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Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams

General summary for the series see under Athena the Brain.In this installment (the third book of the series and the first which focuses on Aphrodite) we follow the adventures of Aphrodite, the pretty and stylish goddessgirl of love and beauty. Aphrodite gives Athena a makeover to make her more appealing to boys and gets jealous at the too-good outcome. Aphrodite learns the meaning of true beauty (Hephaestus) and hollow beauty (Ares) and in the end, friendship is the most beautiful thing.(...)

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YEAR: 2010

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aglaia Aphrodite Ares Artemis Atalanta Athena Cyclops / Cyclopes Hades Hephaestus Hippomenes Kydoimos Machai / Makhai Pandora Persephone Pheme Poseidon Zeus

Vashti Farrer, Naomi C. Lewis

Atalanta: the Fastest Runner in the World

Atalanta: The Fastest Runner in the World is a picture book for primary-school children that retells the story of Atalanta. It is published under an educational imprint, through Pearson Education, called Chatterbox, in a series of stories called Traditional Fiction, and thus marketed around the world. Other stories in the series include Rumpelstiltskin, and How Maui Stole Fire from the Gods.This short retelling of the Atalanta myth is written in simple language for young readers. The openin(...)

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YEAR: 2004

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Aphrodite Atalanta Delphic Oracle Hippomenes Meleager Prophecy

Ann Turnbull, Sarah Young

Greek Myths

This is a collection of a select number of Greek myths retold for children, with accompanying illustrations and artwork that visually dominates the page, often changing the colour of the page to match the art. The illustrations are lavish, to the point this is almost a presentation book. The stories primarily focus on myths about nature and nature spirits. In contrast to the twenty-first century trend towards more anachronistic and humorous retellings, these retellings stick closely to ancient s(...)

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YEAR: 2010

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Alpheus Arachne Arethusa Ariadne Atalanta Bellerophon Demeter Echo Hades Hippomenes Midas Narcissus Orpheus Pan Pandora Persephone Perseus Phaethon Theseus

Elizabeth Tammi

Outrun the Wind

Outrun the Wind, the debut Young Adult novel by Elizabeth Tammi, is told through the dual perspectives of Atalanta, the ancient heroine of Greek mythology, and Kahina, a fictionalised huntress of Artemis created by the author. When Kahina saves Atalanta from Artemis’ Calydonian Boar by killing the beast she is sent by the goddess to complete a quest in order to regain her favour. Artemis orders Kahina to travel to a distant city in order to transform a temple belonging to her brother,(...)

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YEAR: 2002

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Apollo Artemis Atalanta Calydonian Boar Hippomenes Meleager

Ursula Dubosarsky

The Boy Who Could Fly: Eleven Plays for Children Inspired by Stories From The Metamorphoses of Ovid

Originally written as short plays for the New South Wales School Magazine, these stories are based upon a selection of myths in Ovid’s epic Metamorphoses. In Dubosarsky’s collection, she includes 11 short plays:Icarus: The Boy who could Fly – Icarus’ father, Daedalus, makes them both wings of beeswax and feathers so that they can fly back to Athens. Daedalus warns Icarus not to fly too close to the sun or the water, but to take the middle path. The boy does not liste(...)

literary

YEAR: 2017

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Apollo Arachne Argos / Argus Panoptes (Giant) Ariadne Atalanta Ceres Cupid Daedalus Daphne Dryades Echo Galatea Helios Hippomenes Icarus Inachus Io Juno Jupiter Mercury Midas Minerva Minos Minotaur Narcissus Neptune Nymphs Pan Pygmalion Theseus Tmolus Venus

Emily Temple, Teri Temple, Eric Young

Venus: Goddess of Love and Beauty

This short book is part of "the gods and goddesses of ancient Rome series." The books in the series are referred to as enhanced, meaning that each book has a unique code that unlocks multimedia content. This aspect is discussed under our Education survey, "Children's and Young Adults' Education Inspired by Classical Antiquity". The book explains the character of Venus (Greek Aphrodite) with accompanying colourful illustrations. The book includes a family tree of (...)

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YEAR: 2020

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aeneas Atalanta Hippomenes Mars Pygmalion Venus Vulcan