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Marisa De Castro, Myrto Delivoria

At the Museum [Στο μουσείο (Sto mouseío)]

The purpose of this book is to introduce young children to a museum environment. The book starts with a drawing of a museum, recognisable as the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, which is compared, and with good reason, to a treasure house. In the book’s opening pages, we form an impression that a museum is as much about a massive building (with gigantic stairs and big glass doors) as about antiquities (statues and vases) and a plethora of vibrant visitors of different ethnic(...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: Greece

TAGS: Greek Art Pottery / Vases Sculpture

Justine Fontes, Ron Fontes, Thomas Yeates

Atalanta. The Race Against Destiny

The myth of Atalanta is retold here to familiarise young people with her myths and with ancient Greek culture more broadly. Atalanta is exposed as an infant, reared by a bear, then taken to live with hunters. She learns from the Delphic oracle that she will 'lose [her]self' if she marries. She takes part in the Calydonian boar hunt, challenges potential suitors to race her for her hand in marriage, and experiences metamorphosis once she finally marries. Chapter Headings:AbandonedFou(...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aphrodite Apollo Architecture Argo Argonauts Artemis Atalanta Athena Centaur(s) Demeter Divination Eros Fate Gods Hera Jason Meleager Metamorphoses (Ovid's) Metamorphosis Minotaur Moirai Nestor Oracles Ovid Poseidon Theseus Zeus

Irrational Games

Bioshock: The Collection

First released in 2007, the Bioshock series is a collection of dystopian and utopian First-Person Shooter games set in the underwater city of Rapture and the sky city of Columbia. The first two games accompany “Jack”, a shipwrecked man who comes across the ruins of the city and explores its secrets left behind. Bioshock Infinite, on the other hand, is a prequel and explores the days before the city “Rapture” was created.Within the city of Rapture, each area is named after(...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: Worldwide

TAGS: Aphrodite Athena Atlantis Dionysus / Dionysos Hercules Minerva Neptune Persephone Poseidon Prometheus

Adèle Geras, Mark P. Robertson

Cleopatra: Discover the World of Cleopatra through the Diary of Her Handmaiden, Nefret

Cleopatra VII, one of the greatest queens in history, lived in Greco-Roman times in Egypt. When the Queen is described at the beginning of the book, the reader can recognise an almost direct quotation from Plutarch of Chaeronea*. The narrator is a ten-year-old girl named Nefret. She goes to the Queen's palace to work as her handmaiden. This allows the reader to learn about the customs and everyday life in Hellenistic Alexandria. Nefret meets Cleopatra when she is mourning Caesar (afte(...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Alexander Helios Caesar Caesarion Cleopatra Selene II Cleopatra VII Egypt Iras (Handmaid) Mark Antony Octavian Rome

Gilly Cameron Cooper

An educational comic that retells elements from the Odyssey, focusing on the Cyclops. It begins with informational pages about The Greeks, the Gods and Myths (pp. 4–5), then provides maps for Setting the Scene (pp. 6–7), before retelling the myth in 7 short chapters: A Long Way from Home, A Promising Land, The Cyclops Comes Home, Outwitting the Cyclops, Blind Man’s Bluff, Partin Shot, Poseidon’s Revenge. A Glossary and Index complet(...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Apollo Calypso Charybdis Circe Corsica Cyclops / Cyclopes Ismarus Lotus Eaters / Lotophagoi Odysseus / Ulysses Odyssey Penelope Polyphemus Poseidon Telemachus Trojan War Troy Zeus

Justine Fontes, Ron Fontes, Steve Kurth , Barbara Schulz

Demeter and Persephone. Spring Held Hostage

The myth of Demeter and Persephone is retold here to familiarise young people with the myth and with ancient Greek culture more broadly. The myth provides an aeitiology for the seasons. Persephone is abducted by Hades, god of the Underworld. Persephone's mother, the goddess Demeter, searches for her. Demeter mourns her daughter when it transpires that she has been taken to the Underworld, causing harvests to fail and plants to die. A compromise is reached in which Persephone splits her time (...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aetiology Afterlife Aphrodite Apollo Architecture Athena Bacchus Cerberus Charon Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Divination Eleusinian Mysteries Erinyes Furies Gods Hades Hecate Hera Hermes Katabasis Medusa Minos Persephone Underworld Zeus

John Maxwell Coetzee

Diary of a Bad Year

Diary of a Bad Year is an experimental novel (historical fiction) in which non-fiction and fiction are juxtaposed within the same novel. Each page is divided into two or three parts. The novel takes the form of a series of essays that the protagonist is writing for a collection, tentatively called Strong Opinions. These essays take up the first part of the page. Beneath this, are diary entries, both by the central character, and by his young typist, recounting the developing relationship between(...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Plato Socrates

Evangelia Desypris, Daniela Stamatiadis

Getting to Know the Olive [Γνωρίζω την ελιά (Gnōrízō tīn eliá)]

The opening pages inform us that olive oil is precious and its production labour-intensive. Oil goes well with food that is consumed on a daily basis, such as bread and salad. Next, children are asked to count the number of olives on branches and to estimate the capacity of oil containers of different shapes. Then, children are taken back to the past, to the mythic contest between Athena and Poseidon, the Olympic Games, and the biblical story of Noah’s Ark. In the closing page there are in(...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: Greece

TAGS: Athena Olympic Games Poseidon

SIE Santa Monica Studio

The story revolves around Kratos, a Spartan hero. The Olympian gods acknowledged his deeds presented in the first game of the series (see the entry for more info), and rewarded him with a seat on the Olympus. Since the day Kratos became the new god of war, he has been leading Sparta against other Greek poleis. The game begins with a cutscene that shows Kratos looking down on Rhodes, a new territory to claim. Athena disagrees with his methods, as he openly sides with one polis and that's why (...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Argo Argonauts Athena Atlas Atropos Calliope Cerberus Clotho Cronus / Kronos Cup of Invisibility Cyclops / Cyclopes Euryale Fates Golden Fleece Gorgon(s) Griffins / Gryphons Hades Helios Hermes Icarus Jason Lachesis Medusa Moirai Olympians Olympus Pegasus Perseus Phoenix (Bird) Poseidon Prometheus Rhodes Rhodians Satyr(s) Sparta Spartans Theseus Titanomachy Titans Typhon / Typhoeus / Typhaon Zeus

Javaground and Sony Online Entertainment Inc

God of War: Betrayal

The story revolves around Kratos, a Spartan warrior who helped the Olympian gods kill Ares and became the new god of war. During his journey, Kratos receives a number of weapons and magic items. In the God of War: Betrayal there are: weapons: Blades of Athena and Blade of Artemis and magic: Army of Hades and Medusa's Gaze, all of which he received in the previous game. He can also collect gorgon eyes and phoenix feathers to boost his health and mana respectively – this is a standa(...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Argos / Argus Panoptes (Giant) Artemis Athena Cerberus Gorgon(s) Hades Hermes Medusa Minotaur Phoenix (Bird) Sparta Spartans

Avner Katz, Rakefet Zohar

Greek Mythology for Kids [(Mitologya Yevanit l’yeladim) מיתולוגיה יוונית לילדים]

This book is an illustrated collected edition of former individual four books previously published separately: Great Stories from the Olympus (1999); Pandora’s Box (1996); Hercules and Other Heroes (1997) and Famous Lovers (1998). The book offers various stories from the Greek mythology about gods and heroes in an accessible language for children. The stories included in this volume are:Great Stories from the OlympusWhen the World Was CreatedThe Love Goddesses' ShellThe Revenge of the (...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: Israel

TAGS: Aphrodite Apollo Athena Daphne Greek Gods Hades Hephaestus Heracles Hercules Hero(es) Olympus Orpheus Pandora Prometheus

Anita Rejch

Greek Myths. Fairytales of the Ancients [Mity greckie. Baśnie starożytnych]

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., section by Barbara Krcha, pp. 294–295. The book is a collection of the most popular Greek myths adapted for children between 10 and 12 years old and written in an accessible language. The author compares mythical eve(...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Adonis Andromeda Aphrodite Apollo Ariadne Athena Cronus / Kronos Daedalus Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Gaia / Gaea Hades Hecate Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Hypnos Icarus Kore (Persephone) Midas Minos Minotaur Moirai Narcissus Oedipus Orpheus Ouranos / Uranus Pandora Perseus Poseidon Prometheus Rhea Sisyphus Thanatos Theseus Zeus

J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, 7)

The seventh and final book in the “Harry Potter” series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, completes the story of the protagonist's struggle with his lifelong enemy, Lord Voldemort. Harry, Ron and Hermione set off on a journey to find the remaining horcruxes (special objects containing parts of Voldemort's soul and ensuring his immortality). The three friends must constantly hide, pursued by the Dark Lord's followers. The headmaster of Hogwarts is now Snape, a suppose(...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Aeschylus Basilisk Latin (Language) Oresteia

Steve Kurth , Barbara Schulz, Paul D. Storrie

Hercules: The Twelve Labors

This is a graphic novel retelling of the myth of Hercules from his youth to after the labours. It includes glossary, index and further reading. There are only 4 panels devoted to Hercules’ youth and then we are told that as a grown man Hercules was told by the oracle of Delphi (which was manipulated by Hera) to serve King Eurystheus. Unsurprisingly, there is no mention of the murders he committed, this being a children’s story. All the 12 labours are then portrayed and we also meet p(...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Atlas Augean Stables Cerberus Ceryneian Hind Diomedes’ Mares Eurystheus Geryon Hades Hera Heracles Hercules Hippolyta Hydra Minos Nemean Lion Stymphalian Birds Twelve Labours of Heracles White Bull

Klaxons

The song is inspired by an episode in the novel Exploits and Opinions of Doctor Faustroll, Pataphysician by French absurdist and Symbolist Alfred Jarry, entitled "Concerning the Isle of Her, the Cyclops, and the Great Swan which is of Crystal", which is made clear in the lyrics, some of which are drawn directly from this passage.The song describes a journey to the "Isle of Her", with a choral refrain of "Row! There’s only seven more miles to go" being repeated(...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Circe Cyclops / Cyclopes Homer Odyssey

José Daniel Cabrera Peña, Graeme Davis

Myths and Legends: Theseus and the Minotaur

This book, part of the Myths and Legends series, surveys the myths attributed to Theseus: his eraly life and journey to Athens, the myth of the minotaur including the events preceding the creation of the labyrinth and king Minos, the desertion of Ariadne and the death of Aegeus, (the vents of the labyrinth take up 25 pp), Theseus as the king of Athens, Theseus and Pirithous, the Lapiths and Centaurs, Helen and Persephone, the Amazons, Phaedra and Hippolytus Theseus’ death and decedents, re(...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Aegeus Ariadne Heracles Hercules Hippolytus Labyrinth Minos Minotaur Theseus

Esther M. Friesner

Nobody’s Princess

This novel follows the early life of Helen of Troy, before her marriage to Menelaus and prior to becoming Queen of Sparta. Helen begins the story age four and ends it age fourteen, although most of the book is set at the latter age. Central themes explored include Helen’s feelings about her beauty, her family, the gods, her inheritance, growing up as a girl, boys and the elusive concept of freedom. Told in the past tense in the first person, the novel is a lightly narrated look at somewhat(...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aegisthus Althaea / Althea Aphrodite Atalanta Castor Clytemnestra Helen Iolaus Leda Meleager Polydeuces Theseus Thyestes Tyndareus

Peter Bailey, Rose Impey

Pandora’s Box

This is a retelling of Pandora’s box myths. The story narrates the creation of men by Prometheus and his stealing of the fire. It then narrates the story of Pandora. It begins with the creation myth of Prometheus and also of Pandora.(...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Epimetheus Pandora Prometheus Zeus

Thorsten Opper, Nick Saunders

Pandora’s Box

This comic book narrates the tale of Pandora. The illustration are colourful and can cover a page or at times there are several smaller pictures per page. There are titles caption which offers a shot narrative and the characters speak to each other. It opens with a brief explanation on the Olympian gods and the stealing of fire by Prometheus. The creation of Pandora follows, as the punishment of humankind is explained and then her life with Epimetheus and her opening of the box. The end continue(...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Epimetheus Hephaestus Hera Hermes Olympians Pandora Prometheus Pyrrha Zeus

Matt Ottley

Requiem for a Beast: A Work for Image, Word and Music

In Requiem for a Beast, an unnamed Australian teenager is preparing to take part in an outback cattle muster. As he rides his horse towards the cattle, he sees an unusually large Brahmin bull. This bull has evaded muster for many years, and the boy challenges it. He chases it into a ravine, where it falls and fatally injures itself. The boy is forced to slaughter it, in order to put it out of its misery. As he is in this situation, he experiences several flashbacks to important moments in h(...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Ariadne Labyrinth Minotaur Theseus

Julia Green, Teresa Murfin

In this book, Persephone (or Sephy) narrates how she was kidnapped by Pluto and ended up in the underworld. After she was tricked by Pluto into eating six pomegranate seeds, she has to live half the year with Pluto and half with her mother. In the end, Sephy comes to terms with her condition, and says that she even has started to care for the lonely Pluto, yet she also anticipates her return to earth and she celebrates spring and the rejuvenation of life.The book feature small illustrations in a(...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Demeter Hermes Persephone Pluto / Plouton

Julia Golding

The Chimera's Curse (The Companions Quartet, 4)

In the final volume of The Companions Quartet, the threat to Connie, the universal companion, from the evil shapeshifter, Kullervo, continues. This time, he is using a permanently conflicted mythological creature, Chimera, a potential companion to Connie's younger brother, Simon, who now joins her and her aunt Evelyn but dislikes anything connected to the Society for Protection of Mythological Creatures. Chimera is an evil, three-part (snake-goat-lion) hybrid violently hostile to humans. The(...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Chimera / Chimaera Minotaur Pegasus

Grzegorz Kasdepke, Witold Vargas

The Little Treasury of Myths for Children [Skarbczyk mitów dla dzieci]

Based on: Katarzyna Marciniak, Elżbieta Olechowska, Joanna Kłos, Michał Kucharski (eds.), Polish Literature for Children & Young Adults Inspired by Classical Antiquity: A Catalogue (accessed: June 11, 2021), Faculty of “Artes Liberales”, Warsaw: University of Warsaw, 2013, 444 pp.A collection of four myths presented in an amusing way; e.g. Aphrodite is Miss Olympus.(...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Aphrodite Hermes Prometheus Zeus

Russell T. Davies, Phil Ford, Alice Troughton

The Sarah Jane Adventures (Series, S01E03–04): The Eye of the Gorgon

Part OneThe adult protagonist of the series, and previous companion of Doctor Who, the journalist Sarah Jane Smith, is investigating the story that a ghostly nun has been sighted at an old people’s home. Accompanied by her adopted son Luke and his friend Clyde, she interviews residents and staff about the sighting. Bea, an elderly resident and Alzheimer sufferer, gives Luke a piece of jewellery she calls a "talisman" and asks him to keep it safe. This is found to be an alien arte(...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Gorgon(s) Medusa Perseus

Phil Ford

The Sarah Jane Adventures: Eye of the Gorgon

[See episodes summary]A primary difference from the episodes is how information about the Gorgon is introduced. In the episode,s Sarah Jane and Maria read a book about Greek mythology from Sarah Jane’s bookshelf, but in the novelization they first discuss this in the car (without the aid of a book) and then Sarah Jane reads from "an elaborate volume on Greek Mythology" which she finds when she is locked in in the Abbey library by the nuns. This allows more information to be provi(...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Gorgon(s) Medusa Perseus

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(...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Calypso Cetus Charybdis Poseidon Proteus Scylla Sirens

Rick Riordan

The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson & The Olympians, 3)

The third instalment of the Percy Jackson series begins with Percy, Annabeth and Thalia on a rescue mission. Sally Jackson drops the three off at a boarding school in Maine to collect two half-bloods of unknown parentage. During the mission, they discover that the head teacher is actually the Manticore. After being separated from Thalia, Annabeth and Grover, Percy fights the Manticore alone trying to defend the half-blood siblings. He is unsuccessful, and after being poisoned by the Manticore&rs(...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Atlas Manticore Twelve Labours of Heracles

Gerd Scherm

The Wanderers [Die Irrfahrer]

The prophet and scribe Seshmosis, who saved his nation, the Tajarim, from Egyptian bondage thanks to the support of the goddess GON, god without a name, leaves Byblos with his friends in order to travel to Crete. He intends to analyse a mysterious locket there, whose origins are Cretan, and which is inscribed in a secret language. Once arrived in Crete, the adventurers meet not only Minos, the king of Crete, but also his obliging daughter Ariadne and her lover Theseus who is eager to become hims(...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: Germany

TAGS: Achilles Bible Crete Egypt Labyrinth Minos Minotaur Odysseus / Ulysses Theseus Trojan War

Ross Collins, Tanya Landman

The World’s Bellybutton: The Greek Gods Need a New Hero

This is the story of William Popidopolos, an English boy, about 10 years old. William travels with his mother, Kate, to Greece, to the island of Spitflos, in order to meet his father Nikos, whom he never met. In his father’s tavern, William is approached by a large swan, who confides in him that he is Zeus and in need of his help. William must tie the knot at the center of the universe, the omphalos, since it is starting to break apart. While William’s parents are under Zeus’ s(...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Charon Gorgon(s) Pegasus Zeus

Jenny Oldfield, Bee Willey

Wings of Icarus

This book narrates the story of Daedalus and Icarus. They were trapped on the island of Crete as king Minos’ prisoners. They try to escape many times, until one day Daedalus devises wings for them to fly away from the island. Alas Icarus flies too close to the sun, his wings melt and he falls into the sea.(...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Daedalus Icarus Minos Minotaur Pasiphae

Jim Pipe

You Wouldn't Want to Be Cleopatra! An Egyptian Ruler You'd Rather Not Be

You wouldn’t want to be Cleopatra! An Egyptian ruler you’d rather not be describes Cleopatra’s life in a unique way. It is written from a very personal perspective which helps the young readers identify with Cleopatra. The first lines in the book already introduce a strong identification with Cleopatra: You are Cleopatra, a princess living in Egypt 2,000 years ago (p.9). The whole narration of the story flows in this personal style. This specific style helps young readers under(...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Antinous (Hadrian's Favourite) Cleopatra VII Egypt Octavian Rome

John Dougherty , Georgien Overwater

Zeus to the Rescue

Zeus to the Rescue is the second in a trio of illustrated chapter books about the adventures of Zeus in a modern British playground. It follows from Zeus on the Loose. Alex, the protagonist of the book, has recovered from Zeus’s first visit to the school. However, a pendant shaped like a lightning bolt, which Zeus has given him, starts to quiver. Could it be in response to a new girl, Diana, who seems to have an uncanny power over the girls in class, and their teacher, Miss Wise? Diana fos(...)

YEAR: 2007

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Actaeon Artemis Danae Europa Leda Zeus