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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

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

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

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. One (...)

YEAR: 2020

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Amazons Arcadia Circe Hippolyta Tartarus

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

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 United States of America

TAGS: Aphrodite Cronus / Kronos Hades Hera Persephone Tartarus Titans Underworld

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: New Zealand United States of America

TAGS: Amazons Antigone Aphrodite Ares Creon Gods Hephaestus Hera Heracles Hercules Hero(es) Iolaus Oedipus Tartarus Thebes Titans Zeus

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

Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams

Nyx the Mysterious (Goddess Girls, 22)

In this installment, we meet Nyx, the goddess of the night. 12 years old Nyx is a loner. She lives alone in Hades, from where she ascends to the heaven to cover the world with a unique night-cape. Nyx is invited to MOA by Athena and Artemis as an “unsung hero”. She wishes to take this opportunity to educate the students and Zeus on the importance of night for relaxing and rejuvenating. She wishes to prove to them it is not frightening or alarming. She loves her job and is proud of it(...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Echidna Eos Hades Hebe Hera Heracles Hercules Hypnos Morpheus Nyx Persephone Phobetor Tartarus Thanatos Zeus

Luke Jurevicius, Nathan Jurevicius

Orpheus and the Underworld (I Love You to Bits)

In the animation’s opening scene, teenage Orpheus sits on a beanbag, strumming his lyre and singing. It is simultaneously an interior and external space, featuring a TV and overhead lighting as well as trees and wildlife. A host of strange creatures are gathered around him, enchanted by his music. Orpheus and Eurydice are a young emo couple, depicted with elongated heads and sad, tired eyes. He has red hair, a five o’clock shadow, and wears jeans, hoodie and headphones. Eurydice&rsqu(...)

YEAR: 2002

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Cerberus Charon Eurydice Hades Katabasis Orpheus Persephone Sisyphus Styx Tantalus Tartarus Underworld

Yuyi Chen, Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams

Persephone & the Giant Flowers (Little Goddess Girls, 2)

In the second book of the Little Goddess Girls series, Athena and Persephone 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 the home, from which she was mysteriously carried away by a storm and brought to this magical mount Olympus land. Persephone hopes that Zeus will help her overcome her bad luck. While traveling, after the girls eat a few pomegranates a mysterious chariot appears and the gr(...)

YEAR: 2019

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aphrodite Athena Cerberus Elysian Fields / Elysium Hades Hestia Medusa Olympus Persephone Tartarus Zeus

Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams

Persephone the Phony (Goddess Girls, 2)

General summary for the series see under Athena the Brain.In this installment we follow the adventures of Persephone, a shy and reserved goddessgirl and her first encounters with Hades, a ‘bad boy’ godboy. Persephone’s overbearing mother, Demeter, heavily interferes with her social life until Persephone feels the need to rebel. The moral of the story here is that Persephone needs to grow up and a part of it is understating also the emotions of those around her, like her mother.(...)

YEAR: 2010

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aphrodite Artemis Athena Cerberus Charon Cyclops / Cyclopes Demeter Hades Hydra Pandora Persephone Pheme Tartarus Thanatos Zeus

Joshua Campbell, Jason Haigh-Elllery, Gary Russel

Prisoner Zero (Series, Season 1, 26 Episodes)

Prisoner Zero is an animated science-fiction series for children (target audience: 8-12 years). Its premise is that the titular Zero has been imprisoned and had his memories stolen by evil regime known as the Imperium in order to allow them to utilize the Bioweve to enslave the minds of its citizens. This said, it is not Zero who is the star of the show but rather the teenagers Tag and Gem who accompany Zero on his adventures. The story arc of the first season centres upon the pair’s attem(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Centurion Golden Touch Latin (Language) Legate Midas Oracles Praetor Tartarus

Aleksei Bitskoff, Maz Evans

Simply the Quest (Who Let the Gods Out?, 2)

Simply The Quest picks up the story of Elliot and his mortal and immortal companions, a few months after the end of Who Let The Gods Out. In this instalment, the English boy Elliot Hooper’s troubles seem to haunt him still. Thanatos reawakens and wishes to get the Earth stone Elliot managed to take a hold off last time. Elliot’s mother is still sick, his history teacher is still out to get him and a mysterious incident on Christmas Eve has left the gods on house arrest. The Olym(...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Aphrodite Ariadne Athena Cerberus Charon Erebus Hades Harpies Hephaestus Hera Heracles Hercules Hermes Hestia Hypnos Immortality Jason Nyx Pegasus Persephone Sisyphus Styx Tartarus Thanatos Theseus Underworld Virgo Zeus Zodiac

Yann Le Bras, Yan Marchand

Socrates for President! [Socrate Président !]

Long ago, in this story, people were aware of the day of their death and appeared before the judgment of the gods in their best form and brought generous gifts. Even the immortals found it difficult to resist accepting such bounty, so more and more often, the rich were sent to the Isles of the Blessed, while the poor, even if they lived justly, could not lavish gifts on the gods and, so, made their way to Tartarus. When the gods realised that humans could hide an evil soul under a pleasant shell(...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: France

TAGS: Democracy Minos Philosophy Plato Political Thought Rhetoric / Oratory Socrates Tartarus

Yann Le Bras, Yan Marchand

Socrates Steps Out of the Shadow [Socrate sort de l’ombre]

A sacred ship from Delos arrives in Athens on its return from a mission to the Temple of Apollo. While the citizens enjoy the festival of the Delia, an imprisoned Socrates prepares to drink poison hemlock, as required by his sentence. After death, his soul joins a queue of others who prepare to appear before the three judges personifying the three parts of the psyche – a many-headed bronze beast (desires and pleasures), a silver lion (justice) and a golden man (the reason). There Socrates (...)

YEAR: 2012

COUNTRY: France

TAGS: Ancient Religious Practices Apollo Democracy Destiny Fates Greek Philosophy Homer Metempsychosis Moirai Plato Socrates Tartarus

Demitria Lunetta, Marley Lynn, Kate Karyus Quinn

Squad Goals: Underworld Reformatory (Mythverse, 6)

The narrator of this book is Mavis Evans, whom we met in the first three books of the series. Mavis is a cat-shifter and Edie's sisters (they were adopted by the same parents). While Mavis' biological mother was a student at Mount Olympus Academy, her father is the god Hermes. In book 3 of the series ("Wither & Wound"), Edie desperately tries to save Mavis during her trial for treason. While Zeus manages to kill Mavis, Greg, a bat-shifter, takes her place in the underworld (...)

YEAR: 2020

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Dionysus / Dionysos Harpies Hermes Pan Pandora Pandora’s Box Tartarus Themis

Daniela Ohms

The Blood of the Harpy [Harpyienblut]

The eighteen year old girl Lucie was abandoned in infancy by her mother Aello, who as a harpy was afraid that her baby – half harpy, half human – would be killed by other harpies. Luckily, Lucie was found by Maria, a hermit who lost her own child, and brought her up in a hut at the edge of the woods. After the sudden death of Maria, Lucie found shelter with the family of Maria’s sister in Berlin. There, Lucie goes to school and plays in a local volleyball team. She becomes acqu(...)

COUNTRY: Germany

TAGS: Harpies Metempsychosis Tartarus Underworld

Samuel Mills

The Fire Bringer

This is a retelling of the Prometheus myth told in a novel format, using a framework of a didactic opportunity in which Prometheus teaches his pupils about the origin of humanity while the gods are preparing to transition from their Greek to Roman personas. Peppered between Prometheus’ lessons are moments where Zeus sets his sites on Chastia, a young girl, and attempts to charm her by taking on different forms and capturing her. Each time Prometheus, in the guise of something else, stops h(...)

YEAR: 2009

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Actia Agenor Aphrodite Ares Athena Caucasus Mountains Crete Cronus / Kronos Epimetheus Europa Gaia / Gaea Greece Hades Hecatoncheires / Hundred-Handed Helen Hephaestus Hera Heracles Hercules Hermes Io Juno Jupiter Leda Mars Nereid(s) Nike Olympians Olympus Othrys (Mount) Ouranos / Uranus Pandora Parnassus (Mount) Phoenicia Poseidon Prometheus Rhea Tartarus Themis Thetis Titanomachy Titans Typhon / Typhoeus / Typhaon Venus Vulcan Zeus

Aimée Carter

The Goddess Inheritance (The Goddess Test, 3)

After Aphrodite betrayed her in the second volume of the Goddess Test series, Kate has to remain captive held by Cronus and Hera and gives birth to her son Milo in the fortress of Tartarus. Cronus offers her several times to rule the Underworld at his side, because he considers this solution as the only one allowing Kate to keep the baby with her. Kate is very much against this proposal, but she wants to prevent Cronus from attacking the Pantheon. Shortly afterwards Kate is rescued by the Olympi(...)

YEAR: 2013

COUNTRY: Canada United States of America

TAGS: Aphrodite Cronus / Kronos Hades Hera Olympus Persephone Rhea Tartarus Titans Underworld

Aleksei Bitskoff, Maz Evans

Who Let the Gods Out? (Who Let the Gods Out?, 1)

Who Let the Gods Out? is the story of an ordinary boy, Elliot Hooper, who discovers that all of the Greek myths are true and that he is the only person who can save the world. Elliot has a secret: his mother, Josie, is unwell. She has trouble remembering things and is often confused. Sometimes she goes missing and Elliot finds her doing strange things, like planting vegetables in the middle of the night. And on top of it all, Virgo, the youngest member of the Zodiac Council, crash lands in the c(...)

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aphrodite Athena Cerberus Charon Erebus Gods Hades Harpies Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Hypnos Immortality Pegasus Sisyphus Styx Tartarus Thanatos Underworld Virgo Zodiac