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1) The Odyssey
Author
Language
English
Description
"The first great adventure story in the Western canon, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty, and power; about marriage and family; about travelers, hospitality, and the yearning for home. In this fresh, authoritative version--the first English translation of The Odyssey by a woman--this stirring tale of shipwrecks, monsters, and magic comes alive in an entirely new way. Written in iambic pentameter verse...
Author
Publisher
Ace
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The end of the story is only the beginning in this vividly stunning reimagining of the myth of Medusa and the sisters who loved her, in this captivating and moving debut novel. Even before they were transformed into Gorgons, Medusa and her sisters Stheno and Euryale were unique among immortals. Curious about mortals and their lives, Medusa and her sisters entered the human world in search of a place to belong, yet quickly found themselves at the...
Author
Series
Pegasus series (Kate O'Hearn) volume 5
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Caught in the middle of an ancient power struggle, Emily and Pegasus must venture to Diamond Head volcano in Hawaii to track down the one thing that can save Olympus--before the Titans get there first.
Author
Series
DC super hero girls (Shea Fontana) volume 3
Publisher
DC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Wonder Woman heads to Mount Olympus on summer break to visit her father, Zeus, but when her jealous brother Ares shows up, the family runion turns into a family feud, leading Ares to declare war on Metropolis.
Author
Series
Pegasus series (Kate O'Hearn) volume 3
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Pegasus and Emily investigate a series of incidents back on Earth, and discover that the CRU has been cloning Olympians"--
7) Medusa
Author
Series
Publisher
KidHaven Press
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Examines the myth of Medusa and the hero who beheaded her.
8) Cyclops
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomson Gale
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Examines the myth of the cyclops, was it real or fictional?
10) The Iliad
Author
Language
English
Description
Homer's Iliad describes the final year of the Trojan War, a legendary conflict between an alliance of Greek cities and the city of Troy in Anatolia.
The greatest literary landmark of classical antiquity masterfully rendered by the most celebrated translator of our time. When Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey appeared in 2017--revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that "combines intellectual authority with addictive readability"...
11) The lost hero
Author
Series
Heroes of Olympus volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Jason, Piper, and Leo, three students from a school for "bad kids," find themselves at Camp Half-Blood, where they learn that they are demigods and begin a quest to free Hera, who has been imprisoned by Mother Earth herself."--Provided by publisher.
14) Olympus at war
Author
Series
Pegasus series (Kate O'Hearn) volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Moving to Jupiter's palace on Mount Olympus with her friends after being recognized as the Flame, Emily resolves to save her father from the CRU prison and sneaks away only to become entangled in a new invasion by the Nirads.
Author
Language
English
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Description
The Greek myths are among the world's most important cultural building blocks and they have been retold many times, but rarely do they focus on the remarkable women at the heart of these ancient stories. Stories of gods and monsters are the mainstay of epic poetry and Greek tragedy, from Homer to Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, from the Trojan War to Jason and the Argonauts. And still, today, a wealth of novels, plays and films draw their inspiration...
16) The Oresteia
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[1984]
Language
English
Description
A trilogy of plays dramatizes the murder of Agamemnon by his wife, Clytemnestra, the revenge of her son, Orestes, and his judgement by the court of Athena.
17) Weather together
Author
Series
Not quite narwhal and friends volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Nimbus the pegasus wonders why she cannot be sunny all the time like everyone else, but when she introduces her friend Kelp to her cloud, she finds the unicorn is a very good listener.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
When the goddess Artemis goes missing, she is believed to have been kidnapped. And now it's up to Percy and his friends to find out what happened. Who is powerful enough to kidnap a goddess? They must find Artemis before the winter solstice, when her influence on the Olympian Council could swing an important vote on the war with the titans. Not only that, but first Percy will have to solve the mystery of a rare monster that Artemis was hunting when...
Author
Series
Pegasus series (Kate O'Hearn) volume 4
Publisher
Aladdin
Language
English
Description
"A deadly plague has struck Olympus and is slowly aging and killing the Olympians. Emily can only stand by and watch as those she loves fade and die. But in one last desperate attempt to save those she loves, she journeys back to Earth to face the CRU, then back in time to confront Cronus, leader of the Titans and father of the gods"--
Author
Series
Not quite narwhal and friends volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Nimbus, a lonely pegasus, searches for a fallen star to wish for a friend and meets a unicorn named Kelp along the way.
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