Aeschylus.
Summary: "The Orestia--Agamemnon, Choephori, and The Eumenides--depicts the downfall of the house of Atreus: after King Agamemnon is murdered by Clytemnestra, their son, Orestes, is commanded by Apollo to avenge the crime by killing his mother, and he does so, bringing on himself the wrath of the Furies and the judgment of Athens. Together, the three plays are one of the major achievements of Greek...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus, Giroux 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 882.01 AESAeschylus.
Summary: The Oresteia by Aeschylus, the only extant trilogy among the Greek tragedies, is one of the great foundational texts of Western culture. Beginning with Agamemnon, which describes Agamemnon's return from the Trojan War and his murder at the hands of his wife, Clytemnestra, and continuing through Orestes' murder of Clytemnestra in Libation Bearers and his acquittal at Athena's court in Eumenides,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 882.01 AESSummary: Based on the publishing phenomenon, Percy Jackson and other young demigods continue to fight, but this time in the sea, to fulfill their destinies. To save their world, Percy and his friends must find the fabled and magical Golden Fleece. Embarking on a treacherous odyssey into the uncharted waters of the Sea of Monsters (known to humans as the Bermuda Triangle), they battle terrifying...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Based on the publishing phenomenon, Percy Jackson and other young demigods continue to fight, but this time in the sea, to fulfill their destinies. To save their world, Percy and his friends must find the fabled and magical Golden Fleece. Embarking on a treacherous odyssey into the uncharted waters of the Sea of Monsters (known to humans as the Bermuda Triangle), they battle terrifying...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Percy 2013Copies Available at East Bay
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2 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PeSummary: The unmissable series returns and the time has come for Jason to fulfill his destiny, or Atlantis will be lost beneath the waves forever. A year has passed and much has changed. With Minos dead, Ariadne is Queen and finds herself at war with her old adversary: Pasiphae. The kingdom stands on the brink of collapse and the struggle for power is both bloody and brutal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC 2015
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV ATLSummary: Seiya, a headstrong street teen, spends his time fighting for cash while he searches for his abducted sister. When one of his fights unwittingly taps into mystical powers he never knew he had, Seiya finds himself thrust into a world of warring saints, ancient magical training, and a reincarnated goddess who needs his protection. If he's to survive, he will need to embrace his destiny and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE KNI1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVD
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie KnightsMitchell, Anaïs.
Contents: Wedding song -- Epic. Part one -- Way down Hadestown -- Songbird, intro. -- Hey, little songbird -- Gone, I'm gone -- When the chips are down -- Wait for me -- Why we build the wall -- Our lady of the underground -- Flowers, Eurydice's song -- Nothing changes -- If it's true -- Papers, Hades finds out -- How long? -- Epic. Part two -- Lover's desire -- His kiss, the riot -- Doubt comes in -- I...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Righteous Babe Records 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Commander Agamemnon stands ready to launch his infamous thousand ships to retrieve the beautiful Helen of Troy. As the wind refuses to blow, a priest condemns him for sacrilege, and the powerful general is pressured to sacrific his daughter to save the states. Threatened and tormented, Agamemnon is faced with sending his child like a lamb to the slaugher and betraying his wife.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007
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Place a hold to request this item.Shakespeare, William
Summary: Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Spark Publishing 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Play ShakespeareSummary: In 1193 B.C., Prince Paris, the son of the King of Troy falls in love with Helen, the wife of the king of Sparta, and convinces her to follow him away from her husband, Menelaus, the result is an epic war. The Greeks sail to Troy and lay siege. Achilles, the greatest warrior in all the world, is called in to fight against Troy and give Greece the upper hand. Hector, the eldest son of Priam,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TROCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Troy 2005Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TrAeschylus.
Contents: 1. The Oresteia -- 2. The Persians. Seven against Thebes. The Suppliants. Prometheus bound.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Pennsylvania Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 882.01 AESSophocles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 882.01 SOPEuripides.
Contents: 1. Medea. Hecuba. Andromache. The Bacchae -- 2. Hippolytus. Suppliant women. Helen. Electra. Cyclops -- 3. Alcestis. Daughters of Troy. The Phoenician women. Iphigenia at Aulis. Rhesus. -- 4. Ion. Children of Heracles. The madness of Heracles. Iphigenia in Tauris. Orestes.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Pennsylvania Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 882.01 EURSummary: When Hades, the god of the underworld, takes his family, Perseus embarks on a mission to defeat him before he can seize ultimate power and unleash hell on earth.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2010
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CLA RATED PG-13Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Clash 2010Summary: Zeus is betrayed by Hades, captured and brought to the Underworld, and Perseus must abandon his attempts to retire to a quiet life as a fisherman, find Zeus, and end the Titans' struggle to rule the earth.
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 MOVIE WRACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WRA RATED PG-13Summary: The two faces of Dr. Jekyll: Absorbed in research directed towards freeing the two natures of man, Dr. Jekyll degenerated into Mr. Hyde, a vengeful maniac. While Hyde wants revenge against a gambler whom his wife is in love with, Dr. Jekyll takes steps to do away with his evil self.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Mill Creek Entertainment 2015
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR HAMShakespeare, William
Summary: Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: SparkNotes 2003
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 822.33 SHAHeaney, Seamus
Summary: Sophocles' play stands as a timely exploration of the conflict between those who affirm the individual's human rights and those who must protect the state's security. During the War of the Seven Against Thebes, Antigone learns that her brothers have killed each other, having been forced onto opposing sides. When Creon, king of Thebes, grants burial of one but not the "treacherous" other,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 882 HEAMonteverdi, Claudio
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Virgin 2004
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD OPERA MONStravinsky, Igor
Contents: Apollo (25:12) -- Agon (20:56) -- Orpheus (28:31)
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Naxos Music Library 2006
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL STRSummary: Story based on the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice set against the colorful background of the carnival in Rio de Janiero. With its magnificent color photography and lively soundtrack, this film brought the infectious bossa nova beat to the United States.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 1999
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BLACavill, Henry
Summary: When King Hyperion threatens to destroy humanity in search of a powerful weapon, the gods choose the warrior Theseus to rise up and fight against him.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2012