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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, creating sto(...)

literary

YEAR: 1995

COUNTRY: Canada

TAGS: Carthage Gods Greek history Greek language Greek mythology Latin Language Laurel wreath Reception of classical antiquity Virgil’s Aeneid

Felice Arena

Farticus Maximus (Series, Book 1): Farticus Maximus and Other Stories that Stink!

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 rejects this (...)

literary

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Architecture Colosseum Gladiator games Gladiators Latin Language Roman Empire Rome (ancient) Spartacus

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 (...)

literary

YEAR: 2018

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Latin Language Virgil

Edmund Niziurski

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., online: http://omc.obta.al.uw.edu.pl/omc_catalogue.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(...)

literary

YEAR: 1964

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Achilles Alcibiades Caesar Cato the Elder Heracles / Herakles Hercules Hermes Latin Language Odysseus/ Ulysses

Fyodor Khitruk

Icarus and Sages [Икар и мудрецы]

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(...)

audiovisual

YEAR: 1976

COUNTRY: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

TAGS: Greek mythology Icarus Latin Latin Language

Jerzy Ciechanowicz, Barbara Milewska-Waźbińska

Impluvius and Compluvius amongst 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(...)

literary

YEAR: 1991

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Architecture Gladiator games Horace Latin Language Laurel wreath Monomyth Neptune Ovid Roman Empire Rome Virgil

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(...)

literary

YEAR: 2014

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Automatones Chalcon Chaos Classical elements Constantine Greek language Hydra Labyrinth Latin Language Poseidon Semiramis Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar Skelmis Telchines Titans Zeus

Holly Black, Cassandra Clare

Magisterium (Series, Book 2): The Copper Gauntlet

The Magisterium 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. [Read more in the entry for the Magisterium series]The Copper Gauntlet is the second book in the series, and picks up on Callum’s discovery that his soul belongs to the evil Constantine Madden, also (...)

literary

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Automatones Chaos Classical elements Constantine Greek language Latin Language Semiramis

Holly Black, Cassandra Clare

Magisterium (Series, Book 3): The Bronze Key

The Magisterium 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. [Read more in the entry for the Magisterium series]The Bronze Key is the third book in the series and opens with Callum and his father travelling to the Collegium (a college of magic) to receive an honour.(...)

literary

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Chalcon Chaos Classical elements Constantine Greek language Hydra Labyrinth Latin Language Poseidon Skelmis Telchines

Jon Klassen , Sara Pennypacker

Pax

The story is about young boy Peter and his beloved pet–a fox named Pax. When war breaks out and friends have to separate, so Peter – convinced by his father, who was called up for military service – leaves Pax far away from home, in the middle of nowhere. The boy, however, can not come to terms with such a drastic parting and runs away from his new home – he wants to find the fox at all costs. Similarly, Pax, though lost and confused at first, decides to find a friend. Co(...)

literary

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Latin Language Teumessian fox

Pierce Brown , Rik Hoskin , Eli Powell

Red Rising: Sons of Ares

Red Rising: Sons of Ares is the graphic novel prequel to the novels of the hugely popular Red Rising science-fiction series. The series imagines a rigidly hierarchical interplanetary society which takes much of its form from ancient Greek myths of the ages of humans and from ancient Roman culture. While the main series witnesses an uprising by the Sons of Ares, a terrorist group who fight against oppression, Red Rising: Sons of Ares takes readers back to the origins of the rebellion.The sto(...)

literary

TAGS: Aeneas Ares Carthage Diana Gods Greek art Latin Language Mars Phoenix Poseidon Punic Wars Reception of classical antiquity Roman history Rome (ancient) Slavery Sparta Virgil’s Aeneid Zeus

Takayo Akiyama, Georgia Amson-Bradshaw

So You Want to Be... (Series): ... a Roman Soldier?

Inspired by the book, Legionary: The Roman Soldier's (Unofficial) Manual by Philip Matyszak, So You Want to be a Roman Soldier? is an adventurous comic book that follows child characters Eddie, Kate and Angus as they explore what it takes to be a Roman solider. Their adventure begins in the Ancient Rome 100 CE wing at the history museum, where the children observe artifacts of various figures from ancient Rome: a stern image of Junia on a plaque; statues of Leontius and Metella; and a painti(...)

literary

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Julius Caesar Jupiter Latin Language Laurel wreath Roman Empire

Patrick Branwell Brontë

The History of the Young Men

This work opens with an extensive Introduction which details the early lives of the Brontë children and the evolution of their creative writing. There is also a section of Notes on the Text, which provides a manuscript history and images of the original. Branwell's introduction provides the history of the acquisition of the toy soldiers who formed the basis of the stories. He adds, 'this history is a statement of what Myself, Charlotte Emily and Ann really pretended did happen' (...)

literary

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Aesop Apollo Bible Carthage Gods Graeco-Persian wars Greek history Greek language Greek mythology Homer Iliad Latin Language Laurel wreath Mythology Oracles Patroclus Punic Wars Reception of classical antiquity Roman Empire Roman history Sparta Trojan War Virgil’s Aeneid

Henryk Jerzy Chmielewski

Tytus, Romek and A’Tomek (Series, Book 19): Tytus Becomes an Actor [Tytus, Romek i A’Tomek. Księga XIX: Tytus aktorem]

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.Three main characters, Tytus – a chimpanzee, and his human friends: Romek and A’Tomek are going to the theatre, but Tytus does not know how to behave there so the t(...)

literary

YEAR: 1992

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Athens Colosseum Gladiator games Gladiators Greek theatre Latin Language Rome Rome (ancient)

Kelsey Oseid

What We See in the Stars: An Illustrated Tour of the Night Sky

What We See in the Stars is an informative work which uses attractive illustrations and clear language to communicate about the science of space, the history of space science (including ancient science), and the mythology connected to that science. The work is explicit at the start about its mission to teach science and mythology. It begins by explaining that knowledge of the stars was initially important for agriculture and navigation, and that modern star-gazing is a way to connect with 'a(...)

literary

COUNTRY: United Kingdom United States of America

TAGS: Argo Argonauts Centaurs Egypt Europa Gods Golden Fleece Greek art Greek history Greek mythology Hera Heracles / Herakles Hermes Hermes' winged boots Jupiter Kronos / Cronus / Cronos Latin Language Laurel wreath Lyre Mars Mercury Mythology Neptune Pan Pegasus Perseus Poseidon Reception of classical antiquity Roman mythology Trident Twelve Labours of Heracles Unicorn Zeus