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The New York Times–bestselling author of The King Must Die continues the story of the mythical Greek hero, Theseus, the founder of Athens.
In The Bull from the Sea, the story of Theseus resumes with the hero’s return from Knossos. In the wake of his father’s suicide, Athens is now Theseus’s to rule. With his close friend Pirithoos, Theseus sets out for the land of the Amazons, falling in love...
In The Bull from the Sea, the story of Theseus resumes with the hero’s return from Knossos. In the wake of his father’s suicide, Athens is now Theseus’s to rule. With his close friend Pirithoos, Theseus sets out for the land of the Amazons, falling in love...
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The story of the mythical hero Theseus, slayer of monsters, abductor of princesses and king of Athens. He emerges from these pages as a clearly defined personality; brave, aggressive and quick. The core of the story is Theseus' Cretan adventure. Best Books for Young Teen Readers. A historical adventure story based on the legend of Theseus. Followed by The Bull from the Sea (1962). Also use: The Mask of Apollo (1988).
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Capstone Press
Pub. Date
2017.
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112 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
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English
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"You are the mighty Greek hero Theseus, on a quest to prove that you are the rightful heir to Athens' throne. But your journey is filled with danger. A giant, an evil witch, and the half-man half-bull monster known as the Minotaur stand in your way. Do you have what it takes to find your long-lost father and make him proud? Full-page illustrations, interactive stories, and multiple endings transport you back to ancient Greece and into Theseus' adventures...
4) Ariadne
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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Ariadne and Phaedra are the daughters of Minos, the ruthless King of Crete, where each year hostages from Athens are fed to a labyrinth that holds the hungry, monstrous Minotaur. But when Theseus, the Prince of Athens, enters the maze himself, Ariadne is determined to help him escape and put an end to her father's cruelty. It is what comes after the Minotaur's defeat that will be uncertain: Ariadne will come to realize that women have no true place...
5) Theseus
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Mitchell Lane
Pub. Date
[2008]
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48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 25 cm.
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English
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Discusses the myth of the warrior Theseus, who is supposed to have united the different communities of Attica and made them all Athenians.
6) Immortals
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
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DVD.
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1 DVD (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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In this epic tale of vengeance and destiny, power-mad King Hyperion threatens to destroy all of humanity on his maniacal quest to obtain the ultimate weapon - the legendary Epirus Bow that gives the power to unleash war on both Heaven and Earth. But Theseus, a heroic young villager chosen by the gods, rises up to stop Hyperion's brutal rampage. With supernatural help from the beautiful oracle Phaedra, Theseus embraces his destiny and leads a fierce...
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A fateful encounter between Theseus, king of Athens, and the tall Kyrte, a nation of proud female warriors, transforms the ancient world, when Antiope, warrior queen of the Amazons, falls in love with Theseus and flees with him. The author of the international bestsellers Gates of Fire and Tides of War delivers his most gripping and imaginative novel of the ancient world-a stunning epic of love and war that breathes life into the grand myth of the...
14) Ariadne's web
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Book of the gods volume 2
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2000.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
412 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
15) Minotaur
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Month9Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
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318 pages : map ; 22 cm
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English
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"Reimagining the Greek myth of the notorious half man, half beast, this book tells the tale of Asterion the Minotaur, recorded by the famous Roman poet, Ovid. "Where shall I start?" asked the Minotaur. Ovid made an expansive gesture with both hands, "Where else but the beginning of course." The Minotaur nodded his huge head, his eyes already glazing over with the weight of a thousand year old memories. So begins the story of Asterion as he describes...
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Playaway View
Pub. Date
[2011]
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1 video media player (115 min.) : digital ; 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.
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English
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The Labors of Heracles provides viewers with a thrilling account of some of the impossible tasks this muscle-bound demigod completed to atone for his earthly mistakes.
Theseus & the Minotaur charts the adventures of this heroic character -- from his rise out of obscurity all the way to the throne of Athens. Viewers join Theseus as he makes his heroic decision to take on King Minos, the ruler of Crete, and the deadly Minotaur.
In The Gods of Olympus,...
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