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(Greek mythological character) Heracles (Greek mythological character) Penelope (Greek mythological character) Perseus (Greek mythological figure) Electra Fiction Gods, Greek Fiction Humorous stories Mythology, Greek Mythology, Greek Fiction Mythology, Greek Juvenile fiction Trojan War FictionMarsh, Katherine.
Summary: After fourteen-year-old classics prodigy Jack Perdu has a near fatal accident he meets Euri, a young ghost who introduces him to New York's Underworld, where those who died in New York reside until they are ready to move on, and Jack vows to find his dead mother there.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Audiobooks 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD JFIC MARHaynes, Natalie
Summary: 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,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2022
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Summary: "A scorchingly hot modern retelling of Eurydice and Orpheus and Charon. Eurydice Dimitriou has always been the innocent sister, but she's finally ready to step out of the long shadow cast by her powerful family...and the ex who shattered her heart. Perhaps rough hands on soft skin are exactly what she needs to forget her heartbreak once and for all? Charon Ariti has been Hades's right-hand man...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: Patroclus, an awkward young prince, follows Achilles into war, little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they have learned, everything they hold dear. And that, before he is ready, he will be forced to surrender his friend to the hands of Fate. Set during the Trojan War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2012
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Summary: "On the isle of Ithaca, queen Penelope maintains a delicate balance of power. Many years ago, her husband Odysseus sailed to war with Troy and never came home. In his absence, Penelope uses all her cunning to keep the peace--a peace that is shattered by the return of Orestes, King of Mycenae, and his sister Elektra. Orestes' hands are stained with his mother's blood. Not so long ago, the son of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Redhook 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Perseus braves the treacherous underworld to rescue his father, Zeus, captured by his son, Ares, and brother Hades who unleash the ancient Titans upon the world.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2012
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WRAOh, Temi
Summary: "Using the myth of Eurydice as a structure, this riveting science fiction novel is set in a near-future London where it has become popular for folks to have a small implant that allows one access to a more robust social media experience directly as an augmented reality. However, the British government has taken oversight of this access to an extreme, slowly tilting towards a dystopian...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Saga Press 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC OHOviedo, Claudia
Summary: "It's a battle of the famous strongman versus the great protector. The Roman god Hercules is known for his tremendous strength and determination. Norse god Thor is fearless and commands lighting, thunder, and storms. If these two heroes were to go head-to-head, who would come out on top? Compare and contrast Thor's and Hercules's strengths and weaknesses in this Mythology Matchup"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 292.2 OVIRogerson, Phoenicia
Summary: A queer revisionist retelling of the story of Hercules, for fans of The Song of Achilles, A Thousand Ships and Ariadne. This should be the story of Hercules: his twelve labours, his endless adventures... everyone's favorite hero, right? Well, it's not. This is the story of everyone else: Alcmene: Herc's mother (She has knives everywhere) Hylas: Herc's first friend (They were more than...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2023
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Summary: "Interactive adventures about the mythical Greek hero Hercules and his 12 labors in You Choose format"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED FAJCalonita, Jen
Summary: "What if Meg had to become a Greek god? After Hercules proves he's a true hero and regains his godship, all seems right in the world. That is, until Zeus tells Meg that she can't be with Hercules because she's, well, mortal. Luckily, Hera has a solution, offering Meg a chance to prove herself worthy of a spot on Mt. Olympus--as a god. All Meg has to do is complete a mysterious quest. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press 2021
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Series Twisted CalonitaCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CALDavidson, Susanna
Summary: "Tales of Brave and Brilliant Girls from the Greek Myths celebrates heroines from Circe to Psyche, from Athena to Artemis, re-telling their stories to inspire and empower a new generation of readers. Watch as Penelope cunningly outwits her suitors and discover how Artemis defeats two giants. See Circe perform powerful magic and follow Demeter on her brave search for her missing daughter....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Usborne Publishing Limited 2023
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Summary: In this humorous (and gross) retelling of the Greek myth, Theseus and his hero friends visit the island of Crete and the amusement park known as the Labyrinth, where they encounter a nasty bully called the Minotaur who challenges Theseus to a race through the Maze-o-muck.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED HOESaint, Jennifer
Summary: "A mesmerizing debut novel for fans of Madeline Miller's Circe. Ariadne, Princess of Crete, grows up greeting the dawn from her beautiful dancing floor and listening to her nursemaid's stories of gods and heroes. But beneath her golden palace echo the ever-present hoofbeats of her brother, the Minotaur, a monster who demands blood sacrifice every year. When Theseus, Prince of Athens, arrives to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SAICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC SAICatanese, Elizabeth
Summary: After getting separated from his brother in the crowds of Mt. Olympus Theme Park, Harvey decides to go on Pandora's box, the only ride available to wheelchair users, but when he finds himself in the middle of the myth, he helps Pandora's creator craft a new character.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spellbound, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE CATHeywood, Claire
Summary: "Nationally bestselling author of Daughters of Sparta Claire Heywood returns with an imaginative and female-centered reinterpretation of the myth of the great hero Perseus, told through the voices of three women who are sidelined in the traditional version - his mother Danae, his trophy Medusa, and his wife Andromeda - but whose viewpoints reveal a man who is not, in fact, a hero at all"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HEYTóibín, Colm
Summary: Told in four parts, this is a fiercely dramatic portrait of a murderess, who will herself be murdered by her own son, Orestes. It is Orestes' story, too: his capture by the forces of his mother's lover Aegisthus, his escape and his exile. And it is the story of the vengeful Electra, who watches over her mother and Aegisthus with cold anger and slow calculation, until, on the return of her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction Toibin 2017Coats, Lucy
Summary: "Odin, the ruler of the Asgardians, has an important mission for Demon. Goldbristle, the gods' prized shining boar, is losing his light. Now Demon must travel to Asgard in the North to search this cold, snowy land for anything that might cure this beast." -back of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC COASummary: The Stratford, Ontario, Shakespearean Festival Players, speaking through Greek-style masks, present the tragedy of Oedipus, who, having unwittingly slain his father and unknowingly married his mother, is driven by the plague that has swept through his kingdom to track down the evildoer who has polluted his land and its people.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2002
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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS OEDSummary: To win back his kingdom, Jason must enlist the help of Medea, a powerful sorceress. But when Jason scorns her for another woman, she unleashes a firestorm of revenge.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Entertainment One U.S. 2011
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Summary: In this humorous (and gross) retelling of the Greek myth, Perseus and his disgusting friends set out to pluck one of the snakes from Medusa's head, before her baleful gaze turns them all to sludge.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED HOESaint, Jennifer
Summary: "Elektra is a spellbinding reimagining of the story of one of Greek mythology's most infamous heroines, from Jennifer Saint, the author of the beloved international bestseller, Ariadne. Three women, tangled in an ancient curse. When Clytemnestra marries Agamemnon, she ignores the insidious whispers about his family line, the House of Atreus. But when, on the eve of the Trojan War, Agamemnon...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2022