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The Iliad: Join Achilles at the Gates of Troy as he slays Hector to Avenge the death of Patroclus. Here is a story of love and war, hope and despair, and honor and glory. The recent major motion picture Helen of Troy starring Brad Pitt proves that this epic is as relevant today as it was twenty five hundred years ago when it was first written. So journey back to the Trojan War with Homer and relive the grandest adventure of all times. The Odyssey:...
2) The iliad
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English
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Homer's classical account of the war between the Greeks and the Trojans from Agamemnon's visit by the priest Chryses to the burial of Hektor.
3) The odyssey
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.3 - AR Pts: 24
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English
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A verse translation of Homer's epic poem "The Odyssey," in which Odysseus struggles to make his way home to Ithaca after the Trojan War; includes an extensive introduction, three maps, a selected bibliography, and a pronouncing glossary.
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English
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First published in 1921, "The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles" by the acclaimed and award-winning children's author Padraic Colum is a classic retelling of the ancient mythological tales of Jason and the Argonauts and their quest for the Golden Fleece. Woven into this volume of Greek mythology are also the stories of the creation of the heavens and the earth, Zeus's battle with the Titans, Pandora's box, Persephone in the Underworld...
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Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Presents an illustrated retelling of the ancient Greek myth of Jason, a young man robbed of his birthright who must face many perils in his efforts to find the Golden Fleece and make his claim to the throne.
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Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A retelling of the Greek myth about Theseus and the Minotaur. Every nine years, the Athenians have to send a sacrifice of seven young men and women to Crete. These victims meet a gruesome end in the jaws of the Minotaur. Only Theseus can end this cyc
World of ancient mythology -- Introduction -- Minos the king -- Crete and Athens at war -- Pasiphae and the bull -- Labyrinth -- Terrible price to pay -- Aegeus's secret past -- Wicked stepmother --...
10) Odysseus
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Heroes volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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The Trojan War is over, and Odysseus longs to return to wife and son on his island kingdom of Ithaca. But between hero and home stands an array of dangers unlike any ever faced by mortal man. On his epic voyage-an adventure so grand and glorious it has become the very symbol for all great journeys-Odysseus must face the monstrous cyclops, escape the enchanting nymph Circe, defy the terrors of Scylla and Charybdis, and descend to the land of the dead....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Join Hercules as he completes the twelve tasks needed to atone for killing his family. In a fit of madness, Hercules has killed his family and offended the gods. As punishment, King Eurystheus has set him 12 seemingly impossible tasks. They will take
12) The Alcestiad: or, A life in the sun : a play in three acts, with a satyr play, The drunken sisters
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Harper & Row
Pub. Date
c1977
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English
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Could a monster whose very look turns men to stone be a challenge too perilous even for the son of Zeus? King Polydectes has designs on Perseus' mother, Danaë. But first the king must get rid of young Perseus once and for all. So Polydectes hatches a plan to trick the young hero into performing an impossible task-slay the snake-haired Gorgon monster Medusa, whose very look turns men to stone. Yet, as the son of Zeus, king of the gods, Perseus has...
14) Pegasus
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Publisher
Morrow Junior Books
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
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Retells how Bellerophon, son of the king of Corinth, secures the help of the winged horse Pegasus in order to fight the monstrous Chimera.
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Series
Publisher
Graphic Universe
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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The son of Zeus, king of the gods, and a mortal mother, Hercules faces the wrath of Zeus's wife Hera, who resents her illegitimate stepson and vows to bring him misery. She tricks Hercules into performing a series of twelve seemingly impossible labor
17) Medusa
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Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
18) Achilles
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Series
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Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
19) Hercules
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Series
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Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
20) Pandora
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Series
Publisher
Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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