when the kite is completed. Out in the park, Icarus is eager to hold the kite himself. His father hands it over and Icarus(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Architecture Crete Daedalus Icarus Labyrinth Maze Minos Minotaur

Joan Holub , Leslie Patricelli

Be Careful, Icarus!

United States • 2015

Architecture Crete Daedalus Icarus Labyrinth Maze Minos Minotaur

Joan Holub , Leslie Patricelli

Be Patient, Pandora! (Mini Myths)

Pandora’s mother tells her not to open a box. Pandora does everything but open it – touches it, leans on it, sits on it, stands on it, bounces on it – until it springs open and cupcakes come flying out. Pandora apologizes and hopes her mother stills loves her. She does.There is an explanation at the end of the book about Prometheus stealing fire from Olympus and being punished for it along with the people of earth.(...)

YEAR: 2014

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Hope Pandora Pandora’s Box

Joan Holub , Leslie Patricelli

Be Patient, Pandora! (Mini Myths)

United States • 2014

Hope Pandora Pandora’s Box

Brett Bean , Lucy Coats

Beast Keeper (Beasts of Olympus, 1)

This is the first book in the "Beasts of Olympus" series. Pandemonius (or Demon as he is most commonly referred to in the series) is the 11 years old half-mortal son of the god Pan and the mortal Carys. His father was absent during most of Demon's life, but one day Pan arrives at Demon's home and quite forcibly (and despite Demon's mother's pleading) takes Demon from his home to Olympus. At first Demon fears he will be sacrificed to the gods, but Pan reveals to Demon th(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Centaur(s) Cretan Bull Griffins / Gryphons Hera Heracles Hestia Hydra Nemean Lion Pan Stymphalian Birds Zeus

Brett Bean , Lucy Coats

Beast Keeper (Beasts of Olympus, 1)

United States of America • 2015

Centaur(s) Cretan Bull Griffins / Gryphons Hera Heracles Hestia Hydra Nemean Lion Pan Stymphalian Birds Zeus

Brett Bean , Lucy Coats

Beasts of Olympus (Series): Beasts Keeper | Hound of Hades | Steeds of the Gods | Dragon Healer | Centaur School | Zeus’s Eagle | Gods of the North | The Unicorn Emergency

Beast of Olympus (series). The most recent instalment published August 2018:Part 1, Beasts Keeper, 2015,Part 2, Hound of Hades, 2015, Part 3, Steeds of the Gods, 2015,Part 4, Dragon Healer, 2015,Part 5, Centaur School, 2016, Part 6, Zeus’s Eagle, 2016,Part 7, Gods of the North, 2017, Part 8, The Unicorn Emergency, 2018.The protagonist of the series is a young boy called Demon (his full name is Pandemonius) who was taken from his mother by the god Pan (his father) t(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Cerberus Hades Monsters

Brett Bean , Lucy Coats

Beasts of Olympus (Series): Beasts Keeper | Hound of Hades | Steeds of the Gods | Dragon Healer | Centaur School | Zeus’s Eagle | Gods of the North | The Unicorn Emergency

United Kingdom • 2015

Cerberus Hades Monsters

Aleksei Bitskoff , Maz Evans

Beyond the Odyssey (Who Let the Dogs Out, 3)

Beyond the Odyssey is the third book in the Who Let The Gods Out series by Maz Evans, and picks up the story of Elliot and his immortal companions a short time after the end of Simply The Quest. Elliot and the gods are still living at Home Farm, but Hermes remains in a coma and Elliot's mother's illness is getting worse. On top of all that, the school has a sent another "very scary letter’", saying that they are going to conduct a welfare visit to see how everything (...)

YEAR: 2018

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Aphrodite Athena Charon Hades Harpies Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hypnos Immortality Nyx Pegasus Sisyphus Styx Tartarus Thanatos Underworld Zeus Zodiac

Aleksei Bitskoff , Maz Evans

Beyond the Odyssey (Who Let the Dogs Out, 3)

United Kingdom • 2018

Aphrodite Athena Charon Hades Harpies Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hypnos Immortality Nyx Pegasus Sisyphus Styx Tartarus Thanatos Underworld Zeus Zodiac

Irrational Games [2K Boston]

Bioshock: The Collection

First released in 2007, the Bioshock series is a collection of dystopian and utopian First-Person Shooter games set in the underwater city of Rapture and the sky city of Columbia. The first two games accompany “Jack”, a shipwrecked man who comes across the ruins of the city and explores its secrets left behind. Bioshock Infinite, on the other hand, is a prequel and explores the days before the city “Rapture” was created.Within the city of Rapture, each area is named after(...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: Worldwide

TAGS: Aphrodite Athena Atlantis Dionysus / Dionysos Hercules Minerva Neptune Persephone Poseidon Prometheus

Irrational Games [2K Boston]

Bioshock: The Collection

Worldwide • 2007

Aphrodite Athena Atlantis Dionysus / Dionysos Hercules Minerva Neptune Persephone Poseidon Prometheus

Ursula Dubosarsky

Black Sails, White Sails

The foreword of Ursula Dubosarsky’s Black Sails, White Sails tells the story of Theseus and the Minotaur, of how Theseus slays the Minotaur that was menacing his people, the Athenians. Theseus persuades his father, Aegeus, to let him kill the monster, but forgets to let his father know of his success by hoisting the white sails on his ship and dropping his black sails. When Aegeus sights Theseus’ ship approaching, black sails raised, Aegeus assumes the worst, that his son has fa(...)

YEAR: 1997

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Aegeus Archaeology Ariadne Minos Minotaur Theseus

Ursula Dubosarsky

Black Sails, White Sails

Australia • 1997

Aegeus Archaeology Ariadne Minos Minotaur Theseus

Jo Graham

This is the story of the fictional Pythia, from her birth to adulthood. Gull was a girl born to a Trojan slave woman who was brought to Pylos, to King Nestor's palace after the fall of Troy (which is named Wilusa in the book, the name comes from Hittite texts and is associated with Troy; thus the author shows her proficiency with classical archaeology). The background of the Trojan cycle is referred to in the book, especially the sacrifice of Iphigenia and the curse it incurred on the house (...)

YEAR: 2008

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aeneas Anchises Aphrodite Iphigenia / Iphigeneia Neoptolemus Nestor Persephone Pythia Troy

Jo Graham

United States of America • 2008

Aeneas Anchises Aphrodite Iphigenia / Iphigeneia Neoptolemus Nestor Persephone Pythia Troy

Alan Lee , Rosemary Sutcliff

Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of The Iliad

Published posthumously in the year following her death, Sutcliff’s Black Ships Before Troy purports to be a retelling of the Iliad, but in fact begins much earlier than Homer’s poem, with the story of the Golden Apple and the Judgment of Paris, and concludes with the Wooden Horse and the Fall of Troy. There are nineteen chapters, followed by a Pronunciation Guide and Bibliography. "The Golden Apple" describes the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, and Paris’ decision (...)

YEAR: 1993

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Achilles Agamemnon Amazons Andromache Aphrodite Athena Hector Helen Hera Menelaus Odysseus / Ulysses Paris (Trojan Prince) Patroclus Priam Trojan Horse Trojan War Troy Zeus

Alan Lee , Rosemary Sutcliff

Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of The Iliad

United Kingdom • 1993

Achilles Agamemnon Amazons Andromache Aphrodite Athena Hector Helen Hera Menelaus Odysseus / Ulysses Paris (Trojan Prince) Patroclus Priam Trojan Horse Trojan War Troy Zeus

Marian Cholerek

Bolek and Lolek in Europe [Bolek i Lolek w Europie] (Series, S01E02): In the Kingdom of Poseidon [W królestwie Posejdona]

At the beginning of each episode of the series, Bolek and Lolek study a wall map. This time they decide to travel to Greece. They fly in their own small plane and arrive in Athens, where they visit the Athenian Acropolis. They meet a strange man who somehow seems to be destroying the columns of the Parthenon, but he turns out to be doing the opposite as he works as a renovator. He explains to the boys which factors destroy the ruins the most, and recommends that they should visit the Greek islan(...)

YEAR: 1984

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Apollo Athens Poseidon Pythia

Marian Cholerek

Bolek and Lolek in Europe [Bolek i Lolek w Europie] (Series, S01E02): In the Kingdom of Poseidon [W królestwie Posejdona]

Poland • 1984

Apollo Athens Poseidon Pythia

Romuald Kłys

Bolek and Lolek in Europe [Bolek i Lolek w Europie] (Series, S01E05): Under the Crater [Pod kraterem]

At the beginning of each episode of the series, Bolek and Lolek study a wall map. This time they decide to travel to Campania, Italy. Bolek wants to see Vesuvius before it becomes inactive as he reads it is the last active volcano on the European continent; Lolek, however, is focused on Italy as the homeland of ice-cream. They travel by car (registered “B & L”), unaccompanied by any adult. On the border, they have to give their autographs to passport control officer instead of th(...)

YEAR: 1986

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Vesuvius Vulcan

Romuald Kłys

Bolek and Lolek in Europe [Bolek i Lolek w Europie] (Series, S01E05): Under the Crater [Pod kraterem]

Poland • 1986

Vesuvius Vulcan

Iwona Czarkowska , Maria Molenda

Bolek and Lolek in the World of Greek Myths [Bolek i Lolek w świecie mitów greckich]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp.Bolek and Lolek are two little boys who, known as characters from a famous Polish cartoon series initiated by Władysław Nehrebecki (1923–1978), are featured in an illustrated book for children. They get a birthday gift from(...)

YEAR: 2009

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Achilles Achilles’s Heel Charon Helios Hephaestus Hera Hermes Olympus Sisyphus Thetis Trojan Horse Trojan War Zeus

Iwona Czarkowska , Maria Molenda

Bolek and Lolek in the World of Greek Myths [Bolek i Lolek w świecie mitów greckich]

Poland • 2009

Achilles Achilles’s Heel Charon Helios Hephaestus Hera Hermes Olympus Sisyphus Thetis Trojan Horse Trojan War Zeus

Laura Ruby

Bone Gap is set in the small American town of the same name in the 21st Century and follows two protagonists: Finn, a teenage boy who does not know that he has prosopagnosia (more colloquially known as “face-blindness”, a disability that prevents him from recognising faces), and Roza, a beautiful young Polish woman who mysteriously turns up in Finn’s barn. Finn is the only witness of her subsequent abduction, but nobody believes him. As Roza fights to escape from her captor, Fi(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Arion (Poet) Cerberus Cupid Demeter Elysian Fields / Elysium Eurydice Hades Hera Orpheus Persephone Psyche Styx Underworld Zeus

Laura Ruby

United States • 2015

Arion (Poet) Cerberus Cupid Demeter Elysian Fields / Elysium Eurydice Hades Hera Orpheus Persephone Psyche Styx Underworld Zeus

John Boyne

Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

This story is about a German nine-year-old boy named Bruno, who lives with his mother, father and older sister in Berlin. One day, the father’s boss, named "the Fury" orders them to move to the countryside. Bruno is not fully aware of his father’s job, but he is obviously sad to leave his friends in Berlin and spend the near future outside the city. There, he sees people in a fenced area through a window–he asks his mother who they are, and his mother tells him (...)

YEAR: 2006

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Erinyes Furies

John Boyne

Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

United Kingdom • 2006

Patrick Branwell Brontë

Branwell's Blackwood's Magazine. The Glass Town Magazine (with contributions from his sister Charlotte Brontë)

The British authors, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë, whose novels included Jane Eyre (1847), Wuthering Heights (1847), and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), began their careers by writing elaborate juvenilia alongside their brother, Branwell. Together the sibling Brontë children created an imaginary society in West Africa – The Glass Town Federation, a union of four kingdoms and a federal capital – the Great Glass Town. They wrote extensively about that society, creati(...)

YEAR: 1995

COUNTRY: Canada

TAGS: Aeneid Carthage Gods Greek History Latin (Language) Laurel Wreath

Patrick Branwell Brontë

Branwell's Blackwood's Magazine. The Glass Town Magazine (with contributions from his sister Charlotte Brontë)

Canada • 1995

Aeneid Carthage Gods Greek History Latin (Language) Laurel Wreath

Stephenie Meyer

Breaking Dawn (Twilight, 4)

Breaking Dawn is the fourth of Meyer’s Twilight series. The novels deal with a young woman, Isabella (Bella) Swan, as she discovers a world of werewolves and vampires that lies within her own world. The novels explore the consequences of the mortal Bella venturing into this world and crossing the boundary between her mortal world and the immortal world. The text employs narrative patterns, names, and creatures from Graeco-Roman mythology in order to heighten the fantasy of the na(...)

YEAR: 2008

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Hero(es) Katabasis Triumvirs Underworld Werewolves

Stephenie Meyer

Breaking Dawn (Twilight, 4)

United States • 2008

Hero(es) Katabasis Triumvirs Underworld Werewolves

Amanda Brack , Monica Sweeney , Becky Thomas

Brick Greek Myths: The Stories of Heracles, Athena, Pandora, Poseidon and Other Ancient Heroes of Mount Olympus

This is a retelling of many mythological stories using the creative imagination of the authors, with Lego© bricks. The myths are specially adapted for children. The myths presented in this book are:Creation and the Birth of Zeus; Prometheus’s Fire and Pandora’s Box; Phaethon and the Chariot of the Sun; Hades, Persephone, and the Story of the Seasons; Eurydice and Orpheus; Athena and Poseidon’s Contest for Athens; Arachne’s Web; Perseus’s Quest; Perseus a(...)

YEAR: 2014

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Arachne Argonauts Artemis Atalanta Heracles Hercules Jason Medusa Minotaur Narcissus Perseus Sisyphus Zeus

Amanda Brack , Monica Sweeney , Becky Thomas

Brick Greek Myths: The Stories of Heracles, Athena, Pandora, Poseidon and Other Ancient Heroes of Mount Olympus

United States • 2014

Arachne Argonauts Artemis Atalanta Heracles Hercules Jason Medusa Minotaur Narcissus Perseus Sisyphus Zeus

Richard Woff

Bright-Eyed Athena in the Stories of Ancient Greece

In the women’s quarters of a house in ancient Athens, a young woman learns the art of spinning from older women as they create intricate tapestries while narrating inter-related stories about deities, creatures, heroines and heroes. The stories bear especially upon Athena, the goddess whose cult the women serve as creators of the Panathenaic robe. The young woman – herself to be an initiate in the Mysteries of Athena – listens spellbound to the stories which include Athena&rsqu(...)

YEAR: 1999

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Arachne Athena Athens Cecrops Daughters of Kekrops Demeter Erichthonius Giants Gods Gorgon(s) Medusa Mysteries Panathenaia Pandora Persephone Perseus Poseidon Zeus

Richard Woff

Bright-Eyed Athena in the Stories of Ancient Greece

United Kingdom • 1999

Arachne Athena Athens Cecrops Daughters of Kekrops Demeter Erichthonius Giants Gods Gorgon(s) Medusa Mysteries Panathenaia Pandora Persephone Perseus Poseidon Zeus

David Farris , Sandy Ransford

British Museum Fun Book: Ancient Greece

This short “fun book” comprises activities based on various aspects of ancient Greek history, culture and myth. The activities include “spot-the difference” puzzles, crosswords and brainteasers, all aimed to “test and perplex” (p. 4) the reader, along with games and jokes “to keep [them] chuckling” (p. 4). A checklist towards the start gives a brief explanation of the historical and mythical figures and places that appear in the book. Most of the a(...)

YEAR: 1999

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Greek Philosophy Greek Religion Olympic Games Theatre

David Farris , Sandy Ransford

British Museum Fun Book: Ancient Greece

United Kingdom • 1999

Greek Philosophy Greek Religion Olympic Games Theatre

Joan Holub , Leslie Patricelli

Brush Your Hair, Medusa!

Medusa in this work is a very young child living in the modern world. The book opens with her looking crossly at a hairbrush. The reader follows Medusa's father's vain attempts to brush her hair. She prevaricates, jumping on the bed, doing somersaults, and brushing her toy mermaid's hair. Grandma arrives and is shocked to see Medusa's wild locks. Grandma takes Medusa on a trip. As far as Medusa is concerned, the trip is to get sweets. Medusa is taken to a hairdresser, who finally(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Architecture Athena Hermes Medusa Nymphs Perseus

Joan Holub , Leslie Patricelli

Brush Your Hair, Medusa!

United States • 2015

Architecture Athena Hermes Medusa Nymphs Perseus

Douglas Petrie , Joseph Hill Whedon

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Series, S04E10): Hush

The series itself follows Buffy Summers, a teenaged vampire-slayer who moves to Sunnydale with her mother in the series premiere. During her high school years (seasons 1–3), she forms strong friendships with fellow school students, Willow and Xander, and her Watcher, Giles, who is the school librarian. Together, the “Scooby Gang” assist Buffy in her slaying duties. By Season Four, Buffy has begun attending the local college, UC-Sunnydale, and the series takes a turn as Buffy an(...)

YEAR: 1999

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Bible Cassandra Pandora Philomela

Douglas Petrie , Joseph Hill Whedon

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Series, S04E10): Hush

United States of America • 1999

Bible Cassandra Pandora Philomela

David Elliott

Bull is a unique retelling of the Cretan mythic cycle in the form of a verse novel. The story is related through monologues by Poseidon, Minos, Pasiphae, Asterion, Ariadne, Daedalus and Theseus. Poseidon takes control of the narrative, relating how Minos prays to the gods for a sign to justify his right to rule. The god obliges by sending a beautiful milk-white bull out of the ocean. But when Minos conceals the creature within his herds and sacrifices an inferior animal in its place, he incurs P(...)

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Androgeos Ariadne Asterion Athens Crete Daedalus Fate Labyrinth Minos Minotaur Pasiphae Poseidon Theseus

David Elliott

United States

Androgeos Ariadne Asterion Athens Crete Daedalus Fate Labyrinth Minos Minotaur Pasiphae Poseidon Theseus

Ewa Nowacka

Bull Apis Greets Cat Pusia [Byk Apis pozdrawia kotkę Pusię] (The Wings of Time [Skrzydła czasu], 1)

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp.This is the first book in the series Skrzydła czasu [The Wings of Time]. Paweł, through an accident with a television game brought by his father, is transported with his cat Pusia to ancient Egypt. Confused and terrified, th(...)

YEAR: 1998

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Athena Egypt Hera Heracles Hercules

Ewa Nowacka

Bull Apis Greets Cat Pusia [Byk Apis pozdrawia kotkę Pusię] (The Wings of Time [Skrzydła czasu], 1)

Poland • 1998

Athena Egypt Hera Heracles Hercules

In Caesar III, users play as a Roman governor, sent by Caesar to rule new provinces across the world. To complete each scenario, and rise in rank, they must build cities that meet the required levels of Population, Culture, Peace, Prosperity and Favour. With each success, the player is given the choice of governing either a peaceful or militaristic Province, meaning they direct whether they want to focus on cultural marvels and luxuries, or battling Rome’s enemies.Starting with nothing but(...)

YEAR: 1998

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Aedile Amphitheatre Aqueducts Caesar Cursus honorum Gladiators Hannibal Legionaries Procurator Punic Wars Quaestor Roman Empire Roman History Roman Religion

United Kingdom • 1998

Aedile Amphitheatre Aqueducts Caesar Cursus honorum Gladiators Hannibal Legionaries Procurator Punic Wars Quaestor Roman Empire Roman History Roman Religion

Holy Grail Games , Synapses Games [Les Jeux Synapses] , Matthieu Podevin

Caesar’s Empire [L'empire de César]

L’Empire de César is a game for 2–5 players with clear and simple rules, well adjusted to the target audience. “The year is 50 BC. Gaul is entirely occupied by Romans. Well, not entirely... One small village of indomitable Gauls still holds out against the invaders. And life is not easy for the Roman legionaries who garrison the fortified camps of Totorum, Aquarium, Laudanum and Compendium...”The game is set in the universe of Astérix and stylized (...)

YEAR: 2021

COUNTRY: France, Quebec, Canada

TAGS: Caesar Roman Army Roman Empire Rome

Holy Grail Games , Synapses Games [Les Jeux Synapses] , Matthieu Podevin

Caesar’s Empire [L'empire de César]

France, Quebec, Canada • 2021

Caesar Roman Army Roman Empire Rome

Geoffrey McSkimming

Cairo Jim and the Alabastron of Forgotten Gods (Cairo Jim, 4)

Cairo Jim is a young archaeologist who is already an established member of the fictional Old Relics Society at the commencement of the series. He is always seen wearing a pith helmet and his desert sun-spectacles. Cairo Jim and the Alabastron of Forgotten Gods is located in mid-to-late 20th-century Greece, moving from Athens to Delphi to Samothrace (Samothraki). It is a whimsical adventure in which the hero and his companions (a talking macaw named Doris and a telepathic wonder-camel named Brend(...)

YEAR: 1996

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Archaeology Athens Centaur(s) Chronos Delphi Gods Heracles Hercules Nike Sphinx Titans

Geoffrey McSkimming

Cairo Jim and the Alabastron of Forgotten Gods (Cairo Jim, 4)

Australia • 1996

Archaeology Athens Centaur(s) Chronos Delphi Gods Heracles Hercules Nike Sphinx Titans

Geoffrey McSkimming

Cairo Jim and the Chaos from Crete (Cairo Jim, 10)

Cairo Jim is a young archaeologist who is already an established member of the fictional Old Relics Society at the commencement of the series. He is always seen wearing a pith helmet and his desert sun-spectacles. Cairo Jim and the Chaos from Crete is located in mid-to-late 20th-century Knossos, in Crete. It is a whimsical adventure in which the hero and his companions (a talking macaw named Doris and a telepathic wonder-camel named Brenda) travel to the Palace of Knossos after learning tha(...)

YEAR: 2002

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Archaeology Daedalus Knossos Labyrinth Minoan Civilization Minos Minotaur Poseidon Talos (Automaton) Theseus Zeus

Geoffrey McSkimming

Cairo Jim and the Chaos from Crete (Cairo Jim, 10)

Australia • 2002

Archaeology Daedalus Knossos Labyrinth Minoan Civilization Minos Minotaur Poseidon Talos (Automaton) Theseus Zeus

Geoffrey McSkimming

Cairo Jim at the Crossroads of Orpheus (Cairo Jim, 14)

Cairo Jim is a young archaeologist who is already an established member of the fictional Old Relics Society at the commencement of the series. He is always seen wearing a pith helmet and his desert sun-spectacles.Cairo Jim at the Crossroads of Orpheus is located in mid-to-late 20th-century Pompeii. It is a whimsical adventure in which the hero and his companions (a talking macaw named Doris and a telepathic wonder-camel named Brenda) work with an archaeo-botanist Bette Noire to rediscover l(...)

YEAR: 2006

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Agrigento Archaeology Gods Orpheus Pompeii Roman Gods Telamon

Geoffrey McSkimming

Cairo Jim at the Crossroads of Orpheus (Cairo Jim, 14)

Australia • 2006

Agrigento Archaeology Gods Orpheus Pompeii Roman Gods Telamon

Nikolai Smirnov

Caligula [Калигула (Kaligula)]

This short animated film is a post-apocalyptic science fiction story about the destruction of the world as a result of brain experiments on rats. It begins with a close-up of an ancient half-destroyed bust of Caligula. We see elements of the sculpture – one eye, a nose, a cracked forehead, an ear, hair, and a drop (of sweat?) flowing down his face. When the camera moves away, we see that the head is lying among ruins and rats are running among them. A rat climbs on the head, and looks(...)

YEAR: 1989

COUNTRY: Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics

Nikolai Smirnov

Caligula [Калигула (Kaligula)]

Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics • 1989

Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Calliope the Muse (Goddess Girls, 20)

In this installment, we meet Calliope, the muse of epic poetry. Calliope is new at MOA, and as a new student she is anxious and wishes to prove her worth. She used to live with her sisters, but now she wants to show them that she is already mature enough and perfectly able to take care of herself. “She wanted to stand on her own two feet, to have them see her as the almost-teenager she was!” (p. 27). This is of course a universal feeling shared by almost all adolescents; the need to (...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Amphitrite Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Calliope Cassandra Dionysus / Dionysos Marsyas Medusa Muses Pandora Persephone Pheme Poseidon Terpsichore Urania Zeus

Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Calliope the Muse (Goddess Girls, 20)

United States • 2016

Amphitrite Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Calliope Cassandra Dionysus / Dionysos Marsyas Medusa Muses Pandora Persephone Pheme Poseidon Terpsichore Urania Zeus

Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Cassandra the Lucky (Goddess Girls, 12)

General summary for the series see under Athena the Brain.Cassandra is the daughter of Trojan royalty Priam and Hecuba. Along with her twin brother Helenus, she has the gift of foreseeing the future, and sells the fortunes as fortune cookies. Yet there is a problem with Cassandra’s prophecies: “Prophecies no one ever believed, unfortunately, despite their truth. Instead she was widely considered to be a liar [...]” (pp. 49–50). This was the result of a curse Apollo p(...)

YEAR: 2013

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Agamemnon Andromache Aphrodite Apollo Artemis Athena Cassandra Eros Hector Hecuba Helenus Heracles Hercules Hermes Homer Laodice Medusa Odysseus / Ulysses Pandora Persephone Pheme Poseidon Priam Zeus

Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Cassandra the Lucky (Goddess Girls, 12)

United States • 2013

Agamemnon Andromache Aphrodite Apollo Artemis Athena Cassandra Eros Hector Hecuba Helenus Heracles Hercules Hermes Homer Laodice Medusa Odysseus / Ulysses Pandora Persephone Pheme Poseidon Priam Zeus

Suzanne Collins

Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, 2)

Catching Fire begins six months after the events of The Hunger Games. Having survived the Games, Katniss, now seventeen, is living in luxury in the Victor’s Village with her mother and younger sister, Prim. The novel begins on the morning of the Victory Tour, with Katniss and Peeta about to visit the other eleven districts and the Capitol of their nation Panem to celebrate their win in the Games. Before they leave, President Snow visits Katniss at home and warns her that her actions in the(...)

YEAR: 2009

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Aphrodite Artemis Athena Diana Heracles Hercules Minerva Phoenix (Bird) Venus

Suzanne Collins

Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, 2)

United States • 2009

Aphrodite Artemis Athena Diana Heracles Hercules Minerva Phoenix (Bird) Venus

Brett Bean , Lucy Coats

Centaur School (Beasts of Olympus, 5)

This is the fifth book in the "Beasts of Olympus" series. Pandemonius (or Demon as he is most commonly refer to in the series) is the 11-year-old half-mortal son of the god Pan and the mortal Carys. Demon is the official Beast Keeper of the Olympic gods and it is his responsibility to take care of the various beasts. In this story, Demon must write his notes and read the medicine books, but he cannot read the words properly, until Hephaestus devises special glasses for him. Demon must (...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Athena Centaur(s) Chiron / Cheiron Griffins / Gryphons Hephaestus Heracles Phoenix (Bird) Zeus

Brett Bean , Lucy Coats

Centaur School (Beasts of Olympus, 5)

United States of America • 2016

Athena Centaur(s) Chiron / Cheiron Griffins / Gryphons Hephaestus Heracles Phoenix (Bird) Zeus

Brendan Shusterman , Neal Shusterman

Challenger Deep

Challenger Deep is an episodic, non-linear contemporary novel that retells the Odyssey, and that draws on aspects of fabulism to inform 15-year-old Caden’s delusions as he is treated for schizophrenia in a juvenile psychiatric hospital. The novel alternates between events that occurred before his hospitalisation and during his stay. While these moments can initially be distinguished by the difference in the setting (the real-world setting and the sea voyage), these settings are increasingl(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Calypso Odysseus / Ulysses Odyssey Penelope Polyphemus

Brendan Shusterman , Neal Shusterman

Challenger Deep

United States • 2015

Calypso Odysseus / Ulysses Odyssey Penelope Polyphemus

Constance M. Burge , Brad Kern , Chris Long , Aaron Spelling , Krista Vernoff

Charmed (Series, S04E03): Hell Hath No Fury

‘Hell Hath No Fury’ (4.3) is the first Charmed episode to include Greek mythological characters, in this case the Furies, although these Furies are described as ‘modern knockoffs’ of the classical originals. The episode starts after the death of eldest sister Prue, who was killed by a demon at the end of season three, and the discovery of new half-sister Paige, who is half witch, half ‘whitelighter’ (a guardian angel type character who looks after witches(...)

YEAR: 2001

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Furies

Constance M. Burge , Brad Kern , Chris Long , Aaron Spelling , Krista Vernoff

Charmed (Series, S04E03): Hell Hath No Fury

United States • 2001

Constance M. Burge , Joel J. Feigenbaum , Brad Kern , Aaron Spelling , Krista Vernoff , E. Duke Vincent

Charmed (Series, S04E09): Muse to My Ears

‘Muse to My Ears’ (4.9) is the second Charmed episode to feature characters drawn from Greek mythology, the Muses, following ‘Hell Hath No Fury’, featuring the Furies (4.3). Unlike the Furies, who were demons who did not speak, Melody the Muse is an important character in the episode, and another unnamed Muse also appears at the beginning of the episode. The episode begins with a Muse, dressed in a long ‘classical’-looking robe, inspiring a congressman to(...)

YEAR: 2001

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Muses

Constance M. Burge , Joel J. Feigenbaum , Brad Kern , Aaron Spelling , Krista Vernoff , E. Duke Vincent

Charmed (Series, S04E09): Muse to My Ears

United States • 2001

Constance M. Burge , Joel J. Feigenbaum , Brad Kern , Aaron Spelling , Krista Vernoff , E. Duke Vincent

Charmed (Series, S05E04): Siren Song

Siren Song (S05E04) is the third Charmed episode to feature characters drawn from Greek mythology, a Siren, following Hell Hath No Fury, featuring the Furies (S04E03) and Muse to My Ears, featuring the Muses (S04E09). The Siren is central to the episode, and she shares some traits with the Sirens from Greek mythology (her song is irresistible to men, whom she kills), but like the Furies in Hell Hath No Fury she is a demon rather than a mythological Siren. The episode begins with a woman wit(...)

YEAR: 2003

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Sirens

Constance M. Burge , Joel J. Feigenbaum , Brad Kern , Aaron Spelling , Krista Vernoff , E. Duke Vincent

Charmed (Series, S05E04): Siren Song

United States • 2003

Constance M. Burge , Mel Damski , Doug E. Jones , Brad Kern , Aaron Spelling , Andrea Stevens , E. Duke Vincent

Charmed (Series, S05E19): Nymphs Just Wanna Have Fun

Nymphs Just Wanna Have Fun (S05E19) is the fourth Charmed episode to feature characters drawn from Greek mythology, nymphs and a satyr, following Hell Hath No Fury (S04E03), Muse to My Ears (S04E09) and Siren Song (S05E04). The wood nymphs featured in the episode are not specifically described as nymphs from Greek mythology, but as beautiful young women who live in the forest, dance and sing and protect nature and "the eternal spring." Also, they have the same function and behaviours a(...)

YEAR: 2003

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Nymphs Satyr(s)

Constance M. Burge , Mel Damski , Doug E. Jones , Brad Kern , Aaron Spelling , Andrea Stevens , E. Duke Vincent

Charmed (Series, S05E19): Nymphs Just Wanna Have Fun

United States • 2003

Nymphs Satyr(s)

Constance M. Burge , Daniel Cerone , Joel J. Feigenbaum , Brad Kern , Curtis Kheel , Aaron Spelling , Krista Vernoff , E. Duke Vincent , Jonathan West

Charmed (Series, S05E22–23): Oh My Goddess. Part One and Part Two

Oh My Goddess is the fifth Charmed episode to feature characters drawn from Greek mythology, following Hell Hath No Fury, featuring the Furies (S04E03) and Muse to My Ears, featuring the Muses (S04E09), Siren Song (S05E04), featuring a Siren, and Nymphs Just Wanna Have Fun (S05E19) featuring a satyr and nymphs. The double episode, which ends season five, includes three Titans as characters, one of which is named Cronus, and also has the three Charmed Ones turned into goddesses of Love, War (...)

YEAR: 2003

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Gods Titans

Constance M. Burge , Daniel Cerone , Joel J. Feigenbaum , Brad Kern , Curtis Kheel , Aaron Spelling , Krista Vernoff , E. Duke Vincent , Jonathan West

Charmed (Series, S05E22–23): Oh My Goddess. Part One and Part Two

United States • 2003

Constance M. Burge , Brad Kern , Cameron Litvack , Jon Paré , Aaron Spelling , E. Duke Vincent

Charmed (Series, S07E18): Little Box of Horrors

The episode begins with two female characters fighting over a box. We later learn that these are Katya, a demon, who wants to retrieve the box as a weapon, and thus ingratiate herself with a more important demon, Zankou, and Nina, the guardian of the box. The box mysteriously disappears, and Katya, who can shape shift, poses as Nina, and approaches the Charmed Ones Piper and Phoebe to help her find Pandora’s Box. The Box has turned up on the bed of college student Hope, who opens it slight(...)

YEAR: 2005

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Erinyes Furies Hope Pandora

Constance M. Burge , Brad Kern , Cameron Litvack , Jon Paré , Aaron Spelling , E. Duke Vincent

Charmed (Series, S07E18): Little Box of Horrors

United States • 2005

Erinyes Furies Hope Pandora

Sulari Gentill

Chasing Odysseus (The Hero Trilogy, 1)

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 (Queen) Calypso Charybdis Cicones Circe Cyclops / Cyclopes Demodocus Eurylochus Gods Helen Hermes Lotus Eaters / Lotophagoi Menelaus Nausicaa Odysseus / Ulysses Pan Pantheon Paris (Trojan Prince) Penthesilea Phaeacia Polyphemus Priam Scylla Sirens Thrinacia / Island of the Sun Tiresias Troy Underworld

Sulari Gentill

Chasing Odysseus (The Hero Trilogy, 1)

Australia • 2011

Achilles Aeneas Aeolus Agamemnon Alcinous Amazons Arete (Queen) Calypso Charybdis Cicones Circe Cyclops / Cyclopes Demodocus Eurylochus Gods Helen Hermes Lotus Eaters / Lotophagoi Menelaus Nausicaa Odysseus / Ulysses Pan Pantheon Paris (Trojan Prince) Penthesilea Phaeacia Polyphemus Priam Scylla Sirens Thrinacia / Island of the Sun Tiresias Troy Underworld

Coeur de Pirate [Béatrice Martin] , 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: 2014

TAGS: Achilles Athena Aurora Greek Art

Coeur de Pirate [Béatrice Martin] , Ubisoft Montréal , Thomas Rollus , Jeffrey Yohalem

2014

Achilles Athena Aurora Greek Art

Elsie Finnimore Buckley , Frank C. Papé

Children of the Dawn: Old Tales of Greece

This is a detailed, extensive retelling of eleven key Greek myths with significant attention often given to character development, and details of the character’s education and early life. Scenery, landscape and geography are also described at length. The featured stories are:The Riddle of the SphinxEros and PsycheHero and LeanderThe Sacrifice of AlcestisThe Hunting of the Calydonian BoarThe Curse of EchoThe Sculptor and the ImageThe Divine MusicianThe Flight of ArethusaThe Winning of Atala(...)

YEAR: 1908

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Admetus Alcestis Alpheus Antigone Arethusa Atalanta Echo Eros Galatea Jocasta Laius Leander Meleager Oedipus Oenone Paris (Trojan Prince) Psyche Pygmalion

Elsie Finnimore Buckley , Frank C. Papé

Children of the Dawn: Old Tales of Greece

United Kingdom • 1908

Admetus Alcestis Alpheus Antigone Arethusa Atalanta Echo Eros Galatea Jocasta Laius Leander Meleager Oedipus Oenone Paris (Trojan Prince) Psyche Pygmalion

Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (Series, Part 3)

The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is a supernatural horror show, a remake of Archie comic book series of the same title. Despite shared origins, this Netflix series has little in common with Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1996-2003), the previous U.S. television series based on the comic book character of half-witch Sabrina Spellman. The web television series consists as of March 2020 of two seasons each divided in two parts, with a total of four parts to be released between until the end of 2020.(...)

YEAR: 2018

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Circe Hecate Medusa Pan Underworld

Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (Series, Part 3)

United States of America • 2018

Circe Hecate Medusa Pan Underworld

Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (Series, S02E07): Chapter Eighteen – The Miracles of Sabrina Spellman

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, based on the comic books of the same name, also written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, tells the story of Sabrina Spellman. As she is half-witch, half-mortal, most of her struggles are centered around her attempts to live in both worlds. Not only does she attend a regular high school, but also the Church of Night (which practices magic and worships Satan), led by Father Blackwood, one of Sabrina’s nemeses. The series is a satirical but darker take on the previou(...)

YEAR: 2019

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Pandora Pandora’s Box

Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (Series, S02E07): Chapter Eighteen – The Miracles of Sabrina Spellman

United States of America • 2019

Pandora Pandora’s Box

Madeline Miller

The narrative follows Circe from a young child who is bullied and shunned by her family and peers until she meets the mortal Glaucos. Circe falls in love with the mortal and searches for a way to turn him into a god, discovering the power of pharmakeia and feeding him sap from flowers sprung from the blood of gods while he sleeps, turning him into a sea-god himself. Circe believes this will finally allow them to be together, but Glaucos’ eye is caught by the nymph Scylla, who drives Circe (...)

YEAR: 2018

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Achilles Aeëtes Circe Crete Cyclops / Cyclopes Daedalus Greek Gods Helios Iliad Immortality Minotaur Odysseus / Ulysses Odyssey Ovid Pasiphae Penelope Prometheus Scylla Telemachus Trojan War

Madeline Miller

United States • 2018

Achilles Aeëtes Circe Crete Cyclops / Cyclopes Daedalus Greek Gods Helios Iliad Immortality Minotaur Odysseus / Ulysses Odyssey Ovid Pasiphae Penelope Prometheus Scylla Telemachus Trojan War

Nick Roberts , Stella Tarakson

Circe's Beastly Feast (Hopeless Heroes, 7)

This is book 7 in the "Hopeless Heroes" series. This is a series of portal-fantasy adventures in which a timid boy travels to the world of ancient myth by means of a magic vase, and learns to be brave through adventures with classical heroes. At the end of the previous book, Tim Baker went to ancient Greece perhaps for the final time (since his mother plans to sell the ancient vase) and to his horror, discovered that Hercules' family has no recollection of him at all. Furthermore, (...)

YEAR: 2020

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Apollo Circe Echo Hera Hercules Narcissus Odysseus / Ulysses Perseus

Nick Roberts , Stella Tarakson

Circe's Beastly Feast (Hopeless Heroes, 7)

United Kingdom • 2020

Apollo Circe Echo Hera Hercules Narcissus Odysseus / Ulysses Perseus

Jan Parandowski

Circus and Arena [Cyrk i arena]

The weekly Dookoła świata [Around the World] (1954–1976) was intended to be a sort of travel magazine and “a window to the external world” for Polish teens in the Polish People’s Republic – see here [entry “Z antycznego świata”, Dookoła Świata 13 (1957)]. The article focuses on the Roman circus and amphitheatre. Both are presented as a building and as an institution. First, Parandowski writes about the beginning of the circus between the Palatine an(...)

YEAR: 1957

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Amphitheatre Ancient Slavery Chariot Racing Circus Maximus Colosseum Gladiator Games Roman History Rome

Jan Parandowski

Circus and Arena [Cyrk i arena]

Poland • 1957

Amphitheatre Ancient Slavery Chariot Racing Circus Maximus Colosseum Gladiator Games Roman History Rome

Siouxsie and the Banshees

The song narrates the destruction of Pompeii in 79AD due to the eruption of Vesuvius. Pompeii is not mentioned by name, although the cover art for this single feature an image of the plaster cast of a dog, found in the House of Orpheus in Pompeii. The lyrics are direct and explicit in their treatment of the destruction and the human tragedy, through the choral lyric “your city lies in dust”, through references to hiding and choking, and in particular the final verse:Hot and burning i(...)

YEAR: 18th October 1985

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Eruption of Vesuvius Pompeii Roman History

Siouxsie and the Banshees

United Kingdom • 18th October 1985

Eruption of Vesuvius Pompeii Roman History

Maggie Rudy

City Mouse, Country Mouse

In this retelling of the famous fable of Aesop, Tansy mouse (a country mouse) makes friends with William Mouse (a city mouse) when she mistakes the end of his tail for a fuzzy grey caterpillar in her strawberry patch. Over a meal of strawberries, William tells Tansy about the excitement of the city. Tansy tells him the country is better and shows him her world. "Just smell the freshness!" (p. 6). As the sun gets low, Will says he must be going, and he invites Tansy to come with him. &q(...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aesop’s Fables Horace

Maggie Rudy

City Mouse, Country Mouse

United States of America • 2017

Aesop’s Fables Horace

Beverley Cross , Desmond Davis , Ray Harryhausen , Charles H. Schneer

Clash of the Titans

The film loosely follows ancient versions of the myth of Perseus and Medusa. The film opens with king Acrisius of Argos throwing his daughter Danaë and her infant son Perseus into the sea in a casket. After the credits, the scene cuts to the gods on Olympus, where Zeus swears to punish Acrisius and has Poseidon release a monster, a titan called the Kraken to destroy Argos. It is revealed that Perseus is the child of Zeus.Danaë and Perseus drift safely to the island of Seriphos, where P(...)

YEAR: 1981

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Aphrodite Athena Hephaestus Hera Medusa Metamorphosis Pegasus Perseus Poseidon Tethys Underworld Zeus

Beverley Cross , Desmond Davis , Ray Harryhausen , Charles H. Schneer

Clash of the Titans

United Kingdom • 1981

Aphrodite Athena Hephaestus Hera Medusa Metamorphosis Pegasus Perseus Poseidon Tethys Underworld Zeus

Travis Beacham , Phil Hay , Louis Leterrier , Matt Manfredi

Clash of the Titans

A remake of the 1981 film of the same name (also surveyed on this database), this film loosely follows both the plot of the original film and the myth of Perseus and Medusa. The film opens with the story of the defeat of the Titans by the Olympians. After Hades has produced the Kraken, the Titans are defeated and Zeus, Poseidon and Hades assigned kingdoms. Zeus creates humans to fuel the gods with prayers, and the voiceover explains that humans are questioning and rising up against the gods(...)

YEAR: 2010

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Hades Medusa Metamorphosis Pegasus Perseus Underworld Zeus

Travis Beacham , Phil Hay , Louis Leterrier , Matt Manfredi

Clash of the Titans

United States of America • 2010

Hades Medusa Metamorphosis Pegasus Perseus Underworld Zeus

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

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

William F. Russell

Classic Myths to Read Aloud

United States • 1989

Achilles Aeneas Agamemnon Anchises Athena Dido Dionysius of Syracuse Hector Helen Hera Jason Menelaus Odysseus / Ulysses Paris (Trojan Prince) Penelope Perseus Telemachus Theseus

Barbara Kramer

The book is dedicated to children who reached level 3, meaning that they are capable of reading on their own and they can start to expand their vocabulary. The opening chapters introduce Cleopatra and explain where her ancestors came from and what her life in Alexandria looked like. The next chapters move on to Cleopatra's reign and her love for Julius Caesar and Marcus Antonius. The extensive biography of Cleopatra ends with chapters containing information about the Battle of Actium and the(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Caesar Cleopatra VII Egypt Greek History Hellenism Hellenistic Egypt Mark Antony Octavian Ptolemaic Egypt Roman History Rome

Barbara Kramer

United States • 2015

Caesar Cleopatra VII Egypt Greek History Hellenism Hellenistic Egypt Mark Antony Octavian Ptolemaic Egypt Roman History Rome

Vicky Alvear Shecter

Cleopatra Rules!: The Amazing Life of the Original Teen Queen

The book is divided into 11 chapters describing the life of Queen Cleopatra. Many parts of the book discuss the culture and religion of Ancient Egypt during Queen Cleopatra’s reign, and also Roman and Greek cultures. Religion rules in Ancient Egypt are being explained and how the religion worked and affected society, also it explains the social status of Egyptians and influence of Greek culture on Egypt in Hellenic period. Cleopatra Rules! also includes many illustrations: photos, reconstr(...)

YEAR: 2010

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Cleopatra VII Egypt Mark Antony Octavian Rome

Vicky Alvear Shecter

Cleopatra Rules!: The Amazing Life of the Original Teen Queen

United States • 2010

Cleopatra VII Egypt Mark Antony Octavian Rome

Philip Reeve , Margaret Simpson

Cleopatra and Her Asp

In this book, Cleopatra’s biography takes an unusual form, a fictional diary of the Queen that uses elements of comic books. The playful form reflects its target audience of children and teenagers. It includes an introduction about the Ptolemaic dynasty and the situation in ancient Egypt at the beginning of Cleopatra's reign. All the events in the book are in chronological order - we learn what happens from the moment Cleopatra becomes Queen until her death. The author uses diar(...)

YEAR: 1999

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Alexander Helios Caesar Caesarion Charmion (Cleopatra's Handmaid) Cleopatra Selene II Cleopatra VII Egypt Iras (Handmaid) Mark Antony Octavian Roman History Rome

Philip Reeve , Margaret Simpson

Cleopatra and Her Asp

United Kingdom • 1999

Alexander Helios Caesar Caesarion Charmion (Cleopatra's Handmaid) Cleopatra Selene II Cleopatra VII Egypt Iras (Handmaid) Mark Antony Octavian Roman History Rome

Mike Maihack

Cleopatra in Space (Series): Target Practice | The Thief and The Sword | Secret of the Time Tablets | The Golden Lion | Fallen Empires | Queen of the Nile

Series of the comics "Cleopatra in Space" is being published since 2014. The series consists of 6 parts: Target Practice, The Thief and The Sword, Secret of the Time Tablets, The Golden Lion, Fallen Empires, and Queen of the Nile. This story is about a young princess Cleopatra who travels in time using magic tablets (Target Practice). She gets to the cosmic school where she meets new friends and realizes that her destiny is to become a saviour, who needs to defeat Xaius Octavian. (...)

YEAR: 2014

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Cleopatra VII Egypt Egyptian Mythology Egyptians Octavian

Mike Maihack

Cleopatra in Space (Series): Target Practice | The Thief and The Sword | Secret of the Time Tablets | The Golden Lion | Fallen Empires | Queen of the Nile

United States of America • 2014

Cleopatra VII Egypt Egyptian Mythology Egyptians Octavian

Adèle Geras , Mark P. Robertson

Cleopatra: Discover the World of Cleopatra through the Diary of Her Handmaiden, Nefret

Cleopatra VII, one of the greatest queens in history, lived in Greco-Roman times in Egypt. When the Queen is described at the beginning of the book, the reader can recognise an almost direct quotation from Plutarch of Chaeronea*. The narrator is a ten-year-old girl named Nefret. She goes to the Queen's palace to work as her handmaiden. This allows the reader to learn about the customs and everyday life in Hellenistic Alexandria. Nefret meets Cleopatra when she is mourning Caesar (afte(...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Alexander Helios Caesar Caesarion Cleopatra Selene II Cleopatra VII Egypt Iras (Handmaid) Mark Antony Octavian Rome

Adèle Geras , Mark P. Robertson

Cleopatra: Discover the World of Cleopatra through the Diary of Her Handmaiden, Nefret

United Kingdom • 2007

Alexander Helios Caesar Caesarion Cleopatra Selene II Cleopatra VII Egypt Iras (Handmaid) Mark Antony Octavian Rome

Marie de Prémonville , Daniela Volpari

Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile

Marie de Prémonville’s picture book is written in the form of Queen Cleopatra’s memories. We meet her in her final moments just a few days after Marc Antony’s death. She recalls her fight for power, her love affair with Julius Caesar, and her great love for Marc Antony. Her memories are described in chronological order. The book ends with her death and reunion with her one true love, Marc Antony.(...)

YEAR: 2011

COUNTRY: France

TAGS: Cleopatra VII Egypt Mark Antony Octavian Rome

Marie de Prémonville , Daniela Volpari

Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile

France • 2011

Cleopatra VII Egypt Mark Antony Octavian Rome

Clint Twist

Cleopatra: The Last Pharaoh

This book is a heavily illustrated biography of Cleopatra. The introduction shows Cleopatra as a popular icon through the ages. A chronological description of events opens with background information about Alexander the Great, the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt, and Cleopatra's death. The inclusion of a fictional diary enables the reader to imagine how Cleopatra felt. Numerous illustrations (paintings, engravings, sculptures etc.) enrich the reader's experience and provide additional (...)

YEAR: 2012

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Alexander Helios Caesar Caesarion Cleopatra Selene II Cleopatra VII Egypt Iras (Handmaid) Mark Antony Octavian Rome

Clint Twist

Cleopatra: The Last Pharaoh

United Kingdom • 2012

Alexander Helios Caesar Caesarion Cleopatra Selene II Cleopatra VII Egypt Iras (Handmaid) Mark Antony Octavian Rome

Gerry Bailey , Karen Foster

Cleopatra’s Coin

The book is part of the series Stories of Great People. The narration starts when Digby Platt and her sister Hannah Platt approach Mr. Rummage’s stand. They find an old coin in a pile of old items. Mr. Rummage asks the children if they know whose face is on the coin. The children don't know so Mr. Rummage begins to tell them the story of Cleopatra VII. He talks about the origins of the coin, where the queen's dynasty came from and how big her family was. In addition, the shopkeeper(...)

YEAR: 2008

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Caesar Cleopatra VII Egypt Hellenistic Egypt Mark Antony Octavian Rome

Gerry Bailey , Karen Foster

Cleopatra’s Coin

United Kingdom • 2008

Caesar Cleopatra VII Egypt Hellenistic Egypt Mark Antony Octavian Rome

Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Clotho the Fate (Goddess Girls, 25)

Clotho, an eleven years old goddess girl, is one of the fates, who is responsible for spinning the Thread of Fate. Together with her sisters, 12 years old Lachesis and 13 years old Atropos, they predict the destiny of mortal new-borns. They work closely as a team each night and they travel from one place to another for their nightly routine, like nomads. While her sisters like this setting, Clotho secretly yearns for a permanent home and some companionship. According to Zeus’ rules, the si(...)

YEAR: 2019

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aphrodite Apollo Arachne Ares Artemis Atalanta Athena Atropos Cassandra Clotho Hera Lachesis Meleager Tantalus Zeus

Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Clotho the Fate (Goddess Girls, 25)

United States of America • 2019

Aphrodite Apollo Arachne Ares Artemis Atalanta Athena Atropos Cassandra Clotho Hera Lachesis Meleager Tantalus Zeus

Naoko Takeuchi

Codename: Sailor V [コードネームはセーラーＶ (Kōdonēmu wa Sērā Bui)]

Codename: Sailor V follows 13-year-old Minako Aino, a happy-go-lucky girl who receives the power to transform into a magical warrior with the codename Sailor V (short for Sailor Venus), the Soldier of Love and Beauty. Transforming not only changes her clothes, but grants her access to supernatural powers to fight enemies. Codename: Sailor V is both the prequel to and inspiration for Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon, with the positive reception to the first chapter being the catalyst for the developmen(...)

YEAR: 1991–1997

COUNTRY: Japan

TAGS: Acropolis Adonis Aphrodite Artemis Narcissus Pandora Parthenon Venus

Naoko Takeuchi

Codename: Sailor V [コードネームはセーラーＶ (Kōdonēmu wa Sērā Bui)]

Japan • 1991–1997

Acropolis Adonis Aphrodite Artemis Narcissus Pandora Parthenon Venus

The Acropolis Museum

Color the Peplos Kore [Χρωμάτισε την Πεπλοφόρο (Chrōmátise tīn Peplofóro)]

This interactive game disseminates the Acropolis Museum’s research into the colour of the archaic sculptures in its collection. Players are invited to colour one of the most notable statues, the Peplos Kore. The game is intended as a stand-alone activity at home, although it also provides an online complement to the "Archaic Colors" family backpack which enables visitors to discover statues in Museum which retain some colour. Users are shown a photograph of the statue in its curr(...)

YEAR: 2012

COUNTRY: Greece

TAGS: Ancient Fashion Artemis Greek Art Kore / Korai Sculpture

The Acropolis Museum

Color the Peplos Kore [Χρωμάτισε την Πεπλοφόρο (Chrōmátise tīn Peplofóro)]

Greece • 2012

Ancient Fashion Artemis Greek Art Kore / Korai Sculpture

Cynthia Voigt

Come A Stranger (Tillerman Cycle, 5)

Come A Stranger (1986) tells the story of Mina Smiths, who appears elsewhere in the Tillerman series as one of Dicey Tillerman’s few friends. The novel starts a couple of years before Mina and Dicey meet, with Mina finding out she has been awarded a scholarship to a prestigious ballet summer camp. She loves her time at the camp, despite being the only black student, and returns to her home in Crisfield, Maryland, interested only in traditionally white cultural fields (classical music,(...)

YEAR: 1986

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Ancient Greek Dance Dryades

Cynthia Voigt

Come A Stranger (Tillerman Cycle, 5)

United States • 1986

Ancient Greek Dance Dryades

Hugo Pratt

Corto Maltese. The Golden House of Samarkand (Corto Maltese, 7)

The Maltese adventures typically involve a mission to locate an item of some sort within a challenging environment. In this, the seventh instalment in the series, Corto has heard tell of a manuscript by Lord George Byron the poet which Byron's friend, Edward Trelawny, hid on the island of Rhodes. Corto is on Rhodes to retrieve the manuscript. He locates it without too much difficulty and it contains a map to the "Great Gold" - the treasure of Alexander the Great, which is in the Go(...)

YEAR: 1974

COUNTRY: Italy; France

TAGS: Alexander the Great Architecture Bible Cassandra Golden Fleece Greek History Jason Narcissus

Hugo Pratt

Corto Maltese. The Golden House of Samarkand (Corto Maltese, 7)

Italy; France • 1974

Alexander the Great Architecture Bible Cassandra Golden Fleece Greek History Jason Narcissus

Natalia Kapatsoulia , Filippos Mandilaras

Crete – From Minos to Today [Κρήτη – Από τον Μίνωα ως σήμερα (Krī́tī – Apó ton Mínōa ōs sī́mera)]

The narrative starts by making a point of Crete’s unique geographical location. The island resembles a bridge between Europe, Asia, and Africa. The book explains that Crete has seen lots of activity ever since its first inhabitants arrived eight thousand years ago. Crete has been far from a quiet place also because of its mythological connections. We are told that Zeus grew up here and brought Europa to the island. The giant Talos protected Crete end to end. Later, King Minos built the lab(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Greece

TAGS: Athens Crete Europa Minos Minotaur Rhea Talos (Automaton) Theseus Zeus

Natalia Kapatsoulia , Filippos Mandilaras

Crete – From Minos to Today [Κρήτη – Από τον Μίνωα ως σήμερα (Krī́tī – Apó ton Mínōa ōs sī́mera)]

Greece • 2016

Athens Crete Europa Minos Minotaur Rhea Talos (Automaton) Theseus Zeus

Gerald Vinestock , G. William

Crib and the Labours of Hercules

Crib (short for Christabel) is a 10-year-old clever and tomboyish girl, who has gone with her parents to visit relatives in Greece. While she stays with her uncle and aunt and looks after their horses, she hears on the news that strange phenomena are occurring: all the fierce monsters whom the legendary Hercules had vanquished eons ago, have suddenly returned to life and are hurting the local people. The government is desperate for a new Hercules to save the day. Crib’s uncle, Jonathan, a (...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Augean Stables Cerberus Ceryneian Hind Cretan Bull Erymanthian Boar Geryon's Cattle Heracles Hercules Hesperides Hippolyta's Belt Hydra Nemean Lion Stymphalian Birds Twelve Labours of Heracles

Gerald Vinestock , G. William

Crib and the Labours of Hercules

United Kingdom • 2017

Augean Stables Cerberus Ceryneian Hind Cretan Bull Erymanthian Boar Geryon's Cattle Heracles Hercules Hesperides Hippolyta's Belt Hydra Nemean Lion Stymphalian Birds Twelve Labours of Heracles

Joan Holub , Craig Phillips , Suzanne Williams

Crius and the Night of Fright (Heroes in Training, 9)

This is the ninth book in the Heroes in Training series (see entry about Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom (Heroes in Training, 1)). Once again the group of Olympians needs to battle Cronus’ solders while trying to find Artemis, Apollo’s twin. Artemis is held under a special sleeping spell and the Olympians need to free her from her keeper and escape from his company of special warriors. Zeus will discover his great power and the responsibility that comes with it. He must learn (...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Chronos Crius Demeter Hades Hera Hestia Poseidon Pythia Rhea Zeus

Joan Holub , Craig Phillips , Suzanne Williams

Crius and the Night of Fright (Heroes in Training, 9)

United States • 2015

Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Chronos Crius Demeter Hades Hera Hestia Poseidon Pythia Rhea Zeus

Joan Holub , Craig Phillips , Suzanne Williams

Cronus and the Threads of Dread (Heroes in Training, 8)

This is the eighth book in the Heroes in Training series (see entry about Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom (Heroes in Training, 1)). The group is caught in a great battle against a giant spider and then Athena finally regains her cleverness. Then the group continues towards Cronus’ temple in the sky, where Zeus finds out an awful truth about Cronus and himself.(...)

YEAR: 2014

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Apollo Arachne Ares Artemis Athena Chronos Demeter Hades Hera Hestia Poseidon Pythia Rhea Zeus

Joan Holub , Craig Phillips , Suzanne Williams

Cronus and the Threads of Dread (Heroes in Training, 8)

United States • 2014

Apollo Arachne Ares Artemis Athena Chronos Demeter Hades Hera Hestia Poseidon Pythia Rhea Zeus

Rosamund Hodge

Cruel Beauty (Cruel Beauty Universe, 1)

One day, one of the wise men of Arcadia is tempted to make a bargain with the "demon" who rules Arcadia. In return for granting his wish he agrees to give to him in marriage one of his unborn twin girls upon her 17th birthday. The girl, Nyx, is trained to kill her future husband and deliver Arcadia even at the price of her own life. Once she is in her husband's mysterious castle, she needs to carefully navigate her way to overcome her husband. And even though she falls in love with(...)

YEAR: 2014

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Daphne Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Furies Gaia / Gaea Hades Hera Hermes Nyx Pandora Persephone Prometheus Tartarus Typhon / Typhoeus / Typhaon Zeus

Rosamund Hodge

Cruel Beauty (Cruel Beauty Universe, 1)

United States of America • 2014

Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Daphne Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Furies Gaia / Gaea Hades Hera Hermes Nyx Pandora Persephone Prometheus Tartarus Typhon / Typhoeus / Typhaon Zeus

Errol le Cain , Walter Pater

Cupid and Psyche

This lavish illustrated book retells the myth of Cupid and Psyche, drawing on the version best known from Apuleius’s Golden Ass, and which Pater retold in his novel, Marius the Epicurean. Beautiful Psyche is so stunning that the people neglect their worship of Aphrodite. She is removed, by her father, to a mysterious palace in the clouds, where she meets and falls in love with Cupid (Eros). At first he comes to her invisibly at night, but encouraged by her sisters, who come(...)

YEAR: 1977

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Aphrodite Cerberus Charon Cupid Eros Hades Psyche

Errol le Cain , Walter Pater

Cupid and Psyche

United Kingdom • 1977

Aphrodite Cerberus Charon Cupid Eros Hades Psyche

Edna Barth , Ati Forberg

Cupid and Psyche: A Love Story

The book offers a short retelling of the love story between the mortal Psyche and the god Cupid, son of Venus. The original tale appeared in Apuleius' Metamorphoses (the golden ass). The god of love falls in love with the beautiful mortal Psyche, who is at first ignorant of his true identity. Yet his mother objects to their relationship. Thus the lovers need to fight many obstacles to keep their love. The story is a retelling of the well-known love story, adapted for a young readership. It n(...)

YEAR: 1976

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Cupid Greek Gods Psyche Venus

Edna Barth , Ati Forberg

Cupid and Psyche: A Love Story

United States • 1976

Cupid Greek Gods Psyche Venus

Gilly Cameron Cooper

An educational comic that retells elements from the Odyssey, focusing on the Cyclops. It begins with informational pages about The Greeks, the Gods and Myths (pp. 4–5), then provides maps for Setting the Scene (pp. 6–7), before retelling the myth in 7 short chapters: A Long Way from Home, A Promising Land, The Cyclops Comes Home, Outwitting the Cyclops, Blind Man’s Bluff, Partin Shot, Poseidon’s Revenge. A Glossary and Index complet(...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Apollo Calypso Charybdis Circe Corsica Cyclops / Cyclopes Ismarus Lotus Eaters / Lotophagoi Odysseus / Ulysses Odyssey Penelope Polyphemus Poseidon Telemachus Trojan War Troy Zeus

Gilly Cameron Cooper

United Kingdom • 2007

Apollo Calypso Charybdis Circe Corsica Cyclops / Cyclopes Ismarus Lotus Eaters / Lotophagoi Odysseus / Ulysses Odyssey Penelope Polyphemus Poseidon Telemachus Trojan War Troy Zeus

Madelyn Rosenberg , Victoria Tentler-Krylov

Cyclops of Central Park

The frightened and anxious Cyclops lives with his 18 sheep in a cave in Central Park, New York City. One night, when he counts his sheep before going to sleep, he discovers that one sheep is missing, the adventurous Eugene. Cyclops must go out and find Eugene, who is wandering on his own in the big city. He warns his flock to stay near the cave and heads out to the city. He searches for Eugene in museums, hangs posters of him, searches in the Yankee Stadium, he even travels to the Statue of Libe(...)

YEAR: 2020

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Cyclops / Cyclopes

Madelyn Rosenberg , Victoria Tentler-Krylov

Cyclops of Central Park

United States of America • 2020

Cyclops / Cyclopes

Marcia Dorothy Williams

Daedalus and Icarus & Orpheus and Eurydice

This short book contains two stories previously published in a longer collection by the same author. Like other books in the same series, the main body of the book is taken up with one story, while around a third of the book comprises a shorter retelling. The first story, Daedalus and Icarus, is told in a series of short chapters. Daedalus is presented as a craftsman renowned for his skills who boasts about his achievements. When his nephew, Talos, turns out to be a craftsman whose skills e(...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Athena Athens Crete Daedalus Eurydice Hades Icarus Metamorphosis Minos Minotaur Orpheus Persephone Talos (Perdix) Theseus

Marcia Dorothy Williams

Daedalus and Icarus & Orpheus and Eurydice

United Kingdom • 2017

Athena Athens Crete Daedalus Eurydice Hades Icarus Metamorphosis Minos Minotaur Orpheus Persephone Talos (Perdix) Theseus

Natalia Kapatsoulia , Filippos Mandilaras

Daedalus and Icarus [Δαίδαλος και Ίκαρος (Daídalos kai Íkaros)]

Daedalus was a celebrated sculptor who produced life-looking statues in Athens. People admired Daedalus’ work, but praised also Daedalus’ nephew, Talos. When Talos was found dead, the Athenians thought that Daedalus might have been envious and killed Talos. Daedalus left for Crete. King Minos asked Daedalus to build a prison to confine the Minotaur, a monster with a human body but a bull’s head and tail. For many years Daedalus lived in King Minos’ palace. He had a b(...)

YEAR: 2012

COUNTRY: Greece

TAGS: Ariadne Athens Crete Daedalus Icarus Minos Minotaur Talos (Perdix) Theseus

Natalia Kapatsoulia , Filippos Mandilaras

Daedalus and Icarus [Δαίδαλος και Ίκαρος (Daídalos kai Íkaros)]

Greece • 2012

Ariadne Athens Crete Daedalus Icarus Minos Minotaur Talos (Perdix) Theseus

Kerry Greenwood

Danger – Do Not Enter

When Mr. Mosel, an old silversmith dies, his dilapidated house is condemned, and the kids at the school are threatened with expulsion if they go near the dangerous, junk-filled property. The jocks dare each other to explore, and when one of them gets injured, rumours begin to circulate that the house is haunted by the old man’s ghost. Penelope’s friend Ben is determined to investigate the paranormal activity. He suspects that Argent, an unhappy girl in their class who lives in the ho(...)

YEAR: 2003

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Antigone Creon Polyneices / Polynices Sophocles

Kerry Greenwood

Danger – Do Not Enter

Australia • 2003

Antigone Creon Polyneices / Polynices Sophocles

Margaret Mahy

Dangerous Spaces

In Dangerous Spaces, set on the Banks Peninsula near Christchurch, New Zealand, Margaret Mahy explores the myth of Demeter and Persephone through a story about two cousins, Flora and Anthea, who travel by means of a magical stereoscope machine to a mythical realm, called Viridian. Anthea’s parents have died in a sailing accident, and she has come to live with Flora’s family, in the old house her parents are slowly renovating. This house was built by the cousins’ grandfathe(...)

YEAR: 1986

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Amazons Antheia / Anthea Demeter Eurydice Flora Hades Orpheus Persephone Philoctetes

Margaret Mahy

Dangerous Spaces

United Kingdom • 1986

Amazons Antheia / Anthea Demeter Eurydice Flora Hades Orpheus Persephone Philoctetes

Edward Frederic Benson

David Blaize follows the titular David as he journeys through his preparatory school and public school before he graduates and attends Oxford University (explored in David Blaize of King’s, also titled David of King’s: Benson, E. F., David Blaize of King’s. George H. Doran Company, 1924). Throughout the novel, David has several friends, including Bags, Adams, and most importantly, Frank Maddox. Frank is David’s closest friend and the two have an intense bon(...)

YEAR: 1916

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Aristophanes Oedipus Plato Sophocles

Edward Frederic Benson

United Kingdom • 1916

Aristophanes Oedipus Plato Sophocles

Tom Schulman , Peter Weir

Dead Poets Society

The action starts in the fall of 1959 when a new English teacher (a former student), John Keating, arrives at the Welton Academy – a very conservative boarding prep school for boys in Vermont, New England. His unorthodox teaching methods are meant to inspire students to think critically, become individuals and make their lives extraordinary. The Latin expression Carpe diem soon becomes the mantra for a group of boys who are fascinated with Keating’s approach to life. When they find o(...)

YEAR: 1989

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Bacchus Horace Latin (Language) Plato Poetry

Tom Schulman , Peter Weir

Dead Poets Society

United States • 1989

Bacchus Horace Latin (Language) Plato Poetry

Liudmila Razumovskaia

Dear Miss Elena [Дорогая Елена Сергеевна (Dorogaia Elena Sergeevna)]

This is a play in two acts for five actors. The characters are: a teacher of mathematics, Miss Elena (or Elena Sergeevna in Russian), and four pupils of the final year (the 10th grade) – three boys and a girl – Volodia, Vitia, Pasha and Lialia. The action takes place in a flat where Elena lives.The pupils come to their teacher pretending they want to wish her a happy birthday. The real reason for their visit is revealed later in the play. They bring her flowers and an expensive gift.(...)

YEAR: 1989

COUNTRY: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

TAGS: Antigone Cicero

Liudmila Razumovskaia

Dear Miss Elena [Дорогая Елена Сергеевна (Dorogaia Elena Sergeevna)]

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) • 1989

Antigone Cicero

Justine Fontes , Ron Fontes , Steve Kurth , Barbara Schulz

Demeter and Persephone. Spring Held Hostage

The myth of Demeter and Persephone is retold here to familiarise young people with the myth and with ancient Greek culture more broadly. The myth provides an aeitiology for the seasons. Persephone is abducted by Hades, god of the Underworld. Persephone's mother, the goddess Demeter, searches for her. Demeter mourns her daughter when it transpires that she has been taken to the Underworld, causing harvests to fail and plants to die. A compromise is reached in which Persephone splits her time (...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Aetiology Afterlife Aphrodite Apollo Architecture Athena Bacchus Cerberus Charon Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Divination Eleusinian Mysteries Erinyes Furies Gods Hades Hecate Hera Hermes Katabasis Medusa Minos Persephone Underworld Zeus

Justine Fontes , Ron Fontes , Steve Kurth , Barbara Schulz

Demeter and Persephone. Spring Held Hostage

United States • 2007

Aetiology Afterlife Aphrodite Apollo Architecture Athena Bacchus Cerberus Charon Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Divination Eleusinian Mysteries Erinyes Furies Gods Hades Hecate Hera Hermes Katabasis Medusa Minos Persephone Underworld Zeus

Elisa S. Amore , Kiera Legend

Demigods Academy: The Threads of Life (Demigods Academy, 4)

This is the fourth book in the "Demigods Academy" series, which follows 20 years Melany Richmonds, who enters the Demigods Academy and is recruited by Hades. Hades reveals to her that Zeus and his followers share a sinister plan to cause havoc on earth in order for humanity to worship the gods as saviours. After the great battles of the gods, in which Zeus and Hades perished and Ares and Aphrodite were defeated and locked in Tartarus, Melany Richmond is struck with grief. She and her f(...)

YEAR: 2020

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aphrodite Ares Cassandra Demeter Fates Furies Hades Hypnos Nyx Persephone Thanatos Zeus

Elisa S. Amore , Kiera Legend

Demigods Academy: The Threads of Life (Demigods Academy, 4)

United States of America • 2020

Aphrodite Ares Cassandra Demeter Fates Furies Hades Hypnos Nyx Persephone Thanatos Zeus

Elisa S. Amore , Kiera Legend

Demigods Academy: Year One (Demigods Academy, 1)

Melany Richmond is an outsider. She is an 18-year-old orphan girl, with blue hair, piercings and tattoos. Her appearance is disapproved of by the Demos family (especially their snotty and spoiled 18-year-old daughter, Callie), a rich, posh Greek family from Pecunia. Melany and her adoptive mother, Sophia, live on the grounds of the Demos’ estate, where Sophia is the family’s housekeeper. Melany has been living there for five years but does not feel like she truly belongs there.In the(...)

YEAR: 2019

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aphrodite Ares Athena Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Erebus Hades Hephaestus Hera Heracles Zeus

Elisa S. Amore , Kiera Legend

Demigods Academy: Year One (Demigods Academy, 1)

United States of America • 2019

Aphrodite Ares Athena Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Erebus Hades Hephaestus Hera Heracles Zeus

Elisa S. Amore , Kiera Legend

Demigods Academy: Year Three (Demigods Academy, 3)

Melany Richmond is an 18-year old orphan girl from Pecunia. As narrated in the first book of the series, Melany had entered the Gods' academy in order to train as a soldier for the Gods' Army. In the previous book, Melany was brought to Hades's Hall to be trained there by Hades and the Furies so she could become a fierce warrior. During a battle against the monstrous Chimera, Melany's love interest, Lucian, was killed. However, this book opens with Hades' revival of Lucian, w(...)

YEAR: 2020

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aphrodite Ares Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Hades Hesiod Persephone Prometheus Zeus

Elisa S. Amore , Kiera Legend

Demigods Academy: Year Three (Demigods Academy, 3)

United States of America • 2020

Aphrodite Ares Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Hades Hesiod Persephone Prometheus Zeus

Elisa S. Amore , Kiera Legend

Demigods Academy: Year Two (Demigods Academy, 2)

Melany Richmond is an 18-year-old orphan girl from Pecunia. Melany enters the Gods academy in order to train as a soldier for the Gods' Army. After successfully finishing all of her final exams, Melany is claimed by Hades during the end of the year's ceremony. Each student is allocated to a different god for their future training, but, since Hades is not an official member of the academy, he is not even allowed to enter it. His demand causes a stir amongst the gods and students, and Aphr(...)

YEAR: 2019

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aphrodite Ares Charon Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Furies Hades Hephaestus Persephone Zeus

Elisa S. Amore , Kiera Legend

Demigods Academy: Year Two (Demigods Academy, 2)

United States of America • 2019

Aphrodite Ares Charon Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Furies Hades Hephaestus Persephone Zeus

Annie Di Donna , Abraham Kawa , Alecos Papadatos

Democracy is set in 490 BCE, just before the Battle of Marathon. One of the men fighting for the Athenians, Thersippus, fears that Athena would abandon them and this would cause Athens to fall. A second soldier, named Leander, approaches Thersippus and tells him that they will win as Athena would help them; he proceeds to tell a story of how he once saw Athena and how she helped him. Leander begins by explaining that when he was 16, he was living with his father, councilman Promachus, when (...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Agamemnon Apollo Athena Athens Curetes Delphi Democracy Echo Eurydice Gorgon(s) Graeco-Persian Wars Hero(es) Hubris Leander Medusa Narcissus Oligarchy Oracles Orestes Orpheus Spartans Troy Tyranny Zeus

Annie Di Donna , Abraham Kawa , Alecos Papadatos

United States • 2015

Agamemnon Apollo Athena Athens Curetes Delphi Democracy Echo Eurydice Gorgon(s) Graeco-Persian Wars Hero(es) Hubris Leander Medusa Narcissus Oligarchy Oracles Orestes Orpheus Spartans Troy Tyranny Zeus

Charlie Carter [Pen-name of John Heffernan]

Destroy Troy (Battle Boy, 3)

Destroy Troy is the third book in Carter’s Battle Boy series, which aims to engage reluctant readers (particularly boys) with an exciting adventure told in simple, easy to read language. Battle Boy Agent 005 (BB005) is the secret identity of 11-year old Napoleon Augustus Smythe. His mission is to spy on the past, travelling back in time to witness major historical conflicts. Napoleon reports to Professor Juanita Perdu, who furnishes him with high tech gadgets, such as the SimulSkin, a set (...)

YEAR: 2009

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Aeneid Antenor Cassandra Odysseus / Ulysses Polyxena Priam Trojan Horse Trojan War Troy

Charlie Carter [Pen-name of John Heffernan]

Destroy Troy (Battle Boy, 3)

Australia • 2009

Aeneid Antenor Cassandra Odysseus / Ulysses Polyxena Priam Trojan Horse Trojan War Troy

Robyn Le Blanc , Amie Jane Leavitt

Diana, Roman Goddess of the Hunt

This book is part of a Legendary Goddesses by Capstone publishing, a set of short informational books on ancient goddesses, which includes books on Aphrodite, Athena, Hera, Persephone, Freya, Hathor and Isis. The book provides numerous facts on the goddess, such as myth and cults, supplemented by photos and illustrations (from various picture archives such as Alamy, Getty and many more listed in the book’s inner cover.). The photos in the book are accompanied by explanatory notes which des(...)

YEAR: 2020

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Actaeon Apollo Artemis Diana Egeria Juno Jupiter Leto Orion Virbius

Robyn Le Blanc , Amie Jane Leavitt

Diana, Roman Goddess of the Hunt

United States of America • 2020

Actaeon Apollo Artemis Diana Egeria Juno Jupiter Leto Orion Virbius

Dean Hale , Shannon Hale , Victoria Ying

Diana: Princess of the Amazons

Diana is the only child on the island of Themyscira, where she lives with the Amazons (her mother, Hippolyta, and many Amazon aunts). She loves the island and its wildlife. However, as the only child, she feels isolated – everyone else on the island is a grown-up, and expert in their chosen crafts and activities.Her mother is too busy with statescraft, her aunts are busy with their soldiering (Dessa), exercise (Antiope), and teaching (Clio), and do not share her interest in the animals. On(...)

YEAR: 2020

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Amazons Arcadia Circe Hippolyta Tartarus

Dean Hale , Shannon Hale , Victoria Ying

Diana: Princess of the Amazons

United States of America • 2020

Amazons Arcadia Circe Hippolyta Tartarus

John Maxwell Coetzee

Diary of a Bad Year

Diary of a Bad Year is an experimental novel (historical fiction) in which non-fiction and fiction are juxtaposed within the same novel. Each page is divided into two or three parts. The novel takes the form of a series of essays that the protagonist is writing for a collection, tentatively called Strong Opinions. These essays take up the first part of the page. Beneath this, are diary entries, both by the central character, and by his young typist, recounting the developing relationship between(...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Plato Socrates

John Maxwell Coetzee

Diary of a Bad Year

Australia • 2007

Jan Tetter

Dictionary of Mythological Characters and Most Important Concepts Related to Greek and Roman Mythology [Słownik postaci mitologicznych oraz najważniejszych pojęć związanych z mitologią Greków i Rzymian]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp.With its small, pocket format and short, concise entries, this glossary provides young readers with an enjoyable and not overly complicated introduction to the world of Greek myths. Focused mainly on events, the book treats myths(...)

YEAR: 1999

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Greek Gods Hero(es) Roman Gods

Jan Tetter

Dictionary of Mythological Characters and Most Important Concepts Related to Greek and Roman Mythology [Słownik postaci mitologicznych oraz najważniejszych pojęć związanych z mitologią Greków i Rzymian]

Poland • 1999

Greek Gods Hero(es) Roman Gods

Adèle Geras

Drawing on the narrative of the first four books of Virgil’s Aeneid, Dido expands and extends the tragic story of the Queen of Carthage, who falls in love with Aeneas and kills herself after he sails away. It is told through the eyes of multiple characters – the young handmaiden Elissa, who becomes nursemaid to Aeneas’ son Ascanius, Cubby, a strong, somewhat simple servant, Iopas the bard, and Anna, Dido’s younger sister. With the exception of Anna, these characters are i(...)

YEAR: 2009

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Aeneas Anna (Dido's Sister) Aphrodite Ascanius / Iulus Carthage Dido Hades Hera Hermes Troy Virgil

Adèle Geras

United Kingdom • 2009

Aeneas Anna (Dido's Sister) Aphrodite Ascanius / Iulus Carthage Dido Hades Hera Hermes Troy Virgil

Yan Marchand , Vincent Sorel

Diogenes the Dog-Man [Diogène l’homme chien]

The plot is based on an anecdote from Diogenes’ life, briefly told by Diogenes Laertius in Lives of Eminent Philosophers (VI.2.75–76). Young Androsthène, the son of a wealthy Aegina citizen, is sent to Athens to complete his formation by educating his soul. His father chooses Plato as the mentor in philosophy. The young man, reluctantly, and for a long time, studies Euclidean geometry to enter the Academy. The city captivates him with its luxury. The encounter with Diogen(...)

YEAR: 2012

COUNTRY: France

TAGS: Alexander the Great Cynics / Cynic Philosophy Diogenes Greece Greek Philosophy Plato Plato's Academy

Yan Marchand , Vincent Sorel

Diogenes the Dog-Man [Diogène l’homme chien]

France • 2012

Alexander the Great Cynics / Cynic Philosophy Diogenes Greece Greek Philosophy Plato Plato's Academy

Andrei Valentinovich Shmal'ko [Andrei Valentinov]

Diomedes, the Son of Tydeus. Book 1: I Won’t Return [Диомед, сын Тидея. Книга I: Я не вернусь (Diomed, syn Tideia. Kniga I: Ia ne vernus’)]

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: 2000

COUNTRY: Russia

TAGS: Achilles Aegiale Agamemnon Alcmaeon Amphiaraus Amphitryon Athena Capaneus Chronos Diomedes (Son of Tydeus) Fate Hades Helen Hera Heracles Hercules Iolaus Menelaus Odysseus / Ulysses Palamedes Paris (Trojan Prince) Patroclus Priam Protesilaus Thersander Tydeus

Andrei Valentinovich Shmal'ko [Andrei Valentinov]

Diomedes, the Son of Tydeus. Book 1: I Won’t Return [Диомед, сын Тидея. Книга I: Я не вернусь (Diomed, syn Tideia. Kniga I: Ia ne vernus’)]

Russia • 2000

Achilles Aegiale Agamemnon Alcmaeon Amphiaraus Amphitryon Athena Capaneus Chronos Diomedes (Son of Tydeus) Fate Hades Helen Hera Heracles Hercules Iolaus Menelaus Odysseus / Ulysses Palamedes Paris (Trojan Prince) Patroclus Priam Protesilaus Thersander Tydeus

Andrei Valentinovich Shmal'ko [Andrei Valentinov]

Diomedes, the Son of Tydeus. Book 2: Someone Else Will Return [Диомед, сын Тидея. Книга II: Вернусь не я (Diomed, syn Tideia. Kniga II: Vernus’ ne ia)]

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: 2001

COUNTRY: Russia

TAGS: Achilles Aegiale Aeneas Agamemnon Amphilochus Amphitryon Athena Chronos Diomedes (Son of Tydeus) Fate Hades Helen Helenus Hera Heracles Hercules Menelaus Odysseus / Ulysses Palamedes Paris (Trojan Prince) Patroclus Priam Protesilaus Thersander Trojan War Tydeus

Andrei Valentinovich Shmal'ko [Andrei Valentinov]

Diomedes, the Son of Tydeus. Book 2: Someone Else Will Return [Диомед, сын Тидея. Книга II: Вернусь не я (Diomed, syn Tideia. Kniga II: Vernus’ ne ia)]

Russia • 2001

Achilles Aegiale Aeneas Agamemnon Amphilochus Amphitryon Athena Chronos Diomedes (Son of Tydeus) Fate Hades Helen Helenus Hera Heracles Hercules Menelaus Odysseus / Ulysses Palamedes Paris (Trojan Prince) Patroclus Priam Protesilaus Thersander Trojan War Tydeus

Natalia Kapatsoulia , Filippos Mandilaras

Dionysos, the Merry God [Διόνυσος, ο κεφάτος θεός (Diónysos, o kefátos theós)]

Philippos Mandilaras recounts Dionysos’ life and the god’s contribution to ancient and modern wine and performance culture. Mandilaras’ text is predominantly in rhyming verses, facilitating memorisation by children of pre-school age. Children can repeat after a teacher reads the text. Some text, e.g., Semele’s conversations with Hera and Zeus, appears in speech bubbles. The interactive experience of reading and performing fits Dionysos’ festive ambience that i(...)

YEAR: 2013

COUNTRY: Greece

TAGS: Dionysus / Dionysos Maenads Satyr(s) Silens

Natalia Kapatsoulia , Filippos Mandilaras

Dionysos, the Merry God [Διόνυσος, ο κεφάτος θεός (Diónysos, o kefátos theós)]

Greece • 2013

Dionysus / Dionysos Maenads Satyr(s) Silens

George O'Connor

Dionysos. The New God (Olympians, 12)

Dionysos opens not with “the new god”, but with the quieter, lesser-known deity, Hestia. The reader is returned to the beginning of the series (Vol. 1 Zeus. King of the Gods), which introduced the creation of the universe and the Olympians. Hestia tells this story, and that of the war with the Titans, this time from her own perspective. She then explains a little about herself; her disinterest in temples and the usual offerings and her content to be found in the hearths of people&rsq(...)

YEAR: 2022

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Afterlife Aphrodite Architecture Ares Ariadne Bacchus Centaur(s) Cerberus Crete Cronus / Kronos Dionysus / Dionysos Egypt Eleusinian Mysteries Fate Faun Gaia / Gaea Gods Greek Art Greek Music Greek Theatre Hades Hecate Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Immortality Katabasis Laurel Wreath Mercury Metamorphoses (Ovid's) Metis Midas Olympus Pan Persephone Styx Theseus Underworld Zeus

George O'Connor

Dionysos. The New God (Olympians, 12)

United States • 2022

Afterlife Aphrodite Architecture Ares Ariadne Bacchus Centaur(s) Cerberus Crete Cronus / Kronos Dionysus / Dionysos Egypt Eleusinian Mysteries Fate Faun Gaia / Gaea Gods Greek Art Greek Music Greek Theatre Hades Hecate Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Immortality Katabasis Laurel Wreath Mercury Metamorphoses (Ovid's) Metis Midas Olympus Pan Persephone Styx Theseus Underworld Zeus

The Bangtan Sonyeondan [Bangtan Boys, BTS]

The Melon Music Awards (MMA) is a major annual music awards show held in South Korea, celebrating South Korean music. In 2019, the Bangtan Boys, also known as BTS, held a 37-minute performance, with songs from their mini-album “Map of the Soul: Persona”. The performance starts with the album’s opening track, followed by “Boy in luv”, a throwback to one of their earliest albums, and contrasting with their newer song “Boy with luv”. Next comes the pe(...)

YEAR: 2019

COUNTRY: South Korea

TAGS: Council of the Gods Dionysus / Dionysos Iliad Odyssey

The Bangtan Sonyeondan [Bangtan Boys, BTS]

South Korea • 2019

Council of the Gods Dionysus / Dionysos Iliad Odyssey

Craig Phillips , Tracey West

Dionysus and the Land of Beasts (Heroes in Training, 14)

This is the fourteenth book in the Heroes in Training series (see Zeus and the Tunderbolt of Doom). In this installment, the Pythia tells the Olympians they must find the last Olympian. They head to the “Land of Grapes” and meet the rock band “Dion and the Goat Guys”. The lead singer is Dionysus who turns out to be an Olympian as well. Meanwhile Apollo gets his own magical object, when his Lyre turns golden and whatever he sings about materializes. In the end the group mu(...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Bellerophon Chronos Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Hades Hera Hermes Hestia Oracles Pegasus Poseidon Zeus

Craig Phillips , Tracey West

Dionysus and the Land of Beasts (Heroes in Training, 14)

United States of America • 2017

Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Bellerophon Chronos Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Hades Hera Hermes Hestia Oracles Pegasus Poseidon Zeus

Witold Makowiecki , Artur Łoboś

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp.Ancient Corinth, Miletus and other cities upon Aegean Sea during the reign of Polycrates, tyrant of Samos (6th century b.c.). Diossos, a boy from a very poor family, tries to encourage Greeks who arrived for Olympics in Corinth t(...)

YEAR: 1950

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Ancient Slavery Ancient Warfare Argos (Dog) Caria Corinth Customs of Ancient Greeks Dionysia (Festival) Galleys Greece Greek Colonies Hipponax of Ephesus Marathon Miletus Olympic Games Solon Thales of Miletus

Witold Makowiecki , Artur Łoboś

Poland • 1950

Ancient Slavery Ancient Warfare Argos (Dog) Caria Corinth Customs of Ancient Greeks Dionysia (Festival) Galleys Greece Greek Colonies Hipponax of Ephesus Marathon Miletus Olympic Games Solon Thales of Miletus

Sarah McCarry

Dirty Wings (The Metamorphoses Trilogy, 2)

The second instalment in McCarry’s Metamorphoses Trilogy, Dirty Wings is the prequel to All Our Pretty Songs (2013), the story of the powerful friendship between the beautiful, charismatic Aurora, and the unnamed narrator, and the drama ensues when a mysterious, brilliant musician comes between them. Dirty Wings reveals the origins of the friendship between the girls’ mothers, Maia and Cass. In this book, Maia is a naïve, beautiful teenager with a prodigious musical talent for t(...)

YEAR: 2014

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Cassandra Cerberus Demeter Hades Jason Katabasis Maia Orpheus Persephone Sirens Underworld

Sarah McCarry

Dirty Wings (The Metamorphoses Trilogy, 2)

United States of America • 2014

Cassandra Cerberus Demeter Hades Jason Katabasis Maia Orpheus Persephone Sirens Underworld

Glen Chapron , Hélène Montardre

Disaster at Pompeii [Catastrophe à Pompéi]

Like all volumes in the series, this one begins with a section The adventure begins… setting up the scene of the novel by providing answers to the basic narrative questions: when, where, “so what”, and who.A teenage boy, Caius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, who lives in Misenum with his mother and uncle, Pliny the Elder, a writer and also commander of the Roman fleet stationed in the port, frequently visits his friend Loreius in Pompeii, across the bay. Loreius spends lots of tim(...)

YEAR: 2013

COUNTRY: France

TAGS: Architecture Herculaneum Loreius Misenum Pliny the Elder Pliny the Younger Pompeii Roman Art Roman Education Roman History Roman Navy Stabiae Venus Vesuvius

Glen Chapron , Hélène Montardre

Disaster at Pompeii [Catastrophe à Pompéi]

France • 2013

Architecture Herculaneum Loreius Misenum Pliny the Elder Pliny the Younger Pompeii Roman Art Roman Education Roman History Roman Navy Stabiae Venus Vesuvius

S. E. Anderson

Discovering Hope: A Pandora’s Box Novel

In this tale we encounter a 15 year old modern Pandora, Pandora Katsaros, who is not a model for curiosity but a real girl. She is struggling with pains and challenges due to her parents’ sudden death. Pandora tells the story in her own voice, and states: “The meaning of my first name is ‘all-gifted and talented’, which doesn’t describe me in the slightest.” (pp. 24–25). Pandora is depressed, grieving over her parents, thinking about the boyfriend who du(...)

YEAR: 2011

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Hope Pandora Pandora’s Box

S. E. Anderson

Discovering Hope: A Pandora’s Box Novel

United States • 2011

Hope Pandora Pandora’s Box

Imogen Greenberg , Isabel Greenberg

Discover… 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

TAGS: Achilles Aesop Aesop’s Fables Alexander the Great Ancient Slavery Aphrodite Architecture Argo Argonauts Ariadne Athena Athens Chorus Crete Delos Dionysus / Dionysos Divination Egypt Fable Gods Golden Fleece Graeco-Persian Wars Greek Art Greek History Greek Music Greek Philosophy Greek Theatre Hades Harpies Hector Helen Hera Heracles Hercules Hermes Homer Iliad Jason Labyrinth Laurel Wreath Maze Medea Menelaus Minos Minotaur Odysseus / Ulysses Odyssey Oedipus Olympic Games Olympus Oracles Orpheus Paris (Trojan Prince) Penelope Pericles Poseidon Pythia Scylla Sirens Socrates Sophocles Sparta Theseus Thetis Trojan Horse Trojan War Troy Zeus

Imogen Greenberg , Isabel Greenberg

Discover… The Ancient Greeks

United States • 2017

Achilles Aesop Aesop’s Fables Alexander the Great Ancient Slavery Aphrodite Architecture Argo Argonauts Ariadne Athena Athens Chorus Crete Delos Dionysus / Dionysos Divination Egypt Fable Gods Golden Fleece Graeco-Persian Wars Greek Art Greek History Greek Music Greek Philosophy Greek Theatre Hades Harpies Hector Helen Hera Heracles Hercules Hermes Homer Iliad Jason Labyrinth Laurel Wreath Maze Medea Menelaus Minos Minotaur Odysseus / Ulysses Odyssey Oedipus Olympic Games Olympus Oracles Orpheus Paris (Trojan Prince) Penelope Pericles Poseidon Pythia Scylla Sirens Socrates Sophocles Sparta Theseus Thetis Trojan Horse Trojan War Troy Zeus

Joan Holub , Dani Jones

Do Not Open! The Story of Pandora’s Box

This is a retelling of Pandora’s myth for kids as a picture book. The pronunciation of the names is also explained by breaking them to syllables. Before the story begins, at the left page containing the publication data, opposite the first page of the story, we have a short note from the author: "Dear kids, long ago, Greeks wrote stories called myths. These stories helped them to understand things that were happening in the world around them. Myths also taught lessons about right and (...)

YEAR: 2014

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Epimetheus Gods Greeks Hope Pandora Pandora’s Box

Joan Holub , Dani Jones

Do Not Open! The Story of Pandora’s Box

United States • 2014

Epimetheus Gods Greeks Hope Pandora Pandora’s Box

Dann Thomas , Roy Thomas

Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme: Trapped In A Time Warp! (Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme, 33)

In this volume of the Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Comic series, Thanos, an Eternal, a fierce enemy of Dr. Strange, captures Dr. Stephen Strange and his ex-wife Clea in a time warp. Thanos tries to stop Dr Strange from assisting the heroes who gathered against him. Dr Strange tries to find a way out from the warp and arrives in ancient Alexandria during 48/47 B.C.E. while Julius Caesar is assisting Cleopatra. Dr Strange is a powerful sorcerer and a man of high intellect. He quickly understan(...)

YEAR: 1991

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Alexandria Caesar Cleopatra VII Mark Antony

Dann Thomas , Roy Thomas

Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme: Trapped In A Time Warp! (Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme, 33)

United States of America • 1991

Alexandria Caesar Cleopatra VII Mark Antony

Russell T. Davies , Brian Minchin , James Moran , Colin Teague

Doctor Who (Series, S04E02): The Fires of Pompeii

‘The Fires of Pompeii’ was typical of the revived, 21st-century series of Doctor Who (1963–1989; 2005–present) with its abandonment of educational themes for ‘pure’ science-fiction, and pseudo-historical storytelling. Filmed using the same sets as the 2005–2007 HBO/BBC Two series Rome, the episode attempted to present the same level of historical accuracy of costuming and set-design, while taking liberties with scripting. Aspects of Roman relig(...)

YEAR: 2008

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Divination Eruption of Vesuvius Latin (Language) Pompeii Roman History Roman Religion Spartacus

Russell T. Davies , Brian Minchin , James Moran , Colin Teague

Doctor Who (Series, S04E02): The Fires of Pompeii

United Kingdom • 2008

Divination Eruption of Vesuvius Latin (Language) Pompeii Roman History Roman Religion Spartacus

Lindsey Alford , Toby Haynes , Steven Moffat

Doctor Who (Series, S05E12–13): The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang

‘The Pandorica Opens’ and ‘The Big Bang’ contain numerous mash-ups of Classical myth and history. The two-part story opens with the Doctor (in his Eleventh incarnation, played by Matt Smith) and his companion, Amy Pond, arriving in Roman Britain in AD 102, where they find the Doctor’s past and future wife, River Song, impersonating the Egyptian queen, Cleopatra VII. The ‘Pandorica’ of the title is a direct reference to Pandora’s Box: an advanced pr(...)

YEAR: 2010

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Roman Britain Roman History

Lindsey Alford , Toby Haynes , Steven Moffat

Doctor Who (Series, S05E12–13): The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang

United Kingdom • 2010

Roman Britain Roman History

Bob Baker , Dave Martin , Anthony Read , Norman Stewart

Doctor Who (Series, Season 15): Underworld

‘Underworld’ was typical of mid-1970s Doctor Who (1963–1989; 2005–present), in what is still regarded as its most successful period. Scripts in the era of the Fourth Doctor (played by Tom Baker) – with his enormous, multi-coloured scarf, and the ability to switch between high comedy and serious drama – delved regularly into mythological, historical, and literary themes that were already well-known to the family audiences. These were often transposed from their(...)

YEAR: 1978

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Ancient Slavery Argonauts Heracles Hercules Jason Labyrinth Minoan Civilization Oracles Orpheus Persephone Underworld

Bob Baker , Dave Martin , Anthony Read , Norman Stewart

Doctor Who (Series, Season 15): Underworld

United Kingdom • 1978

Ancient Slavery Argonauts Heracles Hercules Jason Labyrinth Minoan Civilization Oracles Orpheus Persephone Underworld

Christopher Barry , Dennis Spooner

Doctor Who (Series, Season 2): The Romans (The Slave Traders / All Roads Lead to Rome / Conspiracy / Inferno)

‘The Romans’ is a key example of the early format of Doctor Who (1963-1989; 2005-present), which sought to mix science-fiction adventures with historically-themed storylines (as an extension of its intended educational role). A playful comedy, the story sees the crew of the TARDIS (the time/space machine) materialise in the countryside outside Ancient Rome, and take a well-earned holiday at an abandoned Roman villa. Their rest is soon disturbed, however, when Barbara Wright and (...)

YEAR: 1965

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Great Fire of Rome Nero Roman History

Christopher Barry , Dennis Spooner

Doctor Who (Series, Season 2): The Romans (The Slave Traders / All Roads Lead to Rome / Conspiracy / Inferno)

United Kingdom • 1965

Great Fire of Rome Nero Roman History

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 Homer Odysseus / Ulysses Trojan War Virgil

Donald Cotton , Michael Leeston-Smith , Donald Tosh

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

United Kingdom • 1965

Achilles Homer Odysseus / Ulysses Trojan War Virgil

Gerry Davis , Geoffrey Orme , Julia Smith

Doctor Who (Series, Season 4): The Underwater Menace

‘The Underwater Menace’ was typical of mid-1960s Doctor Who (1963–1989; 2005–present) and its turn away from the strictly historical, and educational, storylines of the early ‘60s, towards purely science-fiction and adventure stories. The story sees the crew of the TARDIS (the time/space machine) materialise on an island inhabited by the survivors of the lost city of Atlantis. The Doctor (an alien ‘Time Lord’ from the Planet Gallifrey) and his companions(...)

YEAR: 1967

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

Gerry Davis , Geoffrey Orme , Julia Smith

Doctor Who (Series, Season 4): The Underwater Menace

United Kingdom • 1967

Paul Bernard , Terrance Dicks , Barry Letts , Robert Sloman

Doctor Who (Series, Season 9): The Time Monster

‘The Time Monster’ was typical of early-1970s Doctor Who (1963-1989; 2005-present) and its focus on a large regular supporting cast (the United Nations Intelligence Task Force – UNIT), Earth-bound alien invasions, and espionage themes. The story sees the Doctor (an alien ‘Time Lord’ from the Planet Gallifrey, in exile on ‘present-day’ Earth) and his companions (Jo Grant and the officers and men of UNIT) investigating strange time-travel experiments (...)

YEAR: 1972

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

Paul Bernard , Terrance Dicks , Barry Letts , Robert Sloman

Doctor Who (Series, Season 9): The Time Monster

United Kingdom • 1972

Douglas Adams , Bob Baker , Nick Hurran , Peter Ling , David Maloney , Dave Martin , Kenny McBain , Steven Moffat , Anthony Read , Derrick Sherwin , Norman Stewart , Toby Whithouse

Doctor Who's Labyrinth Themed Episodes (Series, Seasons 6,15,17): The Mind Robber / Underworld / The Horns of Nimon / The God Complex

The myth of the Labyrinth and the Minotaur has been a fixture of the children’s TV sci-fi/drama series Doctor Who since the 1960s. The familiarity of school-aged children with this myth was doubly-ensured by the persistent emphasis on the Classics in British education (particularly in the middle-class context) well into the last decades of the 20th century. As well as featuring in ‘The Time Monster’ (1972) – starring Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor – the theme (...)

YEAR: 1968

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Argonauts Golden Fleece Heracles Hercules Jason Labyrinth Minoan Civilization Minotaur Orpheus Persephone Talos (Automaton) Theseus

Douglas Adams , Bob Baker , Nick Hurran , Peter Ling , David Maloney , Dave Martin , Kenny McBain , Steven Moffat , Anthony Read , Derrick Sherwin , Norman Stewart , Toby Whithouse

Doctor Who's Labyrinth Themed Episodes (Series, Seasons 6,15,17): The Mind Robber / Underworld / The Horns of Nimon / The God Complex

United Kingdom • 1968

Argonauts Golden Fleece Heracles Hercules Jason Labyrinth Minoan Civilization Minotaur Orpheus Persephone Talos (Automaton) Theseus

Joan Holub , Leslie Patricelli

Don't Get Lost, Odysseus!

In Don’t Get Lost, Odysseus, Odysseus is a pre-school-aged child living in the modern world. The first page introduces the character with a single word – his name, while the facing page introduces his main fascination, 'Adventure', which is illustrated by the entrance to a children's play area.Odysseus and his mother are approaching a mall; she wants to go to a shop, he wants to go home. Once they are in a shop, Odysseus' attention switches to wishing to go to an enti(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Aphrodite Architecture Athena Cyclops / Cyclopes Gods Heracles Hercules Homer Medusa Midas Odysseus / Ulysses Odyssey Pandora Penelope Polyphemus Sirens Trojan War

Joan Holub , Leslie Patricelli

Don't Get Lost, Odysseus!

United States • 2016

Aphrodite Architecture Athena Cyclops / Cyclopes Gods Heracles Hercules Homer Medusa Midas Odysseus / Ulysses Odyssey Pandora Penelope Polyphemus Sirens Trojan War

Giorgio Cavazzano , Gigi Proietti [Luigi Proietti] , Alessandro Sisti

Donald Duck and the Ducks of Capitoline Hill [Paperino e le papere del Campidoglio] (Mickey Mouse [Topolino], 2144)

The edition used in this entry was the Portuguese version.Paperino e le papere del Campidoglio is a stand-alone story which forms part of the Topolino (Mickey Mouse) series released in Italy in 1996. The story begins with a close up of Donald Duck dressed in Roman armour and guarding a statue of “Margarida Formosus”* while some tourists in the background visit the area. The story then progresses to the modern day. We find Donald Duck doing household chores while hearing his(...)

YEAR: 1997

COUNTRY: Italy

TAGS: Barbarians Capitoline Hill Centurion Narcissus Praetorian Guard Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus

Giorgio Cavazzano , Gigi Proietti [Luigi Proietti] , Alessandro Sisti

Donald Duck and the Ducks of Capitoline Hill [Paperino e le papere del Campidoglio] (Mickey Mouse [Topolino], 2144)

Italy • 1997

Barbarians Capitoline Hill Centurion Narcissus Praetorian Guard Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus

Brett Bean , Lucy Coats

Dragon Healer (Beasts of Olympus, 4)

This is the fourth book in the "Beasts of Olympus" series. Pandemonius (or Demon as he is most commonly refer to in the series) is the 11 year old half-mortal son of the god Pan and the mortal Carys. Demon is the official Beast Keeper of the Olympic gods and it is his responsibility to take care of the various beasts. In this story, Demon first encounters Hephaestus' fire-breathing brass bulls which were hurt by the hero Jason. Hephaestus helps him cure them. Then suddenly a girl c(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aphrodite Artemis Chiron / Cheiron Eos Hephaestus Hera Heracles Hestia Jason Medea Zeus

Brett Bean , Lucy Coats

Dragon Healer (Beasts of Olympus, 4)

United States of America • 2015

Aphrodite Artemis Chiron / Cheiron Eos Hephaestus Hera Heracles Hestia Jason Medea Zeus

Neal Shusterman

Dread Locks (Dark Fusion, 1)

Wealthy American boy Parker Baer has just turned 15. His parents give him a statue of himself as a present, prompting him to reflect that he now has everything he will ever want or need, and to dwell on a growing sense of detachment from his family and his world. Mysterious new neighbour, Tara, moves into the decaying mansion next door, bringing with her thirteen vans full of statues. As the action proceeds, it becomes clear that Tara is a Gorgon, the original Medusa. She works her powers on Par(...)

YEAR: 2005

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Medusa Perseus

Neal Shusterman

Dread Locks (Dark Fusion, 1)

United States • 2005

Demitria Lunetta , Marley Lynn , Kate Karyus Quinn

Dream Team: Underworld Reformatory (Mythverse, 7)

This is the final instalment in the Mythverse series (for now). The narrator of this book is Mavis Evans and the narrative continues the events of the previous book, Squad Goals. Mavis understands that her sister Edie and Edie's vampire boyfriend Val are still trapped in Tartarus. Meanwhile, she and her team of prisoners (Griff the bear shifter, Shauna, a pixie-vampire and Mac the incubus and also Kit, Shauna's vampire brother) are punished for their escape and receive the death penalty.(...)

YEAR: 2020

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Hermes Pandora’s Box Tartarus

Demitria Lunetta , Marley Lynn , Kate Karyus Quinn

Dream Team: Underworld Reformatory (Mythverse, 7)

United States of America • 2020

Hermes Pandora’s Box Tartarus

Robin Bridges

Dreaming of Antigone

Dreaming of Antigone is the story of sixteen year old Andria Williams, whose twin sister, Iris, died of a heroin overdose six months ago. Her father suicided when the girls were very young, and she lives with her mother and step-father Craig. Still deep in grief, Andria has withdrawn from her friends Natalie and Trista at school, but finds solace in stargazing in the middle of the night and reading poetry with dark, philosophical themes, including the work of American poets Robert Frost, an(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Antigone Athens Creon Iris Ismene Sophocles

Robin Bridges

Dreaming of Antigone

United States of America • 2016

Antigone Athens Creon Iris Ismene Sophocles

Tom Anderson , Paul Halas , José Maria Millet Lopez

DuckTales: The Arcadian Urn [Rejsen til Epsilon]

Scrooge McDuck, his three great-nephews (Louie, Huey and Dewey) and Webby Vanderquack, the granddaughter of the triplets’ nanny, attend an auction where McMoney, one of Scrooge’s greatest enemies, sells an Ancient Arcadian vase for millions. Unhappy with how much money his rival has made, Scrooge decides to find Arcadia himself and bring back valuable artefacts. Bringing along his nephew, Donald Duck, and his personal pilot, Launchpad McQuack, Scrooge and the team set off to Gre(...)

YEAR: 1994

COUNTRY: Denmark

TAGS: Arcadia Dragons Gladiator Games Gladiators Pottery / Vases Virgil

Tom Anderson , Paul Halas , José Maria Millet Lopez

DuckTales: The Arcadian Urn [Rejsen til Epsilon]

Denmark • 1994

Arcadia Dragons Gladiator Games Gladiators Pottery / Vases Virgil

Carl Barks , Jymn Magon

Ducktales (Series)

Inspired by Carl Banks’ 1947 Uncle Scrooge comics, Ducktales was created by Disney Studios to tell the adventures of Scrooge McDuck, Donald Duck and their three nephews: Huey, Dewey, and Louie. The series begins with Donald Duck being sent to the Navy and entrusting his three nephews to his uncle Scrooge. a billionaire who lives alone in his mansion in Duckburg. Upon being left with his great-nephews, Scrooge McDuck embarks on various adventures with them, occasionally featuring ancient hi(...)

YEAR: 1987

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Ancient Temples Aphrodite Argonauts Atlantis Circe Colossus of Rhodes Cupid Dragons Golden Fleece Harpies Homer Jason Odysseus / Ulysses Odyssey Olympus Sirens Vulcan

Carl Barks , Jymn Magon

Ducktales (Series)

United States • 1987

Ancient Temples Aphrodite Argonauts Atlantis Circe Colossus of Rhodes Cupid Dragons Golden Fleece Harpies Homer Jason Odysseus / Ulysses Odyssey Olympus Sirens Vulcan

Ingri and Edggar, Per Ola and Nils M. P. D’Aulaires

D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths

This is a revised edition of a 1962 book. The writing and illustrations appear to be the same as in the original. The book covers mainly the genealogy and myths related to the Olympian gods, adapted for children (Gaia “falls in love with Uranus”, Zeus “marries” mortals etc.). It is a very detailed book that covers a large and varied range of stories, relating to the gods and mortals. It gives a description of the different traits of the gods as well as individual myths ab(...)

YEAR: 1962

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Argonauts Heracles Hercules Olympias Titans Trojan War

Ingri and Edggar, Per Ola and Nils M. P. D’Aulaires

D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths

United Kingdom • 1962

Argonauts Heracles Hercules Olympias Titans Trojan War

Victor Ambrus , Rosemary Sutcliff

The story begins with Quintus recounting to his grandchildren how as young man he was posted to Eburacum (York) as the standard-bearer for the Ninth Legion. There, at a well next to the Temple of Sulis, Quintus had encountered Cordaella, who had come from Lindum (Lincoln) with her brother Vedrix after he had been hired to lay a new mosaic floor in the town council chamber. As time passed, Quintus and Cordaella had fallen in love, but because Quintus was below the rank of centurion they could not(...)

YEAR: 1981

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Agricola Calgacus Eboracum Roman Army Roman Art Roman Britain

Victor Ambrus , Rosemary Sutcliff

United Kingdom • 1981

Agricola Calgacus Eboracum Roman Army Roman Art Roman Britain

Josée Masse , Marilyn Singer

Echo Echo: Reverso Poems about Greek Myths

Echo Echo is an anthology of fourteen palindromic poems retelling the standard heroic and moral tales from the corpus of myth, including Pandora’s Box, Midas and the Golden Touch, Daedalus and Icarus, Theseus and the Minotaur, Perseus and Medusa, Bellerophon and Pegasus, Demeter and Persephone, Orpheus and Eurydice, Arachne, and Atalanta, alongside less regularly retold stories drawn from Ovid, including Pygmalion and Galatea, and Echo and Narcissus. The first poem in the collection, entit(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Arachne Arcadia Atalanta Athena Bellerophon Chimera / Chimaera Daedalus Demeter Echo Eurydice Galatea Gods Golden Touch Hades Hero(es) Icarus Labyrinth Medusa Melanion / Milanion Midas Minotaur Narcissus Olympus Orpheus Pandora Pandora’s Box Pegasus Persephone Perseus Pygmalion Theseus Venus Zeus

Josée Masse , Marilyn Singer

Echo Echo: Reverso Poems about Greek Myths

United States of America • 2015

Arachne Arcadia Atalanta Athena Bellerophon Chimera / Chimaera Daedalus Demeter Echo Eurydice Galatea Gods Golden Touch Hades Hero(es) Icarus Labyrinth Medusa Melanion / Milanion Midas Minotaur Narcissus Olympus Orpheus Pandora Pandora’s Box Pegasus Persephone Perseus Pygmalion Theseus Venus Zeus

Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Echo the Copycat (Goddess Girls, 19)

In this installment, we meet Echo, the forest nymph (Oreiad nymph). We get a chance to be introduced to a different character from the usual goddesses from MOA. Echo loses her tree in a lightning-bolt accident, and blames Zeus by mistake. Her trip to MOA will teach her about friendship, copying and being true to one’s self. Echo finally finds out where she belongs and where she wants to be. Home is truly where your heart is.(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Amalthea Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Calliope Daphne Echo Hera Heracles Hercules Narcissus Pan Persephone Tiresias Zeus

Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Echo the Copycat (Goddess Girls, 19)

United States • 2016

Amalthea Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Calliope Daphne Echo Hera Heracles Hercules Narcissus Pan Persephone Tiresias Zeus

Efua Theodora Sutherland

In her three-act play, Efua Sutherland, depicts the life of a traditional and influential Ghanaian man, Edufa, whose pride and stubbornness results in the death of his wife, Ampoma. Set in a little Ghanaian community, the story begins with a prologue that introduces characters and the dramatic events that will ensue. In the prologue, Edufa’s sister, Abena, patiently sits in the courtyard, gathering dew in a black pot. As the prologue reveals, the dew she collects, along the water that she (...)

african Other Traditions

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: African Traditions

Efua Theodora Sutherland

United Kingdom

african Other Traditions

African Traditions

Daurette Bidja

Ejengi, the Provider of Light and Water

In the beginning was the powerful Komba. He was the god of the Baka people. He lived in the darkest part of the forest with his wife and children. Komba’s powers came from two principal sources: first, from his sacred calabash in which his drinking water was kept. Nobody had the right to look at it, talk less of touching it. Second, he had a torch that could only be used by him. He also had a garden full of succulent fruits that were consumed by him alone. This god of the Baka was so greed(...)

oral Other Traditions

COUNTRY: Cameroon

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Gods

Daurette Bidja

Ejengi, the Provider of Light and Water

Cameroon

oral Other Traditions

African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Gods

Jane Abbott

Set in Kincasey, a small regional town in Victoria (Australia), this unusual novel, which starts with a prologue written as a newspaper article about a road tragedy, tackles the theme of reincarnation through the stories of a group of young people who all know each other. Some of them have known each other more than once. Using Ancient Greek myth as the base, but subverting it as well, the story is told from different points of view, swirling around the figures of Caitlin and Michael, who are th(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Afterlife Fate Heracles Hercules Pandora Prometheus Pyramus Thisbe

Jane Abbott

Australia • 2016

Afterlife Fate Heracles Hercules Pandora Prometheus Pyramus Thisbe

Sean Qualls , Laurie Ann Thompson

Emmanuel’s Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah

The story revolves around a young Ghanaian boy whose mother, Mama Comfort, names him Emmanuel at birth. Though Emmanuel was born relatively healthy, his right foot is impaired. He is rejected by all including his father who leaves and never returns. His mother however does not give up on him. At a very tender age, the mother instills in him a sense of hard work and independence as she tells him that he can get whatever he wants but he will have to achieve it on his own. Emmanuel performs many pe(...)

african Other Traditions

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: African Storytelling African Traditions

Sean Qualls , Laurie Ann Thompson

Emmanuel’s Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah

United States

african Other Traditions

African Storytelling African Traditions

Orson Scott Card

Six-year old boy genius Ender (Andrew) Wiggin is selected for training at the Battle School. An elite force of soldiers is needed to protect humanity from invasion by an alien force, named the ‘Buggers,’ for their resemblance to insects. Ender’s intelligence includes an awareness of his light and dark sides, symbolised externally by his empathic sister, Valentine, and his sociopathic brother, Peter (both of whom have been rejected by the School). As he undergoes his training, E(...)

YEAR: 1985

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Alexander the Great Ancient Warfare Caesar Cicero Demosthenes Hero(es) Patriotism Rhetoric / Oratory Roman Empire

Orson Scott Card

United States • 1985

Alexander the Great Ancient Warfare Caesar Cicero Demosthenes Hero(es) Patriotism Rhetoric / Oratory Roman Empire

Sarah Young

Endless Odyssey: A Mythic Storytelling Game

Endless Odyssey comprises a set of 20 storytelling cards, each depicting a character or object from the world of ancient Greek myth each depicted in a landscape including mountains and with the sea often visible in the distance. Whichever order the cards are placed in, they create what the accompanying “Guide to the Games” calls a “seamless scene” which stretches to over five feet if all the cards are used. The cards, following the order listed in the accompanying sh(...)

YEAR: 2019

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Bacchanal Centaur(s) Cerberus Charioteer Cyclops / Cyclopes Hero(es) Labyrinth Medusa Minotaur Nymphs Pegasus Vulcan

Sarah Young

Endless Odyssey: A Mythic Storytelling Game

United Kingdom • 2019

Bacchanal Centaur(s) Cerberus Charioteer Cyclops / Cyclopes Hero(es) Labyrinth Medusa Minotaur Nymphs Pegasus Vulcan

Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Eos the Lighthearted (Goddess Girls, 24)

Eos is the 11 year old goddess girl of dawn. Eos attends a mortal middle-school, where she is the only immortal. Her best friend is the mortal Tithonus (from a royal Trojan family) who is obsessed with insects. Eos’ story follows a few story lines: Eos is invited to celebrate the commemoration of the statue of Nyx, goddess girl of the night, at Artemis temple and thus she spends time with the Mount Olympus Academy girls. During this time, Aphrodite becomes jealous of her since she thinks E(...)

YEAR: 2018

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aphrodite Artemis Athena Hyperion Nyx Tithonus Zeus

Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Eos the Lighthearted (Goddess Girls, 24)

United States of America • 2018

Aphrodite Artemis Athena Hyperion Nyx Tithonus Zeus

Christina Balit

Escape from Pompeii

The story follows young Tranio and Livia, and their happy life in Pompeii. However, one August day the land quakes and Vesuvius erupts. The children initially do not grasp the full danger of the situation, but soon they realize it and witness the damage. They run to the harbour and hide on a Greek cargo ship. When they wake up the ship is already sailing away from the city. The children are saved. The text is accompanied by colourful and large illustrations. On the last page there is a brie(...)

YEAR: 2003

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Eruption of Vesuvius Pompeii Vesuvius

Christina Balit

Escape from Pompeii

United Kingdom • 2003

Eruption of Vesuvius Pompeii Vesuvius

Shoo Rayner

Euclid: the Man Who Invented Geometry

Euclid: The Man Who Invented Geometry is an illustrated chapter book that explains the life of the Greek mathematician Euclid, who lived around 300 BC. The focus is on his discoveries in geometry. In ten chapters he is shown explaining his concepts and system to a group of friends. He talks them through his definitions and method, step by step, from “point” to “polygon.” The chapters advance from point and axiom (ch. 1) to angle and parallel (ch. 2). Then kinds of angle a(...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Euclid Greek Philosophy

Shoo Rayner

Euclid: the Man Who Invented Geometry

United Kingdom • 2017

Euclid Greek Philosophy

Brodi Ashton

Everbound (Everneath, 2)

A seventeen year old high school student and cheerleader, Nikki, is determined to rescue her boyfriend Jack, who saved her from the underworld, called Everneath in volume 1 of the trilogy. He is threatened by black shadows sucking out his emotions and energy. After finding the Hades-figure Cole, who kidnapped her and brought to the underworld in the past, Nikki asks him, what to do. He reveals to her, that she will encounter dangerous circles, which are made of the four elements, water, fire, ea(...)

YEAR: 2013

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Eurydice Hades Katabasis Labyrinth Orpheus Persephone Sirens Underworld

Brodi Ashton

Everbound (Everneath, 2)

United States of America • 2013

Eurydice Hades Katabasis Labyrinth Orpheus Persephone Sirens Underworld

Brodi Ashton

Everneath (Everneath, 1)

A seventeen year old student and cheerleader, Nikki Beckett, whose mother died in a car accident, is trapped for a hundred years in an uncanny underworld named Everneath, ruled at some point by the Egyptian Isis and Osiris, then by Hades and Persephone. Nikki lies imprisoned in a cave together with the underworld-rocker Everlasting Cole, who steals her energy in order to feed himself and who is performing with the band “The Dead Elvises.” The immortals in the Everneath remain immorta(...)

YEAR: 2012

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Hades Katabasis Persephone Underworld

Brodi Ashton

Everneath (Everneath, 1)

United States of America • 2012

Hades Katabasis Persephone Underworld

Brodi Ashton

Evertrue (Everneath, 3)

A seventeen year old high school student and cheerleader, Nikki, joins together with Jack, her boyfriend, in order to destroy the perilous and horrible Everneath completely. To fulfil that mission, she moves to Nebraska with Jack, from where they descend into the underworld. There, the couple meets the Hades-figure Cole, who lost his memory. Consequently, it is revealed, that he was tortured by Adonia, the cruel queen of the Everneath, because she feared him as a rival to her throne. By destroyi(...)

YEAR: 2014

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Cronus / Kronos Eurydice Hades Katabasis Orpheus Persephone Tantalus Underworld

Brodi Ashton

Evertrue (Everneath, 3)

United States of America • 2014

Cronus / Kronos Eurydice Hades Katabasis Orpheus Persephone Tantalus Underworld

Janusz Towpik , Jadwiga Żylińska

Expedition for the Golden Fleece [Wyprawa po złote runo]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp.The story begins when Iolcos, an ancient Thessalian city, was ruled by the usurper King Pelias. Pelias deprived his brother Aeson of the throne, but he didn’t know that Aeson’s lawful successor – Jason – w(...)

YEAR: 1974

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Absyrtus / Apsyrtos Aeëtes Aphrodite Argo Argonauts Circe Clashing Rocks / Symplegades / Cyanean Rocks Dioscuri Golden Fleece Harpies Hecate Hera Homer Jason Lemnos Medea Orpheus Pelias Phaeacia Phineus Phrixus

Janusz Towpik , Jadwiga Żylińska

Expedition for the Golden Fleece [Wyprawa po złote runo]

Poland • 1974

Absyrtus / Apsyrtos Aeëtes Aphrodite Argo Argonauts Circe Clashing Rocks / Symplegades / Cyanean Rocks Dioscuri Golden Fleece Harpies Hecate Hera Homer Jason Lemnos Medea Orpheus Pelias Phaeacia Phineus Phrixus

Ian Jenkins , Kate Morton

Explore the Parthenon: An Ancient Greek Temple and Its Sculptures

This book provides a thorough overview of the sculptures of the Parthenon along with contextual details including on ancient Athenian politics, mythology, deities and festivals. The book is divided into clear sections, each of which starts with a brief introduction in bold type, followed by an overview of the topic under discussion. Ian Jenkins’s text is complemented with photos of the sculptures and illustrations by Kate Morton. Morton’s illustrations support and clarify to some of (...)

YEAR: 2009

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Ancient Temples Athens Deities Greek Religion Panathenaia Parthenon

Ian Jenkins , Kate Morton

Explore the Parthenon: An Ancient Greek Temple and Its Sculptures

United Kingdom • 2009

Ancient Temples Athens Deities Greek Religion Panathenaia Parthenon

Mofor Nchinda

Extinction of the Life Giving Grass / Extinction of the Herb of Immortality

Long time ago,There lived a woman.This woman had many children.Fifteen.(Audience retorts) FIFTEEN?(Narrator continues)You think the olden daysWere like today.A man’s richesWere measured by the numberOf children and wives he had.(Narrator turns to the audience):Can I continue?(Audience answers in chorus)Yes.(He clears his voice without thunderous cough)One day,This woman,Took all her children to the farm.They worked, worked and workedUntil,Everybody was tired and thirsty.They retired to a s(...)

oral Other Traditions

COUNTRY: Cameroon

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

Mofor Nchinda

Extinction of the Life Giving Grass / Extinction of the Herb of Immortality

Cameroon

oral Other Traditions

African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

Extra Credits , Carrie Floyd , Daniel Floyd , Soraya Een Hajji , David Hueso , Joseph Maslov , James Portnow

Extra History (Series): The History of Writing – Where the Story Begins / The History of Writing – The Alphabet

For the Extra Credits and Extra History series, see the entry on the Punic Wars in the same series.The History of Writing – Where the Story BeginsFrom the brief introduction we find out that Extra History rarely deals in their videos with the history of ideas, so the team thought of preparing this animation as an experiment. The film’s main topic is the history of the concept of the written word, which is as old as 5600 years. At first, basic functions of writing are enumerated:(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Online

TAGS: Alphabet Egypt Greece Mesopotamia

Extra Credits , Carrie Floyd , Daniel Floyd , Soraya Een Hajji , David Hueso , Joseph Maslov , James Portnow

Extra History (Series): The History of Writing – Where the Story Begins / The History of Writing – The Alphabet

Online • 2016

Alphabet Egypt Greece Mesopotamia

Extra Credits , Carrie Floyd , Daniel Floyd , James Portnow , Allison Theus

Extra History (Series, S01E01-04): Rome: The Punic Wars – I: The First Punic War / Rome: The Punic Wars – II: The Second Punic War Begins / Rome: The Punic Wars – III: The Second Punic War Rages On / Rome: The Punic Wars – IV: The Conclusion of Second Puni

Rome: The Punic Wars – I: The First Punic WarTwo male and one female character wearing ancient vests - Dan, James and Alison -appear and explain how Creative Assembly, the producers of Total War: Rome II – a strategy game set in ancient times and beginning before the Punic Wars – called and offered a part of their advertising budget to Extra Credits in order to be able to “teach people Roman history.” The introduction highlights the significance of Punic Wars: they (...)

YEAR: 2013

COUNTRY: Online

TAGS: Carthage Hamilcar Barca Hannibal Hasdrubal Masinissa Punic Wars Scipio Africanus

Extra Credits , Carrie Floyd , Daniel Floyd , James Portnow , Allison Theus

Extra History (Series, S01E01-04): Rome: The Punic Wars – I: The First Punic War / Rome: The Punic Wars – II: The Second Punic War Begins / Rome: The Punic Wars – III: The Second Punic War Rages On / Rome: The Punic Wars – IV: The Conclusion of Second Puni

Online • 2013

Carthage Hamilcar Barca Hannibal Hasdrubal Masinissa Punic Wars Scipio Africanus

Carrie Floyd , Daniel Floyd , Soraya Een Hajji , David Hueso , James Portnow

Extra History (Series, S14E01–05): The Brothers Gracchi – I: How Republics Fall / The Brothers Gracchi – II: Populares / The Brothers Gracchi – III: Ochlocracy / The Brothers Gracchi – IV: Enter Gaius / The Brothers Gracchi – V: The Final Fall

For the Extra Credits and Extra History series, see the entry on the Punic Wars in the same series.The Brothers Gracchi – I: How Republics FallBefore the credits, the crisis of the Roman Republic in 121 BCE is briefly introduced, with its demagogy, violence, unemployment, patrician consumerism and political elites failing in their treatment of the poor. Right after this, the events behind the crisis are presented. The 2nd century BCE was the time of expansion of the Roman Republic; it(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Online

TAGS: Gracchus (Gaius) Gracchus (Tiberius) Roman Republic Rome

Carrie Floyd , Daniel Floyd , Soraya Een Hajji , David Hueso , James Portnow

Extra History (Series, S14E01–05): The Brothers Gracchi – I: How Republics Fall / The Brothers Gracchi – II: Populares / The Brothers Gracchi – III: Ochlocracy / The Brothers Gracchi – IV: Enter Gaius / The Brothers Gracchi – V: The Final Fall

Online • 2016

Gracchus (Gaius) Gracchus (Tiberius) Roman Republic Rome

Graham Annable , Gregory Benton , R.O. Blechman , Vera Brosgol , Graham Chaffee , Eleanor Davis , Chris Duffy , Ulises Farinas , Tom Gauld , Sophie Goldstein , Charise Harper , Jaime Hernandez , John Kerschbaum , James Kochalka , Braden Lamb , Roger Langridge , Simone Lia , Jennifer L. Meyer , Corinne Mucha , Mark Newgarden , George O'Connor , Shelli Paroline , Israel Sanchez , Robert Sikoryak [R. Sikoryak] , Ricardo Siri [Liniers] , Maris Wicks , Keny Widjaja

Fable Comics is a fun and diverse collection of comics retelling fables in a lively, modern style. As many author/illustrators were involved, the fables have many different visual styles; many are rendered in a simplistic or impressionistic style, others are highly illustrated. The majority are told in a humorous tone. Most of the fables are from Aesop, while some are from other traditions. The origin of the story is given as a note at the beginning of each story, e.g. "From Aesop", &q(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Aesop Aesop’s Fables Afterlife Architecture Athens Cerberus Charybdis Fable Gods Greek Philosophy Hades Hermes Katabasis Mercury Olympus Phaedrus Poseidon Underworld Zeus

Graham Annable , Gregory Benton , R.O. Blechman , Vera Brosgol , Graham Chaffee , Eleanor Davis , Chris Duffy , Ulises Farinas , Tom Gauld , Sophie Goldstein , Charise Harper , Jaime Hernandez , John Kerschbaum , James Kochalka , Braden Lamb , Roger Langridge , Simone Lia , Jennifer L. Meyer , Corinne Mucha , Mark Newgarden , George O'Connor , Shelli Paroline , Israel Sanchez , Robert Sikoryak [R. Sikoryak] , Ricardo Siri [Liniers] , Maris Wicks , Keny Widjaja

United States • 2015

Aesop Aesop’s Fables Afterlife Architecture Athens Cerberus Charybdis Fable Gods Greek Philosophy Hades Hermes Katabasis Mercury Olympus Phaedrus Poseidon Underworld Zeus

Adam Mickiewicz

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp.The book includes several fables without direct ancient references but often in fable tradition and as such having ancient roots, for example: Przyjaciele [Friends], Pchła i rabin [The Flea and the Rabbi], Dzwon i dzwonki [A Big (...)

YEAR: 1844

COUNTRY: France

TAGS: Aesop’s Fables Jupiter

Adam Mickiewicz

France • 1844

Aesop’s Fables Jupiter

Séverin Millet , Michel Piquemal

Fabulous Mythological Tales [Récits fabuleux de la mythologie]

The book begins with two short introductions (each signed separately by the author, clearly a reprint of the introductions published in the two-volume first edition) explaining why the author decided not to rely on various mythologies but rather go back directly to sources, i.e. to ancient authors who transmitted mythological stories. As a result, Michel Piquemal produced a collection of myths divided in two parts (volumes in the 2006 editions): Des héros et des monstres [Heroes and Monst(...)

YEAR: 2006

COUNTRY: France

TAGS: Amphitryon Arachne Ariadne Atalanta Bellerophon Daphne Demeter Europa Heracles Hydra Icarus Io Leda Midas Narcissus Oedipus Orpheus Pandora Paris (Trojan Prince) Pegasus Penelope Perseus Phaethon Prometheus Psyche Pygmalion Pyramus Sisyphus Theseus Thisbe Zeus

Séverin Millet , Michel Piquemal

Fabulous Mythological Tales [Récits fabuleux de la mythologie]

France • 2006

Amphitryon Arachne Ariadne Atalanta Bellerophon Daphne Demeter Europa Heracles Hydra Icarus Io Leda Midas Narcissus Oedipus Orpheus Pandora Paris (Trojan Prince) Pegasus Penelope Perseus Phaethon Prometheus Psyche Pygmalion Pyramus Sisyphus Theseus Thisbe Zeus

Henryk Sienkiewicz [Litwos]

Fairytales and Legends [Baśnie i legendy]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue (accessed: June 11, 2021), Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp., section by Agata Więcławska and Michał Kucharski, pp. 346–347 and 350–353.The collection is divided into three thematic parts: tales about Hinduism’s origins and the legends of Ancien(...)

YEAR: 1967

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Apollo Athena Athens Christianity Dionysus / Dionysos Greek Philosophy Hermes Mark Antony Plato Poseidon Zeus

Henryk Sienkiewicz [Litwos]

Fairytales and Legends [Baśnie i legendy]

Poland • 1967

Apollo Athena Athens Christianity Dionysus / Dionysos Greek Philosophy Hermes Mark Antony Plato Poseidon Zeus

James Algar , Samuel Armstrong , Ford Beebe , Walt Disney , Norman Ferguson , Jim Handley , Thornton Hee [T. Hee] , Wilfred Jackson , Hamilton Luske , Bill Roberts , Bill Satterfield , Ben Sharpsteen , Leopold Stokowski , Deems Taylor

Fantasia (The Pastoral Symphony episode)

Fantasia is composed of 8 episodes, each based on a different piece of classical music: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach. Nutcracker Suite by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Paul Dukas. Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky. Intermission/Meet the Soundtrack: The Pastoral Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven. Dance of the Hours by Amilcare Ponchielli. Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky and Ave Maria by F(...)

YEAR: 1940

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Centaur(s) Cupid Dionysus / Dionysos Olympus Pegasus Satyr(s) Zeus

James Algar , Samuel Armstrong , Ford Beebe , Walt Disney , Norman Ferguson , Jim Handley , Thornton Hee [T. Hee] , Wilfred Jackson , Hamilton Luske , Bill Roberts , Bill Satterfield , Ben Sharpsteen , Leopold Stokowski , Deems Taylor

Fantasia (The Pastoral Symphony episode)

United States • 1940

Centaur(s) Cupid Dionysus / Dionysos Olympus Pegasus Satyr(s) Zeus

J. K. Rowling , David Yates

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Although the movie has the same title as the book [see the entry] written in 2001, it is a completely separate “prequel” story about the fictional author of the said text, Newt Scamander. The story starts in 1926, when the not-yet-famous magizoologist comes to New York with a mysterious suitcase which, as we learn later, contains various magical creatures. The main purpose is to release one of them to its natural habitat in Arizona, however along the way things get complicated. (...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States, United Kingdom

TAGS: Latin (Language) Magic

J. K. Rowling , David Yates

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

United States, United Kingdom • 2016

Latin (Language) Magic

J. K. Rowling

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

The author plays with the tradition of bestiaries in this book and introduces the audience to "Wizard–Magical Creatures Studies." Her name does not appear on the book's cover, and the work is credited to "Newt Scamander" who, in the Harry Potter universe, wrote this textbook – we see it on Harry’s supply list for his first year. It contains the history of Magizoology and describes 85 magical species from all around the world. In the edition from 20(...)

YEAR: 2001

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Centaur(s) Cerberus Phoenix (Bird) Sirens

J. K. Rowling

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

United Kingdom • 2001

Centaur(s) Cerberus Phoenix (Bird) Sirens

Felice Arena

Farticus Maximus and Other Stories that Stink! (Farticus Maximus, 1)

This collection of short stories begins and ends with the tale of Farticus Maximus, the greatest Gladiator of Ancient Rome. In Farticus Maximus, the written story is accompanied by sketches with speech bubbles, where the reader is introduced to the Sandals family. Baby Farticus – originally named Barticus who was renamed because of his flatulence – had a disruptive impact on the Sandals family. So much so, that his father, Petercus suggests they get rid of him. His mother adamantly r(...)

YEAR: 2008

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Architecture Colosseum Gladiator Games Gladiators Latin (Language) Roman Empire Rome Spartacus

Felice Arena

Farticus Maximus and Other Stories that Stink! (Farticus Maximus, 1)

Australia • 2008

Architecture Colosseum Gladiator Games Gladiators Latin (Language) Roman Empire Rome Spartacus

Felice Arena

Farticus Maximus: Bottomus Burps of Britannia (Farticus Maximus, 3)

There are several short stories in Farticus Maximus: Bottomus Burps of Britannia, bookended by adventures of the eponymous character. In the first and last stories in this third installment of the three-part Farticus Maximus series, young boys Rex and Antonius play in the streets of Ancient Rome pretending to be Farticus Maximus and Gassius Brutus, the infamous gladiators from the previous books. Bettius, one of the boys’ mothers is concerned about her son’s rough play, but Jennius r(...)

YEAR: 2010

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Architecture Colosseum Gladiator Games Latin (Language) Neptune Roman Empire Rome

Felice Arena

Farticus Maximus: Bottomus Burps of Britannia (Farticus Maximus, 3)

Australia • 2010

Architecture Colosseum Gladiator Games Latin (Language) Neptune Roman Empire Rome

Felice Arena

Farticus Maximus: Stink-Off Battle of the Century and More Stories That Reek! (Farticus Maximus, 2)

Farticus Maximus: Stink-Off Battle of the Century is the second book in a series by the same title by Australian author, Felice Arena. The book is divided into eight sections of short stories. The first and last chapters are a continuation of the story of Farticus Maximus, an ancient gladiator who defeats enemies with terrible farts. The story is set in Ancient Rome where teenage boy cousins, Rufus and Cornelius, are pig hunting in the forest before they come across the “greatest and smell(...)

YEAR: 2009

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Architecture Colosseum Gladiator Games Latin (Language) Roman Empire Rome Spartacus

Felice Arena

Farticus Maximus: Stink-Off Battle of the Century and More Stories That Reek! (Farticus Maximus, 2)

Australia • 2009

Architecture Colosseum Gladiator Games Latin (Language) Roman Empire Rome Spartacus

Marek Turek

Fastnachtspiel (Series, Books 1–4): 1. The End of the Beginning [Koniec Początku] | 2. The Amazing Mr. Mayor [Zadziwiający Pan Burmistrz] | 3. Nonsensical Styx [Bezsensowny Styks] | 4. Infinitum

Fastnachtspiel* is a four-part series of comic books (The End of the Beginning, The Amazing Mr. Mayor, Nonsensical Styx, Infinitum). The action begins after the end of the world. The story resembles the world of nightmares, blacks and whites are sharply contrasted, a claustrophobic mood pervades each of the four parts. An apocalyptic town inhabited by demons, angels, golems and vampires provides a background for the story. There is no more death but this strange world is filled wi(...)

YEAR: 2003

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Amor Charon Maze Sea Monsters Sirens Styx

Marek Turek

Fastnachtspiel (Series, Books 1–4): 1. The End of the Beginning [Koniec Początku] | 2. The Amazing Mr. Mayor [Zadziwiający Pan Burmistrz] | 3. Nonsensical Styx [Bezsensowny Styks] | 4. Infinitum

Poland • 2003

Amor Charon Maze Sea Monsters Sirens Styx

Lilian Stoughton Hyde

Favorite Greek Myths

This is a collection of Greek myths for children, told in short and simple form without extensive embellishment for context or characterisation. The stories are based fairly closely on ancient literary sources. Black and white images depicting characters surrounded by artistic lines begin the chapters, but there are no illustrations in the main body of the text. The anthology ends with pronouncing and explanatory guides with further context on elements of the stories.Featured Stories:Prometheus,(...)

YEAR: 1904

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Adonis Apollo Arachne Baucis Cadmus Cupid Daphne Eurydice Hercules Hylas Jason Jupiter Mercury Midas Minerva Narcissus Orpheus Phaethon Philemon Pluto / Plouton Prometheus Proserpina Psyche Theseus

Lilian Stoughton Hyde

Favorite Greek Myths

United States • 1904

Adonis Apollo Arachne Baucis Cadmus Cupid Daphne Eurydice Hercules Hylas Jason Jupiter Mercury Midas Minerva Narcissus Orpheus Phaethon Philemon Pluto / Plouton Prometheus Proserpina Psyche Theseus

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

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

Robert (Bob) Blaisdell , John Green

Favorite Greek Myths: In Easy-to-Read Type

United States • 1995

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

Demitria Lunetta , Marley Lynn , Kate Karyus Quinn

Fire & Flood (Mythverse: Mount Olympus Academy, 1)

Edith (Edie) Evans is an American 17-year old high school student. Due to an asthma attack, she is forced to miss her family’s summer vacation in Greece, where her archaeologist mother has gotten a job. Instead, Edie remains in Florida with her grandmother and father, Daniel, while her sister Mavis joins their mother in Greece. Although Edie is enjoying her stay with her grandmother and the trips she takes with her father, she has nightmares in which she has visions of her grandmother drow(...)

YEAR: 2019

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Cassandra Harpies Hermes Olympus Persephone Themis Zeus

Demitria Lunetta , Marley Lynn , Kate Karyus Quinn

Fire & Flood (Mythverse: Mount Olympus Academy, 1)

United States of America • 2019

Cassandra Harpies Hermes Olympus Persephone Themis Zeus

Myke Bartlett

Fire in the Sea

Fire in the Sea is a fantasy-adventure novel for young adults, set in the Western Australian city of Perth. Sixteen year old Sadie, grieving after the death of her parents in a car accident, is at the beach with cousins, when she witnesses a man being attacked by strange creatures that have come out of the sea, and leave him for dead. Assisting him, she is rewarded by receiving an inheritance that includes a mysterious amulet. The amulet is the key to an ancient mystery, sought after by a priest(...)

YEAR: 2012

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Ancient Slavery Atlantis Immortality Minotaur

Myke Bartlett

Fire in the Sea

Australia • 2012

Ancient Slavery Atlantis Immortality Minotaur

Donna Jo Napoli , David Wiesner

Fish Girl is the story of a mermaid who was kidnapped as a baby by a fisherman who found her in his catch. Seeing financial opportunity, he set up a seaside attraction in an old house, calling it ‘Ocean Wonders,’ posing as Neptune, the ‘god of seas and storms,’ and charging visitors $2 to ‘see the mysterious fish girl.’ The mermaid is captive in a large tank, which she shares with fish and an octopus, and which is decorated like a girl’s bedroom. Th(...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: United States

Donna Jo Napoli , David Wiesner

United States • 2017

Passport Games Studio , Cecilia Hyland , Eric Hyland

Fleecing Olympus

Fleecing Olympus is a 3–6 player table top game consisting of character cards, playing cards, and gems. The aim of the game is to be the player with the most gems in their hand when the playing cards run out. At the beginning of each round, the players are dealt one of nine possible character cards at random. Each character card represents an ancient Greek god or goddess who the player will henceforth be known as throughout the game. The character cards, which consist of Zeus, Hera, Aphrod(...)

YEAR: 2018

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Achilles Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Fates Golden Fleece Hades Hera Heracles Hermes Odyssey Pandora’s Box Perseus Poseidon Trojan Horse Zeus

Passport Games Studio , Cecilia Hyland , Eric Hyland

Fleecing Olympus

United States • 2018

Achilles Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Fates Golden Fleece Hades Hera Heracles Hermes Odyssey Pandora’s Box Perseus Poseidon Trojan Horse Zeus

Keith Gordon Campbell , Kate DiCamillo

Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

Flora Belle Buckman, aged ten, is a self-professed "cynic." The daughter of divorced parents, Phyllis (a romance novelist) and George (an accountant), she lives with her mother, and misses her father. She reads comics, including the Amazing Incandesto, a superhero comic, which she enjoys reading with her father. Looking out of her window one day, she sees her neighbour, Tootie Tickham, chasing a runaway vacuum cleaner, the Ulysses 2000, which swallows up a passing squirrel. Flora rushe(...)

YEAR: 2013

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Epic Flora Odysseus / Ulysses

Keith Gordon Campbell , Kate DiCamillo

Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

United States of America • 2013

Epic Flora Odysseus / Ulysses

Krystyna Kreyser

Following the Myths of Ancient Greece and Rome [Śladami mitów starożytnej Grecji i Rzymu]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue (accessed: June 16, 2021), Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp., section by Barbara Krcha, pp. 150–152. The stories explain how Greek and Roman myths are reflected in the order of the world, natural phenomena, and in the calendar. The author discusses anc(...)

YEAR: 1992

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Adonis Aeolus Andromeda Apollo Argos / Argus Panoptes (Giant) Atlas Bellerophon Cassiopeia Cepheus Cerberus Chiron / Cheiron Cyane Cycnus Daphne Dionysus / Dionysos Echo Europa Fortuna Helle Heracles Hercules Hyades Icarus Jupiter Mars Midas Narcissus Neptune Orion Ouranos / Uranus Pegasus Perseus Phaethon Phrixus Picus Pleiades Pluto / Plouton Poseidon Saturn Talos (Perdix) Tantalus Theseus Typhon / Typhoeus / Typhaon Venus Vulcan Zeus

Krystyna Kreyser

Following the Myths of Ancient Greece and Rome [Śladami mitów starożytnej Grecji i Rzymu]

Poland • 1992

Adonis Aeolus Andromeda Apollo Argos / Argus Panoptes (Giant) Atlas Bellerophon Cassiopeia Cepheus Cerberus Chiron / Cheiron Cyane Cycnus Daphne Dionysus / Dionysos Echo Europa Fortuna Helle Heracles Hercules Hyades Icarus Jupiter Mars Midas Narcissus Neptune Orion Ouranos / Uranus Pegasus Perseus Phaethon Phrixus Picus Pleiades Pluto / Plouton Poseidon Saturn Talos (Perdix) Tantalus Theseus Typhon / Typhoeus / Typhaon Venus Vulcan Zeus

Desire Meha

Foose and Mbumbi

Long ago in the village of Bamendjinda, there existed only one god, Mbumbi. He looked after the village and everything the people undertook to do was successful. No one died before old age. Then came a time when children could no longer reach twenty before dying. These sudden deaths came as a result of drought, plagues, illness and wars that hit the land. The fertile soils suddenly became very arid, barren and unproductive, and famine hit the land as a result of that. Everyone became so worried,(...)

oral Other Traditions

COUNTRY: Cameroon

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Gods

Desire Meha

Foose and Mbumbi

Cameroon

oral Other Traditions

African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Gods

Daniel Orowole Olorunfemi Fagunwa

Forest of a Thousand Daemons: A Hunter’ Saga [Ògbójú Ọdẹ nínú Igbó Irúnmalẹ̀]

The novel opens with the narrator’s encounter with Akara-ogun, the great hunter of the village. Worried that he may die at any moment and that the world might forget him, the hunter asks the narrator to pick up his pen and write down his hunting story. He opens up by talking about his immediate family and his name, Akara-ogun (Compound-of-Spells). Because he has wronged God by getting married to a witch, a spirit is sent to kill him but it spares him and asks him to kill his witch wife. No(...)

african Other Traditions

COUNTRY: Nigeria

TAGS: African Storytelling African Traditions Gods

Daniel Orowole Olorunfemi Fagunwa

Forest of a Thousand Daemons: A Hunter’ Saga [Ògbójú Ọdẹ nínú Igbó Irúnmalẹ̀]

Nigeria

african Other Traditions

African Storytelling African Traditions Gods

Emilka Bojańczyk , Anna Piwkowska

Frances [Franciszka]

In contemporary Warsaw, thirteen-year-old Franciszka learns that her mother, Natasza, taken to the hospital before the plot of the novel begins, is severely ill (later in the book, it turns out that she has leukemia). As the girl has been brought up only by her mother, she must go and live with her grandmother, Ewa, whom she never met. The eccentric woman, called “babsko” [a hag] by Franciszka, does not look like or behave as a grandmother should (according to the protagonist), and t(...)

YEAR: 2014

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Aphrodite Ariadne Kleïs Lesbos Minotaur Phaon Sappho Sicily Theseus

Emilka Bojańczyk , Anna Piwkowska

Frances [Franciszka]

Poland • 2014

Aphrodite Ariadne Kleïs Lesbos Minotaur Phaon Sappho Sicily Theseus

Eliza Piotrowska

Frank, Helen, Baby, and the Trojan Horse [Franek, Hela, Bobas i koń trojański]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp.Everything starts in the living room when parents realise that two of their three kids, Baby and Helen with their dog, disappeared when they got under the cupboard. Both mother and father are too big to follow their children ther(...)

YEAR: 2008

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Ariadne Ariadne's Thread Daedalus Helen Icarus Labyrinth Maze Odysseus / Ulysses Odyssey Paris (Trojan Prince) Theseus Trojan Horse Trojan War Troy

Eliza Piotrowska

Frank, Helen, Baby, and the Trojan Horse [Franek, Hela, Bobas i koń trojański]

Poland • 2008

Ariadne Ariadne's Thread Daedalus Helen Icarus Labyrinth Maze Odysseus / Ulysses Odyssey Paris (Trojan Prince) Theseus Trojan Horse Trojan War Troy

Julian Tuwim

Frogs the Latinists [Żaby łacinniczki] / Latin [Łacina]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp.In Żaby łacinniczki [Frogs the Latinists] the poet extends his thanks to frogs for their spirit-lifting croaking which he claims to be done in Latin. It is a twelve-verse poem based on the humorous similarity of sound between Lat(...)

YEAR: 1930

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Catiline Horace Latin (Language) Rome Virgil

Julian Tuwim

Frogs the Latinists [Żaby łacinniczki] / Latin [Łacina]

Poland • 1930

Catiline Horace Latin (Language) Rome Virgil

Shlomo Abbas , Doron Sohari Shemesh

From Aesop to the Rambam [מֵאֵזוֹפּוּס עַד הָרַמְבָּ”ם (Me Izopus ad Harambam)]

This book is a collection of famous stories from Greek mythology, aiming to make young readers acquainted with other cultures.(...)

YEAR: 2013

COUNTRY: Israel

TAGS: Aesop Aesop’s Fables Fable

Shlomo Abbas , Doron Sohari Shemesh

From Aesop to the Rambam [מֵאֵזוֹפּוּס עַד הָרַמְבָּ”ם (Me Izopus ad Harambam)]

Israel • 2013

Aesop Aesop’s Fables Fable

Maria Dynowska

From Greek Legends: „Metamorphoses” According to Ovid [Z podań greckich: “Przemiany” podług Owidjusza]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp.This book is an overview of Greek myths selected by the author from the first six books of Ovid’s Metamorphoses. It begins with the Four Ages of Man followed by the flood and the myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha who repopulated(...)

YEAR: 1911

COUNTRY: Congress Poland

TAGS: Actaeon Amor Andromeda Apollo Arachne Arethusa Athena Bacchus Cadmus Ceres Daphne Deucalion Diana Echo Hubris Iris Juno Jupiter Metamorphoses (Ovid's) Narcissus Nemesis Neptune Niobe Ovid Perseus Phaethon Phoebus Pluto / Plouton Poseidon Proserpina Pyrrha Python Saturn Themis Thetis Zeus

Maria Dynowska

From Greek Legends: „Metamorphoses” According to Ovid [Z podań greckich: “Przemiany” podług Owidjusza]

Congress Poland • 1911

Actaeon Amor Andromeda Apollo Arachne Arethusa Athena Bacchus Cadmus Ceres Daphne Deucalion Diana Echo Hubris Iris Juno Jupiter Metamorphoses (Ovid's) Narcissus Nemesis Neptune Niobe Ovid Perseus Phaethon Phoebus Pluto / Plouton Poseidon Proserpina Pyrrha Python Saturn Themis Thetis Zeus

Jan Parandowski

From the Ancient World [Z antycznego świata]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp. This is a collection of short, varied essays introducing young readers to the fascinating world of Antiquity. Topics are very diverse, ranging from archaeology, Greek art, culture, architecture, history, and the Roman Empir(...)

YEAR: 1958

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Alexander the Great Ancient Greece Aqueducts Archaeology Architecture Athens Caesar Cicero Colosseum Democracy Gladiator Games Greek History Homer Latin (Language) Roman Baths Roman Empire Roman History Roman Republic Rome

Jan Parandowski

From the Ancient World [Z antycznego świata]

Poland • 1958

Alexander the Great Ancient Greece Aqueducts Archaeology Architecture Athens Caesar Cicero Colosseum Democracy Gladiator Games Greek History Homer Latin (Language) Roman Baths Roman Empire Roman History Roman Republic Rome

Jan Parandowski

From the Ancient World. Greece. Greatness of Greek culture [Z antycznego świata. Grecja. Wielkość kultury greckiej]

The weekly Dookoła świata [Around the World] (1954–1976) was intended to be a travel magazine and “a window to the external world” for Polish teens in the Polish People’s Republic. It published reports from anywhere in the world and novels in installments (in this issue by H. Balzac), novellas and/or short stories, interviews, articles about art, essays, fun facts, and many more materials, attractive to the young reader. The text by Parandowski, which inspired the co(...)

YEAR: 1957

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Greece Greek Art Greek Philosophy Greek Theatre Greeks

Jan Parandowski

From the Ancient World. Greece. Greatness of Greek culture [Z antycznego świata. Grecja. Wielkość kultury greckiej]

Poland • 1957

Greece Greek Art Greek Philosophy Greek Theatre Greeks

Irena Parandowska , Józef Wilkoń

From the World of Myths [Ze świata mitów]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp.Selection of seventeen widely known Greek myths from various sources including Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey: Pandora, Flood Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha, Daedalus, Talos and Icarus, Persephone, Eos and Orion, Perseus, Sis(...)

YEAR: 1967

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Andromeda Apollo Argonauts Ariadne Arion (Poet) Aristaeus Athena Autolycos Boreads Daedalus Danae Demeter Deucalion Dictys Eos Eris Eurydice Hades Harpies Helios Helle Hephaestus Hera Heracles Hermes Hippodameia Hypsipyle Icarus Jason Medea Medusa Midas Minos Minotaur Oenomaus / Oinomaos of Pisa Orion Orpheus Pandora Paris (Trojan Prince) Peleus Pelops Persephone Perseus Philemon Phineus Phrixus Prometheus Sisyphus Talos (Perdix) Theseus Thetis Trojan Horse Underworld Zeus

Irena Parandowska , Józef Wilkoń

From the World of Myths [Ze świata mitów]

Poland • 1967

Andromeda Apollo Argonauts Ariadne Arion (Poet) Aristaeus Athena Autolycos Boreads Daedalus Danae Demeter Deucalion Dictys Eos Eris Eurydice Hades Harpies Helios Helle Hephaestus Hera Heracles Hermes Hippodameia Hypsipyle Icarus Jason Medea Medusa Midas Minos Minotaur Oenomaus / Oinomaos of Pisa Orion Orpheus Pandora Paris (Trojan Prince) Peleus Pelops Persephone Perseus Philemon Phineus Phrixus Prometheus Sisyphus Talos (Perdix) Theseus Thetis Trojan Horse Underworld Zeus

Rosemary Sutcliff

Frontier Wolf is the third book in a series of novels that recount the adventures of various generations of the Aquilii family down to the Norman period. In each case, one of the protagonists owns a Dolphin Ring, which has been passed on through the family. The publishers, Oxford University Press, state that the primary audience for the Dolphin Ring saga is an age-range of 11–16*.At the opening of Frontier Wolf, set in the early 340s, the twenty-three-year-old centurion Alexios Flavius Aqu(...)

YEAR: 1980

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Christianity Hadrian Mithras Roman Army Roman Britain Roman Empire Roman History

Rosemary Sutcliff

United Kingdom • 1980

Christianity Hadrian Mithras Roman Army Roman Britain Roman Empire Roman History

Catherine Stock , Karen Lynn Williams

Kondi, a seven year old boy, embarks on making a galimoto* with the wires he finds in his old shoe box. His brother, Ufulu, doubts his abilities and thinks that the boy is too young and also does not have enough wire. Ufulu does not discourage Kondi. His friend, Gift, and his uncle, lend him some wires but he still does not have enough. He goes to a grinding mill to obtain more wires but he is harassed by the women waiting in line who think that he wants to grind before his turn. He is left alon(...)

african Other Traditions

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: African Storytelling African Traditions

Catherine Stock , Karen Lynn Williams

United States

african Other Traditions

African Storytelling African Traditions

Bernard Beckett

Dystopian speculative fiction for young adults, with a philosophical focus. Set in the "Republic," an island country that has survived global turmoil (war between continental powers, and plague). Protagonist Anaximander is undergoing examination for entrance into the "Academy," and therefore into an elite life of inquiry and culture. Her special topic is Adam Forde, a rebel from a previous period in history and a hero from an early stage of the Republic. As a coastal guard, A(...)

YEAR: 2006

COUNTRY: New Zealand

TAGS: Anaximander Bible Eve Greek Philosophy Pericles Socrates

Bernard Beckett

New Zealand • 2006

Anaximander Bible Eve Greek Philosophy Pericles Socrates

Kate McMullan , Denis Zilber

Get Lost, Odysseus! (Myth-O-Mania, 10)

This is the tenth 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 narrates Odysseus’ voyage. Hades claims that Zeus wrote down that it was he who helped Odysseus get home after the Trojan War. Hades(...)

YEAR: 2014

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Athena Calypso Cerberus Circe Hades Hermes Odysseus / Ulysses Penelope Persephone Polyphemus Poseidon Telemachus Zeus

Kate McMullan , Denis Zilber

Get Lost, Odysseus! (Myth-O-Mania, 10)

United Kingdom • 2014

Athena Calypso Cerberus Circe Hades Hermes Odysseus / Ulysses Penelope Persephone Polyphemus Poseidon Telemachus Zeus

Kate McMullan , Denis Zilber

Get to Work, Hercules! (Myth-O-Mania, 7)

This is the seventh book in the Myth-O-Mania series, which offer alternative versions of the Greek myths, narrated by Hades. Hades, who is a self-professed shy and serious god, 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. Hades’ versions offer the “true” story of the myths.In this b(...)

YEAR: 2012

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Alcmene Artemis Athena Augean Stables Hades Hera Hercules Hippolyta Hydra Persephone Stymphalian Birds Twelve Labours of Heracles Zeus

Kate McMullan , Denis Zilber

Get to Work, Hercules! (Myth-O-Mania, 7)

United States of America • 2012

Alcmene Artemis Athena Augean Stables Hades Hera Hercules Hippolyta Hydra Persephone Stymphalian Birds Twelve Labours of Heracles Zeus

Evangelia Desypris , Daniela Stamatiadis

Getting to Know the Olive [Γνωρίζω την ελιά (Gnōrízō tīn eliá)]

The opening pages inform us that olive oil is precious and its production labour-intensive. Oil goes well with food that is consumed on a daily basis, such as bread and salad. Next, children are asked to count the number of olives on branches and to estimate the capacity of oil containers of different shapes. Then, children are taken back to the past, to the mythic contest between Athena and Poseidon, the Olympic Games, and the biblical story of Noah’s Ark. In the closing page there are in(...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: Greece

TAGS: Athena Olympic Games Poseidon

Evangelia Desypris , Daniela Stamatiadis

Getting to Know the Olive [Γνωρίζω την ελιά (Gnōrízō tīn eliá)]

Greece • 2007

Athena Olympic Games Poseidon

Gareth Hinds , Lise Lunge-Larsen

Gifts from the Gods: Ancient Words and Wisdom from Greek and Roman Mythology

Gifts from the Gods: Ancient Words and Wisdom from Greek and Roman Mythology is a collection of stories that function as an annotated index of words and phrases taken from classical mythology. The stories of Achilles, Pandora, Fortuna, the Furies and the Fates, among others, are retold for late childhood readers alongside vivid illustrations that convey much in the way of emotion and drama. As with many graphic novels, there are speech balloons, including one quoting the opening line of Homer&rs(...)

YEAR: 2011

COUNTRY: USA

TAGS: Achilles Arachne Athena Epimetheus Fates Fortuna Furies Graces Hephaestus Hero(es) Hypnos Janus Minerva Muses Narcissus Nemesis Nymphs Pan Pandora Prometheus Sirens Tantalus Victoria Zeus

Gareth Hinds , Lise Lunge-Larsen

Gifts from the Gods: Ancient Words and Wisdom from Greek and Roman Mythology

USA • 2011

Achilles Arachne Athena Epimetheus Fates Fortuna Furies Graces Hephaestus Hero(es) Hypnos Janus Minerva Muses Narcissus Nemesis Nymphs Pan Pandora Prometheus Sirens Tantalus Victoria Zeus

Bertie Beetle [Hubert de Jaunay] , John Santry

Gilbert the Guinea Pig and Other Tales

The Sunflower tells of the nymph Clytie and her unrequited love for Apollo. Giving in to despair, she stays rooted to the ground, her face bound to follow the sun, the god Apollo. The Golden Touch depicts a version of the King Midas story. When Midas begs the “golden touch” from the god, Bacchus, his clothing, food and his little daughter all turn to gold. After he goes to the river to wash off the curse, there is a permanent residue of gold dust on the river bed. (...)

YEAR: 1943

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Apollo Bacchus Clytie Gods Golden Touch Midas

Bertie Beetle [Hubert de Jaunay] , John Santry

Gilbert the Guinea Pig and Other Tales

Australia • 1943

Apollo Bacchus Clytie Gods Golden Touch Midas

Kalliope Kyrdi , Evi Pini

Glafki at the Athenian Agora [Με τη Γλαύκη στην Αρχαία Αγορά της Αθήνας (Me tī Gláfkī stīn Archaía Agorá tīs Athī́nas)]

The opening page, entitled “instead of a preface,” explains that the book is about an explorative journey to the past, for which teachers and parents can prepare children before visiting the Agora. A talking bird guides children throughout the book. Appropriately, for Athens, the bird is an owl called “Glafki”, and we are given information about its symbolism in ancient Greece and about owls nesting in the Acropolis today. An illustration with a reconstructed view o(...)

YEAR: 2008

COUNTRY: Greece

TAGS: Agora Apollo Artemis Athena Ergane Attalos II Cimon / Kimon Eponymous Heroes Hephaestus Hephaisteion Hermes Ostracism Pindar Poseidon Pottery / Vases

Kalliope Kyrdi , Evi Pini

Glafki at the Athenian Agora [Με τη Γλαύκη στην Αρχαία Αγορά της Αθήνας (Me tī Gláfkī stīn Archaía Agorá tīs Athī́nas)]

Greece • 2008

Agora Apollo Artemis Athena Ergane Attalos II Cimon / Kimon Eponymous Heroes Hephaestus Hephaisteion Hermes Ostracism Pindar Poseidon Pottery / Vases

Kate McMullan , Denis Zilber

Go for the Gold, Atalanta! (Myth-O-Mania, 8)

This is the eights book in the Myth-O-Mania series, which offer alternative versions of the Greek myths, narrated by Hades. Hades, who is a self-professed shy and serious god, 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. Hades’ versions offer the “true” story of the myths.In this bo(...)

YEAR: 2012

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Aphrodite Artemis Atalanta Atropos Calydonian Boar Castor Clotho Hades Hera Hercules Lachesis Melanion / Milanion Meleager Peleus Persephone Polydeuces Theseus

Kate McMullan , Denis Zilber

Go for the Gold, Atalanta! (Myth-O-Mania, 8)

United States • 2012

Aphrodite Artemis Atalanta Atropos Calydonian Boar Castor Clotho Hades Hera Hercules Lachesis Melanion / Milanion Meleager Peleus Persephone Polydeuces Theseus

Mathieu Djele

God and His People

Once upon a time, God used to live, chat, and eat with his people. He lived together with human beings. All things were decided by him [God] before they were done by them [the people]. One day God wanted to make a visit around the world. But before leaving his people he told them not to bury anyone who dies in his absence. They should not dare to perform any burial. God left for his tour in the planting season. Not long after, when all crops were planted, a man who had been sick for years, died.(...)

oral Other Traditions

COUNTRY: Cameroon

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Gods

Mathieu Djele

God and His People

Cameroon

oral Other Traditions

African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Gods

SIE Santa Monica Studio

God of War is a video game series created by Santa Monica Studio, an exclusive title for the PlayStation consoles (with the exception of God of War: Betrayal). Individual games have their separate entries, see under the name of each gameIt tells the story of a Spartan warrior – Kratos – and his adventures in the world of ancient Greece.* The series consists of the following games:God of War, 2005 for PS2;God of War II, 2007 for PS2;God of War: Betrayal, 2007 for Mobiles (Ja(...)

YEAR: 2005

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Amphitrite Aphrodite Ares Artemis Athena Athens Barbarians Calliope Centaur(s) Cerberus Cronus / Kronos Cyclops / Cyclopes Gorgon(s) Hades Harpies Hydra Labyrinth Medusa Minotaur Olympus Oracles Pandora’s Box Phoenix (Bird) Poseidon Satyr(s) Sirens Spartans Zeus

SIE Santa Monica Studio

United States • 2005

Amphitrite Aphrodite Ares Artemis Athena Athens Barbarians Calliope Centaur(s) Cerberus Cronus / Kronos Cyclops / Cyclopes Gorgon(s) Hades Harpies Hydra Labyrinth Medusa Minotaur Olympus Oracles Pandora’s Box Phoenix (Bird) Poseidon Satyr(s) Sirens Spartans Zeus

SIE Santa Monica Studio

The story revolves around Kratos, a Spartan hero. The Olympian gods acknowledged his deeds presented in the first game of the series (see the entry for more info), and rewarded him with a seat on the Olympus. Since the day Kratos became the new god of war, he has been leading Sparta against other Greek poleis. The game begins with a cutscene that shows Kratos looking down on Rhodes, a new territory to claim. Athena disagrees with his methods, as he openly sides with one polis and that's why (...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Argo Argonauts Athena Atlas Atropos Calliope Cerberus Clotho Cronus / Kronos Cup of Invisibility Cyclops / Cyclopes Euryale Fates Golden Fleece Gorgon(s) Griffins / Gryphons Hades Helios Hermes Icarus Jason Lachesis Medusa Moirai Olympians Olympus Pegasus Perseus Phoenix (Bird) Poseidon Prometheus Rhodes Rhodians Satyr(s) Sparta Spartans Theseus Titanomachy Titans Typhon / Typhoeus / Typhaon Zeus

SIE Santa Monica Studio

United States of America • 2007

Argo Argonauts Athena Atlas Atropos Calliope Cerberus Clotho Cronus / Kronos Cup of Invisibility Cyclops / Cyclopes Euryale Fates Golden Fleece Gorgon(s) Griffins / Gryphons Hades Helios Hermes Icarus Jason Lachesis Medusa Moirai Olympians Olympus Pegasus Perseus Phoenix (Bird) Poseidon Prometheus Rhodes Rhodians Satyr(s) Sparta Spartans Theseus Titanomachy Titans Typhon / Typhoeus / Typhaon Zeus

SIE Santa Monica Studio

The story revolves around Kratos, a Spartan warrior, who sets on his quest to defeat the Olympian gods – in revenge for their actions against him in the previous installments. (see the God of War and God of War II entries for more info)The game opens with Kratos’s famous words that ended God of War II: “Zeus! Your son has returned. I bring the destruction of Olympus!” The warrior marches to Olympus atop Gaia, along with her fellow Titans saved with the power of the Fates,(...)

YEAR: 2010

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aeacus Ancient Warfare Aphrodite Apollo Athena Boreas Centaur(s) Cerberus Chimera / Chimaera Cronus / Kronos Cyclops / Cyclopes Daedalus Epimetheus Fate Fates Gaia / Gaea Golden Fleece Gorgon(s) Hades Harpies Helios Hephaestus Hera Heracles Hercules Hermes Hippocampi Hyperion Icarus Minos Minotaur Moirai Nemean Lion Oceanus / Okeanos Olympians Olympus Pandora Pandora’s Box Persephone Perseus Pirithous / Perithous Poseidon Rhadamanthus / Rhadamanthys Satyr(s) Scorpion Sirens Titanomachy Underworld Zeus

SIE Santa Monica Studio

United States of America • 2010

Aeacus Ancient Warfare Aphrodite Apollo Athena Boreas Centaur(s) Cerberus Chimera / Chimaera Cronus / Kronos Cyclops / Cyclopes Daedalus Epimetheus Fate Fates Gaia / Gaea Golden Fleece Gorgon(s) Hades Harpies Helios Hephaestus Hera Heracles Hercules Hermes Hippocampi Hyperion Icarus Minos Minotaur Moirai Nemean Lion Oceanus / Okeanos Olympians Olympus Pandora Pandora’s Box Persephone Perseus Pirithous / Perithous Poseidon Rhadamanthus / Rhadamanthys Satyr(s) Scorpion Sirens Titanomachy Underworld Zeus

Javaground and Sony Online Entertainment Inc

God of War: Betrayal

The story revolves around Kratos, a Spartan warrior who helped the Olympian gods kill Ares and became the new god of war. During his journey, Kratos receives a number of weapons and magic items. In the God of War: Betrayal there are: weapons: Blades of Athena and Blade of Artemis and magic: Army of Hades and Medusa's Gaze, all of which he received in the previous game. He can also collect gorgon eyes and phoenix feathers to boost his health and mana respectively – this is a standa(...)

YEAR: 2007

TAGS: Argos / Argus Panoptes (Giant) Artemis Athena Cerberus Gorgon(s) Hades Hermes Medusa Minotaur Phoenix (Bird) Sparta Spartans

Javaground and Sony Online Entertainment Inc

God of War: Betrayal

2007

Argos / Argus Panoptes (Giant) Artemis Athena Cerberus Gorgon(s) Hades Hermes Medusa Minotaur Phoenix (Bird) Sparta Spartans

Ready at Dawn , SIE Santa Monica Studio

God of War: Chains of Olympus

The story revolves around Kratos, a Spartan hero seeking to redeem his sins by serving the Olympian gods.During his journey, Kratos receives a number of weapons and magic items. In the God of War: Chains of Olympus there are: weapons – Blades of Chaos given to Kratos by Ares (default weapon), Gauntlet of Zeus forged by Hephaestus; magic – Efreet, an ability to use the spirit of a fiery Djiin, Light of Dawn, orbs of light to hurl and Charon's Wraith, green, ravenous blasting flame(...)

YEAR: 2008

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Atlas Basilisk Calliope Charon Eos Graeco-Persian Wars Hades Helios Morpheus Muses Persephone Persians Styx Triton Underworld Zeus

Ready at Dawn , SIE Santa Monica Studio

God of War: Chains of Olympus

United States • 2008

Atlas Basilisk Calliope Charon Eos Graeco-Persian Wars Hades Helios Morpheus Muses Persephone Persians Styx Triton Underworld Zeus

Tera Lynn Childs

Goddess Boot Camp (Oh. My. Gods., 2)

In the second book of the Oh. My. Gods. series, Phoebe Castro must try to find a way to control her newfound powers. Phoebe is an 18-year-old American girl from California who moved with her mother to the Greek island of Serfopoula. There Phoebe attends a special school, for Greek gods' descendants. After struggling to find her place in the school and coming to terms with her mother's remarriage to the school headmaster, Damian Petrolas, this book focuses on Phoebe's struggles to bal(...)

YEAR: 2008

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aphrodite Ares Asclepius Athena Hera Heracles Nike

Tera Lynn Childs

Goddess Boot Camp (Oh. My. Gods., 2)

United States of America • 2008

Aphrodite Ares Asclepius Athena Hera Heracles Nike

Aimée Carter

Goddess Interrupted (The Goddess Test, 2)

In this second volume of the Goddess Test trilogy Kate and Henry, the god of the underworld, are a couple. During spring and summer she is allowed to live in the upper world. Because of her attempt to kill Kate in the first volume, Hera is punished and banished to Tartarus, the most terrible part of the underworld. After having finished her visit to earth, Kate goes again down to the underworld accompanied by Hermes. Back at the mansion of Hades, the marriage ceremony takes place and Kate is cro(...)

YEAR: 2012

COUNTRY: Canada and United States of America

TAGS: Aphrodite Cronus / Kronos Hades Hera Persephone Tartarus Titans Underworld

Aimée Carter

Goddess Interrupted (The Goddess Test, 2)

Canada and United States of America • 2012

Aphrodite Cronus / Kronos Hades Hera Persephone Tartarus Titans Underworld

Yung In Chae , Alida Massari

Goddess Power: A Kids' Book of Greek and Roman Mythology: 10 Empowering Tales of Legendary Women

The book focuses on Titaness, Goddesses and their adapted related myths. Before the actual myth, we have a short “identity card” for the goddess, including the pronunciation of her name, family,, symbols, strength and a few sentences of introduction on the goddess’ origin or role. The stories are as follows: Gaia and the creation of the world and the Titans, Rhea and Cronus and the birth of the gods, Hera and the myths of Io, Echo, Narcissus, Heracles. Artemis: her birth, Actae(...)

YEAR: 2020

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aphrodite Artemis Athena Circe Demeter Fates Gaia / Gaea Hades Hera Muses Persephone Rhea

Yung In Chae , Alida Massari

Goddess Power: A Kids' Book of Greek and Roman Mythology: 10 Empowering Tales of Legendary Women

United States of America • 2020

Aphrodite Artemis Athena Circe Demeter Fates Gaia / Gaea Hades Hera Muses Persephone Rhea

Rebecca Guay , Burleigh Mutén

Goddesses: A World of Myth and Magic

As its title suggests, this book offers brief informational entries on various goddesses from different cultures around the world: Africa, Asia, Europe, Near East, North America, South and Central America, Oceania and Polynesia. The information is alphabetically organized, with accompanying original illustrations. For each goddess we have her name, spelling guide, origin, and one passage which describes her role and attributes. It is also mentioned whether the goddess is still worshiped today (f(...)

YEAR: 2003

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aphrodite Artemis Athena Cybele Demeter Echo Eirene Eurynome Gaia / Gaea Graces Graeae / Graiai Hecate Hera Hestia Iris Medusa Muses Nike Pandora Persephone Themis

Rebecca Guay , Burleigh Mutén

Goddesses: A World of Myth and Magic

United States of America • 2003

Aphrodite Artemis Athena Cybele Demeter Echo Eirene Eurynome Gaia / Gaea Graces Graeae / Graiai Hecate Hera Hestia Iris Medusa Muses Nike Pandora Persephone Themis

Brett Bean , Lucy Coats

Gods of the North (Beasts of Olympus, 7)

This is the seventh book in the Beasts of Olympus series. Pandemonius (or Demon as he is most commonly referred to in the series) is the 11-year-old son of the god Pan and the mortal Carys. Demon is the official beast keeper of the Olympic gods and it is his responsibility to take care of the various beasts. In this story, the Northern gods under the main god Odin, the ruler of Asgard, have come to Olympus in search for Demon. They are warmly welcomed, and Demon even performs a special show(...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Demeter Norse Mythology Pegasus Zeus

Brett Bean , Lucy Coats

Gods of the North (Beasts of Olympus, 7)

United States • 2017

Demeter Norse Mythology Pegasus Zeus

Sheila Keenan

Gods, Goddesses and Monsters: An Encyclopaedia of World Mythology

As its title suggests, this book is an abbreviated encyclopaedia of world mythology, from India, China, Japan, Southeast Asia, Africa, Egypt, The Near East, Greece, Rome, Celtic Lands, Norse Lands, North America, Central America, South America, Oceania and Australia. The book contains a bibliography and an index as well. The information is accompanied by stock photos or replicas of famous paintings with explanation for each picture.The Greek section includes brief explanations of the origin of t(...)

YEAR: 2000

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Argonauts Medusa Oedipus Olympians Remus Romulus Titans Trojan War

Sheila Keenan

Gods, Goddesses and Monsters: An Encyclopaedia of World Mythology

United States of America • 2000

Argonauts Medusa Oedipus Olympians Remus Romulus Titans Trojan War

Stella Caldwell [Selene Nicolaides]

Gods, Heroes and Monsters: Discover the Wonders of the Ancient Greek Myths

This book explains the core Greek myths. Its cover features a sepia-toned image of the Minotaur and Theseus. It has a frame narrative, in which "Selene Nicolaides," the daughter of a museum director, explains that she found a mysterious box belonging to her father, one which held objects of value from the Ancient Greeks, objects that had been smuggled out of Ancient Greece. Knowing they must be returned, she arranged for them to be sent to the Athens Museum; they appear in the pages of(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Creation Myths Gods Hero(es) Pantheon Titans

Stella Caldwell [Selene Nicolaides]

Gods, Heroes and Monsters: Discover the Wonders of the Ancient Greek Myths

United Kingdom • 2016

Creation Myths Gods Hero(es) Pantheon Titans

Giovanni Caselli , Michael Gibson

Gods, Men and Monsters from the Greek Myths

This is a collection of a select number of Greek myths retold for older children, with accompanying line drawings and bright colour illustrations of varied sizes depicting key scenes. The stories focus on detailed characterisation, particularly in the hero myths, and often bring up lesser known versions. The book opens with labelled line drawings of the major gods and a map of Greece. A section at the back explains the line drawing symbols that appear at the start of each chapter, e.g. a fennel (...)

YEAR: 1977

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Achilles Aphrodite Ares Ariadne Athena Bellerophon Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Echo Hades Hera Jason Medea Midas Narcissus Odysseus / Ulysses Orpheus Pan Pandora Persephone Perseus Phaethon Theseus Zeus

Giovanni Caselli , Michael Gibson

Gods, Men and Monsters from the Greek Myths

United Kingdom • 1977

Achilles Aphrodite Ares Ariadne Athena Bellerophon Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Echo Hades Hera Jason Medea Midas Narcissus Odysseus / Ulysses Orpheus Pan Pandora Persephone Perseus Phaethon Theseus Zeus

Ahn Do , Chris Wahl

Golden Unicorn (Rise of the Mythix, 1)

Billionaire William James is the ‘Soul Collector,’ enabled by ‘Lucifer’s Ring,’ to capture the souls of unusual or interesting people and frame them in his art collection. He also collects rare mythological artefacts, such as the Holy Grail, which his resident archaeologist, Stanley Solomon, finds for him. Stanley is trapped in his employ, because the Soul Collector has captured his wife.But when he finds a rare manuscript, he reads in it the prophecies of a soothsa(...)

YEAR: 2019

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Archaeology Demeter Griffins / Gryphons Hades Minotaur Persephone

Ahn Do , Chris Wahl

Golden Unicorn (Rise of the Mythix, 1)

Australia • 2019

Archaeology Demeter Griffins / Gryphons Hades Minotaur Persephone

Joan Holub , Leslie Patricelli

Good Job, Athena!

Little Athena is a master in tying shoes. But one day another girl asks her to tie a bow for her and then takes the credit for it in front of the other children. What will Athena do?(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Arachne Athena

Joan Holub , Leslie Patricelli

Good Job, Athena!

United States • 2016

Marta Guśniowska , Robert Romanowicz

Goosedammit [A niech to gęś kopnie]

The book tells a story of a Goose who lives on a farm. The protagonist is extremely slim, has a sunken stomach, and her feathers are frayed. This is because the bird suffers from depression – apart from a visible loss of appetite, she has a low self-esteem, cannot sleep, and continuously sighs in sorrow. Therefore, when a Fox enters the farm, she suggests the intruder eat her instead of a Hen. The predator, despite being unable to capture a hen, refuses to comply with the Goose’s req(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Acheron (River) Aesop’s Fables Charon Fable Hades Odysseus / Ulysses Styx Underworld

Marta Guśniowska , Robert Romanowicz

Goosedammit [A niech to gęś kopnie]

Poland • 2016

Acheron (River) Aesop’s Fables Charon Fable Hades Odysseus / Ulysses Styx Underworld

Chris Riddell

Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse

Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse is the first in a series of Goth Girl books by Chris Riddell which uses intertextual play with Gothic writers and literary conventions as well as other literary characters and mythology.Ada Goth is the only child of Lord Goth. The two live together in Ghastly-Gorm Hall. Ada is a lonely child, her father believing that children should be heard and not seen, therefore making her wear a pair of heavy boots so he can always hear her coming. A series of unsuccessful(...)

YEAR: 2013

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Eurydice Harpies Minotaur Odyssey Orpheus Pegasus Persephone Sirens Zeus

Chris Riddell

Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse

United Kingdom • 2013

Eurydice Harpies Minotaur Odyssey Orpheus Pegasus Persephone Sirens Zeus

Anna Rudka , Katarzyna Ryrych

Grandma Zilbersztajn’s Christmas Bauble [Bombka babci Zilbersztajn]

Seven year old Ninka moves with her parents and brother Alek to the apartment which belonged to her recently deceased grandmother. The old, damaged building from before WW2 keeps a lot of secrets, exaggerated additionally by Ninka’s fruitful imagination. A huge and loud grandfather clock becomes home for a monster called Tempus Fugit – these words are written over the clock face and, even though it means "time flies" in Latin, Alek convinces his sister it is a name card of (...)

YEAR: 2018

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Latin (Language) Virgil

Anna Rudka , Katarzyna Ryrych

Grandma Zilbersztajn’s Christmas Bauble [Bombka babci Zilbersztajn]

Poland • 2018

Latin (Language) Virgil

Alex Hirsch

Gravity Falls (Series, S01E06): Dipper vs. Manliness

The main theme of the episode is Dipper finding out what does it mean to be a man. When he tries to prove his strength at the beginning of the episode, he fails and faces great humiliation. He runs into the mysterious woods where he meets a minotaur who calls himself Manotaur. The Creature was attracted to the smell of jerky eaten by Dipper – that apparently is the most manly food there is. Standing next to Dipper, the Manotaur also smells “emotional issues” and after hearing t(...)

YEAR: 2012

COUNTRY: United States of America

Alex Hirsch

Gravity Falls (Series, S01E06): Dipper vs. Manliness

United States of America • 2012

Alex Hirsch

Gravity Falls (Series, S01E15): The Deep End

On a very hot day, all residents and workers of Mystery Shack go to the public swimming pool. There, Mabel meets a “mystery loner”, a handsome man, who never leaves the pool and covers his lower body parts with a floating mattress. He speaks with a Spanish accent and communicates in a very dramatic (he has a “terrible secret!”); he has long hair, dark skin, and a fish tail instead of legs. His name is Mermando and he is a merman. Mermando was caught by a fisherman wh(...)

YEAR: 2013

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Sirens

Alex Hirsch

Gravity Falls (Series, S01E15): The Deep End

United States of America • 2013

Andrei Valentinovich Shmal'ko [Andrei Valentinov]

Gray Kite [Серый коршун (Seryĭ korshun)]

Nurgal-Sin, the main character, a Babylonian mercenary (“a gray kite”, which is, according to Valentinov, a name for Babylonian elite troops), has almost forgotten his true name, Cleoterus, as well as his native country, Achiyava (Valentinov uses the Mycenaean form of toponym, with digamma). The well-trained and highly-experienced officer has too few good memories of his native land to feel nostalgia: he was sold into slavery as a small child. However, he suddenly finds himself to be(...)

YEAR: 1997

COUNTRY: Ukraine

TAGS: Electra Hades Laius Mycenae Oedipus Orestes Poseidon Zeus

Andrei Valentinovich Shmal'ko [Andrei Valentinov]

Gray Kite [Серый коршун (Seryĭ korshun)]

Ukraine • 1997

Electra Hades Laius Mycenae Oedipus Orestes Poseidon Zeus

Wojciech Mikołuszko , Joanna Rzezak

Great Experiments for Small People [Wielkie eksperymenty dla małych ludzi]

This illustrated non-fiction children’s book presents many famous experiments from the history of the World. Its author – Wojciech Mikołuszko – becomes a guide to past times from ancient Greece to modernity (the last entry is dedicated to the 1991 psychological experiment of Paul Harris, who investigated children and their ability to distinguish fantasy from reality). Each of the 21 chapters is divided into two parts: the former presents historical context of the experiment and(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Archimedes Greek Philosophy

Wojciech Mikołuszko , Joanna Rzezak

Great Experiments for Small People [Wielkie eksperymenty dla małych ludzi]

Poland • 2016

Archimedes Greek Philosophy

Mattel, Inc.

Grecian Goddess™ Barbie® Doll (2001)

This collector’s edition doll depicts the ‘Grecian Goddess’. Although not clear from her name, the doll is supposed to represent the goddess Athena, as distinct from the 2010 Barbie as Athena doll and the 2001 Goddess of Wisdom doll (both surveyed on this database). The doll is dressed in a white pleated dress (identified by the box text as an Ionic chiton) with tulle overskirt and a scalloped tunic (referred to on the box as a peplos), all gold-bordered. She also wears a purpl(...)

YEAR: 1996

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Athena Athens Zeus

Mattel, Inc.

Grecian Goddess™ Barbie® Doll (2001)

United States • 1996

Athena Athens Zeus

Calef Brown , John Harris

Greece! Rome! Monsters!

Greece! Rome! Monsters! is an illustrated anthology of mythological creatures from the classical tradition. Organised alphabetically, it introduces young readers to twenty monsters, including well known characters like the Cyclops, Medusa, and the Minotaur, alongside more obscure figures such as the Basilisk and Manticore. In addition to the fearsome beasts are more pleasant equine creatures, the Hippocamp, Pegasus and the Unicorn. Curiously the Hydra does not feature, but the collection does in(...)

YEAR: 2002

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Basilisk Bellerophon Centaur(s) Cerberus Charybdis Chimera / Chimaera Cyclops / Cyclopes Griffins / Gryphons Harpies Hippocampi Manticore Medusa Minotaur Odysseus / Ulysses Oedipus Pan Pegasus Phoenix (Bird) Poseidon Scylla Sirens Sphinx Unicorn (hippos monokeras)

Calef Brown , John Harris

Greece! Rome! Monsters!

United States of America • 2002

Basilisk Bellerophon Centaur(s) Cerberus Charybdis Chimera / Chimaera Cyclops / Cyclopes Griffins / Gryphons Harpies Hippocampi Manticore Medusa Minotaur Odysseus / Ulysses Oedipus Pan Pegasus Phoenix (Bird) Poseidon Scylla Sirens Sphinx Unicorn (hippos monokeras)

Charles Bataille [Almasty] , Sylvie Baussier

Greek Gods & Heroes: 40 Inspiring Icons [Dieux: 40 dieux et héros grecs]

This is a collection of profiles of Greek gods, heroes, antiheroes and monsters aimed at children. Each character occupies a double spread featuring the character’s picture labelled with some of their main attributes, as well as a short intro, family tree box and other boxes with further stories. These boxes have regular themed headings; for example, "Descendants", "Lovers" and "Conflict" are recurring ones. At the bottom of the profile is a summary line for t(...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: France

TAGS: Agamemnon Antigone Aphrodite Ariadne Artemis Athena Chronos Cronus / Kronos Demeter Gaia / Gaea Hades Hera Heracles Hercules Minotaur Oedipus Orpheus Pandora Persephone Perseus Phaedra Prometheus Themis Theseus Zeus

Charles Bataille [Almasty] , Sylvie Baussier

Greek Gods & Heroes: 40 Inspiring Icons [Dieux: 40 dieux et héros grecs]

France • 2017

Agamemnon Antigone Aphrodite Ariadne Artemis Athena Chronos Cronus / Kronos Demeter Gaia / Gaea Hades Hera Heracles Hercules Minotaur Oedipus Orpheus Pandora Persephone Perseus Phaedra Prometheus Themis Theseus Zeus

John Green , Drew Silver

Greek Gods and Goddesses

This is a colouring book that contains 22 images of the Greek gods and goddesses. Opposite of each image, there is an information text on the deity. The images are a full-page, black and white illustrations with the name of the god/goddess and a caption describing the scene. For example: "Kronos attacking Ouranos", or "Pan playing his syrinx by the side of the stream". The illustrations are not childlike or cute, but the gods depicted in a beautified way. The images and (...)

YEAR: 2001

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Adonis Aphrodite Apollo Artemis Athena Atlas Cronus / Kronos Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Hades Hephaestus Hera Hermes Io Muses Odysseus / Ulysses Ouranos / Uranus Persephone Poseidon Rhea

John Green , Drew Silver

Greek Gods and Goddesses

United States of America • 2001

Adonis Aphrodite Apollo Artemis Athena Atlas Cronus / Kronos Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Hades Hephaestus Hera Hermes Io Muses Odysseus / Ulysses Ouranos / Uranus Persephone Poseidon Rhea

Robert Graves

Greek Gods and Heroes

This is a dryly humorous children's anthology of myth by Robert Graves, better known for his earlier mythography work The Greek Myths. It tells key Greek myths, with a focus on the personalities of the key gods who it introduces in the opening chapter. There are no illustrations. The stories included are:The Palace of Olympus (introduction to the different gods),Other Gods and Goddesses,Demeter's Lost Daughter,The Titans,The Underworld of Tartarus,The Birth of Hermes,Orpheus,Deucalion(...)

YEAR: 1960

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Admetus Alcestis Amphitrite Apollo Artemis Athena Hades Hera Heracles Hermes Marsyas Omphale Persephone Pirithous / Perithous Poseidon Theseus Zeus

Robert Graves

Greek Gods and Heroes

United States of America • 1960

Admetus Alcestis Amphitrite Apollo Artemis Athena Hades Hera Heracles Hermes Marsyas Omphale Persephone Pirithous / Perithous Poseidon Theseus Zeus

Charles Front , James Mason

Greek Heroes and Monsters

The book starts off with an introduction to ‘the Greeks’ which explains why people now visit Greece, namely because they are drawn to its holiday places. This leads into a discussion of a key aspect of life in ancient Greece: storytelling. Among the illustrations in this section is an ancient Greek vase-painting showing a storyteller saying words that translate as "once upon a time…" (p. 3). These words become the opening of the first of two stories narrated in the b(...)

YEAR: 1991

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Aegeus Ariadne Crete Cyclops / Cyclopes Medusa Minoan Civilization Minos Minotaur Odysseus / Ulysses Penelope Perseus Sirens Theseus

Charles Front , James Mason

Greek Heroes and Monsters

United Kingdom • 1991

Aegeus Ariadne Crete Cyclops / Cyclopes Medusa Minoan Civilization Minos Minotaur Odysseus / Ulysses Penelope Perseus Sirens Theseus

Avner Katz , Rakefet Zohar

Greek Mythology for Kids [(Mitologya Yevanit l’yeladim) מיתולוגיה יוונית לילדים]

This book is an illustrated collected edition of former individual four books previously published separately: Great Stories from the Olympus (1999); Pandora’s Box (1996); Hercules and Other Heroes (1997) and Famous Lovers (1998). The book offers various stories from the Greek mythology about gods and heroes in an accessible language for children. The stories included in this volume are:Great Stories from the OlympusWhen the World Was CreatedThe Love Goddesses' ShellThe Revenge of the (...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: Israel

TAGS: Aphrodite Apollo Athena Daphne Greek Gods Hades Hephaestus Heracles Hercules Hero(es) Olympus Orpheus Pandora Prometheus

Avner Katz , Rakefet Zohar

Greek Mythology for Kids [(Mitologya Yevanit l’yeladim) מיתולוגיה יוונית לילדים]

Israel • 2007

Aphrodite Apollo Athena Daphne Greek Gods Hades Hephaestus Heracles Hercules Hero(es) Olympus Orpheus Pandora Prometheus

Baby Professor Series

Greek Mythology for Kids: From the Gods to the Titans

This book opens with a short introductory paragraph which says that the Olympians ruled after overthrowing the Titans and then each page is dedicated to a different deity, featuring a photo of the god or titan’s statue on one page and a short biographical text on the corresponding page. The gods featured in this book are Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Hades, Aphrodite, Apollo, Artemis, Hermes and Ares (thereby excluding Dionysus, Demeter and Artemis), and the Titans are Oceanus, Prometheus, Atlas a(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Atlas Hades Hera Hermes Oceanus / Okeanos Prometheus Themis Zeus

Baby Professor Series

Greek Mythology for Kids: From the Gods to the Titans

United States of America • 2015

Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Atlas Hades Hera Hermes Oceanus / Okeanos Prometheus Themis Zeus

Charlie Keith

Greek Mythology for Kids: Tales of Gods

This book is a self-published adaptation of stories for the Greek mythology aimed at children. The tone of the stories is light hearted and the introduction presents the book as follows: “This is a story about gods and the things they ate. Or maybe it’s a story about things and the gods they ate. It gets confusing after a while.” The introduction presents the ancient Greeks as a people who feared the gods, as the gods controlled natural elements, thus hinting at the origin of m(...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: Online

TAGS: Amalthea Athena Atlas Cronus / Kronos Gaia / Gaea Hera Metis Ouranos / Uranus Pandora Poseidon Prometheus Rhea Zeus

Charlie Keith

Greek Mythology for Kids: Tales of Gods

Online • 2017

Amalthea Athena Atlas Cronus / Kronos Gaia / Gaea Hera Metis Ouranos / Uranus Pandora Poseidon Prometheus Rhea Zeus

Brandon Terrell

Greek Mythology's Twelve Labors of Hercules: A Choose Your Path Book

This is a “choose your own path” book, in which the reader takes on the role of the hero and makes decisions and choices of action and plot development at each stage to create an interactive adventure, following instructions within the book in order to proceed. Within the framework of the story, the reader/hero of the book – referred to in the second person as “you” – while attempting to avoid a bully in the school library, hears strange noises coming from a b(...)

YEAR: 2013

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Alcmene Artemis Athena Atlas Augean Stables Augeas Cerberus Cretan Bull Diomedes (of Thrace) Diomedes’ Mares Erymanthian Boar Eurystheus Geryon Hera Heracles Hercules Hesperides Hippolyta Hydra Iolaus Minos Nemean Lion Nereus Poseidon Prometheus Pythia Stymphalian Birds Zeus

Brandon Terrell

Greek Mythology's Twelve Labors of Hercules: A Choose Your Path Book

United States • 2013

Alcmene Artemis Athena Atlas Augean Stables Augeas Cerberus Cretan Bull Diomedes (of Thrace) Diomedes’ Mares Erymanthian Boar Eurystheus Geryon Hera Heracles Hercules Hesperides Hippolyta Hydra Iolaus Minos Nemean Lion Nereus Poseidon Prometheus Pythia Stymphalian Birds Zeus

Peter Komak

Greek Mythology: The Complete Guide to Greek Gods & Goddesses, Monsters, Heroes, and the Best Mythological Tales!

As the name of the book suggests, it offers brief and adapted myths from Greek mythology. The book offers encyclopaedia-like lists of numerous deities and mythological chatterers. All receive a brief paragraph for minor or marginal deities (for example Ananke, Dione, Argus Panoptes and more) and longer descriptions for major deities, such as the Olympic gods or several Titans. The book covers the following themes/myths: What is Greek mythology?; Primordial deities (like Aether and Chaos, the dei(...)

YEAR: 2018

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aphrodite Apollo Artemis Atalanta Athena Ergane Bellerophon Dionysus / Dionysos Hades Hera Heracles Hermes Hestia Hyacinth Meleager Pandora Perseus Poseidon Theseus Titans Trojan War Zeus

Peter Komak

Greek Mythology: The Complete Guide to Greek Gods & Goddesses, Monsters, Heroes, and the Best Mythological Tales!

United States of America • 2018

Aphrodite Apollo Artemis Atalanta Athena Ergane Bellerophon Dionysus / Dionysos Hades Hera Heracles Hermes Hestia Hyacinth Meleager Pandora Perseus Poseidon Theseus Titans Trojan War Zeus

Ann Turnbull , Sarah Young

This is a collection of a select number of Greek myths retold for children, with accompanying illustrations and artwork that visually dominates the page, often changing the colour of the page to match the art. The illustrations are lavish, to the point this is almost a presentation book. The stories primarily focus on myths about nature and nature spirits. In contrast to the twenty-first century trend towards more anachronistic and humorous retellings, these retellings stick closely to ancient s(...)

YEAR: 2010

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Alpheus Arachne Arethusa Ariadne Atalanta Bellerophon Demeter Echo Hades Hippomenes Midas Narcissus Orpheus Pan Pandora Persephone Perseus Phaethon Theseus

Ann Turnbull , Sarah Young

United Kingdom • 2010

Alpheus Arachne Arethusa Ariadne Atalanta Bellerophon Demeter Echo Hades Hippomenes Midas Narcissus Orpheus Pan Pandora Persephone Perseus Phaethon Theseus

Piotr Rowicki , Iwona Walaszek

Greek Myths [Mity greckie]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp.This is a retelling of some of the most popular Greek myths (Prometheus, Daedalus and Icarus, Pandora, Ariadne, Europa, Demeter and Kore) addressed to young children. Many of the unsuitable details are eliminated or modified.&nbs(...)

YEAR: 2010

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Ariadne Cadmus Daedalus Demeter Epimetheus Europa Hades Icarus Kore (Persephone) Minos Minotaur Pandora Prometheus Theseus Zeus

Piotr Rowicki , Iwona Walaszek

Greek Myths [Mity greckie]

Poland • 2010

Ariadne Cadmus Daedalus Demeter Epimetheus Europa Hades Icarus Kore (Persephone) Minos Minotaur Pandora Prometheus Theseus Zeus

Agnieszka Nożyńska-Demianiuk

Greek Myths for Children [Mity greckie dla dzieci]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp.Kacper is a little boy who decides to be strong and brave while his parents are out. However, it is tough when you are all alone in a new house at night when everything is strange and scary. So he goes to the attic to stay there (...)

YEAR: 2010

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Aphrodite Apollo Ariadne Athena Chaos Cornucopia Daedalus Europa Eurydice Icarus Midas Narcissus Oedipus Orpheus Pandora Prometheus Pygmalion Sisyphus Zeus

Agnieszka Nożyńska-Demianiuk

Greek Myths for Children [Mity greckie dla dzieci]

Poland • 2010

Aphrodite Apollo Ariadne Athena Chaos Cornucopia Daedalus Europa Eurydice Icarus Midas Narcissus Oedipus Orpheus Pandora Prometheus Pygmalion Sisyphus Zeus

Nikola Kucharska

Greek Myths for Children in Pictures [Mity greckie dla dzieci w obrazkach]

The book presents seven most popular Greek myths in a comic book style, using illustrations with almost no words. Every myth has its own two pages and can be viewed on vertically or horizontally displayed page. The myths in the book are presented chronologically, after a short summary of all seven myths at the beginning, the reader enters the world of unknown or misunderstood mythology. The first myth shows the creation of the world. The comic book style presentation leads the viewer from illust(...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Amphitrite Athena Cronus / Kronos Daedalus Demeter Gaia / Gaea Hades Hephaestus Heracles Hercules Hesperides Icarus Morpheus Olympians Olympus Ouranos / Uranus Pandora Persephone Poseidon Prometheus Tantalus Zeus

Nikola Kucharska

Greek Myths for Children in Pictures [Mity greckie dla dzieci w obrazkach]

Poland • 2017

Amphitrite Athena Cronus / Kronos Daedalus Demeter Gaia / Gaea Hades Hephaestus Heracles Hercules Hesperides Icarus Morpheus Olympians Olympus Ouranos / Uranus Pandora Persephone Poseidon Prometheus Tantalus Zeus

Mirosław Rutkowski

Greek Myths for Children. Gods [Mity greckie dla dzieci. Bogowie]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of "Artes Liberales", Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp., section by Anna Górska, pp. 326–331.First part of a book cycle. Includes an introduction describing the origin of the world. Each chapter contains stories about different gods and mythical characters. Author begins w(...)

YEAR: 2003

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Amphitrite Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Asclepius Athena Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Eos Eros Gaia / Gaea Galatea Hades Hebe Helios Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Marsyas Midas Muses Oceanus / Okeanos Olympus Ouranos / Uranus Phaethon Philemon Poseidon Prometheus Pygmalion Selene Sisyphus Tantalus Titans Zeus

Mirosław Rutkowski

Greek Myths for Children. Gods [Mity greckie dla dzieci. Bogowie]

Poland • 2003

Amphitrite Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Asclepius Athena Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Eos Eros Gaia / Gaea Galatea Hades Hebe Helios Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Marsyas Midas Muses Oceanus / Okeanos Olympus Ouranos / Uranus Phaethon Philemon Poseidon Prometheus Pygmalion Selene Sisyphus Tantalus Titans Zeus

Mirosław Rutkowski

Greek Myths for Children. Heroes [Mity greckie dla dzieci. Herosi]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of "Artes Liberales", Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp., section by Anna Górska, pp. 326–331.Second part of a series. Four myths about the greatest Greek heroes: Theseus, Hercules, Perseus, and Jason. Written for school children in the form of short stories. Theseus, (...)

YEAR: 2006

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Acrisius / Akrisios Andromeda Apollo Argonauts Ariadne Athena Atlas Chiron / Cheiron Circe Danae Golden Fleece Graeae / Graiai Hades Helen Helle Heracles Hermes Jason Medea Minotaur Pegasus Perseus Phrixus Theseus Zeus

Mirosław Rutkowski

Greek Myths for Children. Heroes [Mity greckie dla dzieci. Herosi]

Poland • 2006

Acrisius / Akrisios Andromeda Apollo Argonauts Ariadne Athena Atlas Chiron / Cheiron Circe Danae Golden Fleece Graeae / Graiai Hades Helen Helle Heracles Hermes Jason Medea Minotaur Pegasus Perseus Phrixus Theseus Zeus

Elżbieta Lubomirska , Elżbieta Olczak

Greek Myths for Fun [Mity greckie na wesoło]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp.The book is a collaborative work: Elżbieta Olczak wrote the text, and Elżbieta Lubomirska prepared the illustrations and the book’s design. The most important Greek gods and the myths about them are presented pleasantly and(...)

YEAR: 2005

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Actaeon Adonis Amphitrite Aphrodite Apollo Arachne Ares Argos / Argus Panoptes (Giant) Artemis Athena Callisto Danae Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Eros Europa Hades Hecate Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Io Leda Midas Persephone Poseidon Zeus

Elżbieta Lubomirska , Elżbieta Olczak

Greek Myths for Fun [Mity greckie na wesoło]

Poland • 2005

Actaeon Adonis Amphitrite Aphrodite Apollo Arachne Ares Argos / Argus Panoptes (Giant) Artemis Athena Callisto Danae Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Eros Europa Hades Hecate Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Io Leda Midas Persephone Poseidon Zeus

Heather Amery , Linda Edwards

Greek Myths for Young Children

This is a highly illustrated volume of myths retold for children. Contents:About the Greek MythsThe Gift of FirePandora's BoxPersephone and the SeasonsThe Story of ArachneThe Many Tasks of Heracles (Intro, plus 12 Labours)Echo and NarcissusDaedalus and IcarusBellerophon and the Flying HorseJason and the Golden Fleece (Intro, Argo Sets Sail, The Harpies, The Clashing Rocks, Fire-Breathing Bulls and Dragon's Teeth, The Golden Fleece).King MidasThe Adventures of Perseus (Intro, Medusa,(...)

YEAR: 2000

COUNTRY: United Kingdom; Spain

TAGS: Andromeda Aphrodite Apollo Arachne Ariadne Artemis Atalanta Athena Atlas Bellerophon Centaur(s) Cerberus Charon Chimera / Chimaera Chiron / Cheiron Circe Cupid Cyclops / Cyclopes Daedalus Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Echo Eros Greek Art Hades Harpies Hera Heracles Hercules Hermes Icarus Jason Medea Medusa Midas Minos Minotaur Narcissus Odysseus / Ulysses Olympus Pandora Pandora’s Box Pegasus Penelope Persephone Perseus Phaethon Polyphemus Poseidon Prometheus Psyche Pygmalion Telemachus Theseus Trojan Horse Trojan War Twelve Labours of Heracles Zeus

Heather Amery , Linda Edwards

Greek Myths for Young Children

United Kingdom; Spain • 2000

Andromeda Aphrodite Apollo Arachne Ariadne Artemis Atalanta Athena Atlas Bellerophon Centaur(s) Cerberus Charon Chimera / Chimaera Chiron / Cheiron Circe Cupid Cyclops / Cyclopes Daedalus Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Echo Eros Greek Art Hades Harpies Hera Heracles Hercules Hermes Icarus Jason Medea Medusa Midas Minos Minotaur Narcissus Odysseus / Ulysses Olympus Pandora Pandora’s Box Pegasus Penelope Persephone Perseus Phaethon Polyphemus Poseidon Prometheus Psyche Pygmalion Telemachus Theseus Trojan Horse Trojan War Twelve Labours of Heracles Zeus

Anita Rejch

Greek Myths. Fairytales of the Ancients [Mity greckie. Baśnie starożytnych]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp., section by Barbara Krcha, pp. 294–295. The book is a collection of the most popular Greek myths adapted for children between 10 and 12 years old and written in an accessible language. The author compares mythical eve(...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Adonis Andromeda Aphrodite Apollo Ariadne Athena Cronus / Kronos Daedalus Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Gaia / Gaea Hades Hecate Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Hypnos Icarus Kore (Persephone) Midas Minos Minotaur Moirai Narcissus Oedipus Orpheus Ouranos / Uranus Pandora Perseus Poseidon Prometheus Rhea Sisyphus Thanatos Theseus Zeus

Anita Rejch

Greek Myths. Fairytales of the Ancients [Mity greckie. Baśnie starożytnych]

Poland • 2007

Adonis Andromeda Aphrodite Apollo Ariadne Athena Cronus / Kronos Daedalus Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Gaia / Gaea Hades Hecate Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Hypnos Icarus Kore (Persephone) Midas Minos Minotaur Moirai Narcissus Oedipus Orpheus Ouranos / Uranus Pandora Perseus Poseidon Prometheus Rhea Sisyphus Thanatos Theseus Zeus

Carole Hénaff , Hugh Lupton , Daniel Morden

Greek Myths: Three Heroic Tales

Greek Myths: Three Heroic Tales is a highly illustrated retelling of the myths of Demeter and Persephone, Theseus and the Minotaur, and Orpheus and Eurydice. There is at least one illustration on almost every facing pair of pages with the illustrations setting the events in antiquity. Each myth is divided into chapters in the manner of a novel.Demeter and Persephone begins by prompting the reader to imagine a tri-part world, Olympus above, the world of mortals, and the realm of the dead below. P(...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Afterlife Architecture Ariadne Athena Athens Crete Daedalus Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Eleusinian Mysteries Fate Gods Greek Music Hades Hermes Icarus Immortality Katabasis Labyrinth Maze Minos Minotaur Nymphs Olympus Orpheus Pasiphae Persephone Pluto / Plouton Proserpina Theseus Underworld Zeus

Carole Hénaff , Hugh Lupton , Daniel Morden

Greek Myths: Three Heroic Tales

United Kingdom • 2017

Afterlife Architecture Ariadne Athena Athens Crete Daedalus Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Eleusinian Mysteries Fate Gods Greek Music Hades Hermes Icarus Immortality Katabasis Labyrinth Maze Minos Minotaur Nymphs Olympus Orpheus Pasiphae Persephone Pluto / Plouton Proserpina Theseus Underworld Zeus

Kim Joon

Greek Roman Sinhwa: Olympus Guardian [그리스 로마 신화 – 올림포스 가디언 – 기간테스 대역습 (Griceu roma sinhwa – olimposeu gadion – gigateseu daeyokseup)]

Greek Roman Sinhwa: Olympus Guardian is a Korean spin-off of the animation series of the same name (신화, "sinhwa" is Korean for "myths" or "mythology"). The film tells the story of Triton, son of Poseidon, one of the three main Olympian gods (the other two being Zeus and Hades). Poseidon wants his son to learn the art of war so he can defend the world against evil powers. Triton, on the other hand, is convinced that he can defend the world with his greatest tal(...)

YEAR: 2005

COUNTRY: South Korea

TAGS: Hades Poseidon Satyr(s) Triton Zeus

Kim Joon

Greek Roman Sinhwa: Olympus Guardian [그리스 로마 신화 – 올림포스 가디언 – 기간테스 대역습 (Griceu roma sinhwa – olimposeu gadion – gigateseu daeyokseup)]

South Korea • 2005

Hades Poseidon Satyr(s) Triton Zeus

Maria Buyno-Arctowa [Jagmin, Ciocia Mania, J. Brzostek]

Greek Tales: The Winged Horse, The Mysterious Chest [Baśnie greckie: skrzydlaty koń, tajemnicza skrzynia]

Skrzydlaty koń [The Winged Horse] tells the story of a young man, Bellerophon, who comes to the spring of Pirene with a richly decorated bridle in his hand. A girl tells him the story of the nymph Pirene. At the spring, Bellerophon is going to wait for Pegasus so that he can tame the mythical stallion and get the help he needs to slay Chimaera. The days of waiting are long, and except for a small boy, nobody believes that Pegasus will come. Finally, the stallion appears, and Bellerophon, after h(...)

YEAR: 1917

COUNTRY: Kingdom of Poland (Königreich Polen)

TAGS: Bellerophon Chimera / Chimaera Epimetheus Mercury Pandora Pegasus

Maria Buyno-Arctowa [Jagmin, Ciocia Mania, J. Brzostek]

Greek Tales: The Winged Horse, The Mysterious Chest [Baśnie greckie: skrzydlaty koń, tajemnicza skrzynia]

Kingdom of Poland (Königreich Polen) • 1917

Bellerophon Chimera / Chimaera Epimetheus Mercury Pandora Pegasus

Justyna Jastrzębska

Greek and Roman Gods. The Most Important Information from Mythology [Bogowie greccy i rzymscy. Najważniejsze wiadomości z mitologii]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp.The author highlights the differences between Greek and Roman myths. According to her, Greek mentality is characterized by abundant fantasy and imagination, able to create a magical and complex world of gods and heroes, filled wi(...)

YEAR: 1911

COUNTRY: Russian Empire: Congress Poland, Austro-Hungarian Empire: Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria

TAGS: Hesiod Homer Ovid Sibylline Books

Justyna Jastrzębska

Greek and Roman Gods. The Most Important Information from Mythology [Bogowie greccy i rzymscy. Najważniejsze wiadomości z mitologii]

Russian Empire: Congress Poland, Austro-Hungarian Empire: Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria • 1911

Hesiod Homer Ovid Sibylline Books

Baby Professor Series

Greeks and Persians Go to War: War Book Bestsellers: Children’s Ancient History

Greeks and Persians Go to War opens with a conundrum: how did the Greeks win the Persian Wars when Persia was so much bigger and wealthier? The following pages combine text and large images – particularly maps – to explain the answer.Fifty Years of War. The first section explains that Persia was a "huge empire centred on what is now Iran", while the Greeks lived on mainland Greece and in colonies around the Mediterranean. A modern map of Greece and Asia Minor either side of(...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Ancient Slavery Ancient Warfare Architecture Athens Graeco-Persian Wars Greek History

Baby Professor Series

Greeks and Persians Go to War: War Book Bestsellers: Children’s Ancient History

United States of America • 2017

Ancient Slavery Ancient Warfare Architecture Athens Graeco-Persian Wars Greek History

Susan Cooper

Greenwitch (The Dark is Rising Sequence, 3)

Greenwitch is a fantasy novel for children about a humanoid image of leaves and branches that comes to life with the powers of the universe and becomes involved in a battle between good and evil. It makes use of many folktale elements and allusions to Classical mythology in order to bring myth and ancient societal practices to the attention of the modern child. As the third book in the series The Dark is Rising Sequence, the Greenwitch returns to the lives of Simon, Jane, and Barn(...)

YEAR: 1974

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Celtic Mythology Katabasis Poseidon Sibyl Tethys

Susan Cooper

Greenwitch (The Dark is Rising Sequence, 3)

United States • 1974

Celtic Mythology Katabasis Poseidon Sibyl Tethys

Karen Healey

Guardian of the Dead

Part One:Guardian of the Dead is a young adult urban fantasy novel about a New Zealand high school student named Ellie Spencer, who is drawn into a mythological conflict that re-enacts key aspects of Maori spirituality, and that will determine the fate of the North Island.After Ellie bumps into fellow student Mark Nolan, she begins to experience disorientation, fevers, and memory loss. She is disturbed by the serial killer on the North Island of New Zealand called The Eyelasher, who is removing (...)

YEAR: 2010

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Circe Dryades Homer Naiad Orpheus Penelope Persephone Selene Underworld

Karen Healey

Guardian of the Dead

United States of America • 2010

Circe Dryades Homer Naiad Orpheus Penelope Persephone Selene Underworld

Gian-Carla Coppola

Gucci Stories: The Myth of Orpheus and Eurydice (1. The Wedding, 2. The Bliss, 3. The Descent, 4. The Petition of Hades)

The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice in its recreated, contemporary form, shows the Gucci’s 2016 pre-fall collection by the Creative Director Alessandro Michele. Retelling of the Greek myth gives a new perspective to the story which is much more understandable for young viewers. This time the story takes place in New York City where late-night dive bars and the lawns of Central Park stand in for the temples of Ancient Greece. The video consists of four sequences (The Wedding, The Bliss, The De(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Eurydice Hades Orpheus Underworld

Gian-Carla Coppola

Gucci Stories: The Myth of Orpheus and Eurydice (1. The Wedding, 2. The Bliss, 3. The Descent, 4. The Petition of Hades)

United States • 2016

Eurydice Hades Orpheus Underworld

Jonathan M. Shiff

H2O: Just Add Water

A popular series for tween and teen viewers, H2O: Just Add Water was screened internationally for four years (from 2006 to 2010). It begins when teenage girls from Australia’s Gold Coast, Rikki, Cleo, and Emma, swim at the full moon in a pool hidden inside a mysterious volcanic island. When they return to land they discover they have been transformed. If a drop of water touches them, they transform into mermaids. Most episodes revolve around the sit-com challenges of their newfound identit(...)

YEAR: 2006

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Sirens

Jonathan M. Shiff

H2O: Just Add Water

Australia • 2006

Josef Hill , Elena Paige

Hades Learns to be Fair (Taki and Toula Time Travelers, 4)

In this time-traveling series fourth installment, two modern day Greek children from Crete, Toula (8 year old girl) and Taki (6 year old boy) find strange traditional Greek shoes called tsarouhia in their mother’s chest. They find out that wearing these shoes enable them to time-travel to ancient Greece (see here). In this book, the children find themselves in the petrifying underworld. Hades, who resents the children for assisting Zeus in their previous adventure (Paige, Zeus Tames h(...)

YEAR: 2018

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Cerberus Cynics / Cynic Philosophy Hades Hermes Persephone Zeus

Josef Hill , Elena Paige

Hades Learns to be Fair (Taki and Toula Time Travelers, 4)

Australia • 2018

Cerberus Cynics / Cynic Philosophy Hades Hermes Persephone Zeus

Joan Holub , Craig Phillips , Suzanne Williams

Hades and the Helm of Darkness (Heroes in Training, 3)

This is the third book in the Heroes in Training series (see entry about Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom (Heroes in Training, 1)). The saved Olympians continue their journey following the Oracle’s directions. They now head to the underworld where they encounter the Titans Oceanus, Mnemosyne and the Furies. They are even almost captured by Thanatos. In the process they will discover who the real lord of the underworld is and Zeus gets another step close to understanding his own i(...)

YEAR: 2013

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Cerberus Charon Chronos Delphi Demeter Elysian Fields / Elysium Furies Hades Hera Mnemosyne Oceanus / Okeanos Oracles Poseidon Styx Thanatos Zeus

Joan Holub , Craig Phillips , Suzanne Williams

Hades and the Helm of Darkness (Heroes in Training, 3)

United States • 2013

Cerberus Charon Chronos Delphi Demeter Elysian Fields / Elysium Furies Hades Hera Mnemosyne Oceanus / Okeanos Oracles Poseidon Styx Thanatos Zeus

Nick Roberts , Stella Tarakson

Hades' Pet Hellhound (Hopeless Heroes, 9)

This is book 9 in the "Hopeless Heroes" series. This is a series of portal-fantasy adventures in which a timid boy travels to the world of ancient myth by means of a magic vase, and learns to be brave through adventures with classical heroes. At the end of the previous book, Tim Baker was caught in a fight over the magical vase with his class bully, Leo. The two were then transported to ancient Greece. While each tried to control the vase (Leo wanting to proceed, Tim wishing to return (...)

YEAR: 2019

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Ares Cerberus Charon Eurydice Hades Hephaestus Hera Heracles Hermes Hippocrates Orpheus Pegasus Phoenix (Bird)

Nick Roberts , Stella Tarakson

Hades' Pet Hellhound (Hopeless Heroes, 9)

United Kingdom • 2019

Ares Cerberus Charon Eurydice Hades Hephaestus Hera Heracles Hermes Hippocrates Orpheus Pegasus Phoenix (Bird)

George O'Connor

Hades: Lord of the Dead (Olympians, 4)

Hades is the fourth instalment in the Olympians series. The graphic novel, told in a style akin to a modern super-hero comic, introduces the Greek Underworld and tells the myth of Persephone. The story opens in darkness, with words announcing that this is what happens when you die. The narrative follows Hermes, who goes on to the banks of the Styx. With the use of a perspective familiar from first-person computer games, the reader can see "their" shadow in the water; their greeny-white(...)

YEAR: 2012

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Afterlife Apollo Ares Athena Ceres Demeter Eleusinian Mysteries Erinyes Furies Gods Greek History Greek Philosophy Hades Hecate Hermes Immortality Katabasis Medusa Metempsychosis Moirai Olympus Persephone Pluto / Plouton Proserpina Sisyphus Underworld Zeus

George O'Connor

Hades: Lord of the Dead (Olympians, 4)

United States • 2012

Afterlife Apollo Ares Athena Ceres Demeter Eleusinian Mysteries Erinyes Furies Gods Greek History Greek Philosophy Hades Hecate Hermes Immortality Katabasis Medusa Metempsychosis Moirai Olympus Persephone Pluto / Plouton Proserpina Sisyphus Underworld Zeus

Anaïs Mitchell

Hadestown (album)

Track listing: "Wedding Song" featuring Justin Vernon – 3:18"Epic (Part I)" featuring Justin Vernon – 2:22"Way Down Hadestown" featuring Justin Vernon, Ani DiFranco and Ben Knox Miller – 3:33"Songbird Intro" – 0:24"Hey, Little Songbird" featuring Greg Brown – 3:09"Gone, I'm Gone" featuring The Haden Triplets – 1:09"When the Chips are(...)

YEAR: 2010

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Eurydice Hades Orpheus Persephone Underworld

Anaïs Mitchell

Hadestown (album)

United States • 2010

Eurydice Hades Orpheus Persephone Underworld

Frank C. Papé , Francis Storr

Half a Hundred Hero Tales of Ulysses and the Men of Old

This is a collection of fifty Greek myths for children written by a number of different authors and including ten retellings from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales. Seventeen stories deal with the Trojan War and its aftermath. Most retellings stay fairly close to ancient literary versions, although a few are more innovative. Black and white illustrations depict key scenes.Featured Stories:Pluto and Proserpine (by H.P. Maskell),Pan and Syrinx (by Mrs Guy E. Ll(...)

YEAR: 1911

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Achilles Aeneas Ajax / Aias Alpheus Apollo Arethusa Atalanta Cassandra Daphne Eurydice Hector Hecuba Helen Hercules Icarus Jason Laodamia Medea Odysseus / Ulysses Oenone Orpheus Pan Paris (Trojan Prince) Penelope Pluto / Plouton Priam Proserpina Protesilaus Pygmalion Syrinx Theseus Venus

Frank C. Papé , Francis Storr

Half a Hundred Hero Tales of Ulysses and the Men of Old

United States • 1911

Achilles Aeneas Ajax / Aias Alpheus Apollo Arethusa Atalanta Cassandra Daphne Eurydice Hector Hecuba Helen Hercules Icarus Jason Laodamia Medea Odysseus / Ulysses Oenone Orpheus Pan Paris (Trojan Prince) Penelope Pluto / Plouton Priam Proserpina Protesilaus Pygmalion Syrinx Theseus Venus

Barbara Dee

Norah Levy has spent the past two years in treatment for leukemia, and is now able to return to school. But many things have changed, especially her friendship structures. Norah is self-conscious about her status as ‘Cancer Kid,’ and struggles to navigate the emotional labyrinth of well-meaning and occasionally jealous friends and teachers. She becomes friends with Griffin, a slightly older boy in her advanced maths class, who likes her doodles of mythological monsters, and draws ima(...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Artemis Demeter Echo Hades Hera Icarus Persephone Zeus

Barbara Dee

United States of America • 2017

Artemis Demeter Echo Hades Hera Icarus Persephone Zeus

Alison Murray

Hare and Tortoise. The Favourite Aesop's Fable

This is a retelling of the traditional myth of the Hare and the Tortoise, accompanied by lavish, charming, full-page illustrations. When the characters are introduced, the narrative pauses for two pages of semi-humorous pseudo-scientific / betting form style profiles of Hare then Tortoise. This includes one page of labelled diagram (e.g. Head – perhaps a little bit big... Whiskers – extra twitchy), and one page listing key attributes (e.g. Hare can't stay still, but can run throu(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Aesop Aesop’s Fables

Alison Murray

Hare and Tortoise. The Favourite Aesop's Fable

United Kingdom • 2015

Aesop Aesop’s Fables

J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, 2)

The Chamber of Secrets is the second novel of the Harry Potter series. As in the first one, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, the story begins on Harry’s birthday. Staying for the summer with his uncle and aunt – the Dursleys – the now twelve year old boy dreams of going back to Hogwarts School of Magic and Wizardry. His plans might change due to an unexpected visit. One evening Harry finds a strange creature in his room – a house-elf named Dobby. Tradi(...)

YEAR: 1998

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Basilisk Hades Persephone Phoenix (Bird)

J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, 2)

United Kingdom • 1998

Basilisk Hades Persephone Phoenix (Bird)

J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, 7)

The seventh and final book in the “Harry Potter” series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, completes the story of the protagonist's struggle with his lifelong enemy, Lord Voldemort. Harry, Ron and Hermione set off on a journey to find the remaining horcruxes (special objects containing parts of Voldemort's soul and ensuring his immortality). The three friends must constantly hide, pursued by the Dark Lord's followers. The headmaster of Hogwarts is now Snape, a suppose(...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Aeschylus Basilisk Latin (Language) Oresteia

J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, 7)

United Kingdom • 2007

Aeschylus Basilisk Latin (Language) Oresteia

J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, 4)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the fourth book in the series by J. K. Rowling about a young wizard, learning magic at Hogwarts and, in almost every book, battling the antagonist of the series, Lord Voldemort. In the previous part of the series, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry learns about the prophecy concerning Voldemort, until now considered dead or missing. According to the prediction: "The Dark Lord will rise again with his servant's aid, greater and more ter(...)

YEAR: 2000

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Labyrinth Sirens Sphinx

J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, 4)

United Kingdom • 2000

Labyrinth Sirens Sphinx

J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, 6)

The sixth part of the Harry Potter adventures is centered on the relationship between the title character and his mentor, Albus Dumbledore. Together they try to solve the mystery of the indestructibility of Voldemort, the main antagonist of the series, who has returned and once again threatens the magical community. In the magical world in general and at Hogwarts in particular, we can sense an atmosphere of unease – the Dark Lord is once again recruiting Death Eaters and it is not clear wh(...)

YEAR: 2005

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Basilisk Latin (Language)

J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, 6)

United Kingdom • 2005

Basilisk Latin (Language)

J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, 5)

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the continuation of the adventures of the young wizard, Harry Potter (now 15) and his friends attending the Hogwarts school for witches and wizards. In this part, Harry has to deal with false accusations. The authorities of the magical world and the magical community refuse to believe in the return of Voldemort, even though Harry has witnessed it. The Dark Lord once again tries to take control of the wizarding world, and the only (secret) organis(...)

YEAR: 2003

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Centaur(s) Latin (Language)

J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, 5)

United Kingdom • 2003

Centaur(s) Latin (Language)

J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter, 1)

Harry Potter, the main character of the series, is an orphan living with his uncle and aunt, who treat him like, to put it delicately, a spare wheel. One day, on his 11th birthday, he gets an extraordinary letter from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (delivered by Hagrid, half-giant, later, one of his best friends), with an invitation to start his year as a student wizard. He also learns (mainly from Hagrid) about his past and his greatest enemy – Lord Voldemort, dark and evil wi(...)

YEAR: 1997

TAGS: Centaur(s) Cerberus Giants

J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter, 1)

1997

Centaur(s) Cerberus Giants

J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, 3)

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the third book in J.K. Rowling’s series. As every summer, Harry Potter stays with his cousins, the Dursleys, struggling with life in the Muggle world. When the summer is almost over, and he is about to come back to Hogwarts (the school where he learns magic), Aunt Marge, an embittered sister of Vernon Dursley (Harry’s uncle and guardian) comes to visit. She pushes the young wizard’s boundaries to the point when Harry lets go and uses (...)

YEAR: 1999

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Lycaon Thanatos

J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, 3)

United Kingdom • 1999

Lycaon Thanatos

Paul Zindel

Harry and Hortense at Hormone High

Harry and Hortense at Hormone High is the story of Jason Rohr, a teenage schizophrenic who believes that he is the reincarnation of the Greek "god" Icarus. He is convinced he can save the world from apathy and decadence, beginning with the students and staff at his new high school. Jason’s charisma and evangelical enthusiasm impress Harry Hickey, an aspiring writer and the story’s narrator, and his girlfriend Hortense McCoy, who has a passion for psychology. They too long f(...)

YEAR: 1984

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Daedalus Hero(es) Icarus

Paul Zindel

Harry and Hortense at Hormone High

United States • 1984

Daedalus Hero(es) Icarus

El Hadj Awal

In the beginning whenever a man was about to sleep, his wife was obliged to support his head with her left arm and lure him to sleep. Tradition forbade any form of disobedience towards parents and any act of rebellion towards a spouse. One day, a lady was caught in a dilemma in executing her function as daughter and spouse. Her husband was asleep and she had to attend to her father who was passing by. Her father called on her but she could not respond for fear of waking up her husband. To satisf(...)

oral Other Traditions

COUNTRY: Cameroon

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

El Hadj Awal

Cameroon

oral Other Traditions

African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

Kate McMullan

Have a Hot Time, Hades! (Myth-O-Mania, 1)

Have a Hot Time, Hades comprises seventeen chapters plus a prologue and epilogue, from the perspective of Hades, detailing his birth and the genesis of his conflict with Zeus. The prologue introduces Hades as the ruler of the Underworld and shows his distrust in myths and his readiness to set the record straight as they are all biased against him and he knows best.Chapter One, Hothead Dad, narrates the genesis of the Olympians from Mama Gaia who gave birth to Cronus, the Titan. Cronus in tu(...)

YEAR: 2002

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Campe Cerberus Cronus / Kronos Cyclops / Cyclopes Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Gaia / Gaea Hades Hera Hermes Hestia Muses Olympus Poseidon Rhea Titans Typhon / Typhoeus / Typhaon Zeus

Kate McMullan

Have a Hot Time, Hades! (Myth-O-Mania, 1)

United States of America • 2002

Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Campe Cerberus Cronus / Kronos Cyclops / Cyclopes Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Gaia / Gaea Hades Hera Hermes Hestia Muses Olympus Poseidon Rhea Titans Typhon / Typhoeus / Typhaon Zeus

Antoni Boratyński , Maria Kann

Heaven of Heroes and Gods. Literary Expeditions into Space — Part I [Niebo herosów i bogów. Literackie wyprawy w kosmos — Część 1]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue (accessed: June 11, 2021), Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp.This story uses the oldest myths, legends and poems about the eternal human dream of flying. The author uses several ancient sources, such as Sumerian mythology, the Greek myth about Daedalus and Icarus,(...)

YEAR: 1975

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Alexander the Great Aristotle Daedalus Icarus Lucian of Samosata Menippus Minos Selene Talos (Perdix)

Antoni Boratyński , Maria Kann

Heaven of Heroes and Gods. Literary Expeditions into Space — Part I [Niebo herosów i bogów. Literackie wyprawy w kosmos — Część 1]

Poland • 1975

Alexander the Great Aristotle Daedalus Icarus Lucian of Samosata Menippus Minos Selene Talos (Perdix)

Ann Poeschel

This book summarizes the life of Helen of Troy and her part in the Trojan War, adapted for young readers, by using clear language. The book briefly recounts Helen's parentage, the judgment of Paris, Helen's abduction and the Trojan Horse.The book also includes a glossary, index and a short recommended reading section and websites. While the book focuses on Helen, it also provides information on the Iliad, Greek myths in general, life in Sparta, the role of women in ancient Greece (Sparta(...)

YEAR: 2019

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aphrodite Helen Paris (Trojan Prince) Sparta Trojan War

Ann Poeschel

United States of America • 2019

Aphrodite Helen Paris (Trojan Prince) Sparta Trojan War

Tony Ross , Francesca Simon

Helping Hercules

Helping Hercules tells the story of a young girl named Susan who does not want to help or do chores at home. She finds a magic coin that takes her back to Ancient Greece where she becomes entangled in scenarios from Greek mythology – she has to help Hercules clean out Augean stables, help Orpheus get Eurydice back from Hades, help Paris choose between the goddesses, help Bellerophon capture Pegasus to find the chimera, fight Medusa, deal with Midas, and help Hercules get the apples from th(...)

YEAR: 1999

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Alpheus Andromeda Aphrodite Apollo Aristaeus Athena Atlas Augeas Bellerophon Cassiopeia Cepheus Cerberus Chimera / Chimaera Eris Erymanthian Boar Eurydice Eurystheus Furies Gorgon(s) Greece Hades Helen Hera Heracles Hercules Hesperides Ida (Mount) Ladon Medusa Menelaus Midas Nymphs Orpheus Pan Paris (Trojan Prince) Pegasus Peleus Peneus Perseus Polydectes Poseidon Satyr(s) Styx Taenarum Tantalus Thetis Tmolus Troy

Tony Ross , Francesca Simon

Helping Hercules

United Kingdom • 1999

Alpheus Andromeda Aphrodite Apollo Aristaeus Athena Atlas Augeas Bellerophon Cassiopeia Cepheus Cerberus Chimera / Chimaera Eris Erymanthian Boar Eurydice Eurystheus Furies Gorgon(s) Greece Hades Helen Hera Heracles Hercules Hesperides Ida (Mount) Ladon Medusa Menelaus Midas Nymphs Orpheus Pan Paris (Trojan Prince) Pegasus Peleus Peneus Perseus Polydectes Poseidon Satyr(s) Styx Taenarum Tantalus Thetis Tmolus Troy

Joan Holub , Craig Phillips , Suzanne Williams

Hephaestus and the Island of Terror (Heroes in Training, 10)

This is the tenth book in the Heroes in Training series (see entry about Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom (Heroes in Training, 10)). The Olympians are headed to Lemnos to find Artemis’ bows and arrows. On the deserted island they encounter another Olympian, Hephaestus, who presents himself as the ruler of the island due to his many mechanical inventions. Hephaestus is haughty and a braggart, and quickly challenges Zeus for the leadership of the Olympians. The Olympians must fight the islan(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Chronos Crius Demeter Hades Hephaestus Hera Hestia Poseidon Pythia Zeus

Joan Holub , Craig Phillips , Suzanne Williams

Hephaestus and the Island of Terror (Heroes in Training, 10)

United States • 2015

Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Chronos Crius Demeter Hades Hephaestus Hera Hestia Poseidon Pythia Zeus

Anatol’ Viartsinski

Hephaestus – the Friend of Prometheus [Гефест – друг Праметэя (Hefest – druh Prametėia)]

The story begins with a poetic prologue where Prometheus briefly gives answers to some questions and tells his story: “While the audience is getting into the mood for the performance, while the lights are fading out and the tableau curtains are being slowly drawn apart (this time they are drawn apart all too slowly), the dialogue starts, a question followed by the answer. The questions are asked by our time, by our contemporaries, by ourselves; they come from somewhere near, this side of t(...)

YEAR: 1983

COUNTRY: USSR

TAGS: Aphrodite Bacchantes Briareus / Briareos Dionysus / Dionysos Hephaestus Hermes Oceanides Prometheus Satyr(s) Themis Zeus

Anatol’ Viartsinski

Hephaestus – the Friend of Prometheus [Гефест – друг Праметэя (Hefest – druh Prametėia)]

USSR • 1983

Aphrodite Bacchantes Briareus / Briareos Dionysus / Dionysos Hephaestus Hermes Oceanides Prometheus Satyr(s) Themis Zeus

George O'Connor

Hephaistos. God of Fire (Olympians, 11)

Hephaistos, an attractive graphic novel focusing on myths connected to Hephaestus, opens with hammering reverberating around mountain tops. Hephaestus is revealed, working with his hammer, but the narrator goes on to tell a story of Prometheus. The giant elemental Titans are shown and then compared to Prometheus, a small human-like child of the Titans, but with the gift of foresight and prophecy. Living under the Titans he knows what it is to feel helpless. He chooses to live amongst the humans;(...)

YEAR: 2019

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Aphrodite Apollo Architecture Ares Athena Cyclops / Cyclopes Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Gods Greek Art Hephaestus Hera Hermes Leto Zeus

George O'Connor

Hephaistos. God of Fire (Olympians, 11)

United States • 2019

Aphrodite Apollo Architecture Ares Athena Cyclops / Cyclopes Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Gods Greek Art Hephaestus Hera Hermes Leto Zeus

George O'Connor

Hera. The Goddess and her Glory (Olympians, 3)

Hera begins with a recap of the triumph of Zeus and the other Olympians over Kronos (from Zeus. King of the Gods). New aspects of the battle are shown, including Hera's participation in the fighting and her ability to command Zeus haughtily to assist her when she does not wish to put her full effort in ("Honestly, I almost broke a nail", she complains). Aspects of Zeus' seduction of Hera, seen in Athena. Grey-Eyed Goddess, are shown with Hera's perspective now supplementing(...)

YEAR: 2011

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Afterlife Aphrodite Apollo Apples of the Hesperides Architecture Ares Argo Argonauts Atalanta Athena Atlas Cerberus Crete Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Gaia / Gaea Gods Golden Fleece Hebe Hera Heracles Hercules Hestia Hydra Jason Katabasis Metamorphoses (Ovid's) Olympus Poseidon Stymphalian Birds Twelve Labours of Heracles Zeus

George O'Connor

Hera. The Goddess and her Glory (Olympians, 3)

United States • 2011

Afterlife Aphrodite Apollo Apples of the Hesperides Architecture Ares Argo Argonauts Atalanta Athena Atlas Cerberus Crete Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Gaia / Gaea Gods Golden Fleece Hebe Hera Heracles Hercules Hestia Hydra Jason Katabasis Metamorphoses (Ovid's) Olympus Poseidon Stymphalian Birds Twelve Labours of Heracles Zeus

Anna Gkoutzouri

Heracles [Ηρακλής (Īraklī́s)]

Heracles is part of the "My First Greek Myths" board book series by Anna Gkoutzouri. The book features interactive levers that allow you to push, pull, and slide palimpsestic images revealing various characters from the Heracles myth. These reveals also allow for playful plot developments. There are four, thick double-page spreads in total in the book. In the cover image, Heracles is flanked in a characteristic lion’s mane, bearing a sword and fiery torch. He approaches what is p(...)

YEAR: 2019

COUNTRY: Greece

TAGS: Apples of the Hesperides Hera Heracles Hydra Olympus

Anna Gkoutzouri

Heracles [Ηρακλής (Īraklī́s)]

Greece • 2019

Apples of the Hesperides Hera Heracles Hydra Olympus

Rocco Negri , Ian Serraillier

Heracles the Strong

Heracles, the son of a mortal woman and the god, Zeus, was hated by Hera. She inflicted him with madness and he committed a terrible crime. As penance, he served King Eurystheus and was set twelve difficult and dangerous labours to perform.(...)

YEAR: 1970

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Achelous Admetus Alcestis Alcmene Alpheus Amazons Amphitryon Apollo Ares Argonauts Artemis' Hind Athena Athens Atlas Augean Stables Centaur(s) Cerberus Charon Chiron / Cheiron Cithaeron (Mount) Creon Deianeira Delphic Oracle Elysian Fields / Elysium Erymanthus Eurystheus Eurytos Garden of Hesperides Geryon Golden Fleece Hades Hera Heracles Hercules Hippolyta's Belt Hydra Hyllus Iolaus Iole Iphicles Ladon Lerna Megara Minos Minyans Mycenae Nemean Lion Nereus Nessus Nymphs Orthrus Persephone Pholus Phyleus Pillars of Hercules Poseidon Prometheus Pygmies Stymphalian Birds Stymphalian Lake Styx Tantalus Thebes Theseus Tiresias Titans Twelve Labours of Heracles Zeus

Rocco Negri , Ian Serraillier

Heracles the Strong

United States • 1970

Achelous Admetus Alcestis Alcmene Alpheus Amazons Amphitryon Apollo Ares Argonauts Artemis' Hind Athena Athens Atlas Augean Stables Centaur(s) Cerberus Charon Chiron / Cheiron Cithaeron (Mount) Creon Deianeira Delphic Oracle Elysian Fields / Elysium Erymanthus Eurystheus Eurytos Garden of Hesperides Geryon Golden Fleece Hades Hera Heracles Hercules Hippolyta's Belt Hydra Hyllus Iolaus Iole Iphicles Ladon Lerna Megara Minos Minyans Mycenae Nemean Lion Nereus Nessus Nymphs Orthrus Persephone Pholus Phyleus Pillars of Hercules Poseidon Prometheus Pygmies Stymphalian Birds Stymphalian Lake Styx Tantalus Thebes Theseus Tiresias Titans Twelve Labours of Heracles Zeus

Janusz Towpik , Jadwiga Żylińska

Heracles’ Story [Opowieść o Heraklesie]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp.This story is an adaptation of the Heracles’ myth covering selected stories from ancient sources. Among them, the story of the Twelve Labours and a few other stories were originally interpreted by Żylińska. For instance, th(...)

YEAR: 1973

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Amazons Artemis Athena Atlas Augeas Centaur(s) Chiron / Cheiron Creon Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Hera Heracles Hippolyta Omphale Persephone Zeus

Janusz Towpik , Jadwiga Żylińska

Heracles’ Story [Opowieść o Heraklesie]

Poland • 1973

Amazons Artemis Athena Atlas Augeas Centaur(s) Chiron / Cheiron Creon Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Hera Heracles Hippolyta Omphale Persephone Zeus

Natalia Kapatsoulia , Filippos Mandilaras

Herakles [Ο Ηρακλής (O Īraklī́s)]

At the very beginning of the book, we read about Herakles’ conception by Zeus and Alkmene. This affair made Hera jealous. Mandilaras presents Herakles’ labours in the following order: the Nemean Lion; the Lernean Hydra; the Erymanthean Boar; the Hind of Artemis; the Stymphalian Birds; the Augean Stables; the Cretan Bull; the Horses of Diomedes; the Belt of Hippolyte; Geryon's Cattle; the Cerberus; and the Apples of the Hesperides. Each labour is mentioned briefly, as is appr(...)

YEAR: 2012

COUNTRY: Greece

TAGS: Amphitryon Augeas Centaur(s) Deianeira Eurystheus Hesperides Nessus

Natalia Kapatsoulia , Filippos Mandilaras

Herakles [Ο Ηρακλής (O Īraklī́s)]

Greece • 2012

Amphitryon Augeas Centaur(s) Deianeira Eurystheus Hesperides Nessus

Nick Roberts , Stella Tarakson

Hera’s Terrible Trap! (Hopeless Heroes, 2)

This is book 2 in the Hopeless Heroes series. This is series of portal-fantasy adventures in which a timid boy travels to the world of ancient myth by means of a magic vase, and learns to be brave through adventures with classical heroes. In the first book of the series, Tim Baker, our hero, discovered the mythological Hercules was trapped in an old vase Tim had at home. He also discovered that it was Hera, who locked Hercules there since she was jealous of his beautiful mother. In this book, Ti(...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Hera Heracles Hercules Hermes Medusa Perseus Stheno Theseus

Nick Roberts , Stella Tarakson

Hera’s Terrible Trap! (Hopeless Heroes, 2)

United Kingdom • 2017

Hera Heracles Hercules Hermes Medusa Perseus Stheno Theseus

John Bankston

This book is part of a series of eight on different Greek deities. It tells the story of Hercules, half-man, half-god who with his god-given strength was able to overcome great obstacles. However, he was not able to overcome the greatest internal obstacle of his own anger. Starting with the episode of Hercules’ cattle being stolen, Bankston launches into a discussion of myth and the place of the myth of Hercules in the ancient world. Each chapter contains selections of the myths with other(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Admete Admetus Alcmene Amazons Amphitryon Apollo Apollodorus Apotheosis Arcadia Athens Atlas Augeas Cacus Cerberus Chiron / Cheiron Cithaeron (Mount) Constantine Constellations Deianeira Diana Diodorus Siculus Diomedes (of Thrace) Electryon Erginus Erymanthus Eurystheus Eurytos Greece Hera Heracles Hercules Hesperides Hippolyta Hydra Iolaus Juno Jupiter Lerna Linus Macedonia Minerva Minos Minyans Nessus Olympians Olympic Games Olympus Oracles Pholus Plato Pluto / Plouton Prometheus Ptolemy Pythia Rome Sparta Thanatos Thebes Titans Virgil Zeus

John Bankston

United States • 2016

Admete Admetus Alcmene Amazons Amphitryon Apollo Apollodorus Apotheosis Arcadia Athens Atlas Augeas Cacus Cerberus Chiron / Cheiron Cithaeron (Mount) Constantine Constellations Deianeira Diana Diodorus Siculus Diomedes (of Thrace) Electryon Erginus Erymanthus Eurystheus Eurytos Greece Hera Heracles Hercules Hesperides Hippolyta Hydra Iolaus Juno Jupiter Lerna Linus Macedonia Minerva Minos Minyans Nessus Olympians Olympic Games Olympus Oracles Pholus Plato Pluto / Plouton Prometheus Ptolemy Pythia Rome Sparta Thanatos Thebes Titans Virgil Zeus

Shannon Eric Denton

This is a retelling of the myth of Hercules’ 12 labours, aimed at children learning to read. The book is one of six books that form Short Tales Greek Myths series, which is aimed for children reading. The series is described in the editor’s website as “easy-to-read books to children in the hopes that they will acquire a love of reading that will last a lifetime”. So, the main purpose of the book is the educational one: to help small children in learning to read. This(...)

YEAR: 2008

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Atlas Augean Stables Echidna Eurystheus Geryon Hades Hera Hercules Hydra Iphicles Nemean Lion Nereus Zeus

Shannon Eric Denton

United States • 2008

Atlas Augean Stables Echidna Eurystheus Geryon Hades Hera Hercules Hydra Iphicles Nemean Lion Nereus Zeus

Ron (Ronald) Clements , Alan Menken , John Musker , David Zippel

Hercules tells the story of a young, incredibly strong man who learns that Zeus is his father. To get back to Olympus, he has to prove himself by finding out what it means to be a true hero, eventually by defeating Hades, the main villain of the story, who is bent on taking over the world. Although it is based on the Greek myth, it promotes mainly typically American, rather than ancient, values.(...)

YEAR: 1997

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Hades Hera Hercules Hero(es) Megara Muses Twelve Labours of Heracles Zeus

Ron (Ronald) Clements , Alan Menken , John Musker , David Zippel

United States • 1997

Hades Hera Hercules Hero(es) Megara Muses Twelve Labours of Heracles Zeus

Bernard Evslin

This is a retelling of the myth of Hercules, aimed at young adults in novel format. The book starts with a list of characters of humans/ non humans and a short explanation of each.(...)

YEAR: 1984

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Alcmene Amphitryon Atlas Augean Stables Chiron / Cheiron Deianeira Echidna Eurystheus Geryon Hades Hera Heracles Hercules Hestia Hydra Iole Iphicles Nemean Lion Nereus Nessus Thebes Tiresias Typhon / Typhoeus / Typhaon Zeus

Bernard Evslin

United States • 1984

Alcmene Amphitryon Atlas Augean Stables Chiron / Cheiron Deianeira Echidna Eurystheus Geryon Hades Hera Heracles Hercules Hestia Hydra Iole Iphicles Nemean Lion Nereus Nessus Thebes Tiresias Typhon / Typhoeus / Typhaon Zeus

Diana Noonan , Margaret Power

Nine-year old Sam lives with his parents in a small seaside community. His mother is expecting a baby boy, and there is much talk in the house about what to name him. Sam suggests Hercules as a name, explaining “He’s a character from Greek mythology.Our teacher’s reading us a book about him. He was clever and strong and he could take care of himself in all sorts of situations.” His parents are not interested, but Sam thinks “I thought Hercules was a good name for so(...)

YEAR: 1996

COUNTRY: New Zealand

Diana Noonan , Margaret Power

New Zealand • 1996

Robert Burleigh , Raul Colón

This is a picture book retelling of the myth of Hercules’ descent into Hades and capture of Cerberus, aimed at children. The book starts with a list of characters, both humans and non-humans, and a short explanation of each. The book concentrates on the last and most dangerous labor of Hercules, namely his descent into Hades and abduction of Cerberus, but the author uses the opportunity to retell the rest of Hercules’ labours for his young readers as well. The overall framework (...)

YEAR: 1999

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Athena Cerberus Charon Hades Hera Hercules Iphicles Persephone Sisyphus

Robert Burleigh , Raul Colón

United States • 1999

Athena Cerberus Charon Hades Hera Hercules Iphicles Persephone Sisyphus

Geraldine McCaughrean

The book narrates the life of Hercules, from his early youth to his tragic death and following deification (or rather becoming a constellation). Due to the subject matter and the mentions of murder and tragic deaths the book is more suitable for older children. (...)

YEAR: 2003

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Admete Alcmene Amphitryon Apollo Artemis Athena Atlas Cerberus Chiron / Cheiron Deianeira Eurystheus Hebe Hera Heracles Hercules Hermes Hippolyta Hydra Iole Linus Megara Minos Nemean Lion Nessus Pluto / Plouton Poseidon Prometheus Stymphalian Birds Twelve Labours of Heracles Zeus

Geraldine McCaughrean

United Kingdom • 2003

Admete Alcmene Amphitryon Apollo Artemis Athena Atlas Cerberus Chiron / Cheiron Deianeira Eurystheus Hebe Hera Heracles Hercules Hermes Hippolyta Hydra Iole Linus Megara Minos Nemean Lion Nessus Pluto / Plouton Poseidon Prometheus Stymphalian Birds Twelve Labours of Heracles Zeus

Steve Barlow [real name: Steve Lowe] , Steve Skidmore , Andrew Tunney [aka 2hands]

Hercules (EDGE: I HERO: Legends, 3)

In this choose-your-own-path book, the reader is Hercules. Hercules joins the voyage of the Argo and needs to help Jason to make decision and later find his lost friend, Hylas, while facing various adventures and overcoming obstacles.(...)

YEAR: 2018

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Arachne Argonauts Centaur(s) Ceto Chiron / Cheiron Harpies Hera Heracles Hercules Hylas Jason Poseidon

Steve Barlow [real name: Steve Lowe] , Steve Skidmore , Andrew Tunney [aka 2hands]

Hercules (EDGE: I HERO: Legends, 3)

United Kingdom • 2018

Arachne Argonauts Centaur(s) Ceto Chiron / Cheiron Harpies Hera Heracles Hercules Hylas Jason Poseidon

Edouard Cour

Hercules (Series, Book 1–3) [Héraklès, série, Tome 1–3]

On the back cover of all three volumes, the author quotes the alleged reply of the Oracle of Delphi to Alcides of Argolis: "Alcides, son of Zeus, King of the Olympian Gods, everybody will have now to call you Herakles, because you’ll be the Glory of Hera, Zeus’ spouse. In her name, you will live and prove the value of a God. You will be victorious in the trials of Eurystheus, King of Mycenae. Then, you’ll become immortal and Olympus will be your home."The three v(...)

YEAR: 2012 | 2014 | 2015

COUNTRY: France, Philippines

TAGS: Alcides Delphic Oracle Eurystheus Hera Heracles Olympus Twelve Labours of Heracles Zeus

Edouard Cour

Hercules (Series, Book 1–3) [Héraklès, série, Tome 1–3]

France, Philippines • 2012 | 2014 | 2015

Alcides Delphic Oracle Eurystheus Hera Heracles Olympus Twelve Labours of Heracles Zeus

Josef Hill , Elena Paige

Hercules Finds His Courage (Taki and Toula Time Travelers, 1)

In the first installment of this time-traveling series, two modern day Greek children from Crete, Toula (8 years old girl) and Taki (6 years old boy) find strange traditional Greek shoes called tsarouhia in their mother’s chest. They find out that wearing these shoes enable them to time-travel to ancient Greece. In this book, they arrive to find a frightened man hiding from a large bull. The children help him by calming the bull with some food. The man reveals to them that he is Hercules a(...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Eurystheus Heracles Hercules

Josef Hill , Elena Paige

Hercules Finds His Courage (Taki and Toula Time Travelers, 1)

Australia • 2017

Eurystheus Heracles Hercules

Gary Margrove

Hercules Son of God (Deceit of the Gods, 5)

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

COUNTRY: Worldwide

TAGS: Achilles Alcmene Antiope (Amazon) Ares Artemis Cerberus Chronos Creon Diomedes (of Thrace) Eos Erebus Geryon Hades Helios Hera Heracles Hercules Hippolyta Hydra Medusa Megara Minos Nereus Olympus Pasiphae Philoctetes Rhea Selene Styx Zeus

Gary Margrove

Hercules Son of God (Deceit of the Gods, 5)

Worldwide • 2013

Achilles Alcmene Antiope (Amazon) Ares Artemis Cerberus Chronos Creon Diomedes (of Thrace) Eos Erebus Geryon Hades Helios Hera Heracles Hercules Hippolyta Hydra Medusa Megara Minos Nereus Olympus Pasiphae Philoctetes Rhea Selene Styx Zeus

Anika Fajardo , Nadine Takvorian

Hercules and His 12 Labors: An Interactive Mythological Adventure

This book is a "choose your own adventure" book, inviting the reader to relive the twelve labors of Hercules from a first person perspective, written in the second person, of the persona of the demi-god Hercules. There are three story paths, including a total of thirty junctions at which choices can be made for the reader’s preference. The eighteen optional endings give the reader the possibility to take ownership of the Hercules story and really feel the action themselves. For e(...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Atlas Augeas Cerberus Deianeira Diomedes (of Thrace) Eurystheus Geryon Greece Hades Hebe Helios Hera Heracles Hercules Hippolyta Hydra Iolaus Megara Nemean Lion Olympus Zeus

Anika Fajardo , Nadine Takvorian

Hercules and His 12 Labors: An Interactive Mythological Adventure

United States • 2017

Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Atlas Augeas Cerberus Deianeira Diomedes (of Thrace) Eurystheus Geryon Greece Hades Hebe Helios Hera Heracles Hercules Hippolyta Hydra Iolaus Megara Nemean Lion Olympus Zeus

Craig Phillips , Tracey West

Hercules and the Nine-Headed Hydra (Heroes in Training, 16)

This is the sixteenth book in the Heroes in Training series. In this installment, after vanquishing Cronus and his army of Titans and Cronies, Zeus and his fellow Olympians begin to rule Greece.Zeus discovers that being the ruler is not as glamorous as he thought. He mostly sits in his palace (together with Hera, Athena and Hermes), listening to the villagers’ complaints and judging local disputes. He misses the adventures he used to have in the past and complains that he has the most bori(...)

YEAR: 2019

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Aphrodite Apollo Chronos Hera Hercules Hermes Hydra Oracles Poseidon Zeus

Craig Phillips , Tracey West

Hercules and the Nine-Headed Hydra (Heroes in Training, 16)

United States • 2019

Aphrodite Apollo Chronos Hera Hercules Hermes Hydra Oracles Poseidon Zeus

Connie Collins Morgan , Herb Leonhard

Hercules on the Bayou

This book takes the Hercules mythos and places it in Louisiana, merging Cajun and Greek myth. Hercules becomes a Louisiana native, engaging in activities close to the heart of the stereotypical Louisianan lifestyle. The book forms an aetiology for many well-known Louisianan customs. Four short adventures structure the narrative. Each labor gives a basis for Cajun practices today. Instead of focusing on the twelve labours of Hercules that make up the myth in the Classical tradition, Collins (...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Heracles Hercules

Connie Collins Morgan , Herb Leonhard

Hercules on the Bayou

United States • 2016

Heracles Hercules

Tony Bradman , Steve May

Hercules the Hero

In five illustrated chapters, Bradman tells the story of Hercules the Hero. In Chapter One, Trouble with a goddess, we learn of Hercules’ unusual powers and Hera’s enmity towards him. In Chapter Two, Some interesting little jobs, Hercules tackles the Nemean Lion and the Hydra. In Chapter Three, A few busy weeks, Hercules captures the Deer with the Golden Horns and the Brutal Board and cleanses the Augean stables. He shoots down the Bronze Birds of Stymphalos, wrestles with the Great (...)

YEAR: 2008

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Amazons Atlas Cerberus Charon Eurystheus Geryon Greece Hades Hera Heracles Hercules Thebes Zeus

Tony Bradman , Steve May

Hercules the Hero

United Kingdom • 2008

Amazons Atlas Cerberus Charon Eurystheus Geryon Greece Hades Hera Heracles Hercules Thebes Zeus

Laura Geringer Bass , Peter Bollinger

Hercules the Strong Man (Myth Men: Guardians of the Legend, 1)

This is a picture book (mostly one big picture per page) with selected episodes from Hercules' labours. There is no background for Hercules' life; the story simply starts with the labours.The pictures are very colourful, and there are also a few black and white illustrations. The main story told is the search for the golden apples. However, Hercules needs to capture a strange entity first, referred to as "the Old One". Then Hercules encounters Atlas. Atlas is drawn as a (...)

YEAR: 1996

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Atlas Geryon Heracles Hercules Hydra Nemean Lion

Laura Geringer Bass , Peter Bollinger

Hercules the Strong Man (Myth Men: Guardians of the Legend, 1)

United States • 1996

Atlas Geryon Heracles Hercules Hydra Nemean Lion

Michael Souza , Jeremy Tugeau

Hercules: A Greek Myth

The book is an ELT (English language teaching) resource from a Korean company. On the company website, it is stated that: “e-future Classic Readers is a collection of classic stories carefully retold for English language learners. Each story has been specially written to preserve the voice of the original author while still keeping the stories accessible through controlled grammar and vocabulary leveling.” (see here, accessed: August 14, 2019). The book is accompanied by a downloadab(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Republic of Korea

TAGS: Hera Heracles Hercules Zeus

Michael Souza , Jeremy Tugeau

Hercules: A Greek Myth

Republic of Korea • 2016

Hera Heracles Hercules Zeus

Bob Dewar , Matthew Fitt

Hercules: Bampots and Heroes

Hercules: Bambots and Heroes is a comedic account of the twelve labours of Hercules by Matthew Fitt written in Scots, one of the two indigenous languages to Scotland recognised by the UN. While Scottish Gaelic developed in the highlands, Scots originated in the lowlands of Scotland. Although Scots is still commonly used throughout the lowlands it is often blended with English by native speakers. The book itself is a product of Itchy Coo, an imprint of Black & White publishing founded in 2002(...)

YEAR: 2005

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Amazons Augeas Cerberus Cretan Bull Diomedes (of Thrace) Erymanthian Boar Eurystheus Geryon Hera Hercules Hesperides Hippolyta Hydra Nemean Lion Stymphalian Birds Zeus

Bob Dewar , Matthew Fitt

Hercules: Bampots and Heroes

United Kingdom • 2005

Amazons Augeas Cerberus Cretan Bull Diomedes (of Thrace) Erymanthian Boar Eurystheus Geryon Hera Hercules Hesperides Hippolyta Hydra Nemean Lion Stymphalian Birds Zeus

Józef Ciembroniewicz

Hercules: Fights Between the Olympian Gods. A Story for Young People [Herkules: walki olimpijskich bogów. Opowieść dla młodzieży]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp.This is an adaptation of Hercules’ myth covering the most important related stories. Among them are Hera’s dislike of Hercules and the story explaining why the Twelve Labours were imposed on the hero. In the first sto(...)

YEAR: 1919

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Alcestis Amazons Apollo Athena Atlas Augeas Charon Deianeira Eurystheus Gigantomachia Hera Heracles Hercules Hesione Mercury Nereus Pluto / Plouton Poseidon Prometheus Thanatos Theseus Twelve Labours of Heracles Underworld Zeus

Józef Ciembroniewicz

Hercules: Fights Between the Olympian Gods. A Story for Young People [Herkules: walki olimpijskich bogów. Opowieść dla młodzieży]

Poland • 1919

Alcestis Amazons Apollo Athena Atlas Augeas Charon Deianeira Eurystheus Gigantomachia Hera Heracles Hercules Hesione Mercury Nereus Pluto / Plouton Poseidon Prometheus Thanatos Theseus Twelve Labours of Heracles Underworld Zeus

Bob Layton

Hercules: Full Circle

Hercules is still roaming the universe in the 24th century alone and quite distressed, looking for galactic adventures. He now has a son, Arimathes, who is the king of the Andromeda galaxy. In this story, Hercules is confronted and united with the son he never knew he had. His former love, Lyana, whom he met in the "Prince of Power" series, is now back, bent on vengeance for his abandonment of her. She is a cunning and manipulative woman who wishes to turn the son against the fa(...)

YEAR: 2009

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Heracles Hercules Olympus Zeus

Bob Layton

Hercules: Full Circle

United States • 2009

Heracles Hercules Olympus Zeus

Lee Smyth

Hercules: Gods Versus Titans (Warriors, 3)

This is a reimagined tale of Greek mythology. The story follows the Greek Tydeus (Ty) and his grandfather, the blind poet Homer of Athens, as they accompany Hercules on his adventures. The story is narrated through their respective points of view, as a series of first person narrations. The trio meets when Hercules helps Homer during an earthquake in an unknown city. Then suddenly the (imaginary) king Naxos arrives. He blames Hercules for the devastation caused by the earthquake and proclaims th(...)

YEAR: 2018

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Cerberus Hades Hera Hercules Nemean Lion Orion Pandora Persephone Prometheus Stymphalian Birds Zeus

Lee Smyth

Hercules: Gods Versus Titans (Warriors, 3)

United States of America • 2018

Cerberus Hades Hera Hercules Nemean Lion Orion Pandora Persephone Prometheus Stymphalian Birds Zeus

Bob Layton

Hercules: Prince of Power

Hercules is the hero in a galactic setting; he has a family now which he needs to protect against all kinds of evils. Regarding the backstory, Hercules returns to Olympus and starts acting rowdily, as a result of which Zeus exiles him to the vast universe to learn some humility. He knew that he would be considered a god on earth and therefore sent him to roam the vast outer space. Hercules then begins his galactic adventures, even racing against a spaceship with his chariot. He changes his attir(...)

YEAR: 1982

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Heracles Hercules Olympus Zeus

Bob Layton

Hercules: Prince of Power

United States • 1982

Heracles Hercules Olympus Zeus

Georges Moroz

Hercules: The Complete Myths of a Legendary Hero

The book narrates the life of Hercules from his birth, his madness, the twelve labours, his war campaigns (the war against Troy, for example) and finally his death and apotheosis. The book is in novel form.(...)

YEAR: 1997

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Alcmene Amphitryon Atlas Creon Deianeira Delphic Oracle Eurystheus Hebe Hera Heracles Hercules Megara Nessus Omphale Poseidon Thebes Twelve Labours of Heracles Zeus

Georges Moroz

Hercules: The Complete Myths of a Legendary Hero

United States • 1997

Alcmene Amphitryon Atlas Creon Deianeira Delphic Oracle Eurystheus Hebe Hera Heracles Hercules Megara Nessus Omphale Poseidon Thebes Twelve Labours of Heracles Zeus

Jeff Albrecht , Gary Kwapisz , John Whitman

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

Hera continually finds way to combat Hercules, and he is forced to confront different challenges and enemies thrown his way. The book has three “scrolls” (chapters) that tell of different encounters. Each story is the novelization of a made-for-TV movie or movie-length episodes from the TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. The first scroll is Hercules and the Amazon Women in which Hercules saves the men of a village from “creatures” that are actually women from the(...)

YEAR: 1998

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Amazons Chiron / Cheiron Deianeira Ethion (Mount) Hera Heracles Hercules Hippolyta Iolaus Prometheus Satyr(s) Zeus

Jeff Albrecht , Gary Kwapisz , John Whitman

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

United States • 1998

Amazons Chiron / Cheiron Deianeira Ethion (Mount) Hera Heracles Hercules Hippolyta Iolaus Prometheus Satyr(s) Zeus

Sam Raimi , Robert Tapert , Christian Williams

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (Series, S00 – Season Zero)

Title of the Works: Hercules: the Legendary Journeys – Hercules and the Amazon WomenHercules: the Legendary Journeys – Hercules and the Lost KingdomHercules: the Legendary Journeys – Hercules and the Circle of FireHercules: the Legendary Journeys – Hercules in the UnderworldHercules: the Legendary Journeys – Hercules in the Maze of the MinotaurThe Hercules: The Legendary Journeys franchise, starring Kevin Sorbo in the titular role, is b(...)

YEAR: 1994

COUNTRY: United States of America, New Zealand

TAGS: Afterlife Alcmene Amazons Ancient Sacrifice Centaur(s) Cerberus Charon Chiron / Cheiron Deianeira Elysian Fields / Elysium Hades Hera Heracles Hercules Hippolyta Hydra Immortality Iolaus Katabasis Labyrinth Lydia Minotaur Nessus Omphale Prometheus Sea Monsters Sea-Serpent Styx Troy Twelve Labours of Heracles Underworld Zeus

Sam Raimi , Robert Tapert , Christian Williams

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (Series, S00 – Season Zero)

United States of America, New Zealand • 1994

Afterlife Alcmene Amazons Ancient Sacrifice Centaur(s) Cerberus Charon Chiron / Cheiron Deianeira Elysian Fields / Elysium Hades Hera Heracles Hercules Hippolyta Hydra Immortality Iolaus Katabasis Labyrinth Lydia Minotaur Nessus Omphale Prometheus Sea Monsters Sea-Serpent Styx Troy Twelve Labours of Heracles Underworld Zeus

Sam Raimi , Robert Tapert , Christian Williams

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (Series, S00E01): Hercules and the Amazon Women

The narrative of Hercules and the Amazon Women is loosely based on Hercules’ labour to get the belt of the Amazon Queen Hippolyta. The film opens with Hercules and his companion Iolaus walking through the woods where they encounter a young girl who then transforms into the Hydra. In adherence with general mythological tradition, the pair defeat the beast by using fire to burn the stumps of the monster’s head(s), preventing new ones from sprouting. Once the Hydra is slain, a peac(...)

YEAR: 1994

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Alcmene Amazons Hera Hercules Hippolyta Hydra Iolaus Twelve Labours of Heracles Zeus

Sam Raimi , Robert Tapert , Christian Williams

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (Series, S00E01): Hercules and the Amazon Women

United States • 1994

Alcmene Amazons Hera Hercules Hippolyta Hydra Iolaus Twelve Labours of Heracles Zeus

Sam Raimi , Robert Tapert , Christian Williams

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (Series, S00E02): Hercules and the Lost Kingdom

This film’s narrative finds little direct precedent within ancient mythology but draws upon several identifiable themes/tropes for inspiration. After successfully saving a village from a giant, Hercules is approached by a messenger who asks for the hero’s help: his people have been forced out of their home-town, the “lost kingdom” of Troy. Zeus reveals that Hera caused the disappearance of Troy and, in order to find it, Hercules requires the “true compass”. &n(...)

YEAR: 1994

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Ancient Sacrifice Deianeira Hera Hercules Lydia Omphale Sea-Serpent Troy Zeus

Sam Raimi , Robert Tapert , Christian Williams

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (Series, S00E02): Hercules and the Lost Kingdom

United States • 1994

Ancient Sacrifice Deianeira Hera Hercules Lydia Omphale Sea-Serpent Troy Zeus

Sam Raimi , Robert Tapert , Christian Williams

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (Series, S00E03): Hercules and the Circle of Fire

This film takes inspiration from several mythological themes, such as Prometheus providing fire for mankind and the wounding of Chiron (with Hydra blood) by Hercules, and combines these into a largely unique narrative. The film opens with Hercules, plagued with premonitions that the world will be covered in ice, on a quest to defeat a witch who has (apparently) been sapping the life force of the local men. Hercules follows a young man into the witch’s cave but becomes suspicious that (...)

YEAR: 1994

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Centaur(s) Chiron / Cheiron Deianeira Hera Hercules Immortality Prometheus Zeus

Sam Raimi , Robert Tapert , Christian Williams

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (Series, S00E03): Hercules and the Circle of Fire

United States • 1994

Centaur(s) Chiron / Cheiron Deianeira Hera Hercules Immortality Prometheus Zeus

Sam Raimi , Robert Tapert , Christian Williams

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (Series, S00E04): Hercules in the Underworld

This narrative is based loosely on a combination of several known mythological tales: the rape of Deianeira by Nessus, the labour of Hercules capturing Cerberus in the underworld, the death of Hercules and Orpheus’ catabasis. The film begins in an undisclosed village where the ground opens up to create an eerie fissure from out of which a strange green light and mist emerge, destroying all who come into contact with it. Meanwhile, in Hercules’ own village, the hero is forced out of &(...)

YEAR: 1994

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Afterlife Centaur(s) Cerberus Charon Deianeira Elysian Fields / Elysium Hades Hera Hercules Immortality Katabasis Nessus Styx Twelve Labours of Heracles Underworld Zeus

Sam Raimi , Robert Tapert , Christian Williams

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (Series, S00E04): Hercules in the Underworld

United States • 1994

Afterlife Centaur(s) Cerberus Charon Deianeira Elysian Fields / Elysium Hades Hera Hercules Immortality Katabasis Nessus Styx Twelve Labours of Heracles Underworld Zeus

Sam Raimi , Robert Tapert , Christian Williams

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (Series, S00E05): Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur

This final pilot-movie is essentially a collection of clips from the previous four films loosely grouped together by an overarching narrative which appropriates the figure of the Minotaur into the adventures of Hercules. Hercules has now retired from “heroism” and is focused on settling down with his family for an ordinary life. Upon witnessing his sons fighting, Hercules explains that fighting should only be done to help other people, telling them the story of Eryx the boxer (from H(...)

YEAR: 1994

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Deianeira Hera Hercules Iolaus Labyrinth Minotaur Zeus

Sam Raimi , Robert Tapert , Christian Williams

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (Series, S00E05): Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur

United States • 1994

Deianeira Hera Hercules Iolaus Labyrinth Minotaur Zeus

Sam Raimi , Robert Tapert , Christian Williams

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (Series, S01E01–13)

The Hercules: The Legendary Journeys franchise, starring Kevin Sorbo in the titular role, began in 1994 with a collection of five feature-length, television-movie, pilot-episodes, the popularity of which then ensured the franchises’ continuation via an established television series. The series ran for a total six seasons (1995-1999) and picked up the narrative from the where the films had concluded. The series became even more popular than the films and several spin-offs ensued, inclu(...)

YEAR: 1995

COUNTRY: United States, New Zealand

TAGS: Ancient Slavery Ares Centaur(s) Cyclops / Cyclopes Dionysus / Dionysos Gladiator Games Gods Hera Heracles Hero(es) Iolaus Tiresias

Sam Raimi , Robert Tapert , Christian Williams

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (Series, S01E01–13)

United States, New Zealand • 1995

Ancient Slavery Ares Centaur(s) Cyclops / Cyclopes Dionysus / Dionysos Gladiator Games Gods Hera Heracles Hero(es) Iolaus Tiresias

Sam Raimi , Robert Tapert , Christian Williams

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (Series, S02E01–24)

The second season of Hercules: the Legendary Journeys utilizes the same basic structure as the first season (see relevant entry) but builds upon the momentum of the franchises’ popularity to expand the number of episodes to almost double that of the first season (13 and 22, respectively). Each episode is self-contained and depicts Hercules and his companion, Iolaus, embarking upon a quest to defeat a villain/bad-guy and/or to resolve an issue of injustice that plagues a town/village. (...)

YEAR: 1995

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Admetus Alcestis Alcmene Aphrodite Barbarians Centaur(s) Demeter Echidna Giants Gods Golden Fleece Hades Hera Heracles Hercules Hero(es) Iolaus Iphicles Jason Judgement of Paris Medea Midas Orestes Persephone Prophecy Salmoneus Sisyphus Sparta Typhon / Typhoeus / Typhaon

Sam Raimi , Robert Tapert , Christian Williams

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (Series, S02E01–24)

United States • 1995

Admetus Alcestis Alcmene Aphrodite Barbarians Centaur(s) Demeter Echidna Giants Gods Golden Fleece Hades Hera Heracles Hercules Hero(es) Iolaus Iphicles Jason Judgement of Paris Medea Midas Orestes Persephone Prophecy Salmoneus Sisyphus Sparta Typhon / Typhoeus / Typhaon

Sam Raimi , Robert Tapert , Christian Williams

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (Series, S03E01–22)

Season three of HTLJ, consisting of twenty-two episodes, maintains the successful format of the prior two seasons: a series of self-contained narrative episodes that derive inspiration from tropes associated with both the ancient world and fantasy genres. Examples of the former include episode 2 (Doomsday) in which Hercules assists the inventor Daedalus with his grief over the death of his son Icarus (who famously died when the pair tried to escape Crete – see, e.g., Ovid Met. 8); epi(...)

YEAR: 1996

COUNTRY: USA/New Zealand

TAGS: Aphrodite Ares Atlantis Cupid Daedalus Echidna Gods Hera Heracles Hercules Hero(es) Icarus Iolaus Jason

Sam Raimi , Robert Tapert , Christian Williams

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (Series, S03E01–22)

USA/New Zealand • 1996

Aphrodite Ares Atlantis Cupid Daedalus Echidna Gods Hera Heracles Hercules Hero(es) Icarus Iolaus Jason

Sam Raimi , Robert Tapert , Christian Williams

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (Series, S04E01–22)

Season four of HTLJ, consisting of twenty-two episodes, does little to change the successful format of the serial established by the prior seasons: i.e., the season’s arc presents a series of self-contained narrative episodes that derive inspiration from tropes associated with both the ancient world and fantasy genres. Indeed, certain episodes in this season tread over familiar narrative territory: for example, episode 11 (Medea culpa) includes another example of a dragon slaying quest (he(...)

YEAR: 1997

COUNTRY: United States of America, New Zealand

TAGS: Gods Hera Heracles Hercules Hero(es) Iolaus

Sam Raimi , Robert Tapert , Christian Williams

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (Series, S04E01–22)

United States of America, New Zealand • 1997

Gods Hera Heracles Hercules Hero(es) Iolaus

Sam Raimi , Robert Tapert , Christian Williams

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (Series, S05E01–22)

The fifth and penultimate season of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys maintains the same structure as the earlier seasons with 22 stand-alone episodes depicting Hercules’ battle against ‘evil’ (in all of its various guises) and, in his role as champion of the people, his righting of the wrongs performed against the innocent. Certain tropes established in seasons three and four are now cemented as recurrent features: in particular, the modern, metatheatrical take on the clip(...)

YEAR: 1998

COUNTRY: United States of America/New Zealand

TAGS: Caesar Gilgamesh Gods Hera Heracles Hercules Hero(es) Iolaus Katabasis Norse Mythology

Sam Raimi , Robert Tapert , Christian Williams

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (Series, S05E01–22)

United States of America/New Zealand • 1998

Caesar Gilgamesh Gods Hera Heracles Hercules Hero(es) Iolaus Katabasis Norse Mythology

Sam Raimi , Robert Tapert , Christian Williams

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (Series, S06E01–08)

This final, sixth, season of HTLJ has a much shorter run than any prior season with only 8 episodes. With the ancient evil Dahak having been defeated at the end of season 5, these final episodes focused on returning to the original formula of the show (see below and analysis) in order to wrap up the narrative arc of the serial (this is hinted at by the title of the final episode: Full circle). Promotional material for the show referred to this season as "the last Legendary Journey&rdqu(...)

YEAR: 1999

COUNTRY: United States of America/New Zealand

TAGS: Amazons Antigone Aphrodite Ares Creon Gods Hephaestus Hera Heracles Hercules Hero(es) Iolaus Oedipus Tartarus Thebes Titans Zeus

Sam Raimi , Robert Tapert , Christian Williams

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (Series, S06E01–08)

United States of America/New Zealand • 1999

Amazons Antigone Aphrodite Ares Creon Gods Hephaestus Hera Heracles Hercules Hero(es) Iolaus Oedipus Tartarus Thebes Titans Zeus

Mark Hess , Kathryn Lasky

Hercules: The Man, the Myth, the Hero

This of Hercules begins with his birth as "Palaemon" and Hera's initial attempt on his life by sending the two serpents to his cradle. After accidentally killing his teacher, Palaemon's mother sends him away. Although he thinks of himself as a monster, Palaemon goes on to make quite a name for himself as a strong warrior, not a monster, and was very happy until Hera tricks him into killing his family. This is when he becomes "Hercules", Hera's glory, and is sent t(...)

YEAR: 1997

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Apollo Atlas Augean Stables Centaur(s) Cerberus Ceryneian Hind Cretan Bull Deianeira Delphic Oracle Diomedes (of Thrace) Diomedes’ Mares Eurystheus Geryon Hades Hera Heracles Hercules Hippolyta's Belt Hydra Lydia Megara Minyans Nemean Lion Nessus Olympus Omphale Palaemon Stymphalian Birds Thebes Twelve Labours of Heracles Zeus

Mark Hess , Kathryn Lasky

Hercules: The Man, the Myth, the Hero

United States • 1997

Apollo Atlas Augean Stables Centaur(s) Cerberus Ceryneian Hind Cretan Bull Deianeira Delphic Oracle Diomedes (of Thrace) Diomedes’ Mares Eurystheus Geryon Hades Hera Heracles Hercules Hippolyta's Belt Hydra Lydia Megara Minyans Nemean Lion Nessus Olympus Omphale Palaemon Stymphalian Birds Thebes Twelve Labours of Heracles Zeus

Steve Kurth , Barbara Schulz , Paul D. Storrie

Hercules: The Twelve Labors

This is a graphic novel retelling of the myth of Hercules from his youth to after the labours. It includes glossary, index and further reading. There are only 4 panels devoted to Hercules’ youth and then we are told that as a grown man Hercules was told by the oracle of Delphi (which was manipulated by Hera) to serve King Eurystheus. Unsurprisingly, there is no mention of the murders he committed, this being a children’s story. All the 12 labours are then portrayed and we also meet p(...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Atlas Augean Stables Cerberus Ceryneian Hind Diomedes’ Mares Eurystheus Geryon Hades Hera Heracles Hercules Hippolyta Hydra Minos Nemean Lion Stymphalian Birds Twelve Labours of Heracles White Bull

Steve Kurth , Barbara Schulz , Paul D. Storrie

Hercules: The Twelve Labors

United States • 2007

Atlas Augean Stables Cerberus Ceryneian Hind Diomedes’ Mares Eurystheus Geryon Hades Hera Heracles Hercules Hippolyta Hydra Minos Nemean Lion Stymphalian Birds Twelve Labours of Heracles White Bull

Linda Cavallini , Alex Frith

Hercules: The World's Strongest Man

This book is a retelling of the story of Hercules aimed to encourage reading; the story was developed at the University of Roehampton with the consultation of Alison Kelly, Senior Lecturer. The story follows Hercules after he has killed his family and is performing his 12 labours until the gods forgive him. At the end, the story of how Hera tried to kill Hercules as an infant and how he joined the Argonauts is briefly summarized.(...)

YEAR: 2014

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Atlas Augean Stables Cerberus Ceryneian Hind Chiron / Cheiron Cretan Bull Diomedes’ Mares Erymanthian Boar Eurystheus Geryon Hades Helios Hera Heracles Hercules Hesperides Hippolyta Hydra Iolaus Nemean Lion Persephone Prometheus Stymphalian Birds Zeus

Linda Cavallini , Alex Frith

Hercules: The World's Strongest Man

United Kingdom • 2014

Atlas Augean Stables Cerberus Ceryneian Hind Chiron / Cheiron Cretan Bull Diomedes’ Mares Erymanthian Boar Eurystheus Geryon Hades Helios Hera Heracles Hercules Hesperides Hippolyta Hydra Iolaus Nemean Lion Persephone Prometheus Stymphalian Birds Zeus

Bob Layton , Ronald Ron Lim

Hercules: Twilight of a God

In these 4 volumes of the comic book series, Hercules has been the champion of the Andromeda galaxy for over 75 years, together with his son and grandchildren. It is a part of the larger Marvel universe. The mythical hero is again placed in a sci-fi environment. It continues his adventures from the Prince of Power series and there are recurring characters. It seems that his comic book version is a kind of stereotypical cliché of the strong man without too many brains. In this retelling he(...)

YEAR: 2010

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Heracles Hercules

Bob Layton , Ronald Ron Lim

Hercules: Twilight of a God

United States • 2010

Heracles Hercules

Ryan Madison

Hercules’ First Six Tasks: Short Stories Teens to Young Adult

In this installment we have a part of Hercules’ adventures mixed with other historical figures such as Alexander the Great. There is no decisive chronological development for the narrative. Hercules receives different tasks from Zeus and on the way he meets all kind of people, such as the mysterious King Phillip, the king of his home-land; he also meets Helen and Alexander, and Oedipus’ family.(...)

YEAR: 2013

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Alcmene Alexander the Great Antigone Augean Stables Deianeira Erymanthian Boar Eurystheus Hades Helen Helios Hera Heracles Hercules Hippolyta Hydra Iolaus Nemean Lion Oedipus Omphale Sphinx Stymphalian Birds Thespius Zeus

Ryan Madison

Hercules’ First Six Tasks: Short Stories Teens to Young Adult

Australia • 2013

Alcmene Alexander the Great Antigone Augean Stables Deianeira Erymanthian Boar Eurystheus Hades Helen Helios Hera Heracles Hercules Hippolyta Hydra Iolaus Nemean Lion Oedipus Omphale Sphinx Stymphalian Birds Thespius Zeus

The Hercules Project , Emma Stafford

Hercules’ Twelve Labours Today

This webpage concerns a family-friendly exhibition, organised by the University of Leeds-based Hercules Project as part of the University’s 2019 public engagement "Be Curious" festival. The exhibition presented representations of the Labours of Hercules in ancient and postclassical art, culminating in recent appropriations of the hero as a coloniser and a world leader. After looking at how others have depicted Hercules, visitors were invited to become creators of their own recept(...)

YEAR: 2019

COUNTRY: Great Britain and Northern Ireland

TAGS: Heracles Hydra Nemean Lion Twelve Labours of Heracles

The Hercules Project , Emma Stafford

Hercules’ Twelve Labours Today

Great Britain and Northern Ireland • 2019

Heracles Hydra Nemean Lion Twelve Labours of Heracles

Ludwik Jerzy Kern

Here Are the Fables [Tu są bajki]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp. (accessed: June 11, 2021), section by Tomasz Królak, 112–118. The book is a collection of short fables in verse; some are adapted versions of Jean de La Fontaine’s texts, others are the author’s ori(...)

YEAR: 1953

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Aesop Aesop’s Fables

Ludwik Jerzy Kern

Here Are the Fables [Tu są bajki]

Poland • 1953

Aesop Aesop’s Fables

Nick Roberts , Stella Tarakson

Here Comes Hercules! (Hopeless Heroes, 1)

This is book 1 in the Hopeless Heroes series. This is series of portal-fantasy adventures in which a timid boy travels to the world of ancient myth by means of a magic vase, and learns to be brave through adventures with classical heroes. In this book we meet our protagonist, Tim Baker. We are initially informed that Tim’s mother works long hours to provide for her family, so he needs to help with the housework. While cleaning, Tim accidentally breaks a large Greek vase, decorated with a s(...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Cerberus Hera Hercules Hermes Zeus

Nick Roberts , Stella Tarakson

Here Comes Hercules! (Hopeless Heroes, 1)

United Kingdom • 2017

Cerberus Hera Hercules Hermes Zeus

Joan Holub , Craig Phillips , Tracey West , Suzanne Williams

Hermes and the Horse with Wings (Heroes in Training, 13)

This is the thirteenth book in the Heroes in Training series (see for example Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom) and the first by a new author, Tracey West. The Olympians encounter a new member, Hermes and need to try and get along with him. Meanwhile, they also help Bellepheron in his fight against the monstrous Chimera. Although until now they were more concerned in saving themselves, the Olympians now start to grow into their roles as defenders of Greece, especially as their reputation grows. (...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Chronos Demeter Hades Hera Hermes Hestia Oracles Ouranos / Uranus Pegasus Poseidon Zeus

Joan Holub , Craig Phillips , Tracey West , Suzanne Williams

Hermes and the Horse with Wings (Heroes in Training, 13)

United States • 2017

Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Chronos Demeter Hades Hera Hermes Hestia Oracles Ouranos / Uranus Pegasus Poseidon Zeus

Natalia Kapatsoulia , Filippos Mandilaras

Hermes. The god for all chores [Ερμής, ο θεός για όλες τις δουλειές (Ermī́s, o theós gia óles tis douleiés)]

The book begins by explaining that Hermes is known for helping the thieves, for serving as the messenger of the Olympians, for befriending heroes, and for travelling to the underworld. Zeus fell in love with the nymph Maia, who gave birth in a cave. While Maia was asleep, we are told, baby Hermes stepped out of his cradle and started wandering in the forest. Inventive Hermes made a lyre out of a turtle’s tortoiseshell. Soon, tired of singing, Hermes became hungry. In search for food, he wa(...)

YEAR: 2011

COUNTRY: Greece

TAGS: Apollo Arcadia Hades Hermes Maia Nymphs Olympus Zeus

Natalia Kapatsoulia , Filippos Mandilaras

Hermes. The god for all chores [Ερμής, ο θεός για όλες τις δουλειές (Ermī́s, o theós gia óles tis douleiés)]

Greece • 2011

Apollo Arcadia Hades Hermes Maia Nymphs Olympus Zeus

George O'Connor

Hermes: Tales of the Trickster (Olympians, 10)

This enjoyable graphic novel is the most humorous one of the Olympians series to date. The novel takes as its frame the myth of the killing of Argus Panoptes. A traveller and his dog arrive at the field that the giant, Argus, guards, where he keeps his many eyes on a lone white cow. The traveller begins to tell the giant stories:The first is the story of the dogs' complaint. Hermes arranged for dogs to make their complaint to Zeus about being under human bondage. But they "voided their (...)

YEAR: 2018

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Aesop Aesop’s Fables Afterlife Aphrodite Apollo Architecture Ares Artemis Athena Centaur(s) Cerberus Dionysus / Dionysos Divination Egypt Egyptian Mythology Fable Faun Gods Greek Music Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hydra Mercury Metamorphoses (Ovid's) Nymphs Olympus Ovid Pan Penelope Phaedrus Zeus

George O'Connor

Hermes: Tales of the Trickster (Olympians, 10)

United States • 2018

Aesop Aesop’s Fables Afterlife Aphrodite Apollo Architecture Ares Artemis Athena Centaur(s) Cerberus Dionysus / Dionysos Divination Egypt Egyptian Mythology Fable Faun Gods Greek Music Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hydra Mercury Metamorphoses (Ovid's) Nymphs Olympus Ovid Pan Penelope Phaedrus Zeus

James Reeves , Sara Silcock

Heroes and Monsters: Legends of Ancient Greece

This is an anthology book for children which presents the key figures and stories from classical mythology. The chapters are lightly illustrated, with one or two line drawings per chapter. Introduction.Pronunciation Guide (and map of Ancient Greece).The Beginning of Man: Prometheus and Pandora. Winter and Summer: Demeter and Persephone. Daedalus and Icarus.Phaeton’s Journey.King Midas (divided into ‘The Golden Touch’ and ‘A Pair of Ass’s Ears&rsq(...)

YEAR: 1969

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Andromeda Apollo Ariadne Daedalus Eros Hades Heracles Jason Medea Medusa Midas Odysseus / Ulysses Pandora Persephone Perseus Prometheus Psyche Theseus Zeus

James Reeves , Sara Silcock

Heroes and Monsters: Legends of Ancient Greece

United Kingdom • 1969

Andromeda Apollo Ariadne Daedalus Eros Hades Heracles Jason Medea Medusa Midas Odysseus / Ulysses Pandora Persephone Perseus Prometheus Psyche Theseus Zeus

Limbic Entertainment GmbH , New World Computing, Inc., , Nival Interactive

Heroes of Might and Magic (series)

BasicsHeroes of Might and Magic (HoMM) is a turn-based strategy game series, which so far has seven parts (plus add-ons), the first four were produced by New World Computing and distributed by 3DO and the fifth one by Nival Interactive for Ubisoft, the sixth and seventh ones – by Limbic Entertainment also for Ubisoft. As for now, the series consists of the following games and official add-ons:Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest, 2005;Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wa(...)

YEAR: 1995

COUNTRY: Worldwide

TAGS: Centaur(s) Cerberus Cyclops / Cyclopes Giants Gorgon(s) Griffins / Gryphons Hades Harpies Hydra Manticore Medusa Minotaur Pandora Pegasus Titans

Limbic Entertainment GmbH , New World Computing, Inc., , Nival Interactive

Heroes of Might and Magic (series)

Worldwide • 1995

Centaur(s) Cerberus Cyclops / Cyclopes Giants Gorgon(s) Griffins / Gryphons Hades Harpies Hydra Manticore Medusa Minotaur Pandora Pegasus Titans

Tom Kindley

Heroes of the Night Sky. The Greek Myths Behind the Constellations

This is a collection of myths told for teenagers, with emphasis on stylised illustration, constellation name aetiologies, and some moral lessons. The myths included are:Ursa Major (The Great Bear)PegasusAndromedaHerculesLyre (The Lyre)Corona Borealis (Northern Crown)Orion and ScorpiusCorvus (The Crow)Centaurus (The Centaur)Ophiucus (The Serpent Bearer)(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Aetiology Afterlife Andromeda Aphrodite Apollo Architecture Ariadne Artemis Asclepius Bellerophon Callisto Centaur(s) Cerberus Charon Chimera / Chimaera Chiron / Cheiron Dionysus / Dionysos Gods Hades Heracles Hercules Hermes Hydra Immortality Katabasis Labyrinth Maze Medusa Minotaur Orion Orpheus Pegasus Perseus Poseidon Prometheus Stymphalian Birds Theseus Twelve Labours of Heracles Underworld Zeus

Tom Kindley

Heroes of the Night Sky. The Greek Myths Behind the Constellations

United Kingdom • 2016

Aetiology Afterlife Andromeda Aphrodite Apollo Architecture Ariadne Artemis Asclepius Bellerophon Callisto Centaur(s) Cerberus Charon Chimera / Chimaera Chiron / Cheiron Dionysus / Dionysos Gods Hades Heracles Hercules Hermes Hydra Immortality Katabasis Labyrinth Maze Medusa Minotaur Orion Orpheus Pegasus Perseus Poseidon Prometheus Stymphalian Birds Theseus Twelve Labours of Heracles Underworld Zeus

Bernard Evslin , William Hofmann

Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths

This is an anthology book for children which presents the key figures and stories from classical mythology. The retellings are adapted only loosely from their ancient sources, much more loosely than other children’s anthologies of a similar time (e.g. Ingri and Edgar D’Aulaire, D’Aulaires Book of Greek Myths, 1962; James Reeves, Heroes and Monsters: Legends of Ancient Greece, 1969). The chapters are lightly illustrated, with most chapter titles accompanied by a line drawing, bu(...)

YEAR: 1967

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Apollo Ariadne Atalanta Daedalus Echo Hades Hera Icarus Medusa Meleager Minos Narcissus Persephone Perseus Phaethon Prometheus Psyche Theseus Zeus

Bernard Evslin , William Hofmann

Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths

United States • 1967

Apollo Ariadne Atalanta Daedalus Echo Hades Hera Icarus Medusa Meleager Minos Narcissus Persephone Perseus Phaethon Prometheus Psyche Theseus Zeus

David Sorrow , Michael Sorrow

Heroic Hercules and the Baby Dragon (Learning in Motion Adventures, 1)

This picture book presents the story of a child, Hercules, who helps a baby dragon to return to his home. The book is aimed to make children move (jump, roll, etc.) as required by the story, hence it is a kind of interactive reading. The book opens by depicting Hercules leaning against a classical pillar and declaring, “I’m heroic Hercules. I save people. Whenever there is danger in town I’m called upon to help”. The danger in this case turns out to be a baby dragon who i(...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: Online

TAGS: Heracles Hercules

David Sorrow , Michael Sorrow

Heroic Hercules and the Baby Dragon (Learning in Motion Adventures, 1)

Online • 2017

Heracles Hercules

Eduard Artemyev , Valentin Berestov , Leonid Likhodeev , Viktor Omelchenko

Heron of Alexandria [Герон (Geron)]

The film is made as a cutout animation with elements of collage and hand-drawn animation. It describes the story of the mathematician Heron of Alexandria presenting him as a person ahead of his time. In the centre of the plot, there is an invention of a steam-powered device (aeolipile). The story is told by a narrator (the authors used the voice of Leonid Likhodeev, i.e., the actual script-writer of the film), who alternates it with fragments of poetry of Valentin Berestov. The main emphasis is (...)

YEAR: 1979

COUNTRY: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

TAGS: Greek Science Heron of Alexandria

Eduard Artemyev , Valentin Berestov , Leonid Likhodeev , Viktor Omelchenko

Heron of Alexandria [Герон (Geron)]

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics • 1979

Greek Science Heron of Alexandria

Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Hestia the Invisible (Goddess Girls, 18)

In this installment, we meet Hestia, the goddess girl of the hearth. Hestia is extremely shy and tries to avoid speaking in class, for example. She even added hoods to her chitons so she can hide her face, calling this “her invisibility strategy” (p. 23). Hestia is extremely private. At school, “keeping her hooded head down and avoiding eye contact with anyone, she managed to ward off conversation.” (p. 29). The humans on earth have a contest to find an “MOA st(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Aglaia Amphitrite Antheia / Anthea Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Atlas Calliope Dionysus / Dionysos Hades Hephaestus Hera Heracles Hercules Hestia Iris Kydoimos Pandora Persephone Pheme Pygmalion Zeus

Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Hestia the Invisible (Goddess Girls, 18)

United States • 2015

Aglaia Amphitrite Antheia / Anthea Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Atlas Calliope Dionysus / Dionysos Hades Hephaestus Hera Heracles Hercules Hestia Iris Kydoimos Pandora Persephone Pheme Pygmalion Zeus

Julia Bereciartu , Vita Murrow

High-Five to the Hero

High-Five to the Hero was written after the success of Murrow’s first published collection of subverted fairy tales, Power to the Princess, in which she addresses gendered stereotypes of femininity for young girls. Likewise, this book is collection of retold myths, fairy tales and folklore that subvert traditional representations of gender and sex, but here she disrupts traditional representations of masculinity. Murrow writes well known male literary characters, traditional champions of c(...)

YEAR: 2019

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Cerberus Hera Heracles Hercules Hydra Midas Twelve Labours of Heracles

Julia Bereciartu , Vita Murrow

High-Five to the Hero

United Kingdom • 2019

Cerberus Hera Heracles Hercules Hydra Midas Twelve Labours of Heracles

Jef Czekaj

Hip and Hop in the House! A Free-Flowing Tortoise and the Hare Collection

Hip and Hop in the House! reimagines Aesop's familiar characters the tortoise and the hare as rap artists Hip and Hop. True to the core of the traditional fable, Hip's raps are so slow that his audience nods off, while Hop's rhymes are "quicker than lightning" (p. 7) and cannot be understood. Despite coming from different parts of the forest, the pair overcome their differences to become great mates, and share in the honours of "Best Rappers in Oldskool County". &(...)

YEAR: 2010

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aesop Aesop’s Fables

Jef Czekaj

Hip and Hop in the House! A Free-Flowing Tortoise and the Hare Collection

United States of America • 2010

Aesop Aesop’s Fables

DinoBibi Publishing

History for Kids: Greek Mythology

The book offers a broad and general introduction to Greek mythology. It consists of an introduction, conclusion and six chapters. The following themes are covered: Chapter 1: Who were the Greeks: some information regarding ancient Greece and its culture (e.g., philosophy, maths, drama); it also covers the beginning of mythology. Chapter 2: an abridged creation myth, an introduction of several Titans: Gaia, Nyx, Erebus, Tartarus, Eros, the role of Cronus and the creation of humankind. Chapter 3: (...)

YEAR: 2019

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Argonauts Chimera / Chimaera Fates Heracles Hercules Hesiod Homer Hydra Muses Olympians Pan Pegasus Perseus Sphinx Theseus Titans Tyche

DinoBibi Publishing

History for Kids: Greek Mythology

United States of America • 2019

Argonauts Chimera / Chimaera Fates Heracles Hercules Hesiod Homer Hydra Muses Olympians Pan Pegasus Perseus Sphinx Theseus Titans Tyche

Kate McMullan , Denis Zilber

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

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 Cassandra Cupid Hades Hector Helen Hephaestus Hera Paris (Trojan Prince) Poseidon Priam Trojan War Zeus

Kate McMullan , Denis Zilber

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

United Kingdom • 2013

Achilles Agamemnon Aphrodite Apollo Athena Cassandra Cupid Hades Hector Helen Hephaestus Hera Paris (Trojan Prince) Poseidon Priam Trojan War Zeus

Pierre Yves Njeng

Holidays in the Village [Vacances au village]

Nwemb and Ngo Nwemb are happy when their father announces to them that they would spend the holidays in the village. Nwemb would not take along his toys because he does not know any children to play with. All night, he thinks of this world where children may not have the right to play. He had thought that he would be bored there. Their grandparents, who have not seen them for a while, happily welcome them. They meet Masso, who helps them arrange the house. Grandfather informs Nwemb that Mas(...)

african Other Traditions

COUNTRY: Cameroon

TAGS: African Storytelling African Traditions

Pierre Yves Njeng

Holidays in the Village [Vacances au village]

Cameroon

african Other Traditions

African Storytelling African Traditions

Krystyna Nepomucka

Holidays with Penelope [Wakacje z Penelopą]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp.Holiday with Penelope is a story of a canoe trip through the land of lakes made by a young girl, known as Tamarisk, and by her father, Żabelia. They travel with Penelope, a hamster mentioned in the title. The pet’s name ref(...)

YEAR: 1998

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Odysseus / Ulysses Penelope

Krystyna Nepomucka

Holidays with Penelope [Wakacje z Penelopą]

Poland • 1998

Odysseus / Ulysses Penelope

Jack Baran , Christopher Carlson , Mark Jean , Shirō Sasaki , Cynthia Voigt

Based on the novel of the same name, Homecoming tells the story of four siblings – Dicey, James, Maybeth and Sammy Tillerman– who are abandoned by their mother. (Their father had already abandoned the family some years before.) Led by the eldest, Dicey, the children make their way mostly on foot down the east coast of the United States. At their lowest ebb, they meet a student called Windy who drives them to the home of their cousin Eunice. Eunice is willing to take Dicey and Ma(...)

YEAR: 1996

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Aeolus Homer Odysseus / Ulysses Odyssey Penelope Polyphemus Scylla

Jack Baran , Christopher Carlson , Mark Jean , Shirō Sasaki , Cynthia Voigt

United States • 1996

Aeolus Homer Odysseus / Ulysses Odyssey Penelope Polyphemus Scylla

Cynthia Voigt

Homecoming (Tillerman Cycle, 1)

Homecoming tells the story of four siblings – Dicey, James, Maybeth and Sammy Tillerman – who are abandoned by their mother (their father had already abandoned the family some years before). Led by the eldest, Dicey, the children make their way mostly on foot down the east coast of the United States. They come across a range of settings and characters with both realist and archetypal features including: runaway teenagers in the woods, students on a university campus, their bland(...)

YEAR: 1981

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Aeolus Circe Homer Lotus Eaters / Lotophagoi Odysseus / Ulysses Odyssey Penelope Polyphemus Scylla

Cynthia Voigt

Homecoming (Tillerman Cycle, 1)

United States • 1981

Aeolus Circe Homer Lotus Eaters / Lotophagoi Odysseus / Ulysses Odyssey Penelope Polyphemus Scylla

Cinzia Bigazzi , Celina Elmi

Homer for Fun: The Odyssey [Omero per gioco – L'Odissea]

This book is part of the Le Novelle della Cipolla series, which provides abridged myths accompanied by lavish illustrations. This book relates the voyage of Odysseus (called in the book by his Roman name, Ulysses), from the end of the Trojan War till his safe return to Ithaca. After opening with the council of the gods, the story follows Telemachus and Penelope and we first meet Odysseus on Calypso’s island. Thus the narrative follows the plot of the Homeric epic quite closely. Odysseus is(...)

YEAR: 2010

COUNTRY: Italy

TAGS: Aeolus Athena Calypso Charybdis Circe Odysseus / Ulysses Penelope Polyphemus Poseidon Scylla Telemachus Tiresias Zeus

Cinzia Bigazzi , Celina Elmi

Homer for Fun: The Odyssey [Omero per gioco – L'Odissea]

Italy • 2010

Aeolus Athena Calypso Charybdis Circe Odysseus / Ulysses Penelope Polyphemus Poseidon Scylla Telemachus Tiresias Zeus

Ian Trevaskis

Hopscotch. Medusa Stone (Hopscotch, 1)

Hopscotch: Medusa Stone is the story of Australian teens, Jake and Hannah, who travel from a sleepy seaside town, “Pelican Bay,” to the world of Ancient Greek mythology, when they play a game of hopscotch, using directions from a mysterious parchment, and a magical stone (the "Medusa Stone" of the title). They find themselves in the power of a games-maker, Costas the Giant, who commands them to retrieve items from the Ancient Greek heroes – Odysseus, Perseus, and Herc(...)

YEAR: 2009

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Athena Cerberus Heracles Hercules Medusa Odysseus / Ulysses Polyphemus Theseus Trojan Horse

Ian Trevaskis

Hopscotch. Medusa Stone (Hopscotch, 1)

Australia • 2009

Athena Cerberus Heracles Hercules Medusa Odysseus / Ulysses Polyphemus Theseus Trojan Horse

Dominic Brigstocke , Steve Connelly , William Terence Deary , Chloë Thomas

Horrible Histories (Series)

A sketch show based on the books of the same name by Terry Deary, focussing on many aspects of history not just the Classical areas. Each episode includes parodic songs teaching children about aspects of history, with both live-action and animated sections often working in conjecture to form the full picture of the sketch. Each sketch is accompanied by the narrative character Rattus Rattus who is used as an accuracy marker for the jokes within the series. The show takes a non-linear format (...)

YEAR: 2009

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Achilles Aeschylus Aesop Aesop’s Fables Alexander the Great Antoninus Pius Aphrodite Archimedes Ares Aristotle Artemis Asclepius Athena Athens Avaricum Caesar Caesarion Caligula Cato the Elder Cerberus Claudius (Emperor) Cleopatra VII Constantine Cronus / Kronos Delphic Oracle Diana Diogenes Egypt Gallic Wars Gladiators Graeco-Persian Wars Greek History Hadrian Hannibal Hector Helen Hippocrates Janus Jupiter Marathon Mark Antony Mars Menelaus Mercury Minerva Mithras Neptune Nero Octavian Olympic Games Ouranos / Uranus Paris (Trojan Prince) Plato Pliny the Elder Pluto / Plouton Praetorian Guard Punic Wars Pyrrhus of Epirus Pythagoras Roman Baths Roman History Saturn Scipio Africanus Socrates Sparta Syracuse Theagenes of Thasos Thebes Tiberius Trojan Horse Trojan War Venus Vercingetorix Vesuvius Xerxes Zeus

Dominic Brigstocke , Steve Connelly , William Terence Deary , Chloë Thomas

Horrible Histories (Series)

United Kingdom • 2009

Achilles Aeschylus Aesop Aesop’s Fables Alexander the Great Antoninus Pius Aphrodite Archimedes Ares Aristotle Artemis Asclepius Athena Athens Avaricum Caesar Caesarion Caligula Cato the Elder Cerberus Claudius (Emperor) Cleopatra VII Constantine Cronus / Kronos Delphic Oracle Diana Diogenes Egypt Gallic Wars Gladiators Graeco-Persian Wars Greek History Hadrian Hannibal Hector Helen Hippocrates Janus Jupiter Marathon Mark Antony Mars Menelaus Mercury Minerva Mithras Neptune Nero Octavian Olympic Games Ouranos / Uranus Paris (Trojan Prince) Plato Pliny the Elder Pluto / Plouton Praetorian Guard Punic Wars Pyrrhus of Epirus Pythagoras Roman Baths Roman History Saturn Scipio Africanus Socrates Sparta Syracuse Theagenes of Thasos Thebes Tiberius Trojan Horse Trojan War Venus Vercingetorix Vesuvius Xerxes Zeus

Martin Brown , William Terence Deary

Horrible Histories. The Groovy Greeks

A humorous overview of the mythology and history of Ancient Greece. After an introduction to Greek "gruesome gods" and "petrifying plays and electrifying epics", Deary zooms in on the "savage Spartans" and the "odd Athenians". He then summarises the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars, before giving an entertaining account of the life and deeds of "Alexander the Great-er". The following chapters describe how Ancient Greeks thought, lived, and died, wi(...)

YEAR: 1995

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Alexander the Great Archimedes Charidemus Clytemnestra Greek History Greek Medicine Pericles Themistocles Xerxes

Martin Brown , William Terence Deary

Horrible Histories. The Groovy Greeks

United Kingdom • 1995

Alexander the Great Archimedes Charidemus Clytemnestra Greek History Greek Medicine Pericles Themistocles Xerxes

Michael McCullers , Genndy Tartakovsky

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation

Hotel Transylvania series focuses on the adventures of Dracula and his loved ones. They live in the Hotel built to protect monsters from people. Action of the third part of the series begins in 1897. The protagonists – Dracula, Murray, Frank and Wayne travel by train to Budapest. They meet the famous monster’s hunter Van Helsing. He continues his family’s tradition with a true devotion; his biggest dream is to defeat Dracula. In the end, he is defeated by him. Then the action m(...)

YEAR: 2018

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Atlantis Colosseum Critias Cyclops / Cyclopes Hydra Plato

Michael McCullers , Genndy Tartakovsky

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation

United States of America • 2018

Atlantis Colosseum Critias Cyclops / Cyclopes Hydra Plato

Brett Bean , Lucy Coats

Hound of Hades (Beasts of Olympus, 2)

This is the second book in the "Beasts of Olympus" series. Pandemonius (or Demon as he is most commonly refer to in the series) is the 11 years old half-mortal son of the god Pan and the mortal Carys. Demon is now the official Beast Keeper of the Olympic gods and it is his responsibility to take care of the various beasts in the divine stables. Several of these mysterious beasts were hurt by Heracles, whom Demon sees as a villain. Demon becomes closer to Arnie, the griffin, who helps h(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Arachne Cerberus Eurydice Hades Heracles Hermes Orpheus Persephone

Brett Bean , Lucy Coats

Hound of Hades (Beasts of Olympus, 2)

United States of America • 2015

Arachne Cerberus Eurydice Hades Heracles Hermes Orpheus Persephone

Matthew Reilly

Hover Car Racer

Hover Car Racer is set in a futuristic Earth where hover technology has revolutionised the transport industry. It follows the story of Jason Chaser, a fourteen-year-old hover car racer, along with his autistic younger brother The Bug, and documents their year at the International Race School over eight parts. During a regional competition, Jason impresses a recruiter for the International Race School, despite driving with a damaged car. He is offered a place and accepts, forming a team with(...)

YEAR: 2004

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Aeneid Apollodorus Apollonius of Rhodes Argonauts Arion / Areion (Horse) Clashing Rocks / Symplegades / Cyanean Rocks Dido Golden Fleece Jason Labyrinth Virgil

Matthew Reilly

Hover Car Racer

Australia • 2004

Aeneid Apollodorus Apollonius of Rhodes Argonauts Arion / Areion (Horse) Clashing Rocks / Symplegades / Cyanean Rocks Dido Golden Fleece Jason Labyrinth Virgil

Franciszek Kobryńczuk

How Apollo Turned Pierus’ Daughters into Magpies [Jak Apollo zamienił w sroki córki Pierosa]

Apollo, the god of beauty, is also the guardian of the nine Muses, for whom he cares deeply. Pierus, the king of Macedonia and father to nine daughters, states they could take the place of the Muses and be better. Apollo immediately turns Pierus’ daughters into magpies when he hears this boast. In the ending, the lyrical I says that he hears magpies outside his house every day at dawn and believes they are the counterparts of Clio and Erato because they bring him facts and rhymes.(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Apollo Calliope Clio Erato Euterpe Macedonia Melpomene Metamorphosis Muses Pierides Pierus Polyhymnia / Polymnia Terpsichore Thalia Urania

Franciszek Kobryńczuk

How Apollo Turned Pierus’ Daughters into Magpies [Jak Apollo zamienił w sroki córki Pierosa]

Poland • 2015

Apollo Calliope Clio Erato Euterpe Macedonia Melpomene Metamorphosis Muses Pierides Pierus Polyhymnia / Polymnia Terpsichore Thalia Urania

Boris Buevsky , Volodymyr Dakhno , Eduard Kyrych

How Cossacks Became Olympians [Як козаки олімпійцями стали (Iak kozaky olimpiĭtsiamy staly)]

The movie is the fifth in a series about the Cossacks produced by Volodymyr Dakhno between 1967 and 1995. The main heroes of the series are three Cossacks – Grai, the smartest and the tallest; Oko, the smallest one, but brave and a good shot (oko means “eye” in Ukrainian); Tur, the biggest and strongest, who is shy and sentimental (tur means “aurochs” in Ukrainian). The movie starts with a scene when the Cossacks are preparing kasha (a traditional Slavic&n(...)

YEAR: 1978

COUNTRY: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

TAGS: Ares Cyclops / Cyclopes Hades Mars Olympic Games Zeus

Boris Buevsky , Volodymyr Dakhno , Eduard Kyrych

How Cossacks Became Olympians [Як козаки олімпійцями стали (Iak kozaky olimpiĭtsiamy staly)]

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics • 1978

Ares Cyclops / Cyclopes Hades Mars Olympic Games Zeus

Volodymyr Dakhno

How Cossacks Rescued Brides [Як козаки наречених визволяли (Iak kozaky narechenykh vyzvolialy)]

The movie is the third in a series about Cossacks produced by Volodymyr Dakhno. The series depicts adventures of three brave Cossacks: Grai, Oko and Tur.*The movie tells the story of Ukrainian young girls kidnapped by pirates. The girls are dressed in national costumes; singing a traditional Ukrainian song about the Sun, they float wreaths of cornflowers on a river, most probably celebrating the Kupala Night (the night of the Summer Solstice, the shortest, magical night in Slavic tradition). Thr(...)

YEAR: 1973

COUNTRY: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

TAGS: Abduction of Women Greece Marathon Olympic Games

Volodymyr Dakhno

How Cossacks Rescued Brides [Як козаки наречених визволяли (Iak kozaky narechenykh vyzvolialy)]

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics • 1973

Abduction of Women Greece Marathon Olympic Games

Emmanuel Matateyou , Elias Mbome

How Dogs Came to Live as Domestic Animals

The original published version of this myth appears in the book: An Anthology of Myths, Legends and Folktales from Cameroon by Emmanuel Matateyou, published in 1997 (pp. 58–62) by The Edwin Mellen Press Ltd. Although we have the written authorization of the publisher and the author to reprint up to 10 myths in the collection for our research on “Our Mythical Childhood…”., we have chosen to summarize this particular myth because the original version is too long. We are th(...)

african Other Traditions

COUNTRY: Cameroon

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

Emmanuel Matateyou , Elias Mbome

How Dogs Came to Live as Domestic Animals

Cameroon

african Other Traditions

African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

Ndi-deng

How Jealousy Originated in Polygamous Homes

A long time ago,There lived a man,Who had a soft hide on his bed.When he was about to travel,He called his wives,Showed them the hide,And said,“LOOK,THIS HIDE IS VERYEXPENSIVE AND IS PART OF MY LIFE.TAKE CARELET NOBODY CLIMB ON IT.I AM SAYING SOBECAUSE THIS HIDEWAS GIVEN TO ME BY A WATER GOD.IF IT IS DIRTY,WE CAN ONLY WASH IT ATMINYENGE* RIVER.”(The audience is astonished)When the man gave his instructions, he leftAs he left,The first wife’s son climbed on the hide,And mistaken(...)

oral Other Traditions

COUNTRY: Cameroon

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Archetype

Ndi-deng

How Jealousy Originated in Polygamous Homes

Cameroon

oral Other Traditions

African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Archetype

Ba Venyuseh

How Jumneh Came Into Existence

In the beginning, a God called Mphih lived in the celestial realms with his three children – Yondoh, Tih and Jumneh. However, these children quarreled often and made his home too rancorous and tense for his liking. So as soon as Yondoh, Tih and Jumneh came of age, he decided to separate them. He divided the world into three parts and asked each child to choose its part. Yondo chose the trees and Tih chose the streams. Jumneh also wanted the stream and would not settle for any other thing. (...)

oral Other Traditions

COUNTRY: Cameroon

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Gods

Ba Venyuseh

How Jumneh Came Into Existence

Cameroon

oral Other Traditions

African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Gods

Gideon Ngafi

How Lunga Went to the Sky Alive

So many years ago, when the white man arrived the Mbum land, there lived a man called Lunga. He was one of the wisest judges and lawmakers in the kingdom. He was loved by everyone because he was a good counselor and had mythic power. One day, the king summoned all his counselors and advisers in the kingdom for a meeting. The agenda of this meeting was simply to devise means to combat the new religion from the West. The major problem was the fact that the God of this new religion was proclai(...)

oral Other Traditions

COUNTRY: Cameroon

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

Gideon Ngafi

How Lunga Went to the Sky Alive

Cameroon

oral Other Traditions

African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

Joseph Ndipowah Teneng

How Sickness, Old Age and Death Began

This story uses the motif of race between a fast and a slow animal, well known from the Aesopian tradition (The Hare and the Tortoise). Yet, here the consequences of the slow animal’s victory go well beyond the moral of the myth and explain why human life is ephemeral.At the beginning of the world, there was nothing like sickness, old age, and death. People lived on and on forever. There was no pain, nor sorrow and everybody lived happily. But the world was becoming almost overpopulated or(...)

oral Other Traditions

COUNTRY: Cameroon

TAGS: Aesop’s Fables African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

Joseph Ndipowah Teneng

How Sickness, Old Age and Death Began

Cameroon

oral Other Traditions

Aesop’s Fables African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

Franciszek Kobryńczuk

How the Beautiful Chelone Changed into a Turtle [O pięknej Chelone w żółwia zamienionej]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue (accessed: June 11, 2021), Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp.Zeus and Hera are about to marry; Hermes is ordered to invite gods, animals and people from all over the world for the wedding. During his journey, Hermes also finds the tiny hut of a nymph named Chelone(...)

YEAR: 1995

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Chelone Hera Hermes Metamorphosis Zeus

Franciszek Kobryńczuk

How the Beautiful Chelone Changed into a Turtle [O pięknej Chelone w żółwia zamienionej]

Poland • 1995

Chelone Hera Hermes Metamorphosis Zeus

Nson Ngambi

How the Earth (Land) Came to Be

In the beginning, the earth was just a vast body of water. Three gods lived in the sky: Mabea the Noble, Mabea the Labourer and Mabea the Silent. As time went by, Mabea the Noble and Mabea the Laborer created an axe which was used to build canoes in which they could sail the waters, but they did not have wood with which to build the canoes. Since the three gods were curious to know if there existed a piece of land beyond the water, Mabea the Silent was asked by the other two to go to the earth a(...)

oral Other Traditions

COUNTRY: Cameroon

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Gods

Nson Ngambi

How the Earth (Land) Came to Be

Cameroon

oral Other Traditions

African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Gods

Robert Sutherland Rattray , Maalam Shaihu

How the Whip and the “Maara” Spoon (a Broken Bit of Calabash) Came to the Haunts of Men

A man had two wives: one of whom had children and the other who did not but stayed with an adopted child. The man despised the wife with whom he had children. Whenever there was hunger, he went to the bush and brought food for the childless wife. One day, he went to the bush, found twenty guinea-fowl eggs, and gave the largest to the wife with children. She boiled it and gave it to her children. Another day arrived, and the woman with children went to the bush and brought corn, which she stirred(...)

african Other Traditions

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

Robert Sutherland Rattray , Maalam Shaihu

How the Whip and the “Maara” Spoon (a Broken Bit of Calabash) Came to the Haunts of Men

United Kingdom

african Other Traditions

African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

Edmund Niziurski , Zbigniew Łoskot

How to Get Alcibiades [Sposób na Alcybiadesa]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp.A group of schoolmates looked for a method of passing exams effortlessly. After many attempts, they succeeded in convincing an older boy (nick-named Shakespeare) to sell them a mysterious method that allows deceiving teachers. Th(...)

YEAR: 1964

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Achilles Alcibiades Caesar Cato the Elder Heracles Hercules Hermes Latin (Language) Odysseus / Ulysses

Edmund Niziurski , Zbigniew Łoskot

How to Get Alcibiades [Sposób na Alcybiadesa]

Poland • 1964

Achilles Alcibiades Caesar Cato the Elder Heracles Hercules Hermes Latin (Language) Odysseus / Ulysses

Neil Gaiman

How to Talk to Girls at Parties

How to Talk to Girls at Parties presents the memories of Enn, who recalls events from school times when, as a fifteen-year-old boy, he and his friend Vic went to a party organised by one of their friends. Vic forgot the girl's address at the time, but the boys reached the place following the sounds of music. When they arrived it turned out that the party was organised by people whom Enn and Vic did not know; perhaps they ended up in a completely different apartment, but they did not mind.&nb(...)

YEAR: 2006

COUNTRY: USA

TAGS: Sirens

Neil Gaiman

How to Talk to Girls at Parties

USA • 2006

The British Museum

How to Write a Myth

This webpage, which forms part of a series of activities for “Young Explorers” created by the British Museum, provides various facts and ideas to enable children to write, and then potentially perform, their own myth. Information is provided on particular features of myths along with suggestions of figures to research for ideas: from ancient Greece (Herakles) West Africa (Anansi) and Central America (Huracán). The webpage is illustrated with a depiction of Theseus killing the Minota(...)

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Heracles Minotaur Theseus

The British Museum

How to Write a Myth

United Kingdom

Heracles Minotaur Theseus

Franciszek Kobryńczuk

Hyacinth [Hiacynt]

Hyacinth, a beautiful boy, is friends with Zephyrus, the god of the west wind, and Apollo, the god of beauty. With Zephyrus, Hyacinth runs while Apollo teaches him to play the lyre and zither, shoot the bow, and throw the discus. Zephyrus is jealous of Hyacinth and Apollo’s relationship. Therefore, when the friends throw a discus, the god of the wind blows on the instrument, and it flies on a different track, hitting Hyacinth and killing him. The distraught Apollo, unable to revive his fri(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Apollo Hyacinth Metamorphosis Zephyrus

Franciszek Kobryńczuk

Hyacinth [Hiacynt]

Poland • 2015

Apollo Hyacinth Metamorphosis Zephyrus

Joan Holub , Craig Phillips , Suzanne Williams

Hyperion and the Great Balls of Fire (Heroes in Training, 4)

This is the fourth book in the Heroes in Training series (see entry about Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom (Heroes in Training, 1)). In this installment the Olympians must fight the Titan Hyperion and retrieve the mysterious Olympic torch. Under Hyperion’s rule, the sun is burning even brighter than normal and scorching everything and everyone in northern Greece. The Olympians themselves are forced to play a sizzling “game” of “Dodge the Sunbursts” as(...)

YEAR: 2013

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Chronos Delphi Hades Hera Hestia Hyperion Oceanus / Okeanos Oracles Poseidon Sirens Theia (Titaness)

Joan Holub , Craig Phillips , Suzanne Williams

Hyperion and the Great Balls of Fire (Heroes in Training, 4)

United States • 2013

Chronos Delphi Hades Hera Hestia Hyperion Oceanus / Okeanos Oracles Poseidon Sirens Theia (Titaness)

Anthony McGowan

I Am a Minotaur

I Am the Minotaur is a children's novel about Matthew (also known as Stinky Mog), his struggles with isolation and bullying at school, and his worries about his mother who is suffering from depression and addiction. Because of his mother's problems, Matthew is a young carer, trying to look after his mother and himself, and having difficulties with nutrition and hygiene. He becomes isolated at school when children pick on him for his appearance and smell. Referring to himself as the Minot(...)

YEAR: 2021

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Ariadne Labyrinth Minotaur Theseus

Anthony McGowan

I Am a Minotaur

United Kingdom • 2021

Ariadne Labyrinth Minotaur Theseus

Elisabeth Alba , Grace Norwich

I am Cleopatra is a biography book for older children who can read fluently. It tells the story of Queen Cleopatra’s life. The reader can learn a lot about the roots of the Ptolemaic dynasty from which Cleopatra descended. The book also sums up the knowledge about Cleopatra the readers should have after the lecture (10 Things You Should Know about Cleopatra, or 10 More Things That Are Pretty Cool to Know). The book is illustrated with black and white pictures which help to build the story (...)

YEAR: 2014

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Caesar Cleopatra VII Egypt Mark Antony Rome

Elisabeth Alba , Grace Norwich

United States • 2014

Caesar Cleopatra VII Egypt Mark Antony Rome

Mark Maciejewski

I am Fartacus is told in the first person by its protagonist, Chub (Maciek Trzebiatowski), a sixth-grade student who is an outcast at Alanmoore (sic) Middle School. It focuses on enmity and friendship. Chub is sworn enemies with the school’s golden boy, Archer Norris. At primary school, the duo had been best friends, but an accident with dry-cleaning fluid left Chub without hair, and destroyed the friendship. Now, Archer rules the school, while Chub does his best to ruin his former friend&(...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Spartacus

Mark Maciejewski

United States • 2017

Mordicai Gerstein

This is a graphic novel adaption of myths relating to Pan, and told in the first person by Pan “himself”. The colourful, whimsical illustrations take up most of the page, and the necessary information is given either as captions or speech balloons. The book follows Pan’s birth and his later adventures. The narrated myths are: Pan’s birth, his escapades in Olympus, his residence in Arcadia, his invention of Panic, his falling in love with the moon and other nymphs, h(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Echo Hera Hermes Marathon Midas Syrinx Typhon / Typhoeus / Typhaon Zeus

Mordicai Gerstein

United States of America • 2016

Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Echo Hera Hermes Marathon Midas Syrinx Typhon / Typhoeus / Typhaon Zeus

Michael Garland

Icarus Swinebuckle

Set in East London in the late eighteenth century, Icarus Swinebuckle is a picture book about an eponymous pig who wishes to fly, and who proves everyone wrong by building himself a set of wings. The characters are animals familiar in Europe (pigs, sheep, goats, cows, wolves), intertwining the English phrase “pigs might fly” (an expression of impossibility) with the myth of Icarus, who flew too close to the sun and melted his waxen wings.Icarus Swinebuckle is a portly cobbler with bi(...)

YEAR: 2000

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Daedalus Icarus

Michael Garland

Icarus Swinebuckle

United States • 2000

Daedalus Icarus

Kalliope Kyrdi , Evi Pini

Icarus Tells Stories about Statues in the National Archaeological Museum [Ο Ίκαρος αφηγείται ιστορίες για αγάλματα στο Εθνικό Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο (O Íkaros afīgeítai istoríes gia agálmata sto Ethnikó Archaiologikó Mouseío)]

A talking animal, a duck called Icarus, takes us through the galleries with sculpture at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens. Icarus shows us statues of males, females, and animals (as we notice also on the front cover), prompting us to pay attention to their style, meaning, and material.The value of experiential learning is emphasised in the introduction (page 3), so that teachers and parents can prepare for the museum visit. Throughout the book, Evi Pini and Kalliopi Kyrdi address bot(...)

YEAR: 2008

COUNTRY: Greece

TAGS: Alexander the Great Aphrodite Apollo Artemis Athena Athens Aulos Croesus Cycladic Culture Daedalus Delphi Dodona Egypt Greece in the Roman Era Hera Hermes Icarus Iris Kerameikos Kore / Korai Kouros / Kouroi Labyrinth Leto Marathon Marsyas Minoan Civilization Minos Olympia Pan Paris (Trojan Prince) Persians Poseidon Sounion Sparta Syrinx Zeus

Kalliope Kyrdi , Evi Pini

Icarus Tells Stories about Statues in the National Archaeological Museum [Ο Ίκαρος αφηγείται ιστορίες για αγάλματα στο Εθνικό Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο (O Íkaros afīgeítai istoríes gia agálmata sto Ethnikó Archaiologikó Mouseío)]

Greece • 2008

Alexander the Great Aphrodite Apollo Artemis Athena Athens Aulos Croesus Cycladic Culture Daedalus Delphi Dodona Egypt Greece in the Roman Era Hera Hermes Icarus Iris Kerameikos Kore / Korai Kouros / Kouroi Labyrinth Leto Marathon Marsyas Minoan Civilization Minos Olympia Pan Paris (Trojan Prince) Persians Poseidon Sounion Sparta Syrinx Zeus

Fyodor Khitruk

Icarus and Sages [Икар и мудрецы (Ikar i mudretsy)]

The movie tells the story of Icarus who lives among the sages. “All his neighbours, clever men, have already found their place in life and dedicated their leisure to philosophical conversations. […] And this one was… an eccentric.” During the movie Icarus tries to fly many times and falls watched by the eyes of the clever men, who tell him Latin proverbs. These “unquestionable truths” written on monuments tumble on fallen Icarus from heaven. Nevertheless Ica(...)

YEAR: 1976

COUNTRY: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

TAGS: Icarus Latin (Language)

Fyodor Khitruk

Icarus and Sages [Икар и мудрецы (Ikar i mudretsy)]

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics • 1976

Icarus Latin (Language)

David Lopez , Barrie Wade

Icarus, the Boy Who Flew

This simple illustrated text for beginning readers, with copious illustrations and short sentences, retells the myth of Icarus, showing Icarus living with his father, Daedalus, a "great inventor" (p. 5). After the king asks Daedalus to build a maze to hide a "terrible secret," (p. 7) he imprisons Daedalus and Icarus in a high tower. "They knew the king’s secret, so they could never leave." (p. 8). They collect the feathers left by the birds who come to pick up(...)

YEAR: 2008

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Daedalus Labyrinth

David Lopez , Barrie Wade

Icarus, the Boy Who Flew

United Kingdom • 2008

Daedalus Labyrinth

Kathryn Griffiths

Icarus: The Boy Who Flew Too High

This is an adaptation of the myth of Daedalus and Icarus and their attempts to escape Crete. The story is built similarly to a comic book, with illustration and word balloons. Daedalus devises wings for his son and himself, but Icarus flies too high to the sun and falls. His father then prays to the gods and Icarus becomes the sea spirit Icaria, which protects the sea.(...)

YEAR: 2013

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Daedalus Icarus Minos Minotaur

Kathryn Griffiths

Icarus: The Boy Who Flew Too High

United States of America • 2013

Daedalus Icarus Minos Minotaur

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 Atlas Bellerophon Cerberus Charon Chimera / Chimaera Circe Crete Cyclops / Cyclopes Daedalus Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Graeae / Graiai Hades Hera Heracles Hercules Hermes Icarus Jason Labyrinth Medusa Metamorphosis Minos Odysseus / Ulysses Olympus Pandora Pandora’s Box Pegasus Penelope Persephone Perseus Polyphemus Poseidon Prometheus Sirens Telemachus Trojan Horse Trojan War Twelve Labours of Heracles 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

United Kingdom • 2011

Achilles Aetiology Afterlife Andromeda Aphrodite Apples of the Hesperides Architecture Argo Argonauts Ariadne Athena Atlas Bellerophon Cerberus Charon Chimera / Chimaera Circe Crete Cyclops / Cyclopes Daedalus Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Graeae / Graiai Hades Hera Heracles Hercules Hermes Icarus Jason Labyrinth Medusa Metamorphosis Minos Odysseus / Ulysses Olympus Pandora Pandora’s Box Pegasus Penelope Persephone Perseus Polyphemus Poseidon Prometheus Sirens Telemachus Trojan Horse Trojan War Twelve Labours of Heracles Zeus

Jerzy Ciechanowicz , Barbara Milewska-Waźbińska

Impluvius and Compluvius among Sarmatians [Impluvius et Compluvius apud Sarmatas]

Impluvius et Compluvius apud Sarmatas is an amusing story about the journey of two brave Roman soldiers, Impluvius and Compluvius, from Rome to Sarmatia and back again, on the order of Tiberius Claudius Maximus – a fictional emperor of their contemporary world.On their way to the barbarian Sarmatia, outside of the civilized oikoumene known to Romans, they pass through Assisi, Ancona, Padua, Budapest, go outside the Limes, traverse the Tatras, reach Cracow, and eventually, Warsaw, where the(...)

YEAR: 1991

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Architecture Gladiator Games Horace Latin (Language) Laurel Wreath Neptune Ovid Roman Empire Rome Virgil

Jerzy Ciechanowicz , Barbara Milewska-Waźbińska

Impluvius and Compluvius among Sarmatians [Impluvius et Compluvius apud Sarmatas]

Poland • 1991

Architecture Gladiator Games Horace Latin (Language) Laurel Wreath Neptune Ovid Roman Empire Rome Virgil

Mary Helen Beckwith , Susanne Lathrop

This is a collection of Greek myths for kindergarten children, retold in very simple language using poetry verse lines (although the lines do not rhyme). The stories are lightly told, with disturbing details obscured, and there is a focus on child characters. It is illustrated throughout with line drawings, often showing one of the main characters contemplating something.Featured Stories:Epimetheus and Pandora,How Daphne Became a Tree,Aeolus, the Keeper of the Winds,Latona and the Frogs,Theseus,(...)

YEAR: 1896

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Aeolus Apollo Arachne Ariadne Arion (Poet) Ceres Clytie Cupid Daphne Diana Epimetheus Juno Jupiter Leto Mercury Midas Minerva Odysseus / Ulysses Pandora Peneus Pluto / Plouton Proserpina Theseus Vulcan

Mary Helen Beckwith , Susanne Lathrop

United States • 1896

Aeolus Apollo Arachne Ariadne Arion (Poet) Ceres Clytie Cupid Daphne Diana Epimetheus Juno Jupiter Leto Mercury Midas Minerva Odysseus / Ulysses Pandora Peneus Pluto / Plouton Proserpina Theseus Vulcan

Ian Andrews , Penelope Lively

In Search of a Homeland

This is a retelling of the post-homeric story of the Aeneid and of the origins of Rome.(...)

YEAR: 2001

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Carthage Charybdis Crete Cyclops / Cyclopes Greek History Harpies Juno Jupiter Mercury Neptune Odysseus / Ulysses Oracles Polyphemus Roman History Trojan Horse Trojan War Troy Venus Vulcan

Ian Andrews , Penelope Lively

In Search of a Homeland

United Kingdom • 2001

Carthage Charybdis Crete Cyclops / Cyclopes Greek History Harpies Juno Jupiter Mercury Neptune Odysseus / Ulysses Oracles Polyphemus Roman History Trojan Horse Trojan War Troy Venus Vulcan

Thereza Rowe

In the Woods is, as the back cover says, “a collection of tales about a group of friends who use creativity and kindness to help each other through life’s adventures.” However, from the narrative point of view, it is actually one tale divided into three chapters: Olly’s Wings, Lionel’s Mane, and Red’s Wedding. Even though the mythological content is to be found only in the first story (which is summarized here in greater detail), the summary covers all three p(...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Icarus Pegasus Unicorn (hippos monokeras)

Thereza Rowe

United Kingdom • 2017

Icarus Pegasus Unicorn (hippos monokeras)

Clemence McLaren

Inside the Walls of Troy: A Novel of the Women Who Lived the Trojan War

This novel tells the story of the Trojan War from the perspective of Helen and Cassandra. The first third is narrated in first person by Helen, and tells of her abduction by Theseus, her realisation of the power of her own beauty, her marriage to Menelaus and the birth of her daughter Hermione. Helen is a sweet and pleasure loving girl who somewhat reluctantly persuades herself to be the dutiful wife to Menelaus. She is close to her less beautiful older cousin Penelope, but becomes angry when sh(...)

YEAR: 1996

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Achilles Agamemnon Andromache Cassandra Hector Hecuba Helen Helenus Laodice Menelaus Odysseus / Ulysses Penelope Priam Theseus

Clemence McLaren

Inside the Walls of Troy: A Novel of the Women Who Lived the Trojan War

United States • 1996

Achilles Agamemnon Andromache Cassandra Hector Hecuba Helen Helenus Laodice Menelaus Odysseus / Ulysses Penelope Priam Theseus

Zachary Hamby , Kailey Whitman

Introduction to Mythology for Kids: Legendary Stories from Around the World

This book offers various myths from around the world accompanied by page-long colourful illustrations. There is also an introduction on the nature of myths.The book includes the following myths: Momotaro the peach boy; Gilgamesh and Enkidu; Vasilisa the wise; Anansi and the Sky God’s stories; Finn MacCool faces a giant; Thor and Loki in the land of the giants; Maui slows the sun; Gluscabi and the wind eagle; the dragon’s pearl; the search for the magic lake; Phaethon and the chariot (...)

YEAR: 2020

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Helios Phaethon Zeus

Zachary Hamby , Kailey Whitman

Introduction to Mythology for Kids: Legendary Stories from Around the World

United States • 2020

Helios Phaethon Zeus

Tadeusz Zieliński

Iresiona. Attic Legends [Иресиона. Аттические сказки (Iresiona. Attičeskie skazki), Klechdy attyckie (Irezyona)]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp.This collection of Attic legends is Zielinski’s only work of fiction. Originally they were written (in Russian) and published separately in various newspapers and magazines, only later were collected and published as one bo(...)

YEAR: 1921

COUNTRY: USSR, Poland

TAGS: Attica

Tadeusz Zieliński

Iresiona. Attic Legends [Иресиона. Аттические сказки (Iresiona. Attičeskie skazki), Klechdy attyckie (Irezyona)]

USSR, Poland • 1921

Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Iris the Colorful (Goddess Girls, 14)

In this installment, we meet Iris. Iris’ wishes make Zeus acknowledge her and her abilities, so she can be crowned as the goddess of rainbows. Meanwhile, the academy is facing a potential disaster when the titan Typhon is freed form Tartarus by his mother Gaia and comes to wreak havoc and destroy the Academy. Iris’ resourcefulness, together with the four wind brothers, rescues the day. At the same time, Iris faces a dilemma when she and her best friend, Antheia, like the same boy.In (...)

YEAR: 2014

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Aello Aglaia Amphitrite Antheia / Anthea Aphrodite Apollo Artemis Athena Celaeno Eurus / Euros Gaia / Gaea Harpies Hera Iris Medusa Notus / Notos Ocypete Pheme Phineus Styx Typhon / Typhoeus / Typhaon Zeus

Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Iris the Colorful (Goddess Girls, 14)

United States • 2014

Aello Aglaia Amphitrite Antheia / Anthea Aphrodite Apollo Artemis Athena Celaeno Eurus / Euros Gaia / Gaea Harpies Hera Iris Medusa Notus / Notos Ocypete Pheme Phineus Styx Typhon / Typhoeus / Typhaon Zeus

Egbe Ifie

This myth is found in: Marriage with Gods and Goddesses (in Classical and African Myths) by Egbe Ifie, published in Ibadan by End-Time Publishing House in 1999 (pp.1–4), ISBN: 978-2163-01-5. This is only a brief summary of the story. The full text of the myth and others can be read in the book cited above.The myth of Iseregwe is about a couple who lives in a distant village and has two beautiful daughters: Omokatifi and Iseregwe. The older one, in spite of her pompous and un(...)

african Other Traditions

COUNTRY: Nigeria

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Gods

Egbe Ifie

Nigeria

african Other Traditions

African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Gods

Blair Drawson , Sheldon Oberman

Island of the Minotaur. Greek Myths of Ancient Crete

This is an interesting take on the myth of the Minotaur which places it within a wide context by telling a selection of myths that build up to the Minotaur's demise. This creates a multi-generational story which arcs from the days of Cronos until Phaedra's departure from Crete as the last queen of Knossos. The myths of Medea and Ariadne are told in contrast to each other. The work begins and ends with historicising interpretations of the myths, relating the myths' connections to Mino(...)

YEAR: 2003

COUNTRY: United Kingdom and Canada

TAGS: Afterlife Apollo Architecture Argo Argonauts Ariadne Athens Atlantis Centaur(s) Cerberus Crete Cronus / Kronos Cyclops / Cyclopes Daedalus Dionysus / Dionysos Europa Fate Gods Golden Fleece Greek Art Greek History Heracles Hercules Jason Katabasis Labyrinth Maze Medea Metamorphoses (Ovid's) Metis Minos Minotaur Pan Pasiphae Poseidon Theseus Twelve Labours of Heracles Underworld Zeus

Blair Drawson , Sheldon Oberman

Island of the Minotaur. Greek Myths of Ancient Crete

United Kingdom and Canada • 2003

Afterlife Apollo Architecture Argo Argonauts Ariadne Athens Atlantis Centaur(s) Cerberus Crete Cronus / Kronos Cyclops / Cyclopes Daedalus Dionysus / Dionysos Europa Fate Gods Golden Fleece Greek Art Greek History Heracles Hercules Jason Katabasis Labyrinth Maze Medea Metamorphoses (Ovid's) Metis Minos Minotaur Pan Pasiphae Poseidon Theseus Twelve Labours of Heracles Underworld Zeus

Klaxons

The song is inspired by an episode in the novel Exploits and Opinions of Doctor Faustroll, Pataphysician by French absurdist and Symbolist Alfred Jarry, entitled "Concerning the Isle of Her, the Cyclops, and the Great Swan which is of Crystal", which is made clear in the lyrics, some of which are drawn directly from this passage.The song describes a journey to the "Isle of Her", with a choral refrain of "Row! There’s only seven more miles to go" being repeated(...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Circe Cyclops / Cyclopes Homer Odyssey

Klaxons

United Kingdom • 2007

Circe Cyclops / Cyclopes Homer Odyssey

Adèle Geras

Just as her novel Troy imagines new stories playing out within the final days of the Trojan War, in this text Geras locates her tale on Ithaca during the long years of Odysseus’ absence. The story centres on the teenager Klymene, granddaughter of the old nurse Eurycleia. Orphaned as a baby, she and her twin brother Ikarios have grown up in the royal palace alongside Telemachus. The trio have always been friends, but Klymene is beginning to have other feelings for the Prince. Tel(...)

YEAR: 2005

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Amphimedon Antinoos (Penelope's Suitor) Argos (Dog) Athena Eurycleia Homer Ithaca Melantho Odysseus / Ulysses Odyssey Penelope Poseidon Telemachus Trojan War

Adèle Geras

United Kingdom • 2005

Amphimedon Antinoos (Penelope's Suitor) Argos (Dog) Athena Eurycleia Homer Ithaca Melantho Odysseus / Ulysses Odyssey Penelope Poseidon Telemachus Trojan War

Arcade Fire

It’s Never Over (Hey Orpheus)

The song narrates the story of Orpheus’ attempt to rescue his dead wife Eurydice from the underworld, mostly from the point of view of Eurydice who urges Orpheus not to turn around. The rest of the song appears to be narrated by Orpheus who reassures Eurydice. The song begins at the point in the story where Orpheus is in the process of rescuing Eurydice, with her walking out of the Underworld behind him, and ends with an indirect reference to Orpheus’ failure and Eurydice’s ret(...)

YEAR: 2013

COUNTRY: Canada

TAGS: Orpheus Underworld

Arcade Fire

It’s Never Over (Hey Orpheus)

Canada • 2013

Orpheus Underworld

Ewa Nowacka

I’d Like a Ticket to the Babel Tower [Proszę bilet na wieżę Babel] (The Wings of Time [Skrzydła czasu], 2)

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp., section by Sebastian Mirecki and Barbara Krcha, pp. 236 and 239. This is the second book in the series Skrzydła czasu [The Wings of Time]. Three children: Paweł, his brother Janek, and their sister Małgorzata, are travelli(...)

YEAR: 1998

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Babylon Heracles Hercules Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

Ewa Nowacka

I’d Like a Ticket to the Babel Tower [Proszę bilet na wieżę Babel] (The Wings of Time [Skrzydła czasu], 2)

Poland • 1998

Babylon Heracles Hercules Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

Deirdre Barry , Richard Morss

I’m a Monster (Series, 52 Episodes)

2D animation series for children of pre-school age (4-8 years), about monsters from various parts of the world. In each episode of the series (duration: 2 minutes) we meet another character who presents himself to the audience (with the voice of an actor) and tells some fun facts about himself.* Most of presented characters are well-known – they come from mythology of different cultures, from literature, movies etc. The material is rich, colorful and original. In twelve episodes of th(...)

YEAR: 2010

COUNTRY: Ireland

TAGS: Acropolis Ancient Temples Andromeda Aphrodite Apollo Ares Arges (Cyclops) Argonauts Argos / Argus Panoptes (Giant) Ariadne Artemis Asterion Athena Basilisk Brontes Centaur(s) Cerberus Ceto Charybdis Chimera / Chimaera Chiron / Cheiron Chrysaor Colosseum Crete Crommyonian Sow Cronus / Kronos Cup of Invisibility Cyclops / Cyclopes Daedalus Dionysus / Dionysos Echidna Erinyes Furies Gaia / Gaea Giants Gods Gorgon(s) Greece Greek Gods Greeks Hades Hecatoncheires / Hundred-Handed Heracles Hercules Hero(es) Homer Hydra Iliad Iolaus Ixion Labyrinth Medusa Minos Minos’ Palace Minotaur Muses Odysseus / Ulysses Odyssey Olympians Orpheus Ouranos / Uranus Pasiphae Pegasus Persephone Perseus Philyra Phorcys Pliny the Elder Poseidon Pottery / Vases Rome Scylla Sea Nymphs Sicily Sirens Sphinx Springs of Amymone Steropes (Cyclops) Tartarus Theseus Thessaly Thetis Titans Typhon / Typhoeus / Typhaon Zeus

Deirdre Barry , Richard Morss

I’m a Monster (Series, 52 Episodes)

Ireland • 2010

Acropolis Ancient Temples Andromeda Aphrodite Apollo Ares Arges (Cyclops) Argonauts Argos / Argus Panoptes (Giant) Ariadne Artemis Asterion Athena Basilisk Brontes Centaur(s) Cerberus Ceto Charybdis Chimera / Chimaera Chiron / Cheiron Chrysaor Colosseum Crete Crommyonian Sow Cronus / Kronos Cup of Invisibility Cyclops / Cyclopes Daedalus Dionysus / Dionysos Echidna Erinyes Furies Gaia / Gaea Giants Gods Gorgon(s) Greece Greek Gods Greeks Hades Hecatoncheires / Hundred-Handed Heracles Hercules Hero(es) Homer Hydra Iliad Iolaus Ixion Labyrinth Medusa Minos Minos’ Palace Minotaur Muses Odysseus / Ulysses Odyssey Olympians Orpheus Ouranos / Uranus Pasiphae Pegasus Persephone Perseus Philyra Phorcys Pliny the Elder Poseidon Pottery / Vases Rome Scylla Sea Nymphs Sicily Sirens Sphinx Springs of Amymone Steropes (Cyclops) Tartarus Theseus Thessaly Thetis Titans Typhon / Typhoeus / Typhaon Zeus

Eboni Bynum , Baba Wagué Diakité , Roland Jackson

There once lived an old man in the village of Okpa called Baba Mdogo. He usually sat under a shade near the market square to play the djembe*. He was very much admired by Jamari, a young boy. Sometimes, Jamari would spend whole days with Baba Mdogo, watching him play. Then one day, Jamari asked Baba Mdogo why he played the drum everyday. Baba told him that the drum is the peace keeper of the village and if he did not play it, “the sky would turn black and the ground would grow hot and begi(...)

african Other Traditions

COUNTRY: Canada

TAGS: African Storytelling African Traditions

Eboni Bynum , Baba Wagué Diakité , Roland Jackson

Canada

african Other Traditions

African Storytelling African Traditions

Janet Stephens

Janet Stephens YouTube Videos: Series of Short Online Video Hair Tutorials Teaching About Ancient Hairstyles

Titles of videos (accessed: August 20, 2018): Julia Domna I;Agrippina the Younger;Ancient Roman Hair Styles: Men;Aphrodite Knot;Cleopatra;Empress Sabina: Ancient Roman Hairdressing;Julia Domna: Forensic Hairdressing;Cleopatra’s Coin Hairstyle;The Hairstyles of Faustina the Younger;Flavian-Trajanic Hairstyle: Orbis Comarum;Hairstyle of Empress Faustina the Elder;Hairstyle of Agippina the Elder;Classical Greek Hairstyle;The Hairstyle of Empress Plotina;The Tutulus Hairstyle: Ancient Rom(...)

YEAR: 2011

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Agrippina the Elder Agrippina the Younger Ancient Fashion Aphrodite Cleopatra VII Faustina the Elder Faustina the Younger Greece Greeks Julia Domna I Plotina (Empress) Roman Empire Roman Republic Rome Sabina (Empress) Vestal Virgins Wedding Traditions (Greek and Roman)

Janet Stephens

Janet Stephens YouTube Videos: Series of Short Online Video Hair Tutorials Teaching About Ancient Hairstyles

United States • 2011

Agrippina the Elder Agrippina the Younger Ancient Fashion Aphrodite Cleopatra VII Faustina the Elder Faustina the Younger Greece Greeks Julia Domna I Plotina (Empress) Roman Empire Roman Republic Rome Sabina (Empress) Vestal Virgins Wedding Traditions (Greek and Roman)

Nick Willing

Jason and the Argonauts

Zeus and Hera, looking like a young and handsome couple, peer down at mortals from heaven among the clouds. They are observing Jason’s life from the murder of his father Aeëtes by his uncle Pelias, through his childhood years spent in anonymity away from his home, his return to the King’s court, the forced expedition to seek the Golden Fleece for his uncle, his visit to and escape from the Amazons, the finding of the seer, the arrival in Colchis, Medea’s help in getting th(...)

YEAR: 2000

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Absyrtus / Apsyrtos Aeëtes Amazons Argo Argonauts Argos / Argus (Constructor of "Argo") Atalanta Castor Clashing Rocks / Symplegades / Cyanean Rocks Colchian Bronze Fire-Breathing Bull Colchian Dragon Colchis Eros Harpies Heracles Hercules Hypsipyle Iolcus Jason Lemnos Magic Medea Olympians Orpheus Pelias Phineus Pollux Prophecy Teeth of the Dragon

Nick Willing

Jason and the Argonauts

United States • 2000

Absyrtus / Apsyrtos Aeëtes Amazons Argo Argonauts Argos / Argus (Constructor of "Argo") Atalanta Castor Clashing Rocks / Symplegades / Cyanean Rocks Colchian Bronze Fire-Breathing Bull Colchian Dragon Colchis Eros Harpies Heracles Hercules Hypsipyle Iolcus Jason Lemnos Magic Medea Olympians Orpheus Pelias Phineus Pollux Prophecy Teeth of the Dragon

David Antram , John Malam , David Salariya

Jason and the Argonauts

In this straight-forward retelling of the myth of the Argonauts, the story begins with the prophecy by the oracle who proclaims that Pelias, king of the city-state of Iolcus, should pay attention to his family, because they will deprive him of power. So Pelias decides to kill everyone, showing mercy only to his brother Aeson, whom he throws into the dungeon. When he arrives to kill Jason, his brother's son, he is tricked by Alcimede the boy's mother, into believing that the young man had(...)

YEAR: 2004

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Aeëtes Aeson Alcimede Argo Argonauts Argos / Argus (Constructor of "Argo") Athena Centaur(s) Chiron / Cheiron Colchis Corfu / Kerkyra Golden Fleece Harpies Hera Jason Medea Oracles Orpheus Pelias Poseidon Sirens

David Antram , John Malam , David Salariya

Jason and the Argonauts

United Kingdom • 2004

Aeëtes Aeson Alcimede Argo Argonauts Argos / Argus (Constructor of "Argo") Athena Centaur(s) Chiron / Cheiron Colchis Corfu / Kerkyra Golden Fleece Harpies Hera Jason Medea Oracles Orpheus Pelias Poseidon Sirens

Natalia Kapatsoulia , Filippos Mandilaras

Jason and the Argonauts [Ο Ιάσονας και η Αργοναυτική Εκστρατεία (O Iásonas kai ī Argonaftikī́ Ekstrateía)]

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(...)

YEAR: 2012

COUNTRY: Greece

TAGS: Achilles Aeëtes Aeson Amphiaraus Argonauts Argos (City) Boreas Calais Chiron / Cheiron Clashing Rocks / Symplegades / Cyanean Rocks Colchis Greece Harpies Hera Hercules Iolcus Jason Lemnos Medea Mysia Nymphs Orpheus Peleus Pelion Phineus Theseus Thrace Zetes

Natalia Kapatsoulia , Filippos Mandilaras

Jason and the Argonauts [Ο Ιάσονας και η Αργοναυτική Εκστρατεία (O Iásonas kai ī Argonaftikī́ Ekstrateía)]

Greece • 2012

Achilles Aeëtes Aeson Amphiaraus Argonauts Argos (City) Boreas Calais Chiron / Cheiron Clashing Rocks / Symplegades / Cyanean Rocks Colchis Greece Harpies Hera Hercules Iolcus Jason Lemnos Medea Mysia Nymphs Orpheus Peleus Pelion Phineus Theseus Thrace Zetes

Robert Byrd

Jason and the Argonauts: The First Great Quest in Greek Mythology

A lavishly produced illustrated retelling of the Jason myth, including explanatory material in boxes and footnotes. Jason and the Argonauts: The First Great Quest in Greek Mythology retells the myth in some detail, on pages packed with text and illustrations. Summarising this book requires an entry of some length.After handsome endpapers, which show a map of the Mediterranean, and trace Jason’s journey, the first section, The Golden Fleece (pp. 1–2) opens by setting up the back-story(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Argo Argonautica Argonauts Colchis Heracles Hercules Jason Medea

Robert Byrd

Jason and the Argonauts: The First Great Quest in Greek Mythology

United States of America • 2016

Argo Argonautica Argonauts Colchis Heracles Hercules Jason Medea

Nick Roberts , Stella Tarakson

Jason's Wild Winds (Hopeless Heroes, 6)

This is book 6 in the "Hopeless Heroes" series. This is a series of portal-fantasy adventures in which a timid boy travels to the world of ancient myth by means of a magic vase, and learns to be brave through adventures with classical heroes. At the end of the previous book, Tim Baker was prepared to sacrifice himself so that the evil Hera would not harm his friends. For this deed he was named a hero by Athena who helped him return to his home.In this story we find Tim puzzled over a s(...)

YEAR: 2019

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Athena Hera Hercules Hippocrates Jason Medea

Nick Roberts , Stella Tarakson

Jason's Wild Winds (Hopeless Heroes, 6)

United Kingdom • 2019

Athena Hera Hercules Hippocrates Jason Medea

Agnieszka Stelmaszyk

Jason’s Code [Szyfr Jazona] (The Archeo Chronicles [Kroniki Archeo], 8)

Kroniki Archeo [The Archeo Chronicles] is a series of children’s novels, in which children of a Polish and a British couple: Anna Ostrowska and Bartek Ostrowski along with Mary Jane and twins, Jim and Martin, Gardner and their friends solve mysteries associated with mythology, history, archeology, ancient cultures and eventually make consequential discoveries. (See The Treasure of the Atlanteans in the database).In Jason’s Code, a tomb of a Celtic princess is discovered; the owner of(...)

YEAR: 2014

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Argo Argonauts Golden Fleece Jason Medea Teeth of the Dragon

Agnieszka Stelmaszyk

Jason’s Code [Szyfr Jazona] (The Archeo Chronicles [Kroniki Archeo], 8)

Poland • 2014

Argo Argonauts Golden Fleece Jason Medea Teeth of the Dragon

Desire Guifo

A Jengu is a water spirit which is believed to appear to people in different forms – sometimes as a beautiful black girl or a mermaid with long hair and a gap-toothed smile. The people who lived in the Southern costal parts of Cameroon (e.g. Douala, Batanga) have worshipped this spirit for centuries. Although Christianity and western culture have had a significant impact here, belief in Jengu has remained strong. Its worshippers believe that Jengu brings good fortune, healing to various ai(...)

oral Other Traditions

COUNTRY: Cameroon

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Gods

Desire Guifo

Cameroon

oral Other Traditions

African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Gods

Małgorzata Musierowicz

Jeżyciad (Series) [Jeżycjada]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp.Jeżycjada is a saga about the life of succeeding generations of families from a district in Poznań, Jeżyce. It began in December 1975. Most of the volumes highlight the problems of adolescence and early adulthood for girls from t(...)

YEAR: 1977

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Aristophanes Aspasia Cyclops / Cyclopes Great Fire of Rome Homer Horace Hydra Hypatia Ides of March Jupiter Laocoön Group Latin (Language) Lotus Eaters / Lotophagoi Marcus Aurelius Nero Ovid Pyrrhus of Epirus Roman History Seneca Sibyl Socrates Styx Virgil Wedding Traditions (Greek and Roman)

Małgorzata Musierowicz

Jeżyciad (Series) [Jeżycjada]

Poland • 1977

Aristophanes Aspasia Cyclops / Cyclopes Great Fire of Rome Homer Horace Hydra Hypatia Ides of March Jupiter Laocoön Group Latin (Language) Lotus Eaters / Lotophagoi Marcus Aurelius Nero Ovid Pyrrhus of Epirus Roman History Seneca Sibyl Socrates Styx Virgil Wedding Traditions (Greek and Roman)

Bruce Coville

Juliet Dove, Queen of Love

Juliet Dove, Queen of Love is book 5 in the Magic Shop series of middle-grade chapter books. In this series, children in an American town named Venus Harbour have their lives transformed by visiting a mysterious ‘magic shop’ run by a man named Mr Elives (i.e. ‘mystery lives’). In this volume, Juliet is a shy teenager who is conscious she’s never had a boyfriend, and who uses her sharp tongue to push others away. In Chapter One, ‘Killer Strikes Again,’ ru(...)

YEAR: 2003

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Agape Aphrodite Athena Cupid Eris Eros Helen Hera Psyche

Bruce Coville

Juliet Dove, Queen of Love

United States • 2003

Agape Aphrodite Athena Cupid Eris Eros Helen Hera Psyche

Gary Northfield

Julius Zebra: Bundle with the Britons!

Julius Zebra: Bundle with the Britons! is the second of the Julius Zebra series of comic novels. Told through a combination of images and text, they feature the adventures of Julius, a kind-hearted but dim-witted zebra, who is taken from Africa to Rome, and becomes a gladiator. The story follows on from the action in Julius Zebra: Rumble with the Romans!. Having defeated the champion gladiators at a circus to celebrate Emperor Hadrian’s birthday, Julius is now famous throughout Rome and is(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Boudicca Circus Maximus Colosseum Gladiator Games Gladiators Hadrian Ostia Roman Britain Roman Empire Rome Spartacus

Gary Northfield

Julius Zebra: Bundle with the Britons!

United Kingdom • 2016

Boudicca Circus Maximus Colosseum Gladiator Games Gladiators Hadrian Ostia Roman Britain Roman Empire Rome Spartacus

Gary Northfield

Julius Zebra: Entangled with the Egyptians!

Julius Zebra: Entangled with the Egyptians! is the third in the series of the Julius Zebra comic novels. It follows on from Julius Zebra: Bundle with the Britons!. Julius Zebra and his animal friends have travelled across Europe, freeing enslaved animals from the amphitheatres of the Roman Empire, and pursuing their old trainer, Septimus, across the Mediterranean, when suddenly they are blown off-course by a huge storm, and are tossed up on an Egyptian beach. Celebrating their return (...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Cleopatra VII Egypt Hadrian Mark Antony Roman Egypt Roman Empire

Gary Northfield

Julius Zebra: Entangled with the Egyptians!

United Kingdom • 2017

Cleopatra VII Egypt Hadrian Mark Antony Roman Egypt Roman Empire

Gary Northfield

Julius Zebra: Rumble with the Romans!

Julius Zebra: Rumble with the Romans! is the first of the Julius Zebra series of comic novels. Told through a combination of images and text, they feature the adventures of Julius, a kind-hearted but dim-witted zebra, who is captured by the Romans at his home near the “stinky lake” in north-east Africa, and along with a group of other wild animals, is taken to Rome to feature in the Circus. Some of these animals become his friends and appear in later adventures: they include a c(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Circus Maximus Colosseum Gladiator Games Gladiators Hadrian Spartacus

Gary Northfield

Julius Zebra: Rumble with the Romans!

United Kingdom • 2015

Circus Maximus Colosseum Gladiator Games Gladiators Hadrian Spartacus

Nneka Bennett , Robin Bernard

Juma and the Honey Guide: An African Story

The story begins with Bakari telling his son Juma that the honey-guide bird is calling for him and he will follow him to bring home a treat. Juma opts to follow his father and his father accepts, promising to teach him how to get honey. Both father and son then follow the singing bird out of the village into the forest and walk past a number of different kinds of wildlife: giraffes, ostriches, zebras and a family of warthogs. Finally, they come to a group of yellow acacia trees beside a waterhol(...)

african Other Traditions

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: African Storytelling African Traditions

Nneka Bennett , Robin Bernard

Juma and the Honey Guide: An African Story

United States of America

african Other Traditions

African Storytelling African Traditions

Mfone Nde-Zama

Just Another Woman: A Play with an Introduction by Peter Suh Tangie

Just Another Woman is a play about children's rights – a topic which frightens most traditional parents in Cameroon/Africa who think that the modern child is stubborn, bad and rotten with no hope for redemption. The fears of such parents (and they are many of them in the traditional communities in Cameroon) stem from the fact that they think old customs and traditions that they hold dear and see as the best way of life are threatened. The author challenges this old-fashion mentality be(...)

african Other Traditions

COUNTRY: Cameroon

TAGS: African Traditions

Mfone Nde-Zama

Just Another Woman: A Play with an Introduction by Peter Suh Tangie

Cameroon

african Other Traditions

African Traditions

Jon Berg , Geoff Johns , Charles Roven , Deborah Snyder , Zack Snyder , Chris Terrio , Joseph Hill Whedon

In Gotham (a fictional city in the DC universe) Batman (alter ego of Bruce Wayne) fights with a flying creature, who dies revealing a pattern on a wall featuring three boxes. Looking for another Metahuman, Aquaman, in a remote village, Bruce Wayne sees the same three boxes on an ancient drawing on a wall. Aquaman refuses to join him. On the Amazon island of Themyscira a box opens and a large powerful being, Steppenwolf, appears. Flying creatures follow him and attack the Amazons who are led by H(...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Amazons Artemis Atlantis Hestia Zeus

Jon Berg , Geoff Johns , Charles Roven , Deborah Snyder , Zack Snyder , Chris Terrio , Joseph Hill Whedon

United States • 2017

Amazons Artemis Atlantis Hestia Zeus

Dorota Combrzyńska-Nogala , Joanna Rusinek

Jutka’s Insomnia [Bezsenność Jutki]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp.The book is set in Łódź during WW2. A small Jewish girl Jutka Cwancygier lives in the Łódź [Litzmannstadt] Ghetto with her grandfather Dawid and her aunt Estera. The girl doesn’t understand the gravity of the (...)

YEAR: 2012

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Ariadne Crete Daedalus Icarus Minotaur Theseus

Dorota Combrzyńska-Nogala , Joanna Rusinek

Jutka’s Insomnia [Bezsenność Jutki]

Poland • 2012

Ariadne Crete Daedalus Icarus Minotaur Theseus

Irena Bukowska

Kacper in the Land of Philosophers [Kacper w krainie filozofów]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp., section by Anna Ślezińska, pp. 37–38.Kacper, a school boy who lives in Gdańsk, broke his leg and is supposed to stay at home. He asks his sister to give him some books about dinosaurs but surprisingly, she gives him a boo(...)

YEAR: 1997

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Aristotle Democritus Diogenes Epicurus Greek Philosophy Heraclitus (of Ephesus) Plato Socrates Thales of Miletus Zeno of Elea Zeus

Irena Bukowska

Kacper in the Land of Philosophers [Kacper w krainie filozofów]

Poland • 1997

Aristotle Democritus Diogenes Epicurus Greek Philosophy Heraclitus (of Ephesus) Plato Socrates Thales of Miletus Zeno of Elea Zeus

Irena Bukowska

Kacper on the Scent of Evil [Kacper na tropie zła]

Kacper from Gdańsk, known to the reader from Kacper w krainie filozofów, is already a teenager. He is a mediocre student, but a curious one – he likes asking questions and considering even ordinary things as he has a soul of a philosopher and a poet. An emaciated, mistreated and abandoned dog rescued by the narrator makes him reflect and ask questions about the essence of evil. Having left for a sailing camp, Kacper and his friend Piotrek get on board of a ghost ship balancing (...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Aristippus of Cyrene Aristotle Augustine (of Hippo) Diogenes Greek Philosophy Icarus Mani (Prophet) Plato Socrates Zeno of Cyprus (Zeno of Citium)

Irena Bukowska

Kacper on the Scent of Evil [Kacper na tropie zła]

Poland • 2016

Aristippus of Cyrene Aristotle Augustine (of Hippo) Diogenes Greek Philosophy Icarus Mani (Prophet) Plato Socrates Zeno of Cyprus (Zeno of Citium)

Siddi Hamadou

In a very long distant past in Hadjarai in the Northern part of Chad, a basket-maker met Mr. Death, who was going to the market to sell his teeth. When Death realized that the basket-maker was lacking one tooth, he offered her a tooth, which she tried to fit in. Once she put the tooth in the hollow space in her mouth, it stuck and couldn’t come out. Death cried: “Give back my tooth”. The basket-maker tried in vain to remove the tooth. She promised to give Death a stable full of(...)

oral Other Traditions

COUNTRY: Chad

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

Siddi Hamadou

Chad

oral Other Traditions

African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

Beyana Ngarbaï

Kazaye and the Horn of Abundance

There was once a hunter in the village of Lere, in the Mayo Kebi East area of N’djamena in Chad. He was called Kazaye. He always hunted to feed his family, and would keep fruits for them upon return home. One fateful day during his hunting expedition, he felt itches on his body and decided to take a bath in the river. While taking his bath, he happened to touch a hard and twisted object (a horn) inside the water. He immediately took it out of the water and out of curiosity, started singing(...)

oral Other Traditions

COUNTRY: Chad

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Cornucopia

Beyana Ngarbaï

Kazaye and the Horn of Abundance

Chad

oral Other Traditions

African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Cornucopia

Bob Lentz , Kate McMullan , Denis Zilber

Keep a Lid on It, Pandora! (Myth-O-Mania, 6)

Keep a Lid on it, Pandora! Tells the story of Pandora’s box and Prometheus stealing fire with a contemporary twist, narrated by Hades, and is part of a series of Greek myths told from Hades’ point of view. Hades claims that Zeus edited all the original myths in order to make himself look more powerful. He goes on to give a different explanation for the myth of Pandora’s Vase, specifically that he and Zeus had made a bet on whether Pandora would open it or not. Since Zeus b(...)

YEAR: 2012

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Athens Caucasus Mountains Chaos Cronus / Kronos Cyclops / Cyclopes Delphic Oracle Epimetheus Gaia / Gaea Hades Harpies Hecatoncheires / Hundred-Handed Hephaestus Hestia Hypnos Olympus Ouranos / Uranus Pandora Pandora’s Box Parnassus (Mount) Poseidon Prometheus Rhea Sibyl Styx Titans Underworld Zephyrus Zeus

Bob Lentz , Kate McMullan , Denis Zilber

Keep a Lid on It, Pandora! (Myth-O-Mania, 6)

United States • 2012

Athens Caucasus Mountains Chaos Cronus / Kronos Cyclops / Cyclopes Delphic Oracle Epimetheus Gaia / Gaea Hades Harpies Hecatoncheires / Hundred-Handed Hephaestus Hestia Hypnos Olympus Ouranos / Uranus Pandora Pandora’s Box Parnassus (Mount) Poseidon Prometheus Rhea Sibyl Styx Titans Underworld Zephyrus Zeus

Sarah McIntyre , Philip Reeve

Kevin’s Great Escape

This is the second in the “Roly Poly Flying Pony” adventures, featuring Kevin, a chubby winged pony who nests in a tree in the wilds of Dartmoor, in Devon, England. Kevin becomes friends with a boy named Max, in The Legend of Kevin, and helps save the town of Bumbleford from flooding following a storm. In this volume, famous pop star, Misty Twiglet, moves into Gloomsbury Grange, a mansion near Bumbleford. Her wicked agent, Baz Gumption, tricks Max’s sister, Daisy (w(...)

YEAR: 2019

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Centaur(s) Faun Gorgon(s) Satyr(s) Sirens

Sarah McIntyre , Philip Reeve

Kevin’s Great Escape

United Kingdom • 2019

Centaur(s) Faun Gorgon(s) Satyr(s) Sirens

Nintendo Research and Development Team 1 , Project Sora , TOSE Software , Toru Osawa , Masafumi Sakashita , Masahiro Sakurai , Gunpei Yokoi

Kid Icarus (Series): Kid Icarus (Light Myth: Palutena’s Mirror) [Kid Icarus (Hikari Shinwa: Parutena no Kagami)] | Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters | Kid Icarus: Uprising ( New Light Mythology: Palutena's Mirror) [Kid Icarus: Uprising (Shin Hikari Shinwa: Parutena no Kagami)]

Kid Icarus The story begins in a land called “Angel Land” where humans and deities live in harmony. Two goddesses rule the land: Palutena, goddess of light and Medusa, goddess of darkness. The goddess of light liked the humans and helped them flourish, but the goddess of darkness hated them, so dried up their crops and turned them into stone. Palutena transformed Medusa into a monster and banished her to the underworld. Once there, Medusa gathered monsters and demons and assembl(...)

YEAR: 1986

COUNTRY: Japan

TAGS: Athena Cerberus Gaia / Gaea Hades Helios Hephaestus Hydra Icarus Medusa Olympus Pandora Poseidon Thanatos Underworld

Nintendo Research and Development Team 1 , Project Sora , TOSE Software , Toru Osawa , Masafumi Sakashita , Masahiro Sakurai , Gunpei Yokoi

Kid Icarus (Series): Kid Icarus (Light Myth: Palutena’s Mirror) [Kid Icarus (Hikari Shinwa: Parutena no Kagami)] | Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters | Kid Icarus: Uprising ( New Light Mythology: Palutena's Mirror) [Kid Icarus: Uprising (Shin Hikari Shinwa: Parutena no Kagami)]

Japan • 1986

Athena Cerberus Gaia / Gaea Hades Helios Hephaestus Hydra Icarus Medusa Olympus Pandora Poseidon Thanatos Underworld

Soliey Mbezenyuy

Kilankenyuy, the Giver of Children

Kilankenyuy in Lamnso literarily means “the stone of God.” It is also the name that the Nso people give to the God who gives children.Many years ago, the benevolence of the gods in giving humans wonderful, resourceful and creative children was already known by humans. So they were expected to regularly offer sacrifices to Kilankenyuy, the stone of God, for different reasons, especially for the gift of creative and successful children. The early fathers were quite conscious of this ve(...)

oral Other Traditions

COUNTRY: Cameroon

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Gods

Soliey Mbezenyuy

Kilankenyuy, the Giver of Children

Cameroon

oral Other Traditions

African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Gods

Clyde W. Ford

The full text of this myth is found in: The Hero with an African Face: Mythic Wisdom of Traditional Africa by Clyde W. Ford, in the United States and Canada by Bantam Books, 1999, pp. 61–67). This is only a brief summary of the story. The full text of the myth and others can be read in the book cited above.The hero, Kimanaueze tells his father he would marry no one else but the daughter of King Sun and Queen Moon. So, he writes a letter to King Sun and Queen Moon. He gives it to Hawk who d(...)

african Other Traditions

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Hero(es)

Clyde W. Ford

United States

african Other Traditions

African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Hero(es)

Halina Rudnicka

King Agis [Król Agis] (Spartan Trilogy [Trylogia spartańska/Trylogia antyczna], 1)

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue (accessed: June 11, 2021), Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp., section by Helena Płotek, Joanna Grzeszczuk and Michał Kucharski, pp. 311–323.King Agis is the first book of Halina Rudnicka’a Spartan Trilogy. 3rd century B.C., Sparta. Young Agis succeeds(...)

YEAR: 1963

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Agiatis Agis IV Apollo Asclepius Athens Delphi Dioscuri Greek History Greek Philosophy Helen Heracles Hercules Leonidas Leonidas II Lycurgus Olympia Oracles Poseidon Pythian Games Sparta Tyche Zeus

Halina Rudnicka

King Agis [Król Agis] (Spartan Trilogy [Trylogia spartańska/Trylogia antyczna], 1)

Poland • 1963

Agiatis Agis IV Apollo Asclepius Athens Delphi Dioscuri Greek History Greek Philosophy Helen Heracles Hercules Leonidas Leonidas II Lycurgus Olympia Oracles Poseidon Pythian Games Sparta Tyche Zeus

Omar Rayyan , John Warren Stewig

This picture book for young readers retells the story of King Midas and the Golden Touch. King Midas, King of Phrygia, is "fonder of gold" than anything other than his daughter, Marygold. The text describes the nature of Midas’s obsession with gold; the illustrations show the king lurking in his dungeon with his treasure while his castle is full of interesting life, mythical creatures and his daughter, playing. One day, a stranger arrives unannounced. Suspecting the stranger is a(...)

YEAR: 1999

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Dionysus / Dionysos Midas

Omar Rayyan , John Warren Stewig

United States of America • 1999

Dionysus / Dionysos Midas

Kathleen Olmstead , Maurizio Quarello

The book follows the myth of King Midas’ golden touch with page-long illustrations. The story is aimed at young children.(...)

YEAR: 2014

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Dionysus / Dionysos Golden Touch Midas

Kathleen Olmstead , Maurizio Quarello

United States of America • 2014

Dionysus / Dionysos Golden Touch Midas

Eric A. Kimmel , Pep Montserrat

King Midas & Other Greek Myths

This book provides retelling of various myths, adapted for young readers. The myths are: Prometheus and Epimetheus’ gifts to the animals, Prometheus’ stealing of fire, Pandora’s box, Persephone and her abduction by Hades, Echo and Narcissus, Arachne’s contest with Athena, Pygmalion and Galatea, King Midas and the golden touch, Orpheus and Eurydice including Orpheus’ murder by a tribe of wild maidens, Jason and the golden fleece including how Medea helped him an dhow(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Arachne Echo Epimetheus Hades Icarus Jason Midas Narcissus Orpheus Pandora Perseus Prometheus

Eric A. Kimmel , Pep Montserrat

King Midas & Other Greek Myths

United Kingdom • 2016

Arachne Echo Epimetheus Hades Icarus Jason Midas Narcissus Orpheus Pandora Perseus Prometheus

Andrzej Gordziejewicz-Gordziejewski

King Midas [Król Midas]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp. This short story is full of vivid illustrations and descriptions of fabulous creatures; it is made for very young children. It is based on the traditional version of the myth. Midas, King of Phrygia, asks a famous wizard to(...)

YEAR: 2010

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Dionysus / Dionysos Midas

Andrzej Gordziejewicz-Gordziejewski

King Midas [Król Midas]

Poland • 2010

Dionysus / Dionysos Midas

Lucjan Dembiński , Adam Kilian , Krzysztof Penderecki

King Midas [Król Midas]

The animation begins with an image of King Midas in scarlet garments sitting on a throne, with a wide smile, counting gold coins. Behind the throne, a big round relief presents his profile as if it were part of a giant coin. Four maidens bring him gold objects, which make him content. His daughter comes to get a hug but is ignored. Instead, Midas approaches a golden jug, puts his gold in it and takes it to his basement accompanied by his guard. There, behind a round gate, he has his treasury. In(...)

YEAR: 1963

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Dionysus / Dionysos Golden Touch Midas

Lucjan Dembiński , Adam Kilian , Krzysztof Penderecki

King Midas [Król Midas]

Poland • 1963

Dionysus / Dionysos Golden Touch Midas

Alex Frith , Simona Sanfilippo

King Midas and the Gold

King Midas and the Gold is a children's storybook written with deliberately simple language for those learning to read. It is part of a series that contains many examples of traditional myths and simplified versions of classical literature.The Midas myth is told in an extremely simplified form as the paramount focus is telling a story with very basic vocabulary. There is more emphasis on Midas' kindness than his foolishness or greed. The text states 'he was kind', accompanying a (...)

YEAR: 2008

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Apollo Architecture Dionysus / Dionysos Gods Laurel Wreath Metamorphoses (Ovid's) Midas Ovid

Alex Frith , Simona Sanfilippo

King Midas and the Gold

United Kingdom • 2008

Apollo Architecture Dionysus / Dionysos Gods Laurel Wreath Metamorphoses (Ovid's) Midas Ovid

Charlotte Craft , Kinuko Y. Craft

King Midas and the Golden Touch

The book follows the myth of King Midas’ golden touch with lavish illustrations. The author follows the well-known tale of the King’s avarice until his golden touch affected his own life, by turning his food and daughter to gold. The illustrations are colorful, oil over watercolor, and take up an entire page.(...)

YEAR: 1999

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Dionysus / Dionysos Golden Touch Midas

Charlotte Craft , Kinuko Y. Craft

King Midas and the Golden Touch

United States of America • 1999

Dionysus / Dionysos Golden Touch Midas

Wanda Markowska , Anna Milska

King Midas. A Greek Legend [Król Midas. Legenda grecka]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp.The myth about Midas is told in a very concise way, focusing on the consequences of excessive greed and conceit. It is a story with a moral and a message for children. Of all the things in the world, king Midas loved gold the mos(...)

YEAR: 1985

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Apollo Arcadia Dionysus / Dionysos Golden Touch Midas Nymphs

Wanda Markowska , Anna Milska

King Midas. A Greek Legend [Król Midas. Legenda grecka]

Poland • 1985

Apollo Arcadia Dionysus / Dionysos Golden Touch Midas Nymphs

Lisl Weil

King Midas’ Secret and Other Follies

An illustrated retelling for children of four key Greek myths: King Midas’ Secret; Narcissus; Icarus; The Sphinx. Each story is retold as a humorous cautionary tale. The introduction emphasizes the strangeness of ancient Greece, with speaking flowers and fabulous beasts, and "When the gods came down from Mount Olympus, life in this strange land became even stranger. You could never be sure the bull you saw was not a god in disguise. But the people were the same as they are today. Some(...)

YEAR: 1969

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Apollo Daedalus Icarus Midas Narcissus Oedipus Pan Sphinx

Lisl Weil

King Midas’ Secret and Other Follies

United States of America • 1969

Apollo Daedalus Icarus Midas Narcissus Oedipus Pan Sphinx

Julia Jarman , Claudia Venturini

King Midas’s Golden Touch

This charming children's picture book introduces the young reader to King Midas, who we are told is rich, kind, and somewhat foolish. The King and his daughter, Zoe live in a palace surrounded by a lush and famous rose garden. During one of their daily walks in the garden, they come across Silenus the satyr, hungover and sleeping among the rose bushes. Zoe and King Midas help Silenus who is a friend of the god, Dionysus. Suddenly, Dionysus descends from the sky, luxuriating in a fluffy, shim(...)

YEAR: 2009

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Dionysus / Dionysos Golden Touch Metamorphosis Midas Satyr(s) Silens

Julia Jarman , Claudia Venturini

King Midas’s Golden Touch

United Kingdom • 2009

Dionysus / Dionysos Golden Touch Metamorphosis Midas Satyr(s) Silens

Burt Gillett

The animation starts with the introduction of King Neptune sitting on his throne in his underwater kingdom. He sings: "I'm Neptune,The king of the sea,And a jolly old king am I,I rule the sea with an iron hand,They obey my will or die,The sailors are my loyal friends,And friends of theirs am I,I'm Neptune,The king of the sea,And a jolly old king."As he sings, the orchestra consisting of various sea creatures (octopuses, sea horses, etc.) accompany him. They are actually an(...)

YEAR: 1932

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Neptune Poseidon Sirens

Burt Gillett

United States • 1932

Neptune Poseidon Sirens

Clyde W. Ford

The full text of this myth is found in: The Hero with an African Face: Mythic Wisdom of Traditional Africa by Clyde W. Ford, in the United States and Canada by Bantam Books, 1999, p. 60). This is only a brief summary of the story. The full text of the myth and others can be read in the book cited above.Kintu, the super-hero arrives on earth with a cow as his only source of food. Later, Nmabi, daughter of the sky god Gulu visits the earth and immediately falls for Kintu. She tells her fathe(...)

african Other Traditions

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Hero(es)

Clyde W. Ford

United States

african Other Traditions

African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Hero(es)

Thetis Authentics Ltd.

Knucklebones and Marbles [Αστράγαλοι και βώλοι (Astragáloi kai vṓloi)]

The Thetis Authentics range of puzzles and games are reproductions of sections of ancient vases, recreated on flat ceramic plaques, and, as in this instance, reproductions of ancient games. The Thetis website describes the puzzles as “archaeologically inspired” and as “museum quality ancient ceramic replicas”. In this instance, the set consists of two sets of play things: a set of six ceramic knuckle-bones decorated with a “K”, and a set of six ceramic spheres(...)

YEAR: 2012

COUNTRY: Greece

TAGS: Greek Art Greek History

Thetis Authentics Ltd.

Knucklebones and Marbles [Αστράγαλοι και βώλοι (Astragáloi kai vṓloi)]

Greece • 2012

Greek Art Greek History

Verna Aardema , Joe Cepeda

Koi and the Kola Nuts: A Tale from Liberia

Chief Ogumefu dies, and his youngest son, Koi, does not get a share of the royal possessions when the old Wise Man divvies them up. Being a hunter, Koi arrives from the forest and finds his three older brothers hurrying off with their inherited animals and ivory. Koi asks the old Wise Man for his share, but the older man just stares at him. Then, he finds a little kola nut* tree and hands it over to Koi. Koi, at first, feels cheated but soon realises that he can make something out of the kola nu(...)

african Other Traditions

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: African Storytelling African Traditions Hero(es)

Verna Aardema , Joe Cepeda

Koi and the Kola Nuts: A Tale from Liberia

United States of America

african Other Traditions

African Storytelling African Traditions Hero(es)

Yuri Prytkov , Leonid Zavalniuk

Kolya, Olya and Archimedes [Коля, Оля и Архимед (Kolia, Olia i Arkhimed)]

This is a popular scientific animation for children about Archimedes and his discoveries. The story is set in Moscow and in ancient Greece. The main characters, contemporary children Kolya and Olya, get to ancient Syracuse during the Second Punic War, meet the great scientist and witness life of the ancient city. The story starts in a contemporary flat in Moscow, where Kolya is studying. We see a lot of books on his table (an open one has the name and portrait of Archimedes), a map of Sicil(...)

YEAR: 1972

COUNTRY: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

TAGS: Archimedes Rome Syracuse Trojan Horse

Yuri Prytkov , Leonid Zavalniuk

Kolya, Olya and Archimedes [Коля, Оля и Архимед (Kolia, Olia i Arkhimed)]

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics • 1972

Archimedes Rome Syracuse Trojan Horse

Egbe Ifie

The original version of this myth appears in Egbe Ifie's Marriage with Gods and Goddesses: In Classical and African Myths published by End-time Publishing House Ltd, Ibadan, 1999: pp. 30–34. This is a summary of the myth. The full text can be read in the book cited above.A long time ago, in the region of Aka, in the Delta State of Nigeria, a young man named Kruku embarked on a journey to the land of immortals or Erivwin after the sacrificial death of his parents. Overwhelmed (...)

african Other Traditions

COUNTRY: Nigeria

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Underworld

Egbe Ifie

Nigeria

african Other Traditions

African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Underworld

Clyde W. Ford

The full text of this myth is found in: The Hero with an African Face: Mythic Wisdom of Traditional Africa by Clyde W. Ford, in the United States and Canada by Bantam Books, 1999, pp. 21–27). This is only a brief summary of the story. The full text of the myth and others can be read in the book cited above.Kwasi Benefo, a young Asante man in Ghana, by dint of hard work has acquired a lot of wealth but is unable to find a wife and have children. Finally, after a long search all over the vil(...)

african Other Traditions

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Underworld

Clyde W. Ford

United States

african Other Traditions

African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Underworld

Alice Werner

Kwege and Bahati

A long time ago, a man got married to Mulamuwingu of the Uwingu* clan. Mulamuwingu’s new home was a two-day journey away from her brother’s (Muwingu) home. The man and Mulamuwingu had a son and named him Kwege. When the man dies, Mulamuwingu inherits a slave called Bahati. The society she lives in is riddled with taboos. One taboo is that Mulamuwingu should never allow rainwater to touch her because she is an off-spring of the sky God. If it does touch her, she will die immedia(...)

african Other Traditions

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

Alice Werner

Kwege and Bahati

United Kingdom

african Other Traditions

African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

Aleksei Simukov , Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaia

Labyrinth. The Deeds of Theseus [Лабиринт. Подвиги Тесея (Labirint. Podvigi Teseia)]

Young Theseus finds his father’s sword and sandals and sets off for Athens. At the parting with Theseus, the Centaur Chiron advises him to use his strength only for good and promises a life full of great deeds. On the way to Athens, Theseus fights the Crommyonian Sow and Procrustes. Having met his father, Theseus decides to free the country from the Minotaur and travels to Crete with the other Athenians sent as tribute. He promises his father that he will put up white sails as a sign (...)

YEAR: 1971

COUNTRY: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

TAGS: Aegeus Ariadne Centaur(s) Chiron / Cheiron Crete Crommyonian Sow Labyrinth Minos Minos’ Palace Minotaur Procrustes Theseus

Aleksei Simukov , Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaia

Labyrinth. The Deeds of Theseus [Лабиринт. Подвиги Тесея (Labirint. Podvigi Teseia)]

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics • 1971

Aegeus Ariadne Centaur(s) Chiron / Cheiron Crete Crommyonian Sow Labyrinth Minos Minos’ Palace Minotaur Procrustes Theseus

Ann Shen

Legendary Ladies: 50 Goddesses to Empower and Inspire You

This lavishly illustrated collection features the stories of fifty female divinities and heroines from across the world. There are ten classical entries. In addition to well-known Olympians like Athena, Aphrodite and Artemis, more obscure figures, like Tyche, the goddess of Fortune, and Eos, the Dawn, are also included. The entries are arranged into five chapters – Creativity and Manifestation, Love, Power, Protection, and Reinvention, highlighting cross-cultural connections and universal (...)

YEAR: 2018

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aphrodite Artemis Athena Demeter Eos Gaia / Gaea Hecate Muses Psyche

Ann Shen

Legendary Ladies: 50 Goddesses to Empower and Inspire You

United States of America • 2018

Aphrodite Artemis Athena Demeter Eos Gaia / Gaea Hecate Muses Psyche

Aleksander Wojciech Mikołajczak

Legendary Rome [Rzym legendarny]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp., section by Magdalena Łokieć, pp. 204–206. In the oldest Roman legends, long before the city of Rome was founded, Hercules had adventures in the land on the Tiber. Evander, the lord of that land, took care of Aeneas w(...)

YEAR: 2002

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Aeneas Castor Dioscuri Egeria Heracles Hercules Mars Pollux Remus Roman History Romulus Venus

Aleksander Wojciech Mikołajczak

Legendary Rome [Rzym legendarny]

Poland • 2002

Aeneas Castor Dioscuri Egeria Heracles Hercules Mars Pollux Remus Roman History Romulus Venus

The LEGO Company

Lego Minifigures (Series)

LEGO’s permeation into popular culture is evident through its release of thematic sets to coincide with the release of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace in 1999, and through its collaboration with Marvel Comics, DC Comics, and The Simpsons. As of 2010, LEGO began to release themed collectible minifigures that were based on fantasy, sports, history, and popular culture. A minifigure is defined as a small posable person with ‘rotating arms, legs, hands, and heads… (with) connectors (...)

YEAR: 2010

COUNTRY: United Kingdom / United States

TAGS: Amazons Athena Caesar Cyclops / Cyclopes Emperor Faun Gladiators Medusa Minotaur Neptune Odyssey Pan Perseus Poseidon Roman Empire Spartans Theseus

The LEGO Company

Lego Minifigures (Series)

United Kingdom / United States • 2010

Amazons Athena Caesar Cyclops / Cyclopes Emperor Faun Gladiators Medusa Minotaur Neptune Odyssey Pan Perseus Poseidon Roman Empire Spartans Theseus

The LEGO Company

Lego Minifigures (Series): Battle-Goddess

The classically-themed LEGO minifigures have one key similarity. This is that they have an instantly recognisable iconography. The simplification of these key figures makes them easier to distinguish and identify. These figures can be identified by their core attributes by individuals with varying levels of knowledge of the Classical world. One of the figures chosen by LEGO to be adapted into this form is the Greek goddess Athena. Athena has the strongest, and most identifiable, iconography of t(...)

YEAR: 2014

TAGS: Athena

The LEGO Company

Lego Minifigures (Series): Battle-Goddess

2014

The LEGO Company

Lego Minifigures (Series): Faun

This minifigure is of average height of around 1 inch tall. His head has curled grey horns protruding from his skull, with goat like ears and curly brown hair. On his chest, he has curly hair on his pectoral muscles. The minifigure’s skin is coloured yellow and his legs are brown and goat-like. The sole accessory that accompanies the minifigure is a short brown flute.The biography depicts Faun as carefree, living in the forest where he "plays his flute, makes up silly riddles, and dan(...)

YEAR: 2016

TAGS: Greek Religion Pan Roman Religion

The LEGO Company

Lego Minifigures (Series): Faun

2016

Greek Religion Pan Roman Religion

The LEGO Company

Lego Minifigures (Series): Medusa

This Lego minifigure shows the Gorgon Medusa in her most recognisable form including hair comprised of writhing snakes. The monstrous features of Medusa are present, but toned down to suit younger users. Unlike other minifigures, Medusa is not accompanied by any additional items. The minifigure could, however, be used alongside other minifigures or sets.(...)

YEAR: 2013

TAGS: Medusa

The LEGO Company

Lego Minifigures (Series): Medusa

2013

The LEGO Company

Lego Minifigures (Series): Minotaur

The Minotaur figure is approximately 1 inch in height. The primary colour used is brown to indicate the Minotaur’s fur. The figure has two yellow eyes, with two white horns protruding from either side of its head. The only accompanying accessory is an oversized hand-axe that can be placed in a single hand. At its waist, the Minotaur wears a blue cloth with a brown and golden belt.(...)

YEAR: 2016

TAGS: Labyrinth Minoan Civilization Minotaur Monsters

The LEGO Company

Lego Minifigures (Series): Minotaur

2016

Labyrinth Minoan Civilization Minotaur Monsters

The LEGO Company

Lego Minifigures (Series): Spartan Warrior

This Lego minifigure depicts a hoplite equipped with a helmet, cloak, loincloth, sandals, chest armour, spear and shield. The name of Spartan Warrior points to the ancient city state which was renowned for its military prowess.(...)

YEAR: 2010

TAGS: Sparta Spartans

The LEGO Company

Lego Minifigures (Series): Spartan Warrior

2010

Sparta Spartans

Marcin Szczygielski , Dorota Wojciechowska-Danek

Leo and the Red Machine [Leo i czerwony automat]

In this fantasy novel about the nature of humanity and creation, Leo is a twelve-year old boy living in the City (which stands for any contemporary generic city), where everyone is nice and they all help each other, smile and live a genuinely happy life. What makes the main character special is the fact that he was born in-vitro, which only few people find odd or “unnatural”. That attitude changes when one day, with no particular reason, citizens of the City become hostile, mistrustf(...)

YEAR: 2018

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Aquilo Balius Cassandra Eurus / Euros Moirai Notus / Notos Prometheus Xanthus (Horse) Zephyrus

Marcin Szczygielski , Dorota Wojciechowska-Danek

Leo and the Red Machine [Leo i czerwony automat]

Poland • 2018

Aquilo Balius Cassandra Eurus / Euros Moirai Notus / Notos Prometheus Xanthus (Horse) Zephyrus

Natalia Kapatsoulia , Filippos Mandilaras

Leonidas and the Battle at Thermopylae [Ο Λεωνίδας (O Leōnídas)]

As we read in the opening page, this book is about a person who left his mark on Greek history. We learn about his family background. Leonidas’ father, Anaxandridas, was king of Sparta. Leonidas, like other Spartan boys, received military training. When he became king, he had to take action against the Persians who invaded Greece. Leonidas consulted an oracle about what to do, and gathered together leaders from other Greek city-states to discuss whether or not to surrender to the Persians.(...)

YEAR: 2010

COUNTRY: Greece

TAGS: Anaxandridas Ephialtes Leonidas Persians Sparta Thermopylae Xerxes

Natalia Kapatsoulia , Filippos Mandilaras

Leonidas and the Battle at Thermopylae [Ο Λεωνίδας (O Leōnídas)]

Greece • 2010

Anaxandridas Ephialtes Leonidas Persians Sparta Thermopylae Xerxes

Marisa De Castro

Let’s Go to Crete! [Πάμε στην Κρήτη; (Páme stīn Krī́tī?)]

Marisa Decastro and Mark Weinstein take young children and their guardians on a sightseeing tour of Crete, which is, as we read in the opening page, Greece’s largest island. Children are encouraged to mark places of interest on a sketch-map of Crete. The exploration of Crete starts with its diverse landscapes. These range from high mountains with gorges to plains with olive groves. Mention is made of the Cretan ibex, the so-called “kri-kri”, an indigenous wild goat. The descrip(...)

YEAR: 2009

COUNTRY: Greece

TAGS: Artemis Athena Calypso Crete Cronus / Kronos Daedalus Europa Greek History Hephaestus Ithaca Labyrinth Minos Minotaur Odysseus / Ulysses Rhadamanthus / Rhadamanthys Rhea Sarpedon Talos (Automaton) Theseus

Marisa De Castro

Let’s Go to Crete! [Πάμε στην Κρήτη; (Páme stīn Krī́tī?)]

Greece • 2009

Artemis Athena Calypso Crete Cronus / Kronos Daedalus Europa Greek History Hephaestus Ithaca Labyrinth Minos Minotaur Odysseus / Ulysses Rhadamanthus / Rhadamanthys Rhea Sarpedon Talos (Automaton) Theseus

Liv Albert

Let’s Talk about Myths, Baby! (podcast)

Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! is a weekly podcast on ancient Greek mythology which has been awarded the prize of the Third Top Podcast within the Top Mythology Podcasts of 2020 by Feedspot (accessed: April 2, 2020). Many ancient Greek and Roman myths, along with a series on Homer’s epics and on Greek drama, are broadcast in a casual yet comprehensive enough manner by Liv, “a 30-something Millennial with a penchant for cursing and a feminist attitude”.Episodes have various(...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: Canada

TAGS: Hero(es) Heroine(s) Homer Monsters Olympians Theogony

Liv Albert

Let’s Talk about Myths, Baby! (podcast)

Canada • 2017

Hero(es) Heroine(s) Homer Monsters Olympians Theogony

Marisa De Castro

Let’s go to Nafplio [Πάμε στο Ναύπλιο; (Páme sto Náfplio?)]

The book starts with an illustration of a typical nuclear family in a car. The mother in the front, father at the wheel, and the daughter son at the back. The mother and son’s red-blond hair could imply a family of foreign visitors to Greece, driving 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 man, presumably Her(...)

YEAR: 2009

COUNTRY: Greece

TAGS: Achilles Acrocorinth Alexander the Great Argolid Argos (City) Athena Athens Epaminondas Isthmus of Corinth Leonidas Miltiades Mycenae Nauplius Nemea Palamedes Persians Phocion Poseidon Themistocles Thermopylae Tiryns

Marisa De Castro

Let’s go to Nafplio [Πάμε στο Ναύπλιο; (Páme sto Náfplio?)]

Greece • 2009

Achilles Acrocorinth Alexander the Great Argolid Argos (City) Athena Athens Epaminondas Isthmus of Corinth Leonidas Miltiades Mycenae Nauplius Nemea Palamedes Persians Phocion Poseidon Themistocles Thermopylae Tiryns

Katie Daynes , Marie-Eve Tremblay

Lift-the-Flap Questions and Answers about Art

This beautifully-illustrated book immerses young people in the world of art. It belongs to an extensive series which introduces children to a variety of subjects. Young people are introduced to art via a question and answer format focused on the sorts of questions that people might have about art and the sorts of questions that can be asked to explore art beyond the surface – in that sense the book is about helping young people to engage with art rather than simply presenting them with art(...)

YEAR: 2018

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Aphrodite Egypt Gods Greek Art Olympic Games Venus

Katie Daynes , Marie-Eve Tremblay

Lift-the-Flap Questions and Answers about Art

United Kingdom • 2018

Aphrodite Egypt Gods Greek Art Olympic Games Venus

Katie Daynes , Peter Donnelly

Lift-the-Flap Questions and Answers about Long Ago

This beautifully-illustrated book offers young readers an interactive immersion in history. The histories of many periods and peoples are covered, with the book divided into sections based on the sorts of questions that people might ask about the past: Where? Who? Why? What? How? When? and Which? There is an illustrated “What happened when?” timeline at the end of the book which places items from throughout the book in chronological order. The ancient world plays an important ro(...)

YEAR: 2018

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Ancient Slavery Architecture Cleopatra VII Colosseum Egypt Gladiator Games Roman Empire Roman History Roman Religion Roman Republic Rome Sphinx

Katie Daynes , Peter Donnelly

Lift-the-Flap Questions and Answers about Long Ago

United Kingdom • 2018

Ancient Slavery Architecture Cleopatra VII Colosseum Egypt Gladiator Games Roman Empire Roman History Roman Religion Roman Republic Rome Sphinx

Alice Werner

The myth of Liongo Fumo* is about a Swahili poet, warrior, and hero who braved diverse barriers till his death. He was a tall and brave man whose younger brother, Shah Daudi Mringwari, the Sultan of Pate, hated him. Their polygamous father, Shaka Mashah, favoured the latter because the former’s mother was more miserable. However, Liongo’s extraordinary stature, fighting and poetic skills gained the attention of many. His brother’s jealousy leads him to plot to get rid of (...)

african Other Traditions

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

Alice Werner

United Kingdom

african Other Traditions

African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

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

TAGS: Achilles Afterlife Agamemnon Charybdis Circe Cyclops / Cyclopes Divination Fate Greek Music Hades Homer Iliad Nymphs Odysseus / Ulysses Odyssey Polyphemus Scylla Sirens Underworld

Jennifer Adams , Alison Oliver

Little Master Homer. The Odyssey

United States • 2017

Achilles Afterlife Agamemnon Charybdis Circe Cyclops / Cyclopes Divination Fate Greek Music Hades Homer Iliad Nymphs Odysseus / Ulysses Odyssey Polyphemus Scylla Sirens Underworld

Nicolas Duffaut , Hélène Montardre

Little Stories from Mythology [Petites histoires de la mythologie] (Series)

Five of the volumes of the series tell stories connected to Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey: The Beautiful Helen, Achilles the Warrior, In the Belly of the Trojan Horse, Odysseus and the Cyclops, The Monsters of the Odyssey; five describe Olympian gods: Zeus, King of the Gods, The Abduction of Persephone, Hephaistos and the Love of Aphrodite, Apollo, the Dolphin God*, and Hermes, the God of a Thousand Gifts; eight volumes feature demi-gods, heroes and their stories: Prometheus, th(...)

YEAR: 2010

COUNTRY: France

TAGS: Alcmene Amalthea Aphrodite Apollo Argonauts Cerberus Charon Chronos Cyclops / Cyclopes Demeter Eurydice Eurystheus Gaia / Gaea Golden Fleece Hades Hecatoncheires / Hundred-Handed Hera Hercules Hestia Maenads Nymphs Orpheus Persephone Poseidon Rhea Styx Titans Twelve Labours of Heracles Typhon / Typhoeus / Typhaon Zeus

Nicolas Duffaut , Hélène Montardre

Little Stories from Mythology [Petites histoires de la mythologie] (Series)

France • 2010

Alcmene Amalthea Aphrodite Apollo Argonauts Cerberus Charon Chronos Cyclops / Cyclopes Demeter Eurydice Eurystheus Gaia / Gaea Golden Fleece Hades Hecatoncheires / Hundred-Handed Hera Hercules Hestia Maenads Nymphs Orpheus Persephone Poseidon Rhea Styx Titans Twelve Labours of Heracles Typhon / Typhoeus / Typhaon Zeus

Clyde W. Ford

The full text of this myth is found in: The Hero with an African Face: Mythic Wisdom of Traditional Africa by Clyde W. Ford, in the United States and Canada by Bantam Books, 1999, pp. 36–37). This is only a brief summary of the story. The full text of the myth and others can be read in the book cited above.A huge shapeless monster, called Kammapa has swallowed all the inhabitants of the land except one – a pregnant woman. She escapes into hiding and gives birth without the help of a (...)

african Other Traditions

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

Clyde W. Ford

United States

african Other Traditions

African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

Dorota Terakowska

Loneliness of the Gods [Samotność bogów]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp.Based on Slavic mythology and Christian beliefs, it also includes socio-psychological motifs. Jon is a young boy who heard “the call” the day he was able to rescue his future wife from drowning in a nearby river: he n(...)

YEAR: 1998

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Jupiter Priapus Zeus

Dorota Terakowska

Loneliness of the Gods [Samotność bogów]

Poland • 1998

Jupiter Priapus Zeus

Colin Thompson

Looking for Atlantis

Looking for Atlantis is a picturebook featuring a boy and his grandfather. As he is dying, Grandfather tells his grandson that he must look for Atlantis, a reference to the famous lost city of antiquity. Rather than being a story or a faraway place, Atlantis is all around you, or so Grandfather says. When Grandfather dies, the boy searches through his wooden chest and finds a door to Atlantis, pictured here as a surreal, magical seascape. The boy then tries to see the world with his grandfather&(...)

YEAR: 1993

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Arcadia Atlantis Styx Titans Underworld

Colin Thompson

Looking for Atlantis

United Kingdom • 1993

Arcadia Atlantis Styx Titans Underworld

Friz Freleng

Looney Tunes (Series): Roman Legion-Hare

The episode opens with the introduction to Rome of 54 CE and to the Colosseum adorned with an ad: "Coliseum Today Detroit Lions in Season Opener. Undefeated Lions Out For First Taste of Victory". This is evidently a big event; not only the Colosseum is packed with people, it is also joined by the Emperor Nero. He is presented as a dull, obese man with too much power. He demands to let the "victim" out in the arena, however, one of the soldiers informs him that there are no vi(...)

YEAR: 1955

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Colosseum Nero Rome

Friz Freleng

Looney Tunes (Series): Roman Legion-Hare

United States of America • 1955

Colosseum Nero Rome

Alexandra Bracken

In Lore, 18-year-old Melora Perseus, better known as Lore, lives a seemingly ordinary life in a New York brownstone with her friend Miles. But as the last of her family, Lore’s life is anything but normal. The descendent of one of five surviving Greek bloodlines, Lore grew up training to fight in the Agon, a competition that takes place every seven years and sees nine Greek gods and goddesses: Aphrodite, Ares, Dionysus, Hephaestus, Poseidon, Artemis, Athena, Hermes and Apollo, turned into (...)

YEAR: 2021

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Ares Athena Deucalion Medusa Pyrrha

Alexandra Bracken

United States • 2021

Ares Athena Deucalion Medusa Pyrrha

Onyeka Opara

Lost in the African Forest of Zuki

Young Amira and her family live in the village of Zuki. She does all her house chores and equally assists her mother in the kitchen. She loves and is being loved by all in the house. She becomes a good friend of stubborn Bozo, when she challenges her. Bozo is so stubborn and hard-headed that no form of punishment from her parents can restrain her. Amira's parents do not like their daughter making friends with the disrespectful and hard-headed Bozo. But Amira admires Bozo for her adventurousn(...)

african Other Traditions

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: African Traditions

Onyeka Opara

Lost in the African Forest of Zuki

United States of America

african Other Traditions

African Traditions

Bernard Beckett

This novel is the third and last volume of a trilogy with Genesis and August. It is set in a world like ours, but more advanced in regards to stem cell research. People have stem cell banks and it is possible to use these to re-grow organs in order to prolong healthy lives. Only the brain cannot be regrown in this way.18-year-old Theo had an accident in which his body has remained intact, but all his brain function has been permanently destroyed. Scientist Dr. Huxley sees this as the u(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Catharsis Mimesis Theatre

Bernard Beckett

Australia • 2015

Catharsis Mimesis Theatre

Brooke Allen , Grace Ellis , Noelle Stevenson , Shannon Watters

Lumberjanes: To the Max Edition. Vol. 1

Lumberjanes: To the Max Edition (Vol. 1) is the first volume of the Lumberjanes comics, containing the first arc of the series. It contains seven ‘chapters’ featuring the adventures of the five Lumberjanes, friends April, Mai, Molly, Jo and Ripley. The girls are at Miss Qiunzella Thiskwis Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet’s Camp for Hardcore Lady-Types, located in the woods. Ignoring the commands of their camp counselor, Jen, the girls have a range of adventures, which begi(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Apollo Artemis Minotaur Orpheus Zeus

Brooke Allen , Grace Ellis , Noelle Stevenson , Shannon Watters

Lumberjanes: To the Max Edition. Vol. 1

United States of America • 2015

Apollo Artemis Minotaur Orpheus Zeus

Mikiko Ponczeck , Tom Taylor

M.I.D.A.S. is a graphic short story about Andy, a man who has become radioactive after being struck by a bomb blast. He lives in a bio-hazard suit, designed to protect others from his radioactivity. Occasionally he assists a bomb-disposal squad called M.I.D.A.S. He is isolated from others, lonely, and dealing with an inner anger that may be a side-effect of his radioactivity. Everything he touches turns to BOOM. He is called by Captain Turk to defuse a suitcase bomb. Seeing it is organic, he tak(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Golden Touch Midas

Mikiko Ponczeck , Tom Taylor

Australia • 2015

Golden Touch Midas

Shari Green

Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess

In this Canadian verse novel for older children, Macy McMillan is eleven years old and profoundly deaf. She lives with her single mother, and has recently changed schools. Her mother is remarrying, to a man with twin six-year old daughters, and they will all move in together after the wedding. Macy is unhappy about being uprooted, and struggling with feelings of being misunderstood by her mother, and isolated at school. Macy’s mother sends her next door to help their frail elderly nei(...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: Canada

TAGS: Hera Iris Olympians Zeus

Shari Green

Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess

Canada • 2017

Hera Iris Olympians Zeus

Yoshikazu Miyao , Shinobu Ohtaka

Magi: Adventure of Sinbad [Magi: Sinbad no Bouken (マギシンドバッドの冒険)] (Series, S01 E07–E08): Sinbad the Merchant [Shōnin Shindobaddo (商人シンドバッド)] | Household Vessel [Kenzoku Ki (眷属器)]

This spin-off/prologue is an origin story for how Sinbad, the legendary King of Sindria in Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, rose to his position of power and fame. Magi: Adventure of Sinbad is set some 30 years prior to the events of The Labyrinth of Magic during a period of great hostility between the competing Parthevia and Reim Empires. Spurred on by the deaths of his father (Badr), a disgraced and executed war hero, and his mother (Esra), who suffered from a debilitating sickness, Sinbad sets o(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Japan

TAGS: Architecture Gladiator Games Labyrinth Laurel Wreath Roman Empire Roman Theatre Rome

Yoshikazu Miyao , Shinobu Ohtaka

Magi: Adventure of Sinbad [Magi: Sinbad no Bouken (マギシンドバッドの冒険)] (Series, S01 E07–E08): Sinbad the Merchant [Shōnin Shindobaddo (商人シンドバッド)] | Household Vessel [Kenzoku Ki (眷属器)]

Japan • 2016

Architecture Gladiator Games Labyrinth Laurel Wreath Roman Empire Roman Theatre Rome

Holly Black , Cassandra Clare

Magisterium (Series)

The series follows Callum (Call) Hunt and his friends Aaron and Tamara through their time at the Magisterium school for mages. The trio learn how to harness the magic of the four elements – earth, water, fire and air – along with the paired magics of chaos and the soul. All the novels draw on ideas from ancient Greek and other classical mythologies about the four elements and chaos. As in other magic-themed school stories, the use of Latin and Greek lends a sense of recognisable(...)

YEAR: 2014

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Caesar Chalcon Chaos Constantine Hydra Labyrinth Latin (Language) Poseidon Semiramis Telchines Titans Zeus

Holly Black , Cassandra Clare

Magisterium (Series)

United States of America • 2014

Caesar Chalcon Chaos Constantine Hydra Labyrinth Latin (Language) Poseidon Semiramis Telchines Titans Zeus

Joan Holub , Leslie Patricelli

Make a Wish, Midas!

The character "Midas" here is a pre-school-aged child in the modern era. He loves his green toy dinosaur and the colour yellow. Given a series of choices, he always picks the yellow option. During a painting session with yellow paint he begins to wish that all of the things in his life – his house, his car, his mother – were yellow. In a moment of impulsiveness, he turns and paints his stuffed green dinosaur yellow. Now his beloved dinosaur is painted, Midas understands his(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Architecture Dionysus / Dionysos Metamorphoses (Ovid's) Midas Ovid Pan

Joan Holub , Leslie Patricelli

Make a Wish, Midas!

United States • 2015

Architecture Dionysus / Dionysos Metamorphoses (Ovid's) Midas Ovid Pan

Iain Ashman

Make this Roman Amphitheatre

This is a cut out, stiff card model of a Roman Amphitheatre that one can create using only glue and scissors. The model includes cut-out figures of gladiators, crowed and ships.(...)

YEAR: 2008

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Amphitheatre Architecture Gladiators

Iain Ashman

Make this Roman Amphitheatre

United Kingdom • 2008

Amphitheatre Architecture Gladiators

Musi Seth Pie

In the days of the forefathers, the Bafanji people had too many problems. Besides tribal wars, they were also faced with the problem of famine and unjustifiable deaths. One day, a man left his family at home and went hunting into the forest but never came back. His wife waited for a week and didn’t see him. So she went into the forest in search of him. After searching for hours everywhere in vain, she sat on a stone crying, and soon fell asleep. When she got up, she noticed that she w(...)

oral Other Traditions

COUNTRY: Cameroon

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Gods

Musi Seth Pie

Cameroon

oral Other Traditions

African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Gods

Ruby Yayra Goka , Edmund Opare

Mama’s Amazing Cover Cloth

Mama uses her cover cloth (a piece of cloth that remains after the seamstress has sewn the kaba*) for multiple purposes. These uses include: tying the cloth around her waist or head, protecting a newborn baby from the scorching sun, strapping the baby on her back, serving as a support to carry heavy objects as well as a bank where she saves money, and a mat on which the baby is laid to sleep. Most importantly, it is used by both men, women and children to perform different types of dances and as(...)

african Other Traditions

COUNTRY: Ghana

TAGS: African Traditions

Ruby Yayra Goka , Edmund Opare

Mama’s Amazing Cover Cloth

Ghana

african Other Traditions

African Traditions

Babila Mutia

The myth of Mami-Wata is very common in West, Central and Southern African countries. According to many accounts, Mami-Wata* is a water mermaid with special interest in human affairs. Her features may vary across different locations but generally she is depicted as a very attractive and sexually appealing lady, who is sometimes half-fish and half-human and half-snake. It is believed that she is often spotted on beaches or gliding on waterfalls. According to Babila Mutia (narrator cited above) ma(...)

oral Other Traditions

COUNTRY: Cameroon

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

Babila Mutia

Cameroon

oral Other Traditions

African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

Richard Fakala [Akira Junior] , Chimène Kouékeu Ngoukam

Mara the Autistic Child [Mara. L'enfant autiste]

There lived a little girl in Boukele village called Mara. She could not walk before two and pronounced her first words at five, while her younger brother could already run around at two. She felt uncomfortable in hot weather and would collapse from time to time. The villagers said she had epileptic fits and so avoided her. Her neighbour Conji was forbidden to play with her. She was an object of mockery and this made her ill at ease. When the chief of the village heard of her, he visited her fami(...)

african Other Traditions

COUNTRY: Cameroon

TAGS: African Storytelling African Traditions

Richard Fakala [Akira Junior] , Chimène Kouékeu Ngoukam

Mara the Autistic Child [Mara. L'enfant autiste]

Cameroon

african Other Traditions

African Storytelling African Traditions

Joe Infurnari , Boaz Yakin

Marathon tells the story of the Battle of Marathon, which was fought in Greece in 490 BCE. The book's focus is placed on the traditions around extraordinary running feats relating to the battle, with the runner, Eucles, acting as protagonist.The book opens in the years before the Battle of Marathon, when Athens was ruled by the tyrant, Hippias, son of Peisistratus. Eucles, at this time, is a child slave. After Eucles being noticed for his speed, Hippias takes him on as his messenger, but war(...)

YEAR: 2012

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Ancient Slavery Architecture Athena Athens Gods Graeco-Persian Wars Greek History Olympic Games Pan Sparta

Joe Infurnari , Boaz Yakin

United States • 2012

Ancient Slavery Architecture Athena Athens Gods Graeco-Persian Wars Greek History Olympic Games Pan Sparta

Ollie Cuthbertson , Gary Smailes

Marathon (EDGE: Battle Books, 4)

This is a choose-your-own-adventure story in which the basic premise is established and the reader then makes choices that determine the development and out-come of the story. In Marathon the reader plays as Miltiades the general. Based on the choices made, the reader will then receive a ranking on their performance as general, poor, ok, good, or great, and the outcome of the battle will be either death, partial victory, or complete victory. The reader will be prompted to consider many aspects o(...)

YEAR: 2011

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Ares Athens Divination Gods Graeco-Persian Wars Greek History

Ollie Cuthbertson , Gary Smailes

Marathon (EDGE: Battle Books, 4)

United Kingdom • 2011

Ares Athens Divination Gods Graeco-Persian Wars Greek History

Gwendal Lazzara , Michel Piquemal , Daniel Royo

Marcus Caius Victor's Secret, Followed by Who Wants Marcus Caius Dead? [Le secret de Marcus Caïus Victor, suivi de Qui veut la mort de Marcus Caïus?]

In Rome under Augustus, an orphan named Lucius from a wealthy Roman family has been brought up by his grandfather, Marcus Caïus Victor*, the owner of prestigious jewellery workshops and an influential magistrate (Decurion). To the boy’s utter amazement, he learns from his grandfather that he was originally a Gaul who fought for Vercingetorix at Alesia, was taken prisoner, and then sold as a slave to an important Roman merchant. On their trip to Rome, they were shipwrecked and Marcus s(...)

YEAR: 2011

COUNTRY: France

TAGS: Aedui Alesia Arelatae Caesar Gaul Narbo Martius Ostia Roman Funerary Customs Roman History Rome Vercingetorix

Gwendal Lazzara , Michel Piquemal , Daniel Royo

Marcus Caius Victor's Secret, Followed by Who Wants Marcus Caius Dead? [Le secret de Marcus Caïus Victor, suivi de Qui veut la mort de Marcus Caïus?]

France • 2011

Aedui Alesia Arelatae Caesar Gaul Narbo Martius Ostia Roman Funerary Customs Roman History Rome Vercingetorix

Charles Keeping , Rosemary Sutcliff

Mark of the Horse Lord

Former gladiator Phaedrus is bailed out of Corstopitum’s (Corbridge) jail by the merchant Sinnoch, who introduces Phaedrus to the northern tribesmen Gault the Strong and Midir. Midir had once been a prince of the Dalriadain, but was secretly blinded and banished by his father’s half-sister Liadhan who now rules as queen of the tribe. However, Gault, Sinnoch and various co-conspirators wish to remove Liadhan, and given that the Dalriadain believe Midir died as a child and Phaedrus bea(...)

YEAR: 1965

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Gladiators Roman Britain Roman Empire Roman History

Charles Keeping , Rosemary Sutcliff

Mark of the Horse Lord

United Kingdom • 1965

Gladiators Roman Britain Roman Empire Roman History

Bohdan Wróblewski , Jadwiga Żylińska

Master Daedalus [Mistrz Dedal]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp.It is the life story of Daedalus beginning from his first visit to an Athenian blacksmith. The young Daedalus, a descendant of Erechtheus, king of Athens, starts to learn his craft locally and still, as an apprentice, quickly bec(...)

YEAR: 1973

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Aegeus Athena Athens Cocalus Daedalus Hephaestus Icarus Knossos Labyrinth Minos Pasiphae Poseidon Pythia Talos (Perdix)

Bohdan Wróblewski , Jadwiga Żylińska

Master Daedalus [Mistrz Dedal]

Poland • 1973

Aegeus Athena Athens Cocalus Daedalus Hephaestus Icarus Knossos Labyrinth Minos Pasiphae Poseidon Pythia Talos (Perdix)

Athina Bali

Match and Learn the Greek Gods

This book contains colourful stickers and illustrations. Each page shows a description of a Greek god for whom the child needs to find the corresponding sticker. Furthermore, there are several stories in the book containing moral lessons on teamwork, winning and losing, respecting nature etc.(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Demeter Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Poseidon Zeus

Athina Bali

Match and Learn the Greek Gods

United Kingdom • 2016

Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Demeter Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Poseidon Zeus

Guidang Danzabe

Matching, the Rainmaker

The myth goes that one day among the Mundang people the chief’s daughters decided to go and look for walnuts and millet stalks, to fabricate vegetable salt. On their way, they arrived in the village of the wicked (devils) and everything there was strange. The sap of a cactus was the only thing to take as liquid in that land. They collected some to drink on the way. These girls, who were constantly very thirsty, finished the sap from their cactus on the way before reaching their final desti(...)

oral Other Traditions

COUNTRY: Chad

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Seasons

Guidang Danzabe

Matching, the Rainmaker

Chad

oral Other Traditions

African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Seasons

Rosemary Wells

Max and Ruby’s First Greek Myth: Pandora’s Box

Ruby the rabbit doesn’t want her younger brother Max to come into her bedroom, so she pins a note to her door that says "NO! This means YOU!" But Max can’t read and keeps sneaking in to look inside Ruby’s special jewellery box. So Ruby sits him down in her chair to read him "a story about sneaking and peeking," the myth of Pandora’s Box. Pandora is a little girl (also a rabbit), who gets left at home while her mother goes shopping. She is allowed (...)

YEAR: 1993

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Pandora Pandora’s Box

Rosemary Wells

Max and Ruby’s First Greek Myth: Pandora’s Box

United States • 1993

Pandora Pandora’s Box

Rosemary Wells

Max and Ruby’s Midas: Another Greek Myth

This picture book retells the myth of Midas and the golden touch. Like Wells’ treatment of the story of Pandora, this myth is presented as a moral parable embedded within a frame narrative featuring the rabbit siblings Max and Ruby. The story opens in their kitchen, with Max crooning ‘Hello, Beautiful!’ to a pink cupcake. Ruby catches him concealing cupcakes underneath his pyjamas. Putting him back to bed, she announces that she will read him ‘a bedtime story about someon(...)

YEAR: 1995

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Midas

Rosemary Wells

Max and Ruby’s Midas: Another Greek Myth

United States • 1995

Emmanuel Matateyou , Mohamed Mounir Ngoupayou

Mbumanje and the Bamum Royal Pipe [Mbumanjé et la pipe du roi]

There once lived a king in the Bamum kingdom called Makom. One sàsà* morning, he decided to tour his village. When he got to Kourom, the clan of hunters, Mbumanje, the village belle caught his attention. He immediately decided to make her his wife. The marriage ceremony was organized alongside the Njà** festival. Festivities lasted a whole week. During this period, villages flocked into the palace ground to behold the new queen and to admire the customary beauty of the land.(...)

african Other Traditions

COUNTRY: Cameroon

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

Emmanuel Matateyou , Mohamed Mounir Ngoupayou

Mbumanje and the Bamum Royal Pipe [Mbumanjé et la pipe du roi]

Cameroon

african Other Traditions

African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Medea the Enchantress (Goddess Girls, 23)

In this installment, we meet the twelve year-old Medea, princess of Colchis. Medea’s father is very strict: “he wouldn’t let her hang out with kids he didn’t approve of.” (p. 11). While the king appears severe and controlling, he means well and just wishes to protect his only child. In this way, the authors try to explain to their readers why some parents appear stricter, namely not because they do not love their children, but quite the opposite. Nevertheless, Medea(...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Aeëtes Aphrodite Apollo Ares Argonauts Artemis Athena Circe Eros Golden Fleece Harpies Heracles Hercules Hylas Jason Orpheus Pheme Phineus Poseidon

Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Medea the Enchantress (Goddess Girls, 23)

United States • 2017

Aeëtes Aphrodite Apollo Ares Argonauts Artemis Athena Circe Eros Golden Fleece Harpies Heracles Hercules Hylas Jason Orpheus Pheme Phineus Poseidon

David Maher

An educational graphic novel, which opens in an ancient cave, a "long-dead place, a moment frozen in time." A droplet from a stalactite prompts a reaction, a sword appears, and then stone crumbles and "a hundred forked tongues dart from desiccated jaws." Medusa reawakens. She takes the sword, and moves towards a set of stairs that have appeared: "the time has come to set things right. The action switches to a modern Australian English class, in which a teacher is explain(...)

YEAR: 2008

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Caesar Cerberus Charybdis Cleopatra VII Cyclops / Cyclopes Graeae / Graiai Katabasis Medusa Orpheus Perseus Tiresias

David Maher

Australia • 2008

Caesar Cerberus Charybdis Cleopatra VII Cyclops / Cyclopes Graeae / Graiai Katabasis Medusa Orpheus Perseus Tiresias

Ross Collins

Medusa Jones the gorgon lives with her parents in ancient Greece. She attends school but is bullied by the “Champions” group, Theseus, Perseus and Cassandra. They laugh at her and call her a freak since she (like her parents) has snakes for hair. Medusa is not allowed to use her powers and turn others to stone. Apparently, her grandmother, who lives in a cave, used to act in this manner yet Medusa’s mother disapproves of such behaviour and tells Medusa that her grandmother is i(...)

YEAR: 2008

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Cassandra Centaur(s) Cerberus Chiron / Cheiron Medea Medusa Minotaur Perseus Theseus

Ross Collins

United States of America • 2008

Cassandra Centaur(s) Cerberus Chiron / Cheiron Medea Medusa Minotaur Perseus Theseus

Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Medusa the Mean (Goddess Girls, 8)

General summary for the series see under Athena the Brain.In this installment, Medusa, the mean girl of previous volumes, is the unlikely heroine. As the only mortal in school, she feels insecure and is desperate to fit in, and we are shown that, despite her spiteful behaviour, she has feelings too. Medusa hates her mortality and wishes to be like the other immortal students “How she longed to be like them!” (p. 7). All she really wants to is to truly feel like she fits in, as A(...)

YEAR: 2012

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Andromeda Aphrodite Apollo Artemis Athena Ceto Cetus Dionysus / Dionysos Hera Heracles Hercules Medusa Pandora Pegasus Persephone Perseus Pheme Phorcys Poseidon Zeus

Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Medusa the Mean (Goddess Girls, 8)

United States • 2012

Andromeda Aphrodite Apollo Artemis Athena Ceto Cetus Dionysus / Dionysos Hera Heracles Hercules Medusa Pandora Pegasus Persephone Perseus Pheme Phorcys Poseidon Zeus

Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Medusa the Rich (Goddess Girls, 16)

In this installment of the Goddess Girls series, Medusa learns the hard way that all that glitters is not gold. Medusa, who needs to be careful not to hurt mortals with her stone gaze, deliberately asks for the golden touch. Medusa is the main heroine of the story and she accompanies Dionysus to his visit to King Midas; then she agrees to take the golden touch from the king, thinking it would resolve her financial problems. In this retelling of the myth, Midas is reluctant to have a golden touch(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: Ares Artemis Athena Ceto Dionysus / Dionysos Euryale Hera Medusa Midas Pheme Phorcys Stheno Zeus

Joan Holub , Suzanne Williams

Medusa the Rich (Goddess Girls, 16)

United States • 2015

Ares Artemis Athena Ceto Dionysus / Dionysos Euryale Hera Medusa Midas Pheme Phorcys Stheno Zeus

Alex Woolf

Meet The Ancient Romans

This book is a combination of a guidebook of ancient Rome and a time traveling adventure book. It combines information about ancient Roman institutions (the senate, arena, baths, temples, shops and draftsmen) with everyday life, such as food, clothing etc. The reader participates in the Roman daily life and also receives additional information on the origin of certain institutions or positions in the Empire. The plot take “you” a school boy/girl through a mysterious wooden door to th(...)

YEAR: 2014

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Roman Baths Rome

Alex Woolf

Meet The Ancient Romans

United Kingdom • 2014

Roman Baths Rome

Nadia Wheatley

Melting Point is the story of Xenia Hadzithakis, a seventeen-year-old Greek Australian girl living in Sydney, Australia. Xenia is a rebel, in constant conflict with her traditional Yaya over her style of dress, her forthright behaviour, even the fact that she is studying Latin at school rather than ancient or modern Greek. After a terrible argument with her grandmother, she finds solace in the classroom translating Ovid’s version of the story of Icarus’ flight and fall from Book Eigh(...)

YEAR: 1994

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Crete Daedalus Icarus Latin (Language) Metamorphoses (Ovid's) Ovid

Nadia Wheatley

Australia • 1994

Crete Daedalus Icarus Latin (Language) Metamorphoses (Ovid's) Ovid

Wiktor Gomulicki , Konstanty Gorski (Górski)

Memories of the Blue School Uniform [Wspomnienia niebieskiego mundurka]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp.Pułtusk, a small Polish town, not far from Warsaw (part of the Polish territory under Russian rule), 1859–1864. The plot is based on autobiographical facts from the author’s school years. The main character – Wi(...)

YEAR: 1905

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Architecture Caryatids Cato the Elder Colossus of Rhodes Cornelius Nepos Elegy Eutropius Fable Hephaestus Heracles Hercules Jupiter Latin (Language) Nero Orestes Ovid Phaedrus Philosophy Poetry Political Thought Pylades Saturn Stoicism Triton

Wiktor Gomulicki , Konstanty Gorski (Górski)

Memories of the Blue School Uniform [Wspomnienia niebieskiego mundurka]

Poland • 1905

Architecture Caryatids Cato the Elder Colossus of Rhodes Cornelius Nepos Elegy Eutropius Fable Hephaestus Heracles Hercules Jupiter Latin (Language) Nero Orestes Ovid Phaedrus Philosophy Poetry Political Thought Pylades Saturn Stoicism Triton

Margaret Mahy

In Memory, nineteen-year-old Jonny Dart is a dancer suffering from the post-traumatic stress disorder. Some years before, his sister Janine, also a dancer, had fallen from a cliff while playing a game with Jonny and their friend, Bonny Benedicta, in which Jonny was the "wolfman," and Bonny the "pythoness," or the "oracle." Jonny, who resented his family’s favouritism towards his sister, is haunted by the thought that he might have pushed Janine and develops a (...)

YEAR: 1987

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Dionysus / Dionysos Oracles Pythia Sibyl

Margaret Mahy

United Kingdom • 1987

Dionysus / Dionysos Oracles Pythia Sibyl

Max Cabanes , Michel Piquemal

Mermaids' Song [La Chanson des Sirènes]

A large family with children is vacationing at the seashore. One of the boys manages with his younger brother and cousins to catch a sea-horse. The brother promises the sea-horse that he would set him free and in spite of being scared of his older brother, he does release the creature back to the sea. The brother is furious and turns all the other boys against him. They refuse to play with him. The boy, bored and unhappy, starts reading Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. (...)

YEAR: 1998

COUNTRY: France

TAGS: Hippocampi Sirens

Max Cabanes , Michel Piquemal

Mermaids' Song [La Chanson des Sirènes]

France • 1998

Hippocampi Sirens

Losngar Nodjidoumngar

Metamorphosis [Njeh bôlh je]

In ancient times, the Mbanga people lived and interacted with animals and trees in their everyday activities. Among those people, there was a man called Bath, who could transform into an owl, a hippopotamus and a lion at the same time. One day, he discovered that another man in a far off tribe, called Mongh, had the herb that could give a person the power to transform into other creatures, just like his own plant did. The challenge for Bath now was how to get to Mongh’s place and steal tha(...)

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TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

Losngar Nodjidoumngar

Metamorphosis [Njeh bôlh je]

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African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

Mama Asanatou

Meusep Nforpeyam

Long time ago in a big village there lived a king called Nfordoboh, who had an only daughter and many people came from far and near for her hand in marriage. Nfordoboh gave two conditions. First, the person that would bring a big bundle of grass that would be used to roof his house would marry his daughter. He further added that this bundle of grass would not be like any other one; it has to produce a sound when thrown on the ground. The second condition was that the person should also climb the(...)

oral Other Traditions

COUNTRY: Cameroon

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

Mama Asanatou

Meusep Nforpeyam

Cameroon

oral Other Traditions

African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

Marcin Szczygielski

Michalina's Eyes [Oczy Michaliny]

Michalina has a special gift – she sees things that no other human can see. Her power is treated by her parents, other adults, and pupils as a disease or oddity, but no doctor nor psychiatrist had the ability to "cure" her. With time, she has learned not to tell anybody about her visions or rapidly react to things she sees every day, like for instance: giant flying whales, white lions, or trains running through the air. Michalina calls these phenomena Special Things [Rzeczy Specj(...)

YEAR: 2020

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Keres Morpheus Pandora Pandora’s Box Phobetor

Marcin Szczygielski

Michalina's Eyes [Oczy Michaliny]

Poland • 2020

Keres Morpheus Pandora Pandora’s Box Phobetor

Maria Buyno-Arctowa [Jagmin, Ciocia Mania, J. Brzostek]

Midas. A Golden King [Midas. Złoty król]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp.King Midas loves only two things: gold and his daughter, Złotuszka [Goldie]. He collects as much gold as he can for his daughter. One day while counting the money in the treasury, Midas meets a young man who offers to fulfil one (...)

YEAR: 1931

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Dionysus / Dionysos Midas

Maria Buyno-Arctowa [Jagmin, Ciocia Mania, J. Brzostek]

Midas. A Golden King [Midas. Złoty król]

Poland • 1931

Dionysus / Dionysos Midas

Stephenie Meyer

Midnight Sun (The Twilight Saga, 5)

The novel is a retelling of the first and nominal book of the "Twilight" series from the perspective of the vampire Edward Cullen; the reader no longer gets any insight into the thoughts of Bella Swan (the narrator of Twilight), and so the novel opens with a description of Edward and Bella's first meeting, which is the first point at which we meet Edward in Twilight. After an awkward period at school during which Edward is convinced that he may kill Bella, he saves her from being c(...)

YEAR: 2020

COUNTRY: United State of America

TAGS: Greek Art Hades Immortality Persephone Pygmalion

Stephenie Meyer

Midnight Sun (The Twilight Saga, 5)

United State of America • 2020

Greek Art Hades Immortality Persephone Pygmalion

Ahn Do , Chris Wahl

Mighty Minotaur (Rise of the Mythix, 2)

The sequel to Rise of the Mythix (I): Golden Unicorn, this volume continues the adventures of Kelly Swift (the "unicorn" of the title), who with the archaeologist Stanley Solomon tries to outwit the evil billionaire William James who dominates society and has the power to suck the souls out of his victims and imprison them in paintings in his mansion. In the previous volume, William James has trapped Kelly’s mother. Kelly and Stanley are now on the run, while William’s forc(...)

YEAR: 2020

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Archaeology Minotaur Unicorn (hippos monokeras)

Ahn Do , Chris Wahl

Mighty Minotaur (Rise of the Mythix, 2)

Australia • 2020

Archaeology Minotaur Unicorn (hippos monokeras)

Peter Tamukong

Once upon a time, The Akum people were living together with Mijini in Widikum.Mijini was the greatest deity and the sole protector of the Akum people.This did not, however, prevent friction with other groups in Widikum.The prevailing tension forced them to leave Widikum.But on leaving,They left behind their major deity.As they were approaching this land,Mijini suddenly joined them.The people started offering sacrifices to Mijini. (Narrator turns round to see whether everybody is attent(...)

oral Other Traditions

COUNTRY: Cameroon

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Gods

Peter Tamukong

Cameroon

oral Other Traditions

African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions Gods

Ewa Nowacka

Minotaur’s Horns [Rogi Minotaura] (The Wings of Time [Skrzydła czasu], 3)

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp.This is the third book in the series Skrzydła czasu [The Wings of Time]. Paweł and Karolina are cousins. When Karolina one day came to Paweł’s house, she became very interested in a television game The Wings of Time. The ga(...)

YEAR: 1998

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Ariadne Daedalus Icarus Labyrinth Minos Minotaur

Ewa Nowacka

Minotaur’s Horns [Rogi Minotaura] (The Wings of Time [Skrzydła czasu], 3)

Poland • 1998

Ariadne Daedalus Icarus Labyrinth Minos Minotaur

Blue [Gregory Kerr] , Overly Sarcastic Productions , Red

Miscellaneous Myths (Series): Perseus

The series Miscellaneous Myths is devoted to various motifs, characters and tales from world mythologies. Red states at the beginning of the first video in the series, Perseus, that she decided to "focus primarily on Greek mythology, because it’s one of the mythologies that’s been more influential to popular culture in the past millennia or so". The aforementioned video about Perseus can serve as a perfect example of the style and characteristics of the series. In the (...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Online

TAGS: Acrisius / Akrisios Athena Danae Hera Hermes Hero(es) Medusa Perseus Polydectes Zeus

Blue [Gregory Kerr] , Overly Sarcastic Productions , Red

Miscellaneous Myths (Series): Perseus

Online • 2016

Acrisius / Akrisios Athena Danae Hera Hermes Hero(es) Medusa Perseus Polydectes Zeus

Voglio Una Mela Blu (V1MB) , Sybille Tezzele Kramer

Mischiamiti (Series)

“Mischiamiti” (series):“Mischiamiti. Il libro-gioco mitologico” (book-game), “Raccolta di filastrocche” per “Mischiamiti – il libro-gioco mitologico” (collection of nursery rhymes), “Le carte dei Mostri Mitologici” dal progetto a tema mitologico “Mischiamiti” (mythological monsters cards).“Mischiamiti” series contains interactive printing materials (such as “mix and match” game and car(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Online

TAGS: Basilisk Centaur(s) Cerberus Charon Cheops Chimera / Chimaera Clytie Cyclops / Cyclopes Faun Griffins / Gryphons Harpies Hippocampi Manticore Medusa Minotaur Muses Odysseus / Ulysses Pegasus Penelope Phoenix (Bird) Sirens Unicorn (hippos monokeras)

Voglio Una Mela Blu (V1MB) , Sybille Tezzele Kramer

Mischiamiti (Series)

Online • 2016

Basilisk Centaur(s) Cerberus Charon Cheops Chimera / Chimaera Clytie Cyclops / Cyclopes Faun Griffins / Gryphons Harpies Hippocampi Manticore Medusa Minotaur Muses Odysseus / Ulysses Pegasus Penelope Phoenix (Bird) Sirens Unicorn (hippos monokeras)

Clyde W. Ford

Miseke and Thunder Man

The full text of this myth is found in: The Hero with an African Face: Mythic Wisdom of Traditional Africa by Clyde W. Ford, in the United States and Canada by Bantam Books, 1999, pp.55–59). This is only a brief summary of the story. The full text of the myth and others can be read in the book cited above.Among the Chaga people, a man called Kwisaba, goes to a distant war and leaves his pregnant wife alone at home. She falls so seriously ill that she cannot even make a fire to warm herself(...)

african Other Traditions

COUNTRY: United States

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

Clyde W. Ford

Miseke and Thunder Man

United States

african Other Traditions

African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

Roy Knipe , Geoffrey Trease

Mission to Marathon

Mission to Marathon immerses the young reader in the tense events of the Battle of Marathon campaign in 490BCE. The story follows a fictional protagonist, Philip, the young son of an Athenian sculptor. When Philip's father hears in the Assembly that the Persians have reached Euboea he anticipates that they will land at Marathon to make their invasion. Philip is tasked with hurrying to the village of Marathon to warn their extended family and urge them to seek safety. Philip's elder broth(...)

YEAR: 1997

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Ancient Slavery Athens Divination Graeco-Persian Wars Greek History Pan

Roy Knipe , Geoffrey Trease

Mission to Marathon

United Kingdom • 1997

Ancient Slavery Athens Divination Graeco-Persian Wars Greek History Pan

El Hadj Awal

Mitidi – the Snake-man

A long time ago, in a distant dark kingdom in the depths of the earth, there lived a being who could transform into both man and snake. He reigned alone very far from the light of the sun and was considered as the master of the Underworld. Meanwhile, there lived and reigned a king on earth who was well-respected for his sense of responsibility, equity and justice. This earthly king was married to three wives and had a lone daughter, a girl who was quite remarkable for her matchless beauty. In th(...)

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COUNTRY: Cameroon

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

El Hadj Awal

Mitidi – the Snake-man

Cameroon

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African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

Emmanuel Matateyou , Andiensa Yuh

Mitofchuofoyn – Wiser than the King

The original published version of this myth appears in: An Anthology of Myths, Legends and Folktales from Cameroon by Emmanuel Matateyou, published in 1997 (pp. 108–116) by The Edwin Mellen Press Ltd. Although we have the written authorization of the publisher and the author to reprint up to 10 myths in the collection for our research on “Our Mythical Childhood…”., we have chosen to summarize this particular myth because the original version is too long. We are ther(...)

african Other Traditions

COUNTRY: Cameroon

TAGS: African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

Emmanuel Matateyou , Andiensa Yuh

Mitofchuofoyn – Wiser than the King

Cameroon

african Other Traditions

African Mythologies African Storytelling African Traditions

Yaël Farber

Klytemnestra appears before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and admits murdering her husband. She considers the murder as an act of bravery, and her husband’s destiny. Her daughter, Elektra, then takes the floor and expresses her displeasure and indignation at her mother’s deeds. Both mother and daughter are now committed to the process of unearthing the past. They take us to a period when Elektra was seven years old. The murder is re-enacted. Because of the brutal kill(...)

african Other Traditions

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Aegisthus Aeschylus African Traditions Agamemnon Clytemnestra Electra Orestes Sophocles

Yaël Farber

United Kingdom

african Other Traditions

Aegisthus Aeschylus African Traditions Agamemnon Clytemnestra Electra Orestes Sophocles

Michael Ende

Momo: Or The Strange Story of the Time-Thieves and of The Child Who Gave the Stolen Time Back to Humans [Momo: Oder Die seltsame Geschichte von den Zeit-Dieben und von dem Kind, das den Menschen die gestohlene Zeit zurückbrachte]

When Momo, a little girl between eight and twelve years without parents, moves into the old amphitheatre in a small town, she quickly becomes friends with the local children and grown-ups. The children love to play with Momo because her presence makes them particularly imaginative, and the adults talk to Momo about their problems because she is such a good listener. Then everything changes: The grey gentlemen of the Timesavings Bank gain more and more power over the adults who suddenly have(...)

YEAR: 1972

COUNTRY: Germany

TAGS: Amphitheatre Andromeda Argo Cassiopeia Orion

Michael Ende

Momo: Or The Strange Story of the Time-Thieves and of The Child Who Gave the Stolen Time Back to Humans [Momo: Oder Die seltsame Geschichte von den Zeit-Dieben und von dem Kind, das den Menschen die gestohlene Zeit zurückbrachte]

Germany • 1972

Amphitheatre Andromeda Argo Cassiopeia Orion

Hasbro

Monopoly: Wonder Of The World

This Monopoly board games features all the classical Monopoly traits, purchasing places, adding houses and hotels, a "Go to Jail" option, surprise cards. The setting of this game is the various wonders of the ancient world which the players can purchase. The winner of the game is the player with the most amount of money. The players also receive a "passport" they need to stamp for every attraction they have visited.The wonders of the world (natural as well as human-made, anci(...)

YEAR: 2004

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Alexandria Artemis Colosseum Colossus of Rhodes Ephesus Olympia Pharos of Alexandria Zeus

Hasbro

Monopoly: Wonder Of The World

United States of America • 2004

Alexandria Artemis Colosseum Colossus of Rhodes Ephesus Olympia Pharos of Alexandria Zeus

Shoo Rayner

Monster Boy. Minotaur Maze (Monster Boy, 8)

Monster Boy: Minotaur Maze is the 8th in a series of chapter books for early readers, in which the protagonist, Connor, is the Ministry of Monster’s number one secret agent, helping keep peace in the forest where they all live. Connor’s mother is a gargoyle, and his father is a human. In Minotaur Maze, while Connor’s parents talk with farmer Maisie whose produce shop lacks customers, Connor is called to his latest Monster Mission when Mino the Minotaur goes missing in the Tangl(...)

YEAR: 2010

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Labyrinth Minotaur

Shoo Rayner

Monster Boy. Minotaur Maze (Monster Boy, 8)

United Kingdom • 2010

Labyrinth Minotaur

Anita Ganeri , David West

Monster Fight Club: Gods and Goddesses

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: Aphrodite Ares Cerberus Charon Cronus / Kronos Demeter Europa Hades Hera Olympus Orpheus Persephone Poseidon Styx Titans Trojan War Zeus

Anita Ganeri , David West

Monster Fight Club: Gods and Goddesses

United States of America • 2012

Aphrodite Ares Cerberus Charon Cronus / Kronos Demeter Europa Hades Hera Olympus Orpheus Persephone Poseidon Styx Titans Trojan War Zeus

Anita Ganeri , David West

Monster Fight Club: 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 Gorgon(s) Hector Heracles Hercules Homer Iliad Latium Lavinia Medusa Odysseus / Ulysses Odyssey Penthesilea Perseus Trojan War

Anita Ganeri , David West

Monster Fight Club: Heroes of Myths and Legends

United States of America • 2012

Achilles Aeneas Amazons Aphrodite Dido Gorgon(s) Hector Heracles Hercules Homer Iliad Latium Lavinia Medusa Odysseus / Ulysses Odyssey Penthesilea Perseus Trojan War

Nikola Kucharska , Dorota Wieczorek

Monsteropolis [Strachopolis]

The title city is a place in which people live together with all kinds of monsters. While many of them have been integrated into society, the others have to hide away refusing to comply with existing conditions. The protagonist of the novel, Kostek and his sister, Niezapominajka [Forget-Me-Not], grow up among these creatures. The siblings, as it turns out, are the long-lost children of Baltazar Brylski, one of the most famous so-called “fearslayers” – usually superhero-like mon(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Chimera / Chimaera Delphic Oracle Divination Pythia

Nikola Kucharska , Dorota Wieczorek

Monsteropolis [Strachopolis]

Poland • 2015

Chimera / Chimaera Delphic Oracle Divination Pythia

David Pike

Monsters of the Greek Myths (Greek Mythology Stories for Kids, 1)

The book offers three stories that involve mythological monsters: Amara and the Charming Gold Prisoner; Simon and the Fate of the Labyrinth and Dione, and the cure of the Chimera.After each story, there is an explanation of the featured mythological monster: Medusa, Minotaur and Chimera.The stories incorporate fictional characters into the ancient myths to form complete new stories (as in the first and third ones) and use the mythological characters in a new setting.The language of the stories i(...)

YEAR: 2018

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Ariadne Chimera / Chimaera Hera Labyrinth Medusa Minotaur Theseus Zeus

David Pike

Monsters of the Greek Myths (Greek Mythology Stories for Kids, 1)

United States of America • 2018

Ariadne Chimera / Chimaera Hera Labyrinth Medusa Minotaur Theseus Zeus

Will Kostakis

Monuments (Monuments, 1)

Monuments is the first in an urban fantasy young adult fiction duology inspired by adventure video games such as The Legend of Zelda. Connor Giannopoulos stumbles upon a secret room beneath his school, sealed shut by a puzzle. A girl named Sally is also there, trying to solve the puzzle. The secret cavern contains a "Monument" named Darroch: an ancient god that helped to shape the world. Sally claims she is Darroch's Guardian, entrusted to protect him from the Hounds; descend(...)

YEAR: 2019

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Ancient Warfare Gods Immortality Magic Sculpture

Will Kostakis

Monuments (Monuments, 1)

Australia • 2019

Ancient Warfare Gods Immortality Magic Sculpture

Philip Reeve

SETTINGThree thousand years after Sixty Minute War, a short yet disastrous conflict that caused mass extinction of humans and major geological shifts, a part of the surviving civilization lives in the so-called traction cities, following the laws of Municipal Darwinism. These monstrous tank-like cities roam the arid lands of Europe, called the Great Hunting Ground, ravishing soil by gathering whatever they deem necessary not only for survival, but also for prosperity. There is a saying – &(...)

YEAR: 2001

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Medusa Pandora Pandora’s Box

Philip Reeve

United Kingdom • 2001

Medusa Pandora Pandora’s Box

Kendare Blake

Mortal Gods (Goddess War, 2)

As this novel is the second in the series, it is a continuation of many of the plots developed in the first book Antigoddess, a summary of which can be found here. Picking up three months after the events of Antigoddess, Cassandra Weaver is still grieving the loss of her boyfriend, Aidan Baxter (Apollo) and is determined to avenge his death by killing Aphrodite and the remainder of the Olympians with her newly discovered, god-destroying powers.The novel begins with Athena and Demeter discus(...)

YEAR: 2014

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Achilles Andromache Aphrodite Ares Athena Atropos Calypso Cassandra Clotho Fates Hector Hera Hermes Lachesis Moirai Monsters Odyssey Persephone Poseidon Trojan War

Kendare Blake

Mortal Gods (Goddess War, 2)

United States of America • 2014

Achilles Andromache Aphrodite Ares Athena Atropos Calypso Cassandra Clotho Fates Hector Hera Hermes Lachesis Moirai Monsters Odyssey Persephone Poseidon Trojan War

Kevin O’Malley

Mount Olympus Basketball

Mount Olympus Basketball presents a basketball game between two teams: the Gods (Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Athena, Hades) and the Mortals (Hercules, Achilles, Jason, Theseus, Odysseus). Narrated by two sports announcers, Fred and Chet, the game shows the gods and mortals tricking and outwitting one another. The book is full of puns and allusions to the myths. Jason is supported by a troupe of cheerleaders, the "Dancing Argonauts" (p. 4). Zeus fouls Hercules while persuading the referee, Eu(...)

YEAR: 2003

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Achilles Argonauts Athena Cyclops / Cyclopes Eurystheus Greece Hades Helen Hera Heracles Hercules Jason Minotaur Nike Odysseus / Ulysses Olympus Poseidon Prometheus Theseus Trojan Horse Zeus

Kevin O’Malley

Mount Olympus Basketball

United States of America • 2003

Achilles Argonauts Athena Cyclops / Cyclopes Eurystheus Greece Hades Helen Hera Heracles Hercules Jason Minotaur Nike Odysseus / Ulysses Olympus Poseidon