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Sarah Janet Maas

A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, 2)

A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses #2) is book two of a high fantasy series in which each book takes inspiration from well-known myths or fairytales, with book two being described by the author as influenced by the myth of Hades and Persephone. The novel is published as New Adult in America, a category that explores similar themes to Young Adult, but often with more explicit sexual themes and violence. This impacts the retelling by centring the protagonist’s attraction t(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Demeter Hades Persephone Seasons Underworld

Cornelia Funke

A Griffin’s Feather [Drachenreiter: Die Feder eines Greifs] (Dragon Rider, 2)

Die Feder eines Greifs is the sequel to Drachenreiter / Dragon Rider (1997, Engl. transl. 2004). The main character of the novel is 14-year-old Ben who was also the protagonist of Dragon Rider. In the first book, he was rescued by the dragon Lung / Firedrake as an orphan in London and became his dragon rider. Now Ben has been adopted by the Wiesengrund / Greenbloom family and is living with them in Norway, where they run a sanctuary for mythical (and non-mythical) creatures, MÍMAMEID(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Germany

TAGS: Cambyses Centaur(s) Charybdis Cyclops / Cyclopes Dragons Griffins / Gryphons Medusa Nymphs Ouranos / Uranus Pegasus Phoebe Phoenix (Bird) Scylla Sphinx

Jolanta Nowaczyk , Daria Solak

Ala has a Cat. And Ali? First-class Sentences [Ala ma kota. A Ali? Zdanka pierwsza klasa]

The book is a collection of the first sentences from elementary schools primers, used to teach how to read worldwide, specifically in twenty-five countries, including Poland, Sweden, Spain, Japan, Ethiopia. This original idea reinforces reading skills through contact with other languages and promotes basic knowledge about other cultures. For example, on the page with the Greek sentence, “Έλλη, να ένα μήλο” [Elli, this is an (...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Greece Helle Laurel Wreath Symposium

George O'Connor

Apollo. The Brilliant One (Olympians, 8)

The Muses narrate this collection, taking turns to tell different myths about Apollo:The birth of Apollo and Artemis.Apollo establishes the oracle at Delphi.Daphne.Marsyas.Hyacinth.Asklepios.A thoughtful Author's Note on Apollo follows. Profile summaries of Apollo, Asklepios, and the Muses are included along with eight points for follow-up discussion and a bibliography and recommended reading list that includes explicit reference to works used in the creation of the graphic novel (Hesiod, Ae(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aetiology Apollo Architecture Artemis Asclepius Athena Chiron / Cheiron Cyclops / Cyclopes Daphne Delphi Dionysus / Dionysos Divination Faun Gods Greek Music Hades Hera Hermes Hyacinth Iris Laurel Wreath Leto Marsyas Metamorphosis Muses Olympus Oracles Zeus

Ralph Hardy

Argos: The Story of Odysseus as Told by His Loyal Dog

Argos: The Story of Odysseus as Told by His Loyal Dog by Ralph Hardy is a novel aimed at primary school children (8–12). It retells the story of Homer’s The Odyssey through the eyes of Argos – a loyal dog, bred from both wolf and bear (p. 4). Argos follows his master’s trail by asking the birds and other animals if they have heard news of him. He sends out the seagulls to search for information about Odysseus, and soon learns that he was sailing toward the island of Ithak(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Argos (Dog) Cyclops / Cyclopes Gods Odysseus / Ulysses Sirens

Christophe Chaffardon

Aristarchos' Manuscript [Le manuscrit d’Aristarque]

The action takes place in the 3rd century B.C. Athens and later Alexandria in Ptolemaic Egypt. A physician practicing advanced and not yet sanctioned medicine is forced to flee Athens with his daughter Ophelia as stowaways on a small ship going to Alexandria. He dies suddenly, having been poisoned when the ship reaches its destination. Before he dies he manages to tell his daughter to look for a certain Aristarchus, who turns out to have been a revolutionary astronomer who believed that the Eart(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: France

TAGS: Alexander the Great Alexandria Archimedes Aristarchus of Samos Athens Eratosthenes (of Cyrene) Greek Astronomy Greek Medicine Library of Alexandria Pharos of Alexandria Ptolemaic Egypt

Simon Spence

Atalanta offers a retelling of the myths of Atalanta the huntress for a young audience. The retelling takes a biographical form, opening with Atalanta's early childhood and ending with her living out "the rest of [her] days." This retelling might be considered a feminist retelling of the myths, as the narrator encourages the reader to approve of Atalanta's skills and independence of mind and to disagree with those who wish to limit her actions because she is female. This has th(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Aphrodite Architecture Argonauts Argos / Argus (Constructor of "Argo") Centaur(s) Divination Golden Fleece Greek Art Greek History Homer Jason Metamorphoses (Ovid's) Mycenae Peleus

David S. Goyer, Charles Roven, Deborah Snyder , Zack Snyder, Chris Terrio

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Superman (superhero from the planet Krypton is also known as Clark Kent) and General Zod (Superman’s adversary, also from Krypton) fight in the sky, causing death and destruction as the high-rise buildings of Metropolis collapse around them. This is witnessed by Bruce Wayne (whose alter ego is Batman) who saves a little girl from the collapsing Wayne Financial Building 18 months later, Kryptonite is found in the Indian Ocean. Millionaire businessman and opponent of Superman, Lex Luthor, ha(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Amazons Gods Icarus Prometheus Zeus

Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams

Calliope the Muse (Goddess Girls, 20)

In this installment, we meet Calliope, the muse of epic poetry. Calliope is new at MOA, and as a new student she is anxious and wishes to prove her worth. She used to live with her sisters, but now she wants to show them that she is already mature enough and perfectly able to take care of herself. “She wanted to stand on her own two feet, to have them see her as the almost-teenager she was!” (p. 27). This is of course a universal feeling shared by almost all adolescents; the need to (...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Amphitrite Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Calliope Cassandra Dionysus / Dionysos Marsyas Medusa Muses Pandora Persephone Pheme Poseidon Terpsichore Urania Zeus

Brett Bean , Lucy Coats

Centaur School (Beasts of Olympus, 5)

This is the fifth 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 must write his notes and read the medicine books, but he cannot read the words properly, until Hephaestus devises special glasses for him. Demon must (...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Athena Centaur(s) Chiron / Cheiron Griffins / Gryphons Hephaestus Heracles Phoenix (Bird) Zeus

Natalia Kapatsoulia, Filippos Mandilaras

Crete – From Minos to Today [Κρήτη – Από τον Μίνωα ως σήμερα (Krī́tī – Apó ton Mínōa ōs sī́mera)]

The narrative starts by making a point of Crete’s unique geographical location. The island resembles a bridge between Europe, Asia, and Africa. The book explains that Crete has seen lots of activity ever since its first inhabitants arrived eight thousand years ago. Crete has been far from a quiet place also because of its mythological connections. We are told that Zeus grew up here and brought Europa to the island. The giant Talos protected Crete end to end. Later, King Minos built the lab(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Greece

TAGS: Athens Crete Europa Minos Minotaur Rhea Talos (Automaton) Theseus Zeus

Joan Holub, Leslie Patricelli

Don't Get Lost, Odysseus!

In Don’t Get Lost, Odysseus, Odysseus is a pre-school-aged child living in the modern world. The first page introduces the character with a single word – his name, while the facing page introduces his main fascination, 'Adventure', which is illustrated by the entrance to a children's play area.Odysseus and his mother are approaching a mall; she wants to go to a shop, he wants to go home. Once they are in a shop, Odysseus' attention switches to wishing to go to an enti(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aphrodite Architecture Athena Cyclops / Cyclopes Gods Heracles Hercules Homer Medusa Midas Odysseus / Ulysses Odyssey Pandora Penelope Polyphemus Sirens Trojan War

Robin Bridges

Dreaming of Antigone

Dreaming of Antigone is the story of sixteen year old Andria Williams, whose twin sister, Iris, died of a heroin overdose six months ago. Her father suicided when the girls were very young, and she lives with her mother and step-father Craig. Still deep in grief, Andria has withdrawn from her friends Natalie and Trista at school, but finds solace in stargazing in the middle of the night and reading poetry with dark, philosophical themes, including the work of American poets Robert Frost, an(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Antigone Athens Creon Iris Ismene Sophocles

Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams

Echo the Copycat (Goddess Girls, 19)

In this installment, we meet Echo, the forest nymph (Oreiad nymph). We get a chance to be introduced to a different character from the usual goddesses from MOA. Echo loses her tree in a lightning-bolt accident, and blames Zeus by mistake. Her trip to MOA will teach her about friendship, copying and being true to one’s self. Echo finally finds out where she belongs and where she wants to be. Home is truly where your heart is.(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Amalthea Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Calliope Daphne Echo Hera Heracles Hercules Narcissus Pan Persephone Tiresias Zeus

Jane Abbott

Set in Kincasey, a small regional town in Victoria (Australia), this unusual novel, which starts with a prologue written as a newspaper article about a road tragedy, tackles the theme of reincarnation through the stories of a group of young people who all know each other. Some of them have known each other more than once. Using Ancient Greek myth as the base, but subverting it as well, the story is told from different points of view, swirling around the figures of Caitlin and Michael, who are th(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Afterlife Fate Heracles Hercules Pandora Prometheus Pyramus Thisbe

Extra Credits , Carrie Floyd, Daniel Floyd, Soraya Een Hajji, David Hueso, Joseph Maslov, James Portnow

Extra History (Series): The History of Writing – Where the Story Begins / The History of Writing – The Alphabet

For the Extra Credits and Extra History series, see the entry on the Punic Wars in the same series.The History of Writing – Where the Story BeginsFrom the brief introduction we find out that Extra History rarely deals in their videos with the history of ideas, so the team thought of preparing this animation as an experiment. The film’s main topic is the history of the concept of the written word, which is as old as 5600 years. At first, basic functions of writing are enumerated:(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Online

TAGS: Alphabet Egypt Greece Mesopotamia

Carrie Floyd, Daniel Floyd, Soraya Een Hajji, David Hueso, James Portnow

Extra History (Series, S14E01–05): The Brothers Gracchi – I: How Republics Fall / The Brothers Gracchi – II: Populares / The Brothers Gracchi – III: Ochlocracy / The Brothers Gracchi – IV: Enter Gaius / The Brothers Gracchi – V: The Final Fall

For the Extra Credits and Extra History series, see the entry on the Punic Wars in the same series.The Brothers Gracchi – I: How Republics FallBefore the credits, the crisis of the Roman Republic in 121 BCE is briefly introduced, with its demagogy, violence, unemployment, patrician consumerism and political elites failing in their treatment of the poor. Right after this, the events behind the crisis are presented. The 2nd century BCE was the time of expansion of the Roman Republic; it(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Online

TAGS: Gracchus (Gaius) Gracchus (Tiberius) Roman Republic Rome

J. K. Rowling, David Yates

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Although the movie has the same title as the book [see the entry] written in 2001, it is a completely separate “prequel” story about the fictional author of the said text, Newt Scamander. The story starts in 1926, when the not-yet-famous magizoologist comes to New York with a mysterious suitcase which, as we learn later, contains various magical creatures. The main purpose is to release one of them to its natural habitat in Arizona, however along the way things get complicated. (...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United Kingdom United States of America

TAGS: Latin (Language) Magic

Stella Caldwell

Gods, Heroes and Monsters: Discover the Wonders of the Ancient Greek Myths

This book explains the core Greek myths. Its cover features a sepia-toned image of the Minotaur and Theseus. It has a frame narrative, in which "Selene Nicolaides," the daughter of a museum director, explains that she found a mysterious box belonging to her father, one which held objects of value from the Ancient Greeks, objects that had been smuggled out of Ancient Greece. Knowing they must be returned, she arranged for them to be sent to the Athens Museum; they appear in the pages of(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Creation Myths Gods Hero(es) Pantheon Titans

Joan Holub, Leslie Patricelli

Good Job, Athena!

Little Athena is a master in tying shoes. But one day another girl asks her to tie a bow for her and then takes the credit for it in front of the other children. What will Athena do?(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Arachne Athena

Marta Guśniowska, Robert Romanowicz

Goosedammit [A niech to gęś kopnie]

The book tells a story of a Goose who lives on a farm. The protagonist is extremely slim, has a sunken stomach, and her feathers are frayed. This is because the bird suffers from depression – apart from a visible loss of appetite, she has a low self-esteem, cannot sleep, and continuously sighs in sorrow. Therefore, when a Fox enters the farm, she suggests the intruder eat her instead of a Hen. The predator, despite being unable to capture a hen, refuses to comply with the Goose’s req(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Acheron (River) Aesop’s Fables Charon Fable Hades Odysseus / Ulysses Styx Underworld

Wojciech Mikołuszko , Joanna Rzezak

Great Experiments for Small People [Wielkie eksperymenty dla małych ludzi]

This illustrated non-fiction children’s book presents many famous experiments from the history of the World. Its author – Wojciech Mikołuszko – becomes a guide to past times from ancient Greece to modernity (the last entry is dedicated to the 1991 psychological experiment of Paul Harris, who investigated children and their ability to distinguish fantasy from reality). Each of the 21 chapters is divided into two parts: the former presents historical context of the experiment and(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Archimedes Greek Philosophy

Gian-Carla Coppola

Gucci Stories: The Myth of Orpheus and Eurydice (1. The Wedding, 2. The Bliss, 3. The Descent, 4. The Petition of Hades)

The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice in its recreated, contemporary form, shows the Gucci’s 2016 pre-fall collection by the Creative Director Alessandro Michele. Retelling of the Greek myth gives a new perspective to the story which is much more understandable for young viewers. This time the story takes place in New York City where late-night dive bars and the lawns of Central Park stand in for the temples of Ancient Greece. The video consists of four sequences (The Wedding, The Bliss, The De(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Eurydice Hades Orpheus Underworld

John Bankston

This book is part of a series of eight on different Greek deities. It tells the story of Hercules, half-man, half-god who with his god-given strength was able to overcome great obstacles. However, he was not able to overcome the greatest internal obstacle of his own anger. Starting with the episode of Hercules’ cattle being stolen, Bankston launches into a discussion of myth and the place of the myth of Hercules in the ancient world. Each chapter contains selections of the myths with other(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Admete Admetus Alcmene Amazons Amphitryon Apollo Apollodorus Apotheosis Arcadia Athens Atlas Augeas Cacus Cerberus Chiron / Cheiron Cithaeron (Mount) Constantine Constellations Deianeira Diana Diodorus Siculus Diomedes (of Thrace) Electryon Erginus Erymanthus Eurystheus Eurytos Greece Hera Heracles Hercules Hesperides Hippolyta Hydra Iolaus Juno Jupiter Lerna Linus Macedonia Minerva Minos Minyans Nessus Olympians Olympic Games Olympus Oracles Pholus Plato Pluto / Plouton Prometheus Ptolemy Pythia Rome Sparta Thanatos Thebes Titans Virgil Zeus

Connie Collins Morgan, Herb Leonhard

Hercules on the Bayou

This book takes the Hercules mythos and places it in Louisiana, merging Cajun and Greek myth. Hercules becomes a Louisiana native, engaging in activities close to the heart of the stereotypical Louisianan lifestyle. The book forms an aetiology for many well-known Louisianan customs. Four short adventures structure the narrative. Each labor gives a basis for Cajun practices today. Instead of focusing on the twelve labours of Hercules that make up the myth in the Classical tradition, Collins (...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Heracles Hercules

Michael Souza, Jeremy Tugeau

Hercules: A Greek Myth

The book is an ELT (English language teaching) resource from a Korean company. On the company website, it is stated that: “e-future Classic Readers is a collection of classic stories carefully retold for English language learners. Each story has been specially written to preserve the voice of the original author while still keeping the stories accessible through controlled grammar and vocabulary leveling.” (see here, accessed: August 14, 2019). The book is accompanied by a downloadab(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Republic of Korea

TAGS: Hera Heracles Hercules Zeus

Tom Kindley

Heroes of the Night Sky. The Greek Myths Behind the Constellations

This is a collection of myths told for teenagers, with emphasis on stylised illustration, constellation name aetiologies, and some moral lessons. The myths included are:Ursa Major (The Great Bear)PegasusAndromedaHerculesLyre (The Lyre)Corona Borealis (Northern Crown)Orion and ScorpiusCorvus (The Crow)Centaurus (The Centaur)Ophiucus (The Serpent Bearer)(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Aetiology Afterlife Andromeda Aphrodite Apollo Architecture Ariadne Artemis Asclepius Bellerophon Callisto Centaur(s) Cerberus Charon Chimera / Chimaera Chiron / Cheiron Dionysus / Dionysos Gods Hades Heracles Hercules Hermes Hydra Immortality Katabasis Labyrinth Maze Medusa Minotaur Orion Orpheus Pegasus Perseus Poseidon Prometheus Stymphalian Birds Theseus Twelve Labours of Heracles Underworld Zeus

Mordicai Gerstein

This is a graphic novel adaption of myths relating to Pan, and told in the first person by Pan “himself”. The colourful, whimsical illustrations take up most of the page, and the necessary information is given either as captions or speech balloons. The book follows Pan’s birth and his later adventures. The narrated myths are: Pan’s birth, his escapades in Olympus, his residence in Arcadia, his invention of Panic, his falling in love with the moon and other nymphs, h(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Echo Hera Hermes Marathon Midas Syrinx Typhon / Typhoeus / Typhaon Zeus

Robert Byrd

Jason and the Argonauts: The First Great Quest in Greek Mythology

A lavishly produced illustrated retelling of the Jason myth, including explanatory material in boxes and footnotes. Jason and the Argonauts: The First Great Quest in Greek Mythology retells the myth in some detail, on pages packed with text and illustrations. Summarising this book requires an entry of some length.After handsome endpapers, which show a map of the Mediterranean, and trace Jason’s journey, the first section, The Golden Fleece (pp. 1–2) opens by setting up the back-story(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Argo Argonautica Argonauts Colchis Heracles Hercules Jason Medea

Gary Northfield

Julius Zebra: Bundle with the Britons!

Julius Zebra: Bundle with the Britons! is the second 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 taken from Africa to Rome, and becomes a gladiator. The story follows on from the action in Julius Zebra: Rumble with the Romans!. Having defeated the champion gladiators at a circus to celebrate Emperor Hadrian’s birthday, Julius is now famous throughout Rome and is(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Boudicca Circus Maximus Colosseum Gladiator Games Gladiators Hadrian Ostia Roman Britain Roman Empire Rome Spartacus

Irena Bukowska

Kacper on the Scent of Evil [Kacper na tropie zła]

Kacper from Gdańsk, known to the reader from Kacper w krainie filozofów, is already a teenager. He is a mediocre student, but a curious one – he likes asking questions and considering even ordinary things as he has a soul of a philosopher and a poet. An emaciated, mistreated and abandoned dog rescued by the narrator makes him reflect and ask questions about the essence of evil. Having left for a sailing camp, Kacper and his friend Piotrek get on board of a ghost ship balancing (...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Aristippus of Cyrene Aristotle Augustine (of Hippo) Diogenes Greek Philosophy Icarus Mani (Prophet) Plato Socrates Zeno of Cyprus (Zeno of Citium)

Eric A. Kimmel , Pep Montserrat

King Midas & Other Greek Myths

This book provides retelling of various myths, adapted for young readers. The myths are: Prometheus and Epimetheus’ gifts to the animals, Prometheus’ stealing of fire, Pandora’s box, Persephone and her abduction by Hades, Echo and Narcissus, Arachne’s contest with Athena, Pygmalion and Galatea, King Midas and the golden touch, Orpheus and Eurydice including Orpheus’ murder by a tribe of wild maidens, Jason and the golden fleece including how Medea helped him an dhow(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Arachne Echo Epimetheus Hades Icarus Jason Midas Narcissus Orpheus Pandora Perseus Prometheus

The LEGO Company

Lego Minifigures (Series): Faun

This minifigure is of average height of around 1 inch tall. His head has curled grey horns protruding from his skull, with goat like ears and curly brown hair. On his chest, he has curly hair on his pectoral muscles. The minifigure’s skin is coloured yellow and his legs are brown and goat-like. The sole accessory that accompanies the minifigure is a short brown flute.The biography depicts Faun as carefree, living in the forest where he "plays his flute, makes up silly riddles, and dan(...)

YEAR: 2016

TAGS: Greek Religion Pan Roman Religion

The LEGO Company

Lego Minifigures (Series): Minotaur

The Minotaur figure is approximately 1 inch in height. The primary colour used is brown to indicate the Minotaur’s fur. The figure has two yellow eyes, with two white horns protruding from either side of its head. The only accompanying accessory is an oversized hand-axe that can be placed in a single hand. At its waist, the Minotaur wears a blue cloth with a brown and golden belt.(...)

YEAR: 2016

TAGS: Labyrinth Minoan Civilization Minotaur Monsters

Yoshikazu Miyao, Shinobu Ohtaka

Magi: Adventure of Sinbad [Magi: Sinbad no Bouken (マギシンドバッドの冒険)] (Series, S01 E07–E08): Sinbad the Merchant [Shōnin Shindobaddo (商人シンドバッド)] | Household Vessel [Kenzoku Ki (眷属器)]

This spin-off/prologue is an origin story for how Sinbad, the legendary King of Sindria in Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, rose to his position of power and fame. Magi: Adventure of Sinbad is set some 30 years prior to the events of The Labyrinth of Magic during a period of great hostility between the competing Parthevia and Reim Empires. Spurred on by the deaths of his father (Badr), a disgraced and executed war hero, and his mother (Esra), who suffered from a debilitating sickness, Sinbad sets o(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Japan

TAGS: Architecture Gladiator Games Labyrinth Laurel Wreath Roman Empire Roman Theatre Rome

Athina Bali

Match and Learn the Greek Gods

This book contains colourful stickers and illustrations. Each page shows a description of a Greek god for whom the child needs to find the corresponding sticker. Furthermore, there are several stories in the book containing moral lessons on teamwork, winning and losing, respecting nature etc.(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Demeter Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Poseidon Zeus

Blue , Overly Sarcastic Productions , Red

Miscellaneous Myths (Series): Perseus

The series Miscellaneous Myths is devoted to various motifs, characters and tales from world mythologies. Red states at the beginning of the first video in the series, Perseus, that she decided to "focus primarily on Greek mythology, because it’s one of the mythologies that’s been more influential to popular culture in the past millennia or so". The aforementioned video about Perseus can serve as a perfect example of the style and characteristics of the series. In the (...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Online

TAGS: Acrisius / Akrisios Athena Danae Hera Hermes Hero(es) Medusa Perseus Polydectes Zeus

Voglio Una Mela Blu (V1MB) , Sybille Tezzele Kramer

Mischiamiti (Series)

“Mischiamiti” (series):“Mischiamiti. Il libro-gioco mitologico” (book-game), “Raccolta di filastrocche” per “Mischiamiti – il libro-gioco mitologico” (collection of nursery rhymes), “Le carte dei Mostri Mitologici” dal progetto a tema mitologico “Mischiamiti” (mythological monsters cards).“Mischiamiti” series contains interactive printing materials (such as “mix and match” game and car(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Online

TAGS: Basilisk Centaur(s) Cerberus Charon Cheops Chimera / Chimaera Clytie Cyclops / Cyclopes Faun Griffins / Gryphons Harpies Hippocampi Manticore Medusa Minotaur Muses Odysseus / Ulysses Pegasus Penelope Phoenix (Bird) Sirens Unicorn (hippos monokeras)

Steve Kershaw, Victoria Topping

This book is an encyclopaedia of ancient Greek mythology with accompanying colourful illustrations. It provides information on 55 gods and goddesses, heroes and monsters. few myths are elaborated on: “the labours of Heracles”, “the Trojan War” and the Argonauts. The book is very coulourful, the illustrations take up entire pages but also appear alongside the text. For all of the deities, their responsibilities are mentioned, where they are worshipped, their names also in (...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Argonauts Heracles Olympians Titans Trojan War

Simon Spence

This is a retelling of Homer's Odyssey with myths based on the Epic Cycle used for additional material. The narrative order of the Odyssey is rejected in favour of a chronological approach. Most of the gods are helpful in this retelling. The "sea-god" alone persecutes Odysseus, and as Odysseus is not shown to be responsible for what incurred the sea-god's wrath, Odysseus appears a highly sympathetic figure. The story includes violence, but extreme violence and sex are avoided t(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Afterlife Architecture Athena Charybdis Cyclops / Cyclopes Gods Hades Helen Hermes Homer Iliad Ithaca Katabasis Minerva Odysseus / Ulysses Penelope Polyphemus Scylla Sirens Telemachus Trojan War Troy Underworld Zeus

Manuela Adreani

Odyssey [Odissea]

The book is based on the plot of the original Homeric epic – it is the story of Odysseus, who after the fall of Troy wanders the seas trying to come back to his home island of Ithaca. At the same time on Ithaca, Odysseus’ son Telemachus and his wife – Penelope, are struggling with the suitors who attempt to force the Queen into re-marriage. Telemachus decides to leave Ithaca to find some news about his father. Odissea in the adaptation of Giorgio Ferrero, presents the same thre(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Italy

TAGS: Aeolus Antinoos (Penelope's Suitor) Argos (Dog) Athena Calypso Charybdis Circe Cyclops / Cyclopes Demodocus Eumaeus / Eumaios Eurymachus Helen Hermes Iros / Arnaios Ithaca Laertes Menelaus Nausicaa Nestor Odysseus / Ulysses Odyssey Ogygia Olympus Penelope Polyphemus Poseidon Pylos Scylla Sirens Sparta Tiresias Trojan Horse Troy Zeus

Coffee Powered Machine

Okhlos' protagonist is an unnamed philosopher, enraged with the gods' indifference towards mortals and their well-being. The breaking point comes with the destruction of the School of Athens (obviously based on Raphael’s famous frescoes) - one of the Olympians crashes it with his foot, leaving almost no survivors. The only one left alive, the philosopher, says "enough!" and mobilizes the Athenians to overthrow Olympus' cruel regime and start a new life with freedom th(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Argentina

TAGS: Achilles Agamemnon Ajax / Aias Andromeda Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Athens Comedy (Ancient) Delphi Dionysus / Dionysos Ephesus Gods Greek Gods Greek Philosophy Hades Hephaestus Hermes Hero(es) Lemnos Medea Menelaus Ochlocracy Ochlos Olympians Olympus Patroclus Philosophy Poseidon Sparta Tragedy (Ancient) Trojan War Zeus

Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams

Pallas the Pal (Goddess Girls, 21)

In this installment, two stories occur simultaneously. Pallas, Athena’s best friend from Earth, arrives for a visit and sword-dancing in the Immortal Market Place. The other story revolves around the unexpected birth of Athena’s new baby sister, Hebe. While Athena is worried about her father’s affection, Pallas is worried because she accidently broke her father’s sword during her routine. She thinks, “too bad her dad didn’t have a goddessgirl like Athena for a(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Achilles Agamemnon Amphitrite Aphrodite Apollo Ares Argonauts Artemis Athena Epimetheus Hebe Hera Heracles Hercules Jason Medusa Persephone Poseidon Zeus

Victoria Turnbull

Pandora is the story of a lonely she-fox living in complete isolation in the land of broken things. As she has no one to talk to or spend time with, she keeps busy gathering and fixing all the broken things that she finds outside (we see a broken bicycle, a tv set, furniture, etc.). For example, she tries to bring a teddy bear "back to life" by mending his ripped back. But even the cosiest home that Pandora managed to make for herself does not bring life to the land of broken things.&n(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

Jon Klassen , Sara Pennypacker

The story is about young boy Peter and his beloved pet–a fox named Pax. When war breaks out and friends have to separate, so Peter – convinced by his father, who was called up for military service – leaves Pax far away from home, in the middle of nowhere. The boy, however, can not come to terms with such a drastic parting and runs away from his new home – he wants to find the fox at all costs. Similarly, Pax, though lost and confused at first, decides to find a friend. Co(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Latin (Language) Teumessian Fox

Kate O’Hearn

Pegasus and the End of Olympus (Pegasus, 6)

This is the sixth and final book in the Pegasus series, which follows the adventures of Emily, a mortal girl from New York who one day discovers a wounded Pegasus on her rooftop. In the previous book, Emily and her friends went to Hawaii and later Emily and the Xan Riza who lived inside of her were separated into two different bodies. Lorin, the Titan who also inherited part of Riza’s Xan powers returned to Olympus with them and Emily must teach her how to control her powers with comp(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Cupid Diana Hyperion Jupiter Pegasus Saturn Urania Vulcan

Francesco Caffrey

Perseus is a seventeen chapter short chapter book targeted towards the 6–10 age group. Chapter 1, Fighting Medusa, deals with Perseus’ first adventure, encountering and slaughtering the Medusa and then the Gorgons. Chapter 2, Leaving the Island, has Perseus summoned by Zeus to accompany Theseus on his journey through the Labyrinth. The detailed map provided seems somewhat out of place in this children’s book but provides a frame of reference for this journey. Chapter 3, De(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Online

TAGS: Gorgon(s) Medusa Perseus Theseus

Russ Daff

Perseus and Medusa (Mini Myth, 1)

The story begins with King Acrisius locking his daughter Danae in a tower to prevent the fulfillment of a prophecy that she will conceive a child who will kill him. Meanwhile Zeus decides to teach him a lesson. He sends her energy (which appears like bright light) and she conceives a baby. As a result, she is cast away on the sea by her father, but Poseidon helps them arrive safely at the shore of Seriphos. When Perseus grows up, the King of Seriphos grows jealous of the brave Perseus and become(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Athena Danae Medusa Pegasus Perseus Zeus

Joan Holub, Craig Phillips, Suzanne Williams

Perseus and the Monstrous Medusa (Heroes in Training, 12)

This is the twelfth book in the Heroes in Training series (see for example Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom). The Olympians are divided into smaller groups in their search for hairy snakes. This quest gives them their chance to get to know each other more and also encounter a new mysterious boy, Perseus. The sudden appearance of Perseus shakes the delicate balance in the team, as most team members do not trust him. This quest also brings to the surface old tensions. When Hephaestus offers t(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Demeter Hades Hera Hestia Medusa Oracles Perseus Poseidon Zeus

Playmobil Group

Playmobil Play + Give (Series): Greek God Zeus

The figure is wearing traditional ancient Greek dress with a purple cloak around its shoulders. Upon the edge of the dress, much like with the Athena figure which was released at the same time, there is a geometric motif that reinforces the "Greekness" of the figure. The figure is crowned with a golden laurel garland, which identifies it as a king, or leader. In combination with the long white beard, and white hair of an older man the figure is identified also as a patriarch.Much like (...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Greece

TAGS: Zeus

Playmobil Group

Playmobil Play + Give (Series): Greek Goddess Athena

Many of the historical sets feature Roman military figures including: Roman soldiers, Roman troops, a Roman military ship, a chariot, and a tribune. Playmobil historical sets concern themselves primarily with Roman and Egyptian history. This differs from the stance of LEGO minifigures which include Greek and Roman historical and mythological figuresThe Playmobil Play & Give initiative was introduced in November 2012, supporting the ELPIDA association (Association of Friends of Children with (...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Greece

TAGS: Athena

Joshua Campbell, Jason Haigh-Elllery, Gary Russel

Prisoner Zero (Series, Season 1, 26 Episodes)

Prisoner Zero is an animated science-fiction series for children (target audience: 8–12 years). Its premise is that the titular Zero has been imprisoned and had his memories stolen by evil regime known as the Imperium in order to allow them to utilize the Bioweve to enslave the minds of its citizens. This said, it is not Zero who is the star of the show but rather the teenagers Tag and Gem who accompany Zero on his adventures. The story arc of the first season centres upon the pair’s(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Australia

TAGS: Centurion Golden Touch Latin (Language) Legate Midas Oracles Praetor Tartarus

Blue , Overly Sarcastic Productions , Red

Rome Survived Nero (A Post-American-Election Consolation)

The video does not belong to any of the Overly Sarcastic Productions’ series, although it is done in a similar way to those in the Armchair Classics and Armchair History cycles. The main difference is that there are almost no illustrations, and Blue’s manner of speaking is way more serious than usually. This is due to the fact that the video was produced on November 9, 2016, to serve as "consolation" for all those disappointed with the result of presidential election by Don(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Online

TAGS: Colosseum Emperor Julio-Claudian Dynasty Nero Roman Empire Roman History Rome

Joanna Fabicka

In contemporary Łódź, in the district of Bałuty,* a girl named Zosia Sardynka is going to spend the last days of the holidays without her mother. The woman leaves the city every year in order to work elsewhere and her daughter has been under a neighbor’s care all the previous years. However, the summer we read about is different, as an eccentric aunt Róża comes to the tenement house where the protagonist lives. The woman has a great deal of money, but does not care about it; (...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Cronus / Kronos Saturn

Steve Cole

Secret Agent Mummy: Hieroglyphs of Horror (Secret Agent Mummy, 3)

The Secret Agent Mummy texts are based on the premise that the gods of ancient Egypt are in fact aliens from the planet KaBa. Along with a retinue of other creatures, both good and evil, they came to Earth to be worshipped, and some are still around today. The mummified Sam (an acronym of Secret Agent Mummy) protected the Pharaohs in antiquity, and has remained on Earth to combat the monsters from KaBa, who seek world domination. He is assisted by his unique pets, Mumbum, a mummified dog eq(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Egypt Egyptian Mythology Hieroglyphs

Ri Channel , Hanna Fry, James Grime, Phoebe Halstead, Andrew Khosravani, Ed Prosser

Series Maths (Ri Chanel): What is Zero? Getting Something from Nothing; The Greek Legacy: How the Ancient Greeks Shaped Modern Mathematics

What is Zero? Getting Something from NothingThe short video, beginning with the question: “Is it possible to get something from nothing?”, introduces the “tortuous and meandering route through 1500 years of human history” that the number zero had to travel till now. The video is divided into chapters, starting from the “Chapter 0”. The narrator informs us that today zero has two main functions: first, it is part of a positional numerical system and serves to f(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Online

TAGS: Ancient Numerical Systems Archimedes Euclid Greek Science India (Ancient) Plato's Academy Pythagoras

Amanda McLoughlin, Julia Schifini, Eric Schneider

Spirits was named Second Top Podcast in the Top Mythology Podcasts of 2020 by Feedspot (accessed: April 2, 2020). It consists of weekly episodes, brought out every Wednesday, on mythology and urban legends from all over the world. The logo and the title of the podcast allude to the loose format of the episodes, wherein classical myths are “served up over ice”, like a cocktail in a bar, by “two tipsy history geeks”.The tracks are listed according to thematic tags. A sectio(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Circe Cupid Eros Hades Heracles Hercules Persephone Psyche Zeus

TED , Mia Nacamulli, Kelly Wall

TED-Ed Lessons Worth Sharing, Series The Artist’s Palette: A Brief History of Graffiti

Graffiti in the form of spray paintings, tags, and murals is present almost everywhere across contemporary cities: on bridges, walls, subway cars. It is useful for expressing identity, artistic and political preferences – on the other hand, it is still controversial as it questions ceratain rules of social life. In a brief outline of the history of graffiti a female narrator claims that in ancient Rome graffiti was widely accepted, and Romans used walls for daily communication; Mayas used (...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Online

TAGS: Graffiti Plutarch Pompeii Rome Vandals

Daniel de Latour, Michał Rusinek

The Book of Monsters [Księga Potworów]

This bestiary is full of diverse creatures. Each page displays its own monster drawn on the entire available space, with a small reference poem about the creature. Every beast is presented as having some kind of vice which makes it look more interesting for the young reader but it also shows the monsters as rather adorable than frightening. There are monsters from Greek mythology, like Chimera, Cerberus, sirens, harpies but also see some other creatures, such as dragons or ogres. The author play(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Centaur(s) Cerberus Harpies Monsters Sirens

Holly Black, Cassandra Clare

The Bronze Key (Magisterium, 3)

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 Bronze Key is the third book in the series and opens with Callum and his father travelling to the Collegium (a college of magic) to receive an honour.(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Chalcon Chaos Constantine Hydra Labyrinth Latin (Language) Poseidon Telchines

Sally Christie

The Icarus Show

Alex Meadows has just started Year 7 at Lambourn High School. His best friend Phil has moved away, and he is also missing his elderly next door neighbour Maisy, who has had to move into an aged care facility following the death of her husband, Don. Alex’s family have sold their house and moved next door into Maisy and Don’s place, which has a bigger and better garden, and Alex is spending a lot of time in Don’s shed, which abuts their old garden shed next door. Guided by his ch(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United Kingdom

TAGS: Daedalus Icarus Labyrinth

Renae De Liz , Ray Dillon

The Legend of Wonder Woman: Origins

The Legend of Wonder Woman: Origins is a graphic novel retelling an updated origin story for the iconic superhero Wonder Woman. The story follows her journey from her island home of Themyscira into the outside world during World War II.In ancient times, Zeus granted the Amazon Hippolyta and her sisters immortality. They created an island of women free from greed and hatred. Their island, Themyscira, is kept secret from the rest of the world in an unknown location. As an immortal, Hippolyta is un(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Alcippe Amazons Antiope (Amazon) Ares Artemis Athens Cetus Glauce (Amazon) Hephaestus Heracles Hercules Hermes Hippolyta Melanippe Pegasus Penthesilea Poseidon Themiscyra / Themyscira Themistocles Titanomachy Zeus

Natalia Kapatsoulia, Filippos Mandilaras

The Olympic Games [Οι Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες (Oi Olympiakoí Agṓnes)]

In this book, Mandilaras and Kapatsoulia chart the history of the Olympic Games. The origins of the Games are to be found in myth. According to the book, Heracles liked the location near the rivers Alpheus and Cladeus, and he decided to honour his father there. Hence, Heracles built an altar to Zeus and organised games at that place. We read that according to another version of the myth, the first Games were organised by Heracles Idaios, one of the Kouretes that kept company to infant Zeus. Yet (...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Greece

TAGS: Alpheus Apollo Augeas Chronos Cladeus / Kladeos Coroebus of Elis Diagoras of Rhodes Hera Heracles Heracles Idaios Hippodameia Iphitos of Elis Kallipateira Kouretes Leonidas of Rhodes Oenomaus / Oinomaos of Pisa Olympic Games Pelops Pheidias / Phidias Theagenes of Thasos Zeus

Emilia Dziubak, Przemysław Wechterowicz

The Secret Life of a Tiger [Być jak tygrys]

The story is about a tiger who wanders in the jungle doing things that tigers love the most: jumping, eating, relaxing etc. The text itself lacks classical elements, but in one of the illustrations, we see an anthill shaped like the Colosseum in Rome. The text on the page says that the tiger hypnotizes ants with its eyes and then builds a model anthill up with just one sweep of its tail.(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Architecture Colosseum Rome

Roshani Chokshi

The Star-Touched Queen (Series)

The Star-Touched Queen is a young adult romantic fantasy novel that follows 17-year old Princess Maya of the Bharata Dynasty through her marriage to the Lord of “death and destruction”, and her subsequent quest to restore her fallen husband to his throne. The overarching plot mirrors the Persephone and Hades myth, while a modern update gives the Persephone figure of Maya agency and power, and transforms the Hades figure of Amar from a captor role to that of a liberator. Additionally,(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Demeter Hades Persephone Seasons Underworld

Emilia Dziubak, Barbara Kosmowska

A hare called Tru lives in a town divided into two distinct districts: one rich and one poor. Tru inhabits the latter with his siblings and mom, a proud and active feminist (p. 8) and a single mother. The main protagonist is convinced that he is a "common hare" ["szarak pospolity"] (p. 9), as it states on his birth certificate. He is an underdog at school, especially because he can’t afford the expensive accessories, so popular among his peers. To overcome social (...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: Poland

TAGS: Heracles Hercules

Nicola Bernardelli , Jean-Luc Langlais

Ulysses according to Homer [Ulysse d’après l’œuvre d’Homère]

This book may provide the first approach to The Odyssey of Homer. The classical text, simply and entertainingly retold, is supported by illustrations that vividly depict various ancient characters, particularly ancient monsters. Although the story is written in prose and utterly devoid of Homer’s poetics or certain secondary storylines, it retells the plot close to the original text. The simplicity of the narration, fidelity to the Greek source and colorful illustrations should attract you(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: France

TAGS: Argos (Dog) Athena Calypso Charybdis Circe Homer Odysseus / Ulysses Odyssey Penelope Polyphemus Poseidon Scylla Sirens Telemachus Trojan War

Andrew Thomson, Kathryn Waterfield , Robin Waterfield

Who Was Alexander the Great?

Introduction: Who Was Alexander the Great? begins the work with a novelistic retelling of Alexander's taming of Bucephalus, written in the present tense. King Philip says that Alexander needs a kingdom bigger than Macedon and Alexander goes on to conquer the known world in just 13 years, "No wonder he becomes known as Alexander the Great!" (p. 6). The Son of his Father. A map of Greece and Macedon can be seen at the beginning of chapter 1. It is explained that Alexander was bo(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Alexander the Great Architecture Aristotle Darius III Egypt Gods Graeco-Persian Wars Greek History Greek Philosophy Homer Iliad Macedonia Olympias Persians Philip II of Macedonia Ptolemy Sirens Zeus

Brett Bean , Lucy Coats

Zeus's Eagle (Beasts of Olympus, 6)

This is the sixth 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. 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 on his way back after saving the phoenix, as related in book 5 of the series. On his long journey back he meets Eunice, the nereid (whom he met in the book(...)

YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Amalthea Aphrodite Asclepius Bellerophon Chimera / Chimaera Chiron / Cheiron Diomedes (of Thrace) Eros Heracles Hermes Hygeia / Hygieia Morpheus Pegasus Psyche Zeus