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Bohdan Wróblewski, Jadwiga Żylińska

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.It is the life story of Daedalus beginning from his first visit to an Athenian blacksmith. The young Daedalus, a descendant of Erechtheus, king of Athens, starts to learn his craft locally and still, as an apprentice, quickly bec(...)

literary

YEAR: 1973

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Aegeus Athena Athens Cocalus Daedalus Hephaestus Icarus Knossos Labyrinth Minos Pasiphae Poseidon Pythia Talos (Perdix)

Riccardo Francaviglia

Myths in Sicily: Thunderbolts 2 [I miti in Sicilia: I fulmini, 2]

This book (the second of a 2-book series) explores the Greek myths that are found in Sicily. The myths narrated in this volume are: the abduction of Persephone and the creation of the seasons; Arethusa and Alpheus; stories about Heracles: his birth and the creation of the Milky way when he bites Hera’s breast, his struggle with Erice and his tasks to bring the golden apples and Cerberus; the birth of Hephaestus; the escape of Daedalus and Icarus.The focus is on the Sicilian connections to (...)

literary

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: Italy

TAGS: Alpheus Arethusa Artemis Cocalus Daedalus Demeter Erice Hades Hephaestus Hera Heracles Hercules Icarus Labyrinth Minos Persephone Thetis

Tadeusz Zieliński

The Tale of Icarus’ Father – the Wise Daedalus [Opowieść o ojcu Ikara – mądrym Dedalosie]

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.The story is a brief retelling of Daedalus’ myth. It begins with a version of the story of the Minotaur, without a mention of Pasiphaë mating with the bull but with the birth of a monstrous offspring attributed to Mino(...)

literary

YEAR: 1974

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Cocalus Daedalus Icarus Labyrinth Minos Minotaur Pasiphae