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Brett Bean , Lucy Coats

Beasts of Olympus (Series, Book 3): Steeds of the Gods

This is the third 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 is visited by Poseidon, who orders him to accompany him to his realm and check on his sick hippocamps. Demon is frightened to leave the stables at Oly(...)

literary

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Amphitrite Hades Helios Hephaestus Heracles / Herakles Hermes Hippocampi Io Nereids Nereus Phaeton Poseidon Zeus

SIE Santa Monica Studio

God of War

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(...)

electronic

YEAR: 2005

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Amphitrite Aphrodite Ares Artemis Athena/ Athene Athens Barbarians Calliope Centaur Cerberus Cyclops / Cyclopes Gorgons Hades Harpies Hydra Kratos Kronos / Cronus / Cronos Labyrinth Medusa Medusa’s Head Minotaur Mount Olympus Oracles Pandora’s Box Phoenix Poseidon Satyr Sirens Spartan warrior Spartans Trident Zeus Zeus as eagle Zeus’ Eagle

Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams

Goddess Girls (Series, Book 14): Iris the Colorful

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 (...)

literary

YEAR: 2014

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aello Aglaia Amphitrite Antheia Aphrodite Apollo Artemis Athena/ Athene Celaeno Eurus/Euros Gaia / Gaea Harpies Hera Iris Medusa Notus/Notos Ocypete Pheme Phineas Styx Typhon Zeus

Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams

Goddess Girls (Series, Book 17): Amphitrite the Bubbly

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, is sum(...)

literary

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

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

Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams

Goddess Girls (Series, Book 18): Hestia the Invisible

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(...)

literary

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aglaia Amphitrite Antheia Apollo Ares Artemis Ascalabus Athena/ Athene Atlas Calliope Dionysus Hades Hephaestus Hera Heracles / Herakles Hercules Hestia Iris Kydoimos Makahi Pandora Persephone Pheme Phintias Pygmalion Zeus

Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams

Goddess Girls (Series, Book 20): Calliope the Muse

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 sh(...)

literary

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States of America

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

Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams

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

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

literary

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States of America

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

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 GoddessesDemeter's Lost DaughterThe TitansThe Underworld of TartarusThe Birth of HermesOrpheusDeucalion's Flo(...)

literary

YEAR: 1960

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Admetus Alcestis Amphitrite Apollo Artemis Athena/ Athene Hades Hera Heracles / Herakles Hermes Marsyas Omphale Persephone Pirithous / Perithious Poseidon Theseus 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(...)

literary

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Amphitrite Athena/ Athene Daedalus Demeter Gaia / Gaea Greek mythology Hades Hephaestus Heracles / Herakles Hercules Hesperides Icarus Kronos / Cronus / Cronos Morpheus Myths of origin Olympian gods Olympus Pandora Persephone Poseidon Prometheus Tantalus Uranus 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 with a (...)

literary

YEAR: 2003

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Amphitrite Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Asclepius / Asklepios Athena/ Athene Demeter Dionysos Dionysus Eos Eros Gaia / Gaea Galatea Hades Hebe Helios Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Marsyas Midas Muses Oceanus Olympus Phaeton Philemon Poseidon Prometheus Pygmalion Selene Sisyphus Tantalus Titans Uranus Zeus

Natalia Kapatsoulia , Filippos Mandilaras

My First Mythology [Η Πρώτη μου Μυθολογία (I Proti mou Mythologia)] (Series): Poseidon. The sea god [Ποσειδώνας. Ο Θεός της θάλασσας (Poseidonas. O theos tis thalassas)]

Poseidon, we are told, lives in the depths of the sea and always carries a trident. When he gets angry, he can upset the sea and cause earthquakes. We turn the page, and we are offered biographical information. Poseidon was Cronus’ and Rhea’s son. Cronus swallowed five of his children, so that they could not challenge his leadership of the Titans. Sorrowful Rhea, when she had a sixth baby, she gave a stone to Cronus to devour. So, we are told, Zeus grew up and became strong and overt(...)

literary

YEAR: 2012

COUNTRY: Greece

TAGS: Amphitrite Cronus Demeter Giants Hades Hera Hestia Nereids Olympus Rhea Titans Troy

Jan Parandowski

Mythology. Beliefs and Legends of the Greeks and Romans [Mitologia. Wierzenia i podania 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., online: http://omc.obta.al.uw.edu.pl/omc_catalogue.Description of the most important Greek and Roman myths. This is a significant, or even the most important book responsible for increasing basic awareness of ancient culture in(...)

literary

YEAR: 1924

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Achilles Amphitrite Aphrodite Apollo Ares Argonauts Artemis Asclepius / Asklepios Athena/ Athene Atlas Bacchus Bellerophon Centaurs Cerberus Ceres Circe Cyclops / Cyclopes Daedalus Demeter Diana Dido Erinyes Eris Eros Europa Eurystheus Gaia / Gaea Gods Golden Fleece Greek mythology Hades Harpies Hecate / Hekate Helen of Troy Hephaestus Hera Heracles / Herakles Hercules Hermes Hestia Icarus Janus Jason Juno Jupiter Kronos / Cronus / Cronos Mars Medea Mercury Midas Minerva Minos Minotaur Moirai Nemesis Nereus Orpheus Pan Pandora Paris Persephone Perseus Pluto Poseidon Priam Prometheus Prosperina Roman mythology Roman religion Romulus Scylla Sirens Sphinx Themis Theseus Thetis Tiresias Trojan War Venus Zeus

Grzegorz Kasdepke

Myths for Children [Mity dla dzieci]

The magical and amazing world of ancient gods and heroes shown in an accessible way in simple and amusing language. Each story focuses on a different god or hero.The ten presented myths include: Doktorze, pomocy! [Doctor, help!] about Asclepius, Śliczna i mądra – czyli Atena [Lovely and Wise – That Is Athena], Figlarz [Trickster] about Eros, Zakaz odwracania się [No Turning Around] about Orpheus, Proszę Pana [Sir Pan], Chimera, chi, chi [Chimaera, Ha, Ha] about Bellerophon, Głow(...)

literary

YEAR: 2009

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Amphitrite Andromeda Aphrodite Apollo Arachne Artemis Asclepius / Asklepios Athena/ Athene Bellerophon Chimaera Coronis Dionysus Eros Eurydice Hades Hephaestus Hera Hermes Kronos / Cronus / Cronos Medusa Orpheus Pan Pegasus Persephone Perseus Poseidon Psyche Sisyphus Syrinx Tantalus Thanatos Zeus

George O'Connor

Olympians (Series)

Olympians is a series of graphic novels that takes one deity per volume as the focus, retelling numerous myths related to that god.Volume 1. Zeus. King of the Gods. Featuring creation myths and the war between the Titans and Olympians. Narrator unspecified.Volume 2. Athena. Grey-Eyed Goddess. Featuring the myth of Athena's conception and birth; Pallas; the attack of the Giants; Medusa and Perseus; Arachne. Narrated by the Moirae (The Fates). Volume 3. Hera. The Goddess and her Glory. Fe(...)

literary

YEAR: 2010

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Achilles Aeneas Aesop Aesop’s Fables Afterlife Agamemnon Amphitrite Anteros Aphrodite Apollo Apples of the Hesperides Arachne Architecture Ares Argo Argonauts Ariadne Artemis Asclepius / Asklepios Athena/ Athene Athens Atlas Bacchus Baucis Centaurs Cerberus Ceres Charybdis Chimaera Classical studies Crete Cyclops / Cyclopes Daedalus Delos Demeter Diana Dionysus Divination Egypt Epimetheus Erinyes Eris Eros Europa Fable Furies Gaia / Gaea Galatea Gods Golden Fleece Greek art Greek history Greek language Greek music Greek mythology Greek philosophy Griffins Hades Hades' Throne Harpies Hecate / Hekate Hector Helen of Troy Hephaistos Hera Heracles / Herakles Hercules Hermes Hermes' winged boots Hestia Homer Horus Icarus Iliad Immortality Jason Juno Jupiter Katabasis Kronos / Cronus / Cronos Labyrinth Laurel wreath Lernaean Hydra Leto Lyre Mars Maze Medusa Menelaus Mercury Metis Minos Minos (King) Minotaur Mythology Nymphs Odysseus/ Ulysses Odyssey Olympus Oracles Ovid Ovid Metamorphoses Pan Pandora Pandora’s Box Paris Pasiphae Patroclus Pegasus Penelope Persephone Perseus Philemon Polyphemus Poseidon Priam Prometheus Ra Reception of classical antiquity Reincarnation Sirens Sisyphus Sphinx Stymphalian Birds Styx Theseus Thetis Trojan Horse (wooden) Trojan War Troy Twelve Labours of Heracles Underworld Witches Zeus Zeus' Throne

Mirosław Rutkowski

Well-Prepared Readers [Lektura dobrze opracowana] (Series): Mythology [Mitologia]

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.Intended for middle and high school students learning mythology. First part of the book presents well-known myths, such as the origin of the world, Jason and the Argonauts, or Hercu(...)

literary

YEAR: 2010

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Amphitrite Andromeda Aphrodite Apollo Ares Argonauts Ariadne Artemis Asclepius / Asklepios Athena/ Athene Baucis Chiron/Cheiron Danae Demeter Dionysos Dionysus Eos Eros Gaia / Gaea Galatea Golden Fleece Hades Hebe Helios Hephaestus Hera Heracles / Herakles Hermes Hestia Jason Medea Midas Minotaur Muses Oceanus Perseus Phaeton Philemon Poseidon Prometheus Pygmalion Selene Sisyphus Tantalus Theseus Titans Uranus Zeus