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3) Spin
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Language
English
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Description
Sixteen-year-old Arachne turns to weaving for solace, but when word spreads of her skill she is confronted by the goddess Athena and the two enter a weaving contest that results in transformation and redemption.
4) Atalanta
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When Princess Atalanta is born, a daughter rather than the son her parents hoped for, she is left on a mountainside to die. But even then, she is a survivor. Raised by a mother bear under the protective eye of the goddess Artemis, Atalanta grows up wild and free, with just one condition: if she marries, Artemis warns, it will be her undoing. Although she loves her beautiful forest home, Atalanta yearns for adventure. When Artemis offers her the chance...
Author
Language
English
Description
Even before they were transformed into Gorgons, Medusa and her sisters Stheno and Euryale were unique among immortals. Curious about mortals and their lives, Medusa and her sisters entered the human world in search of a place to belong, yet quickly found themselves at the perilous center of a dangerous Olympian rivalry and learned - too late - that a god's love is a violent one. Forgotten by history and diminished by poets, the other two Gorgons have...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A prophecy claims that Psyche, princess of Mycenae, will defeat a monster feared even by the gods. She spends her youth mastering blade and bow, preparing to meet her destiny. When Psyche angers the love goddess Aphrodite, Eros, god of desire, is sent to deliver a cruel curse. When he pricks himself with the arrow intended for Psyche, Eros finds himself doomed to yearn for a woman who will be torn from him the moment their eyes meet. Thrown together...
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
408 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Dora Blake is a talented jewelry designer who lives under the thumb of her suspicious and odious uncle, who is running her late parents' beloved shop of antiquities into the ground. When he begins acting erratically after a mysterious Greek vase is delivered and locked in the basement, Dora enlists the help of Edward Lawrence, a young antiquarian scholar, who (unbeknownst to her) sees the vase as an opportunity to unlock his academic future. Dora...
Author
Series
Disney villains volume 10
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
202 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The myth has been told for centuries: Brothers Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades waged a years-long war against their father Cronus and his tyrannical Titans. Upon their mighty victory, Zeus split the world into three. For himself, he claimed the Sky and what fell below it. To his brother Poseidon, he assigned dominion over the Sea. And his oldest brother, Hades, would rule the Underworld. While Hades tries to make the best of a lonely situation, eternity...
Publisher
Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 382 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"An anthology of gender-bent, queered, race-bent, and inclusive retellings from the enchanting and eternally popular world of Greek myth"--
Author
Series
Lore Olympus volume 4
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The rumor mill of Olympus is constantly churning, but Persephone and Hades are all anyone can talk about. With the constant gossip creating intense pressure on the pair, they decide to slow down their budding romance and focus on sorting out their own issues first. But that's easier said than done. Hades struggles to find support in his personal life, with Zeus trivializing his feelings and Minthe resorting to abusive patterns in their relationship....
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