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Sònia González, Jaime Moreno Delgado

100 Myths. Gods, Heroes and Legendary Creatures [100 Mitos. Dioses, Héroes y Criaturas Legendarias]

100 Mitos is a compilation of 100 classical myths and legends for children. The book is divided into three parts called Gods and Titans (Dioses y titanes), Heroes, Demi-gods and Humans (Héroes, semidioses y humanos), and Legendary Creatures (Criaturas legendarias). In Dioses y Titanes, the stories included relate to the following characters, places and events: Aphrodite (Afrodita); Apollo (Apolo), Ares; Artemis (Ártemis); Asclepius (Asclepio); Athena (Atenea); Atlas; Charon (C(...)

literary

YEAR: 2019

COUNTRY: Spain

TAGS: Achilles Actaeon Aeolus Amalthea Amazons Andromeda Aphrodite Apollo Arachne Ares Artemis Asclepius Athena Atlas Basilisk Bellerophon Centaur(s) Cerberus Charon Charybdis Circe Cretan Bull Cronus / Kronos Cybele Cyclops / Cyclopes Danae Daphne Demeter Deucalion Diomedes’ Mares Dionysus / Dionysos Dioscuri Echo Eos Erinyes Eris Eros Erymanthian Boar Europa Eurydice Gaia / Gaea Ganymede Gods Hades Hebe Hecate Helen Hephaestus Hera Heracles Hermes Hesperides Hestia Icarus Iris Jason Leda Lotus Eaters / Lotophagoi Medea Medusa Minotaur Moirai Morpheus Muses Narcissus Nemean Lion Nymphs Odysseus / Ulysses Orion Orpheus Pan Pandora Paris (Trojan Prince) Pasiphae Pegasus Penelope Persephone Perseus Polyphemus Poseidon Prometheus Proteus Pyrrha Python Satyr(s) Selene Sirens Sisyphus Sphinx Stymphalian Birds Talos (Automaton) Theseus Tiresias Zeus

John Harris , Mark Todd

My Monster Notebook

My Monster Notebook is a picture book that gives information about several mythological monsters: Echidna, Orthrus and Geryon, Briareus, Ethon, Argus, Lamia and Keto, the Teuemessian Fox, Hecate, Typhon, Erinyes, Proteus, Cacus, Circe, Triton (and the tritons), Graeae, Nereids, Talos, Python, and Ladon. It is formatted like a young teenager’s exercise book for a class project on Monsters, and uses trompe-l’oeil, collage and sketches to present the material. On the inside cover is a n(...)

literary

YEAR: 2011

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aethon / Ethon (Eagle) Argos / Argus Panoptes (Giant) Briareus / Briareos Cacus Ceto Circe Echidna Erinyes Geryon Graeae / Graiai Hecate Heracles Jason Ladon Lamia Nereid(s) Odysseus / Ulysses Orthrus Poseidon Proteus Python Talos (Automaton) Teumessian Fox Triton Typhon / Typhoeus / Typhaon Zeus

James Brouwer, Wolfgang Bylsma, Tom Taylor

The Deep

The Deep is an animated television series based on a comic book created by Tom Taylor and James Brouwer, and published by Gestalt Comics. It is an Australian/Canadian co-production, commissioned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. In The Deep, the Nekton family (parents: Will and Kaiko; son Antaeus (Ant) and daughter Fontaine), are underwater explorers, who live on a submarine called the Arronax. In each episode, the Nektons unravel a different mystery, often showing that what seems to b(...)

audiovisual

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Atlantis Minotaur Nereus Proteus Sirens Tethys

Jan Parandowski

The Mediterranean Hour [Godzina śródziemnomorska]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue, Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp.A collection of thirteen texts* containing personal memories and author’s reflections on the Mediterranean world, particularly on the legacy of Ancient Greece and Rome. The selection presents famous scholars studying ancien(...)

literary

YEAR: 1949

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Ancient Greece Archilochus Caesar Cicero Homer Horace Odysseus / Ulysses Proteus Roman Empire Rome Virgil

Paul Shipton

The Pig Who Saved the World

This comic adventure novel is a sequel to The Pig Scrolls, starring a pig named Gryllus. Gryllus was one of Odysseus’ crewmen who was transformed into a pig by Circe. When the rest of the sailors were returned to their human form, he hid in the bushes, and after being found by Sibyl, a courageous prophetess, and Homer, an awkward teenage poet, goes on to (unwittingly and unwillingly) save the world.In the sequel, The Pig Who Saved the World, Gryllus and his friends go back to the isla(...)

literary

YEAR: 2006

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Circe Homer Labyrinth Midas Odysseus / Ulysses Odyssey Orpheus Polyphemus Proteus Sibyl Sirens Sisyphus Thanatos Tithonus Underworld

Anne Ursu

The Siren Song (The Cronus Chronicles, 2)

Five months after the events of The Shadow Thieves, both Charlotte and Zee have managed to find a return to normality following their victory over Philonecron and his shadow army. However, despite their world-saving heroics, not all is well. As a result of abruptly leaving during the middle of the night, Charlotte has been grounded by her parents since her return from the Underworld, and Zee is still traumatised by being under the control of Philonecron. The book opens with Charlotte callin(...)

literary

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Calypso Cetus Charybdis Poseidon Proteus Scylla Sirens