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Jetdogs Studios , Zoom Out Games

12 Labours of Hercules

The first 12 labours of Hercules game begins by introducing the main characters, Hercules and Megara, who live happily together with their servants. However, Hades abducts Megara, causing Hercules to set out to search for and rescue her. With the help of characters such as Medusa, Cerberus and Chiron, whom he rescues along the way, he fights the Hydra, saves Prometheus from his golden chains and rescues Megara from the Underworld.The second game begins in Thebes with Hercules having the idea of (...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: Online

TAGS: Amazons Augean Stables Cerberus Charon Charybdis Chiron / Cheiron Council of the Gods Cretan Bull Hades Harpies Hephaestus Hera Heracles Heraklion Hermes Medusa Megara Minotaur Nemean Lion Norse Mythology Pegasus Poseidon Prometheus Scylla Stymphalian Birds Thebes Twelve Labours of Heracles Underworld Zeus

Franciszek Kobryńczuk

When Adonis becomes an orphan, Aphrodite becomes his guardian and soon begins to love him. The goddess comes up with the idea that the beautiful boy, to avoid catching a cold, should go down to Hades with Persephone for the winter. When Persephone emerges from the Underworld in the spring, it turns out that she has also fallen in love with Adonis and does not want to give him to Aphrodite. Zeus settles the dispute: Adonis will spend one-third of the year with Aphrodite, one-third – with Pe(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Adonis Aphrodite Artemis Hades Metamorphosis Persephone

Franciszek Kobryńczuk

Amalthea the Goat [Koza Amalteja]

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.When Cronus learns about a prophecy foretelling that one of his children will defeat him, he starts devouring them as soon as they are born. By giving Cronus a stone to eat, his wife Rhea saves the young(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Amalthea Cornucopia Crete Cronus / Kronos Rhea Titanomachy Zeus

Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams

Amphitrite the Bubbly (Goddess Girls, 17)

In this installment, we meet a new character, Amphitrite, a mermaid who is not a regular student at MOA academy. Amphitrite is a mermaid who dreams about living on land. In this combination of mythology and “the little mermaid”, Amphitrite does not forsake her marine home for life on land, but learns to combine both. The story alternates between her narrative and Poseidon’s, and the connecting theme is identity – who you really are. Amphitrite’s sister, Thetis,(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aglaia Amphitrite Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Dionysus / Dionysos Eris Gaia / Gaea Hades Harmonia Hera Heracles Hercules Medusa Nereus Panacea Pandora Persephone Pheme Pythia Thetis Zeus

Cath Senker

Ancient Greeks is an educational, introduction to ancient Greek culture aimed at children aged 7+. This title is one of several titles in the Ladybird Histories series, including Kings and Queens, Tudor and Stuarts, Ancient Egyptians, The Vikings, Romans, and Anglo-Saxons. Each is written in a similarly serious tone. Through the combination of titles, the series presents the Ancient Greeks as an important non-British historical society. Ancient Greeks focuses on the Classical period, w(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Aphrodite Architecture Ares Athena Athens Comedy (Ancient) Dionysus / Dionysos Divination Graeco-Persian Wars Greek Art Greek History Greek Music Greek Theatre Hades Heracles Hercules Homer Minotaur Odysseus / Ulysses Olympic Games Oracles Poseidon Roman Empire Theatre Theseus Tragedy (Ancient) Trojan Horse Trojan War Troy Twelve Labours of Heracles Zeus

Marios Aristopoulos, Jesse McGibney, Maciej Paprocki, Lee Vermeulen

Apotheon features the story of Nikandreos, a warrior from the village of Dion, and his journey to save his village and the Earth from the wrath of Zeus. The story begins with the ransack of Dion by invaders. Nikandreos saves his village alongside surviving soldiers and then heads to the temple, where Hera congratulates him for defeating the invaders and recruits him as her champion to take down Zeus, in revenge for her husband’s affairs with other gods and humans. He agrees to this task an(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: Canada

TAGS: Acheron (River) Aesop’s Fables Aphrodite Apollo Ares Argonauts Artemis Athena Atlantis Bacchus Castor Charon Chimera / Chimaera Cocytus (River) Cyclops / Cyclopes Daphne Demeter Dionysus / Dionysos Greek Music Hades Hephaestus Hera Heracles Heraclitus (of Ephesus) Hermes Homer Hydra Iliad Immortality Labyrinth Lethe (River) Midas Nymphs Odyssey Olympus Persephone Phlegethon (River) Poseidon Pottery / Vases Satyr(s) Sculpture Styx Thetis Underworld Zeus

Franciszek Kobryńczuk

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 mortal woman named Arachne boasts that she is a better weaver than Athena. In response, the goddess orders Arachne to demonstrate her skills. When Athena realizes that Arachne’s skills are indeed(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Arachne Athena Metamorphosis

Megan Levens , Jamie S. Rich

Ares & Aphrodite: Love Wars

Will Ares is a successful divorce lawyer to Hollywood celebrities, currently helping his client, movie producer Evans Beatty, divorce his second wife. Gigi Averelle is a wedding planner at her business Goddess of Love, and is organising the wedding of her client, teen film sensation Carrie Cartwright. Cartwright is marrying Beatty. Will is a hopeless romantic, but Gigi is a romance cynic and does not believe in true love. The pair meet through their clients, whose impending wedding is being thre(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aphrodite Ares Gorgon(s) Medusa

George O'Connor

Ares. Bringer of War (Olympians, 7)

Ares: Bringer of War presents the figure of Ares through a retelling of the myths of the Trojan War with Ares as a major focus point. The book closes with an author's note on adapting Homer's Iliad and his preference for a version of the Trojan War which includes the gods. Profile summaries of Ares, Eris, and Achilles follow, along with eight points for discussion, a Bibliography and Further Reading recommendations.(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Achilles Aeneas Aphrodite Apollo Architecture Ares Athena Diomedes (Son of Tydeus) Eris Hector Hephaestus Hera Hermes Homer Iris Leto Olympus Thetis Trojan Horse Trojan War Troy Zeus

Blue , Overly Sarcastic Productions , Red

Armchair Classics (Series): The Epic of Gilgamesh / Hecuba / Ajax

Armchair Classics is the shortest series made by Overly Sarcastic Productions – apart from the first episode, The Epic of Gilgamesh, which will be described here as an example of the series’ style and characteristics, there are only two other episodes: about Ajax and Hecuba. The series is also slightly different from the others (except Armchair History): the only drawn character is the one of the boy (Blue, we can guess), who sits in an armchair and narrates the whole story. The othe(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: Online

TAGS: Epic Gilgamesh Immortality Mesopotamia Mesopotamian Deities

Joan Holub, Leslie Patricelli

Be Careful, Icarus!

In Be Careful, Icarus!, Icarus is a young child living in the modern world. He is introduced on the first page, while the facing page uses a single image, single word combination to show what is important to Icarus – a kite. When the story begins, Icarus is making a bird-shaped kite with his father. He is warned not to spill the paint, but still does so. They celebrate when the kite is completed. Out in the park, Icarus is eager to hold the kite himself. His father hands it over and Icarus(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Architecture Crete Daedalus Icarus Labyrinth Maze Minos Minotaur

Brett Bean , Lucy Coats

Beast Keeper (Beasts of Olympus, 1)

This is the first book in the "Beasts of Olympus" series. Pandemonius (or Demon as he is most commonly referred to in the series) is the 11 years old half-mortal son of the god Pan and the mortal Carys. His father was absent during most of Demon's life, but one day Pan arrives at Demon's home and quite forcibly (and despite Demon's mother's pleading) takes Demon from his home to Olympus. At first Demon fears he will be sacrificed to the gods, but Pan reveals to Demon th(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Centaur(s) Cretan Bull Griffins / Gryphons Hera Heracles Hestia Hydra Nemean Lion Pan Stymphalian Birds Zeus

Brett Bean , Lucy Coats

Beasts of Olympus (Series): Beasts Keeper | Hound of Hades | Steeds of the Gods | Dragon Healer | Centaur School | Zeus’s Eagle | Gods of the North | The Unicorn Emergency

Beast of Olympus (series). The most recent instalment published August 2018:Part 1, Beasts Keeper, 2015,Part 2, Hound of Hades, 2015, Part 3, Steeds of the Gods, 2015,Part 4, Dragon Healer, 2015,Part 5, Centaur School, 2016, Part 6, Zeus’s Eagle, 2016,Part 7, Gods of the North, 2017, Part 8, The Unicorn Emergency, 2018.The protagonist of the series is a young boy called Demon (his full name is Pandemonius) who was taken from his mother by the god Pan (his father) t(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Cerberus Hades Monsters

Laura Ruby

Bone Gap is set in the small American town of the same name in the 21st Century and follows two protagonists: Finn, a teenage boy who does not know that he has prosopagnosia (more colloquially known as “face-blindness”, a disability that prevents him from recognising faces), and Roza, a beautiful young Polish woman who mysteriously turns up in Finn’s barn. Finn is the only witness of her subsequent abduction, but nobody believes him. As Roza fights to escape from her captor, Fi(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Arion (Poet) Cerberus Cupid Demeter Elysian Fields / Elysium Eurydice Hades Hera Orpheus Persephone Psyche Styx Underworld Zeus

Joan Holub, Leslie Patricelli

Brush Your Hair, Medusa!

Medusa in this work is a very young child living in the modern world. The book opens with her looking crossly at a hairbrush. The reader follows Medusa's father's vain attempts to brush her hair. She prevaricates, jumping on the bed, doing somersaults, and brushing her toy mermaid's hair. Grandma arrives and is shocked to see Medusa's wild locks. Grandma takes Medusa on a trip. As far as Medusa is concerned, the trip is to get sweets. Medusa is taken to a hairdresser, who finally(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Architecture Athena Hermes Medusa Nymphs Perseus

Brendan Shusterman , Neal Shusterman

Challenger Deep

Challenger Deep is an episodic, non-linear contemporary novel that retells the Odyssey, and that draws on aspects of fabulism to inform 15-year-old Caden’s delusions as he is treated for schizophrenia in a juvenile psychiatric hospital. The novel alternates between events that occurred before his hospitalisation and during his stay. While these moments can initially be distinguished by the difference in the setting (the real-world setting and the sea voyage), these settings are increasingl(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Calypso Odysseus / Ulysses Odyssey Penelope Polyphemus

Barbara Kramer

The book is dedicated to children who reached level 3, meaning that they are capable of reading on their own and they can start to expand their vocabulary. The opening chapters introduce Cleopatra and explain where her ancestors came from and what her life in Alexandria looked like. The next chapters move on to Cleopatra's reign and her love for Julius Caesar and Marcus Antonius. The extensive biography of Cleopatra ends with chapters containing information about the Battle of Actium and the(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Caesar Cleopatra VII Egypt Greek History Hellenism Hellenistic Egypt Mark Antony Octavian Ptolemaic Egypt Roman History Rome

Joan Holub, Craig Phillips, Suzanne Williams

Crius and the Night of Fright (Heroes in Training, 9)

This is the ninth book in the Heroes in Training series (see entry about Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom (Heroes in Training, 1)). Once again the group of Olympians needs to battle Cronus’ solders while trying to find Artemis, Apollo’s twin. Artemis is held under a special sleeping spell and the Olympians need to free her from her keeper and escape from his company of special warriors. Zeus will discover his great power and the responsibility that comes with it. He must learn (...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Chronos Crius Demeter Hades Hera Hestia Poseidon Pythia Rhea Zeus

Annie Di Donna, Abraham Kawa, Alecos Papadatos

Democracy is set in 490 BCE, just before the Battle of Marathon. One of the men fighting for the Athenians, Thersippus, fears that Athena would abandon them and this would cause Athens to fall. A second soldier, named Leander, approaches Thersippus and tells him that they will win as Athena would help them; he proceeds to tell a story of how he once saw Athena and how she helped him. Leander begins by explaining that when he was 16, he was living with his father, councilman Promachus, when (...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Agamemnon Apollo Athena Athens Curetes Delphi Democracy Echo Eurydice Gorgon(s) Graeco-Persian Wars Hero(es) Hubris Leander Medusa Narcissus Oligarchy Oracles Orestes Orpheus Spartans Troy Tyranny Zeus

Brett Bean , Lucy Coats

Dragon Healer (Beasts of Olympus, 4)

This is the fourth book in the "Beasts of Olympus" series. Pandemonius (or Demon as he is most commonly refer to in the series) is the 11 year old half-mortal son of the god Pan and the mortal Carys. Demon is the official Beast Keeper of the Olympic gods and it is his responsibility to take care of the various beasts. In this story, Demon first encounters Hephaestus' fire-breathing brass bulls which were hurt by the hero Jason. Hephaestus helps him cure them. Then suddenly a girl c(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aphrodite Artemis Chiron / Cheiron Eos Hephaestus Hera Heracles Hestia Jason Medea Zeus

Josée Masse, Marilyn Singer

Echo Echo: Reverso Poems about Greek Myths

Echo Echo is an anthology of fourteen palindromic poems retelling the standard heroic and moral tales from the corpus of myth, including Pandora’s Box, Midas and the Golden Touch, Daedalus and Icarus, Theseus and the Minotaur, Perseus and Medusa, Bellerophon and Pegasus, Demeter and Persephone, Orpheus and Eurydice, Arachne, and Atalanta, alongside less regularly retold stories drawn from Ovid, including Pygmalion and Galatea, and Echo and Narcissus. The first poem in the collection, entit(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Arachne Arcadia Atalanta Athena Bellerophon Chimera / Chimaera Daedalus Demeter Echo Eurydice Galatea Gods Golden Touch Hades Hero(es) Icarus Labyrinth Medusa Melanion / Milanion Midas Minotaur Narcissus Olympus Orpheus Pandora Pandora’s Box Pegasus Persephone Perseus Pygmalion Theseus Venus Zeus

Graham Annable, Gregory Benton, R.O. Blechman, Vera Brosgol, Graham Chaffee, Eleanor Davis, Chris Duffy, Ulises Farinas, Tom Gauld, Sophie Goldstein, Charise Harper, Jaime Hernandez, John Kerschbaum, James Kochalka, Braden Lamb, Roger Langridge, Simone Lia, Jennifer L. Meyer, Corinne Mucha, Mark Newgarden, George O'Connor, Shelli Paroline, Israel Sanchez, Robert Sikoryak, Ricardo Siri, Maris Wicks, Keny Widjaja

Fable Comics is a fun and diverse collection of comics retelling fables in a lively, modern style. As many author/illustrators were involved, the fables have many different visual styles; many are rendered in a simplistic or impressionistic style, others are highly illustrated. The majority are told in a humorous tone. Most of the fables are from Aesop, while some are from other traditions. The origin of the story is given as a note at the beginning of each story, e.g. "From Aesop", &q(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aesop Aesop’s Fables Afterlife Architecture Athens Cerberus Charybdis Fable Gods Greek Philosophy Hades Hermes Katabasis Mercury Olympus Phaedrus Poseidon Underworld Zeus

Baby Professor Series

Greek Mythology for Kids: From the Gods to the Titans

This book opens with a short introductory paragraph which says that the Olympians ruled after overthrowing the Titans and then each page is dedicated to a different deity, featuring a photo of the god or titan’s statue on one page and a short biographical text on the corresponding page. The gods featured in this book are Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Hades, Aphrodite, Apollo, Artemis, Hermes and Ares (thereby excluding Dionysus, Demeter and Artemis), and the Titans are Oceanus, Prometheus, Atlas a(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Atlas Hades Hera Hermes Oceanus / Okeanos Prometheus Themis Zeus

Alison Murray

Hare and Tortoise. The Favourite Aesop's Fable

This is a retelling of the traditional myth of the Hare and the Tortoise, accompanied by lavish, charming, full-page illustrations. When the characters are introduced, the narrative pauses for two pages of semi-humorous pseudo-scientific / betting form style profiles of Hare then Tortoise. This includes one page of labelled diagram (e.g. Head – perhaps a little bit big... Whiskers – extra twitchy), and one page listing key attributes (e.g. Hare can't stay still, but can run throu(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Aesop Aesop’s Fables

Joan Holub, Craig Phillips, Suzanne Williams

Hephaestus and the Island of Terror (Heroes in Training, 10)

This is the tenth book in the Heroes in Training series (see entry about Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom (Heroes in Training, 10)). The Olympians are headed to Lemnos to find Artemis’ bows and arrows. On the deserted island they encounter another Olympian, Hephaestus, who presents himself as the ruler of the island due to his many mechanical inventions. Hephaestus is haughty and a braggart, and quickly challenges Zeus for the leadership of the Olympians. The Olympians must fight the islan(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Chronos Crius Demeter Hades Hephaestus Hera Hestia Poseidon Pythia Zeus

Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams

Hestia the Invisible (Goddess Girls, 18)

In this installment, we meet Hestia, the goddess girl of the hearth. Hestia is extremely shy and tries to avoid speaking in class, for example. She even added hoods to her chitons so she can hide her face, calling this “her invisibility strategy” (p. 23). Hestia is extremely private. At school, “keeping her hooded head down and avoiding eye contact with anyone, she managed to ward off conversation.” (p. 29). The humans on earth have a contest to find an “MOA st(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aglaia Amphitrite Antheia / Anthea Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Atlas Calliope Dionysus / Dionysos Hades Hephaestus Hera Heracles Hercules Hestia Iris Kydoimos Pandora Persephone Pheme Pygmalion Zeus

Brett Bean , Lucy Coats

Hound of Hades (Beasts of Olympus, 2)

This is the second book in the "Beasts of Olympus" series. Pandemonius (or Demon as he is most commonly refer to in the series) is the 11 years old half-mortal son of the god Pan and the mortal Carys. Demon is now the official Beast Keeper of the Olympic gods and it is his responsibility to take care of the various beasts in the divine stables. Several of these mysterious beasts were hurt by Heracles, whom Demon sees as a villain. Demon becomes closer to Arnie, the griffin, who helps h(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Arachne Cerberus Eurydice Hades Heracles Hermes Orpheus Persephone

Franciszek Kobryńczuk

How Apollo Turned Pierus’ Daughters into Magpies [Jak Apollo zamienił w sroki córki Pierosa]

Apollo, the god of beauty, is also the guardian of the nine Muses, for whom he cares deeply. Pierus, the king of Macedonia and father to nine daughters, states they could take the place of the Muses and be better. Apollo immediately turns Pierus’ daughters into magpies when he hears this boast. In the ending, the lyrical I says that he hears magpies outside his house every day at dawn and believes they are the counterparts of Clio and Erato because they bring him facts and rhymes.(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Apollo Calliope Clio Erato Euterpe Macedonia Melpomene Metamorphosis Muses Pierides Pierus Polyhymnia / Polymnia Terpsichore Thalia Urania

Franciszek Kobryńczuk

Hyacinth [Hiacynt]

Hyacinth, a beautiful boy, is friends with Zephyrus, the god of the west wind, and Apollo, the god of beauty. With Zephyrus, Hyacinth runs while Apollo teaches him to play the lyre and zither, shoot the bow, and throw the discus. Zephyrus is jealous of Hyacinth and Apollo’s relationship. Therefore, when the friends throw a discus, the god of the wind blows on the instrument, and it flies on a different track, hitting Hyacinth and killing him. The distraught Apollo, unable to revive his fri(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Apollo Hyacinth Metamorphosis Zephyrus

Gary Northfield

Julius Zebra: Rumble with the Romans!

Julius Zebra: Rumble with the Romans! is the first of the Julius Zebra series of comic novels. Told through a combination of images and text, they feature the adventures of Julius, a kind-hearted but dim-witted zebra, who is captured by the Romans at his home near the “stinky lake” in north-east Africa, and along with a group of other wild animals, is taken to Rome to feature in the Circus. Some of these animals become his friends and appear in later adventures: they include a c(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Circus Maximus Colosseum Gladiator Games Gladiators Hadrian Spartacus

Bernard Beckett

This novel is the third and last volume of a trilogy with Genesis and August. It is set in a world like ours, but more advanced in regards to stem cell research. People have stem cell banks and it is possible to use these to re-grow organs in order to prolong healthy lives. Only the brain cannot be regrown in this way.18-year-old Theo had an accident in which his body has remained intact, but all his brain function has been permanently destroyed. Scientist Dr. Huxley sees this as the u(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Catharsis Mimesis Theatre

Brooke Allen , Grace Ellis , Noelle Stevenson , Shannon Watters

Lumberjanes: To the Max Edition. Vol. 1

Lumberjanes: To the Max Edition (Vol. 1) is the first volume of the Lumberjanes comics, containing the first arc of the series. It contains seven ‘chapters’ featuring the adventures of the five Lumberjanes, friends April, Mai, Molly, Jo and Ripley. The girls are at Miss Qiunzella Thiskwis Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet’s Camp for Hardcore Lady-Types, located in the woods. Ignoring the commands of their camp counselor, Jen, the girls have a range of adventures, which begi(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Apollo Artemis Minotaur Orpheus Zeus

Mikiko Ponczeck, Tom Taylor

M.I.D.A.S. is a graphic short story about Andy, a man who has become radioactive after being struck by a bomb blast. He lives in a bio-hazard suit, designed to protect others from his radioactivity. Occasionally he assists a bomb-disposal squad called M.I.D.A.S. He is isolated from others, lonely, and dealing with an inner anger that may be a side-effect of his radioactivity. Everything he touches turns to BOOM. He is called by Captain Turk to defuse a suitcase bomb. Seeing it is organic, he tak(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Golden Touch Midas

Joan Holub, Leslie Patricelli

Make a Wish, Midas!

The character "Midas" here is a pre-school-aged child in the modern era. He loves his green toy dinosaur and the colour yellow. Given a series of choices, he always picks the yellow option. During a painting session with yellow paint he begins to wish that all of the things in his life – his house, his car, his mother – were yellow. In a moment of impulsiveness, he turns and paints his stuffed green dinosaur yellow. Now his beloved dinosaur is painted, Midas understands his(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Architecture Dionysus / Dionysos Metamorphoses (Ovid's) Midas Ovid Pan

Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams

Medusa the Rich (Goddess Girls, 16)

In this installment of the Goddess Girls series, Medusa learns the hard way that all that glitters is not gold. Medusa, who needs to be careful not to hurt mortals with her stone gaze, deliberately asks for the golden touch. Medusa is the main heroine of the story and she accompanies Dionysus to his visit to King Midas; then she agrees to take the golden touch from the king, thinking it would resolve her financial problems. In this retelling of the myth, Midas is reluctant to have a golden touch(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Ares Artemis Athena Ceto Dionysus / Dionysos Euryale Hera Medusa Midas Pheme Phorcys Stheno Zeus

Nikola Kucharska, Dorota Wieczorek

Monsteropolis [Strachopolis]

The title city is a place in which people live together with all kinds of monsters. While many of them have been integrated into society, the others have to hide away refusing to comply with existing conditions. The protagonist of the novel, Kostek and his sister, Niezapominajka [Forget-Me-Not], grow up among these creatures. The siblings, as it turns out, are the long-lost children of Baltazar Brylski, one of the most famous so-called “fearslayers” – usually superhero-like mon(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Chimera / Chimaera Delphic Oracle Divination Pythia

Carissa Weiser, Jason Weiser

Myths and Legends

Myths and legends is a podcast series on the “folklore that has shaped our world”. It was awarded the First Top Podcast prize in the Top Mythology Podcasts of 2020 by Feedspot (accessed: April 3, 2020). In Myths and legends legendary and folkloric traditions from all over the world and throughout different times are presented to wide audiences in informative and engaging audio episodes.Classical mythology holds a significant place in this selection. In fact, among the current 177 epi(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Giants Hera Heracles Hercules Theseus Trojan War Troy Zeus

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 (...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: Italy

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

Riccardo Francaviglia

Myths in Sicily: Thunderbolts I [I miti in Sicilia: I fulmini, 1]

This book (the first of a 2-books series) explores the Greek myths that are found in Sicily. The myths narrated in this volume are: the creation of the world and the struggle between Titans, Gods and Giants; Odysseus in Sicily (Polyphemus, Aeolus, Scylla and Charybdis); Daphnis and Nomia; Artemis and Orion; Acis and Galatea. The focus is on the Sicilian connections to the myths (places, natural phenomena). Each story is accompanied by an illustration and also includes extra information boxe(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: Italy

TAGS: Acis Athena Cronus / Kronos Daphnis Gaia / Gaea Galatea Heracles Hercules Nomia Odysseus / Ulysses Ouranos / Uranus Polyphemus Rhea Zeus

Franciszek Kobryńczuk

Narcissus [Narcyz]

All of the nymphs are in love with Narcissus, a beautiful boy. Echo has a special affection for him. However, Narcissus does not pay any attention to her at all, making Echo go further into the forest, and her cries become quieter and quieter until they completely fade away. Narcisuss’ sisters, to change the boy’s approach to love, ask Nemesis, the goddess of retribution, for help. She leads Narcissus to a stream and asks him to wash in the water. Narcissus sees his reflection and fa(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Echo Metamorphosis Narcissus Nemesis

Nick Willing

In a strange world where gods have been banished and jailed in the Underworld and their gigantic statues lie shattered on the ground in the realm of the living, a young man tries to find his destiny with the help of, or in spite of hindrance, deception and manipulation by, people he meets who try to use him for their own purposes. Against all odds he manages to conquer even the inexorable Time and unexpectedly frees Zeus from captivity in the depths of Hades: Zeus who has the young man’s f(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: Canada United Kingdom

TAGS: Aegeus Anagnorisis Ariadne Chronos Circe Cyclops / Cyclopes Daedalus Dionysus / Dionysos Gaia / Gaea Hades Hero(es) Medea Minos Nymphs Olympians Oracle of Gaia Oracles Pandora Zeus

Carla Faraldo, Diana Nemesu

Pandora and Earl: A Christmas Tale

It is Christmastime, and there is a box with Pandora's name on it waiting under the tree. Earl, Pandora's stuffed owl, wonders what is in the box. Pandora shakes it, trying to figure out what is inside. Finally, Earl convinces Pandora to open it before Christmas. There is a note inside telling Pandora to put the box back, or she would get nothing. The next morning, on Christmas day, Pandora opens her gift, assuming it would be empty because she had peeked, but instead, finds a blue(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

Barry Jonsberg

Pandora Jones. Reckoning (Pandora Jones, 3)

Reckoning is the third book in the Pandora Jones Trilogy and it draws on both Pandora and Cassandra in the characterisation of the main protagonist, Pandora Jones. Pandora regains consciousness in "The School" infirmary where she is told that she has unleashed an air-borne virus that will wipe out humanity within three months. (It was designed to put humanity out of its misery.) The children at "The School" had all been abducted and bought there because of their special skill(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Cassandra Pandora

Kate O’Hearn

Pegasus and the Rise of the Titans (Pegasus, 5)

This is the fifth book in the Pegasus series, which follows the adventures of Emily, a mortal girl from New York who one day discovers wounded Pegasus on her rooftop. Via various adventures, Emily travels from Earth to Olympus and discovers that she is not mortal, but a divinity known as the flame of Olympus. With the help of her mortal and Olympian friends, Emily tries to maintain peace in both worlds. In the last book, Emily discovered she is actually a remnant of an ancient and wise race name(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Chiron / Cheiron Diana Hyperion Jupiter Neptune Pegasus Pluto / Plouton Saturn Venus Vesta

Joan Holub, Leslie Patricelli

Please Share, Aphrodite!

Little Aphrodite won an apple, yet she refuses to share it with her friends. At the front page, under the title, we see a picture of Aphrodite standing on an ionic column, kissing the apple in a nice reference to the original Greek myth. Aphrodite is literally putting herself up on a pedestal. This serves as a hint to the following story. The first two pages have one word and one picture each: Aphrodite. Apple. This symbolizes the importance of the apple (for Aphrodite). It gets the same room as(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aphrodite Athena Hera

Sherri Winston

President of the Whole Sixth Grade (President, 2)

Brianna Justice is an African-American 11 year old student from Detroit. In the first book of the series, Brianna aims at being elected as the president of the fifth grade, against the new student, Jasmine Moon. The book focuses on the challenges she faces during the election campaign and the relationship with Jasmine as well as Brianna and her friends. As the title suggests, Brianna is also the president of the whole sixth grade, and she takes her role seriously. Her task in this book is to rai(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Caesar Gladiators Pandora Pompeii Rome Spartacus

Rory O’Connor

Rory’s Story Cubes MIX: Mythic

“Rory’s Story Cubes MIX: Mythic” is a set of 3 cubic dice (3 x 19 mm)* which are an extension to the game “Rory’s Story Cubes” (the basic version is a set of 9 cubic dice). The whole game consists of inventing/telling stories. Depending on the game mode (there are various), we roll a certain number of cubes and we select the illustration that caught our attention the most. Then, we start to create a story involving the selected icon. We can start with a formul(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: Ireland

TAGS: Argo Charon Cyclops / Cyclopes Hades Heracles Hercules Hydra Hypnos Icarus Labyrinth Maze Medusa Minotaur Olympus Pandora’s Box Remus Romulus Styx Trojan Horse Zeus

Jendela Tryst

Scorched. Origin of Love Book 2

In the second installment of the trilogy, Psyche wanders in Eros’ magical palace and her relationship with Eros deepens, until her curiosity results in tragic consequences. Psyche is frightened yet intrigues by her new fantastic surroundings. She tries to discover where she is and more importantly, who is she married to. As she falls more in love with her husband, so does her curiosity deepen to know who he really is.(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aphrodite Athena Cupid Eros Greek Gods Hades Helen Hera Hermes Psyche Trojan War

Peter Bull Art Studio , Sarah Kahn

Spot the Mummy in the Museum

Each volume in the Spot the... series presents children with an environment to explore. Greco-Roman culture forms a prominent part of the environment in this edition, which is set in a museum. Each double-page spread in the books in this series depicts a scene from the specified environment which children search to find the themed object; in this case they search for the mummy in each room of the museum. Each double-page also picks out approximately five objects that are specific to that scene f(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Architecture Artemis Asclepius Comedy (Ancient) Egypt Gladiator Games Gods Greek Art Greek History Greek Music Greek Philosophy Greek Theatre Laurel Wreath Mycenae Pegasus Roman History Tragedy (Ancient)

Brett Bean , Lucy Coats

Steeds of the Gods (Beasts of Olympus, 3)

This is the third book in the "Beasts of Olympus" series. Pandemonius (or Demon as he is most commonly refer to in the series) is the 11-year-old half-mortal son of the god Pan and the mortal Carys. Demon is the official beast keeper of the Olympic gods and it is his responsibility to take care of the various beasts. In this story, Demon is visited by Poseidon, who orders him to accompany him to his realm and check on his sick hippocamps. Demon is frightened to leave the stables at Oly(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Amphitrite Hades Helios Hephaestus Heracles Hermes Hippocampi Io Nereid(s) Nereus Phaethon Poseidon Zeus

Lisa Jane Gillespie , Emi Ordas

Sticker Greek Myths

Each 1 or 2-page section of Sticker Greek Myths presents a scene of figures within an ancient environment, accompanied by approximately fifty words of explanatory text. The child reader/viewer is invited to use stickers that are specific to that section to build-up the scene. The stickers typically feature clothing and accessories such as weapons and ropes, and scene-specific items such as Heracles' lion-skin cloak and the Chimera's heads.1. Mount Olympus: This section introduces th(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Afterlife Apollo Architecture Argo Argonauts Ariadne Artemis Atalanta Athena Athens Bellerophon Chimera / Chimaera Crete Cyclops / Cyclopes Daedalus Demeter Diana Dionysus / Dionysos Gods Golden Fleece Hades Hera Heracles Hercules Hermes Hippolyta Icarus Jason Juno Jupiter Katabasis Labyrinth Laurel Wreath Maze Medusa Mercury Midas Minerva Minos Minotaur Neptune Odysseus / Ulysses Odyssey Olympus Orpheus Pegasus Persephone Perseus Pluto / Plouton Polyphemus Poseidon Proserpina Sirens Theseus Twelve Labours of Heracles Underworld Zeus

Jean-Sébastien Deheeger , Louie Stowell

Sticker Romans is part of the Dress-up Sticker Books for the Usborne Activities Series. Similar to the Sticker Greek Myths book, also catalogued in this database, the book features a number of inhabitants of Ancient Rome in their underwear who can be dressed in clothing facilitated by the single purpose stickers located in the last ten pages of the book. Each double-page represents a particular scene from Rome, like the forum or a villa, so that a variety of characters – from gladiators an(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Ancient Fashion Ancient Slavery Ancient Warfare Gladiators Roman Army Roman Senate Rome

TED , Alex Gendler, Melissa Schwartzberg

TED-Ed Lessons Worth Sharing, Series Government Declassified: What Did Democracy Really Mean in Ancient Athens?

The video shows a young woman surprised by the information that she won a lottery with an all but typical (at least for today’s standards) prize – a position in her country’s national legislature. This may seem strange, as today we understand democracy as a political system based on elections, not lotteries. Yet in ancient Athens things worked differently: elections were organized only for positions requiring high competences, such as generals; all of the other magistrates &nda(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: Online

TAGS: Athenian Political System Athens Boule Democracy Ecclesia

TED , David T. Freeman, Alex Gendler, Richard Hamblyn, Camille A. Langston, Gregory Taylor

TED-Ed Lessons Worth Sharing, Series Playing with Language: Why Shakespeare Loved Iambic Pentameter / How Did Clouds Get Their Names? / How to Use Rhetoric to Get What You Want

Why Shakespeare Loved Iambic PentameterThe narrator points out that Shakespeare was a playwright, but “first, and foremost – a poet”, and that it is worth paying attention to how stress is used in Shakespeare's poems. Then he defines what exactly stress is, gives examples of using it in modern English, and explains that poets experiment all the time with number and order of accents in their verses (however, it has to be mentioned here, the video does not provide directly th(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: Online

TAGS: Aristotle Cicero Ethos Latin (Language) Liberal Arts Logos Pathos Philosophy Political Thought Rhetoric / Oratory

TED , Amy Adkins , Armand D’Angour, Matt Kaplan , Craig Zimmer

TED-Ed Lessons Worth Sharing, Series World’s People and Places: The Scientific Origins of the Minotaur / The Ancient Origins of the Olympics / This is Sparta – Fierce Warriors of the Ancient World

The Scientific Origins of the MinotaurThe video starts with a short synopsis of the Minotaur’s myth: beneath the palace of king Minos lives a dreadful monster whose roar makes the earth shake. The tale has possibly been invented in order to explain some natural phenomena, unexplainable in the ancient times. The earliest accounts about the Minotaur do not speak of a human-bull hybrid, but underline that he lives under ground and produces earthshaking sounds. As such hybrids are mythical and(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: Online

TAGS: Agoge Crete Diamastigosis Greece Minos Minotaur Olympia Olympic Games Pankration Pentathlon Sparta Zeus

Estudio Haus , Blake Hoena

The 12 Labors of Hercules: A Graphic Retelling

This is a graphic novel retelling of the myth of Hercules. It opens with Hercules as a grown man, ordered to serve king Eurystheus, and it ends with Hercules being turned into a constellation of stars. In addition, the novel contains notes titled "ancient facts" and a glossary, a further reading section, websites and an index. The reason behind the labours is briefly stated at the beginning: "in her jealousy, Hera drove Hercules mad with rage. In his madness, Hercules (...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

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

Natalia Kapatsoulia, Filippos Mandilaras

The Battle of Marathon [Η μάχη του Μαραθώνα (I máchī tou Marathṓna)]

The textual and pictorial narrative starts with a contemporary setting: parents and children enjoy the sun and the sea in a crowded beach, ‘Marathon Beach’. As we read in red letters, this is the place where an important battle in history happened. We turn the page, and we are introduced to the Persian Empire, its geographical vastness and its great King, Darius I. By contrast, the reader comes to appreciate, Greece is much smaller. In the Greek city-states decisions were reached dem(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: Greece

TAGS: Artaphernes Athens Callimachus Darius the Great Datis Ionia Marathon Miltiades Persians

Aliakseĭ Lialiaŭski , Leanid Paŭlionak , Liudmila Skitovich

The Birds [Птицы (Ptitsy)]

The director diligently preserves the plot proposed by Aristophanes, but eliminates many moments that reveal ancient realities and issues that could require search for relevant phenomena in contemporary life. Two residents of Athens leave the city in search of a better place to live. The road brings them to Hoopoe, the king of birds, and his servants. The two convince the birds that their purpose is to rule the world and propose an idea to build a city of birds between the sky and the earth. The(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: Belarus

TAGS: Aristophanes Athens Comedy (Ancient) Greek Theatre Heracles Poseidon Zeus

Wojciech Grajkowski , Piotr Socha

The Book of Bees [Pszczoły]

Pszczoły is a large format non-fiction illustrated book. Each spread is dedicated to different topic concerning bees: their biology, production of honey, human-bees relations during history, modern beekeeping etc. Among general topics, the reader may find some connected to antiquity, presenting ancient Egypt, Greek mythology, and ancient history (Alexander the Great and Poppaea Sabina, the second wife of the emperor Nero). Also there are two newspaper-like spreads, containing briefly described f(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Cleopatra VII Egypt Gods Greek History Greek Philosophy Hephaestus Hera Hermes Poseidon Virgil Zeus

Holly Black, Cassandra Clare

The Copper Gauntlet (Magisterium, 2)

The Magisterium series follows Callum (Call) Hunt and his friends Aaron and Tamara through their time at the Magisterium school for mages. The trio learn how to harness the magic of the four elements – earth, water, fire and air – along with the paired magics of chaos and the soul. [Read more in the entry for the Magisterium series]The Copper Gauntlet is the second book in the series, and picks up on Callum’s discovery that his soul belongs to the evil Constantine Madden, also (...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Chaos Constantine Latin (Language) Semiramis

James Brouwer, Wolfgang Bylsma, Tom Taylor

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(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Atlantis Minotaur Nereus Proteus Sirens Tethys

Benjamin Bachelier, Nicolas Duffaut, Hélène Montardre

The Fight between Remus and Romulus [Le combat de Rémus et Romulus]

King Numitor of Alba Longa was forced to relinquish his throne to his brother Amulius and to live quietly in his estate. In order to reinforce his rights to the kingdom, the new ruler ordered Numitor’s daughter, Rhea Sylvia, to become a Vestal Virgin, forbidden to marry and have children who could potentially claim the throne. One morning, Rhea Sylvia falls asleep on the shore of a nearby stream. She dreams of a great and handsome warrior. When she comes back to the temple, she tells (...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: France

TAGS: Alba Longa Amulius Faustulus Larentia Numitor (King) Ovid Plutarch Remus Rhea Silvia Rome Romulus Tiber Vesta

Philippe Béha, Glen Huser

The Golden Touch. A Retelling of the Legend of King Midas

The Golden Touch. A Retelling of the Legend of King Midas is a book and CD version of an opera staged in Canada in which over 200 school children performed alongside a Chroma Musika cast accompanied by The Orchestre Symphonique Pop Montréal, with narration from UK comedian Terry Jones. The opera was composed by Greek national Giannis Georgantelis, and was run as a community project under the auspices of the Government of Canada, the Government of Quebec, and the city of Laval. This w(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: Canada United Kingdom

TAGS: Apollo Architecture Bible Charybdis Cyclops / Cyclopes Dionysus / Dionysos Faun Gods Greek Music Helen Metamorphoses (Ovid's) Midas Ovid Pan

Rebekka Pax

The Heart of the Harpy [Das Herz der Harpyie]

The teenage girl Milena Weyergräber suffers every night from nightmares, in which she transforms into a harpy and guides the souls of the dead into the Underworld. One night, she watches a young man John Ossin dying. He is killed by a Mafia clan called Tsirpas. Although he is already dead, Milena manages to save his soul and bring him back to life. So the supervisor harpy Aello, who has big black wings, punishes her, because Milena has frustrated the rules of the Olympians. The gods do not (...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: Germany

TAGS: Aello Ares Harpies Olympus Thanatos Underworld

Gillian Cross, Neil Packer

Gillian Cross' The Iliad opens with events prior to the Trojan War, starting with the three goddesses arguing over the apple. The text then moves on to a retelling of Homer's Iliad itself, before concluding with an "Afterwards" chapter relating Achilles' death, the quarrel over his armour, the wooden horse, Cassandra's insight (Virgil, Aeneid, 2.246), the fall of Troy, Diomedes' and Odysseus' post-Troy journeys, and Agamemnon's murder (see esp. Aeschylus, Ag(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Achilles Aeneas Agamemnon Aphrodite Apollo Architecture Ares Artemis Asclepius Athena Cassandra Eris Gods Greek History Hector Helen Hera Hermes Homer Iliad Juno Katabasis Menelaus Minerva Odysseus / Ulysses Odyssey Paris (Trojan Prince) Penelope Thetis Trojan Horse Trojan War Troy Underworld Zeus

Rachel Bright, Jim Field

The Lion Inside

The Lion Inside is a reworked retelling of the Aesop's Fable, The Lion and the Mouse. It is a highly illustrated work in rhyming couplets. The tale opens by introducing both characters; the Lion lives atop a large rock formation, the Mouse in a "tinyful house" underneath. Mouse is small; other animals barely notice that he is there, which makes him sad. Lion, on the other hand, is very loud and ensures that all the animals know how loudly he can roar, how tough he is, how strong he(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Aesop Aesop’s Fables Fable Phaedrus

Braden Lamb, Ryan North, Shelli Paroline

The Midas Flesh: Volume Two

The Midas Flesh follows a trio of friends who have formed a spaceship crew to battle an intergalactic authority known as The Federation. The friends include Captain Joey, a snarky and impulsive woman; Fatima, a compassionate woman who is the ship’s navigator and a hijabi; and Cooper, an anthropomorphic male dinosaur. Other notable characters include Sluggo, a slug-like creature who works for The Federation and is Fatima’s ex-boyfriend, and General Russ of The Federation, the primary (...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Ananke Dionysus / Dionysos Golden Touch Midas Silenus

Christelle Dabos

The Missing of Clairdelune [Les Disparus du Clairdelune] (The Mirror Visitor Quartet [La Passe-Miroir], 2)

The Missing of Clairdelune, follows two narrative strands, the story of Ophelia and the backstory of Farouk. Ophelia’s story begins in the Gynaeceum on the Ark of the Pole, where she is now under the protection of Farouk (Family Spirit of The Pole and Master of Spirits) in the Gynaeceum. Farouk appoints Ophelia as ‘Vice Storyteller’. The Pole’s Ambassador, Archibald, a member of The Web (a clan of telepathically linked individuals), introduces Ophelia to her new guar(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: France

TAGS: Arcadia Artemis Daedalus Helen Janus Labyrinth Midas Norse Mythology Ouranos / Uranus Persephone Pollux Venus

Yan Marchand, Donatien Mary

The Mysteries of Heraclitus [Les Mystères d'Héraclite]

Young Heraclitus falls in love with Népias, the daughter of the wealthiest citizen of Ephesus. To gain favour with her father, Mélancontes, the young man, begins to actively participate in the life of the city: religious ceremonies and Assembly meetings. Being a descendant of Athenian kings, under whose direction are held the Mysteries of Demeter Eleusinia, Heraclitus departs for the ceremony of initiation, where he is to join the cult and realize that his soul is immortal. After d(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: France

TAGS: Ancient Religious Practices Ancient Temples Artemis Demeter Eleusinian Mysteries Eleusis Ephesus Greek Philosophy Greek Religion Heraclitus (of Ephesus) Immortality Mysteries

Rafik Bougueroua, Yann Damezin

Theseus according to Plutarch [Thésée d’après l’œuvre de Plutarque]

The short story is based on the eponymous chapter from Plutarch’s Parallel Lives (Plut. Thes. 1–22). The focus is placed on the figure of Theseus, in particular on his childhood, growing up, and his relationship with his parents. Theseus’ duel with the Minotaur and his emerging feelings for the young Ariadne constitute the culmination points of the story. The narration ends with the hero’s return from Crete to Athens, following a victory over the Minotaur.(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: France

TAGS: Aegeus Ariadne Athens Crete Heracles Labyrinth Medea Minos Minotaur Plutarch Poseidon Theseus

Kendare Blake

Ungodly (Goddess War, 3)

As this novel is the third in the Goddess War series, it is the culmination of several plotlines developed over the course of the first and second books in this trilogy. Summaries for the previous two novels can be found here:Goddess War (Series, Book 1): AntigoddessGoddess War (Series, Book 2): Mortal GodsUngodly begins a month after the events of Mortal Gods in which the key characters, Cassandra and Calypso, Athena, and Odysseus, as well Hermes, Henry, and Andie are all separated from on(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Achilles Aeacus Andromache Aphrodite Apollo Ares Athena Atropos Calypso Cassandra Clotho Fates Furies Hades Hector Hephaestus Hera Hermes Lachesis Minos Moirai Monsters Odysseus / Ulysses Odyssey Persephone Poseidon Rhadamanthus / Rhadamanthys Thanatos Trojan War

Joan Holub, Craig Phillips, Suzanne Williams

Uranus and the Bubbles of Trouble (Heroes in Training, 11)

This is the eleventh book in the Heroes in Training series (see for example Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom). The Olympians are stranded on an island in the Aegean Sea, where they witness a mighty battle between Cronus and Uranus. The father-son conflict between Uranus and Cronus reflects Cronus’ fight with his own children, the Olympians. Uranus reveals a prophecy that one day Cronus’ child will overpower him and rule everything. Along the way they meet another Olympian, the beauti(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Chronos Demeter Hades Helen Hera Hestia Menelaus Oracles Ouranos / Uranus Paris (Trojan Prince) Poseidon Rhea Zeus

Glen Chapron, Hélène Montardre

Vercingetorix against Julius Ceasar [Vercingétorix contre Jules César]

Like in the other books in the series Les petites histoires de l’HISTOIRE, the first two pages before the story sensu stricto are entitled The Adventure Begins… They provide answers to the questions: when, where, who, and “so what”. In 52 BCE, in the territory of today’s France, some Gallic tribes had already made agreements with Rome; others were nervously awaiting the results of Caesar’s attempts to conquer them all.Against this background, a young Gaul, Sa(...)

YEAR: 2015

COUNTRY: France

TAGS: Aedui Alesia Arverni Avaricum Bituriges Cadurci Caesar Critognatos Gallic Wars Gaul Gergovia Germani Parisii Pictones Roman Army Roman History Senonii Vercingetorix