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Janusz Towpik, 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.This story is an adaptation of the Heracles’ myth covering selected stories from ancient sources. Among them, the story of the Twelve Labours and a few other stories were originally interpreted by Żylińska. For instance, th(...)

literary

YEAR: 1973

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Amazons Artemis Athena Atlas Augeas Centaur(s) Chiron / Cheiron Creon Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Hera Heracles Hippolyta Omphale Persephone Zeus

Volodymyr Dakhno

How Cossacks Rescued Brides [Як козаки наречених визволяли (Iak kozaki narechenykh vyzvoliali)]

The movie is the third in a series about Cossacks produced by Volodymyr Dakhno. The series depicts adventures of three brave Cossacks: Grai, Oko and Tur.*The movie tells the story of Ukrainian young girls kidnapped by pirates. The girls are dressed in national costumes; singing a traditional Ukrainian song about the Sun, they float wreaths of cornflowers on a river, most probably celebrating the Kupala Night (the night of the Summer Solstice, the shortest, magical night in Slavic tradition). Thr(...)

audiovisual

YEAR: 1973

COUNTRY: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

TAGS: Abduction of Women Greece Marathon Olympic Games

Bohdan Wróblewski, Jadwiga Żylińska

Master Daedalus [Mistrz Dedal]

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)

Aleksei Simukov, Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaia

Perseus [Персей (Perseĭ)]

Perseus, a cheerful and kind young man, goes to kill the Gorgon Medusa. He meets Hermes, who helps him, gives him his sword and shield, and sends him to the three Graeae to get flying sandals and a magic bag. Hermes, as a god of “calculation and profit”, teaches Perseus how to take advantage of his deeds, but Perseus behaves like an altruist and a kind person. Unlike in the Ovid’s version of the myth, he does not cheat the Graeae and does not steal their eye. On the contrary, h(...)

audiovisual

YEAR: 1973

COUNTRY: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

TAGS: Andromeda Cetus Gorgon(s) Graeae / Graiai Hermes Medusa Perseus Polydectes Sea Monsters

Alan Garner

Red Shift

Red Shift tells the stories of three men, connected by place and separated by time. These three characters are connected by place, particularly Mow Cop, a hill in Cheshire. The twentieth-century narrative focuses on the tense relationship and regular meetings between teenager Tom and his girlfriend Jan. Tom lives in a caravan with his overbearing parents and is studying in preparation for university; meanwhile Jan is moving to London for her own studies The novel concludes with Tom beh(...)

literary

YEAR: 1973

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Orion Plautus

Charles Keeping, Rosemary Sutcliff

The Capricorn Bracelet

The Capricorn Bracelet was originally written as a series of scripts for the series "Stories from Scottish History", broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland. However, frustrated by the limitations imposed by the twenty minutes allocated to each episode, Sutcliff subsequently rewrote them as series of short stories. Each episode focussed on a member of the Calpurnii family, the first of whom, Lucius Calpurnius, fled London during the Boudiccan revolt and joined the Roman army. Lucius' desce(...)

literary

YEAR: 1973

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Boudicca Hadrian Roman Britain Roman Empire Roman History

Faith Jaques, Kathleen Lines

The Faber Book of Greek Legends

This is a collection of Greek myths retold for children by a range of authors, with accompanying line drawings depicting key scenes. The second half of the book deals with stories relating to the Trojan War. At the back, Lines lists other children’s retellings she recommends and provides an index of names and subjects. The foreword and list of recommended retellings are clearly aimed at parents and teachers, not children.In her foreword, Lines tells us her interest in myth was originally c(...)

literary

YEAR: 1973

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Achilles Aeneas Agamemnon Antigone Chronos Comatas Creon Cronus / Kronos Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Echo Erigone Gaia / Gaea Hades Hector Helen Melampus Narcissus Odysseus / Ulysses Pandora Paris (Trojan Prince) Persephone Priam Thetis Zeus

Janusz Towpik, Jadwiga Żylińska

Theseus and Ariadne [Tezeusz i Ariadna]

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.Every nine years, Athenians must send seven boys and girls to Crete as a tribute for the Minotaur, half-bull, half-human. The young prince, Theseus, decides to travel with the young people chosen for the sacrifice and kill the mo(...)

literary

YEAR: 1973

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Aegeus Ariadne Crete Dionysus / Dionysos Labyrinth Minotaur Theseus