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Who cut off Medusa's head? Who was raised by a she-bear? Who tamed Pegasus? It takes a demigod to know, and Percy Jackson can fill you in on the all the daring deeds of Perseus, Atalanta, Bellerophon, and the rest of the major Greek heroes. Told in the funny, irreverent style readers have come to expect from Percy, ( I've had some bad experiences in my time, but the heroes I'm going to tell you about were the original old school hard luck cases. They...
46) Greek myths
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Series
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
152 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
From Icarus's legendary flight to Orpheus's trip to the underworld, this edition introduces young readers to classic Greek myths.
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Series
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
120 pages : illustrations, map ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Retells a part of the Odyssey in which Ithaca, his wife, Penelope, and their son, Telemachus, are desperately warding off the men who want to marry her. Then a visit from a mysterious stranger gives Telemachus the courage to confront the suitors, and to search for his long-lost father.
49) Goddess
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Series
Language
English
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After being tricked into releasing the gods from their capitiviy on Olympus, Helen Hamilton must find a way to re-imprison them without starting a devasting war, all while fighting the ever-growing passion she feels for her forbidden love, Lucas Delos.
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English
Description
What dangers do runaway demigods Luke and Thalia face on their way to Camp Half-Blood? Are Percy and Annabeth up to the task of rescuing stolen goods from a fire-breathing giant who doesn''t take kindly to intruders? How exactly are Leo, Piper, and Jason supposed to find a runaway table, dodge a band of party-loving Maenads (who just might be a little psychotic), and stave off a massive explosion...all in one hour or less? With his trademark wit and...
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Series
Publisher
New Directions Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
68 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Norma Jeane Baker of Troy is a meditation on the destabilizing and destructive power of beauty, drawing together Helen of Troy and Marilyn Monroe, twin avatars of female fascination separated by millennia but united in mythopoeic force. Norma Jeane Baker was staged in the spring of 2019 at The Shed's Griffin Theater in New York, starring actor Ben Whishaw and soprano Renée Fleming and directed by Katie Mitchell." --
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Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Student's edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color), color map ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
A heavily illustrated notebook filled with newspaper clippings, letters, and text, compiled by "Lady Hestia Evans" in "1825."
Author
Series
Publisher
Peter Bedrick Books
Pub. Date
1999.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations, map, geneological table ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the important gods and goddesses of ancient Greece and retells some of the myths about them, including Zeus, Hera, Athena, and Hades.
Author
Series
Heroes of Olympus volume 3
Language
English
Description
"The Greek and Roman demigods will have to cooperate in order to defeat the giants released by the Earth Mother, Gaea. Then they will have to sail together to the ancient land--Greece itself--to find the Doors of Death"--
59) The Trojan horse
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Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[1992]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A retelling of how the Greeks used a wooden horse to win the ten-year-long Trojan War.
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Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Where reality and fantasy dissolve -- Half-humans and other odd creatures -- Multitudes of monstrous giants -- Hideous, bloodthirsty monsters.
Discover the monsters and creatures populating Greek mythology and see how fearless Greek mortals pitted their wits against the ugliest and most monstrous forms known to humans.
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