Edwards, Roberta
Summary: "Athens, Greece, is best known for the Parthenon, the ruins of an ancient temple completed in 438 BC to honor the goddess Athena. But what many people don't know is that it only served as a temple for a couple hundred years. It then became a church, then a mosque, and by the end of the 1600s served as a storehouse for munitions. When an enemy army fired hundreds of cannon balls at the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J900 WHESummary: Why do the ancient Greeks occupy such a prominent place in conceptions of Western culture and identity? The Greeks are a source of much that we esteem: democracy, philosophy, tragedy, epic and lyric poetry, history-writing, ideals of athletic competition, aesthetic sensibilities, and more. Spanning roughly 1,000 years, the lectures cover the Late Bronze Age (1500 B.C.E.) to the time of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 1998
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 938 MCICall number: DVD 938 MIC
Davidson, James N.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperPerennial 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 938 DAVMcGregor, James H. (James Harvey)
Summary: Revered as the birthplace of Western thought and democracy, Athens is much more than an open-air museum filled with crumbling monuments to ancient glory. Athens takes readers on a journey from the classical city-state to today's contemporary capital, revealing a world-famous metropolis that has been resurrected and redefined time and again. Although the Acropolis remains the city's anchor,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard Univ Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 949.512 MCGHoena, B. A.
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 HOESummary: For 25 centuries the Parthenon has been shot at, set on fire, rocked by earthquakes, looted for its sculptures, and disfigured by misguided restorations. Now, a team of architects and engineers is investigating the many mysteries of this icon of Western civilization : How did the ancient Greeks design and build their masterpiece so quickly? How did they achieve such precision and perfection...
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Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Educational Foundation 2008
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SECSummary: "Takes the viewer on an incredible journey to witness the breathtaking beauty of the Acropolis and the Parthenon - now and as they once were - and the majesty of the remains of Delphi, including the inspiring Temple of Zeus. Featuring: new location footage; stylish period reconstructions; ground-breaking 3D graphics and animation sequences; interpretations and analyses by the world's leading...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur International Films 2006
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Summary: "A revolutionary new understanding of the most famous and influential building in the world, a thesis that calls into question our basic understanding of the ancient civilization that we most identify with. For more than two millennia, the Parthenon hasbeen revered as the symbol of Western culture, the epitome of the ancient society from which we derive our highest ideals. It was understood to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 720 ConnellyLukidis, Lydia
Summary: "It's a battle of the hunter versus the warrior! Roman goddess Diana reigns over nature, fertility, childbirth, and the boundary between Earth and the underworld. The Greek goddess Athena is known for her wisdom and courage in battle. If these two goddesses were to go head-to-head, who would come out on top? Compare and contrast Diana's and Athena's strengths and weaknesses in this Mythology...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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Summary: Young Athena is carried by a storm to Mount Olympus, where she follows the Hello Brick Road toward Sparkle City hoping Zeus will help her get home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin Quix 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J Series Little Holub 2019Summary: A comprehensive look at the eagerly anticipated New Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece, and the celebrated collection it houses. Marking the opening of the New Acropolis Museum, this book examines both its architecture and the archaeological treasures it was built to house. The building addresses the dramatic complexities of the collection and the site with minimalist simplicity by using three...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skira Rizzoli 2013
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 727.6 NEWSummary: "Winner of top prizes at the Venice and Mumbai film festivals, Chaitanya Tamhane's Court is a quietly devastating, absurdist portrait of injustice, caste prejudice, and venal politics in contemporary India. An elderly folk singer and grassroots organizer, dubbed the 'people's poet,' is arrested on a trumped-up charge of inciting a sewage worker to commit suicide. His trial is a ridiculous and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN COUSteves, Rick
Summary: Presents a guide to accommodations, restaurants, transportation, archaeological sites, museums, shopping, and entertainment in the ancient city, central Greece, and several of the most important Greek islands.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: In 1733, struggling printer John Peter Zenger scandalized colonial New York by launching the New-York Weekly Journal, which assailed the British governor as corrupt and arrogant -- a direct challenge to the prevailing law against "seditious libel", which criminalized any criticism of the government. Fronting for a group of powerful antiroyalist politicians, Zenger was jailed for nine months...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ZENGER, JOHN PETER KLUSummary: From the late stages of the Agricultural Revolution to the doorstep of the Scientific Revolution, this course covers western history from roughly 3000 B.C. to A.D. 1600, when the "foundations" of the modern West come into view. Beginning in the ancient Near East, moving to Greece and Rome, the course explores the shape and impact of large ancient empires, including those of Persia and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2002
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5 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 909 FOUCall number: DVD 909 FOU PART 1
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Greenberg, Imogen
Summary: A fun, feminist take on the myth of Athena follows the adventures of the goddess of wisdom, war, and courage as she helps both gods and mortals alike.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 292.2 GREAzoulay, Vincent.
Summary: Pericles has had the rare distinction of giving his name to an entire period of history, embodying what has often been taken as the golden age of the ancient Greek world. This book reassess the life and legacy of one of the greatest generals, orators, and statesmen of the classical world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 938 AZOShakespeare, 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: SparkNotes 2003
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 822.33 SHAShakespeare, William
Summary: Theseus is preparing for his marriage to Hippolyta. Egeus wishes his daughter, Hermia, to marry Demetrius (who loves Hermia), but Hermia is in love with Lysander. Hermia and Lysander plan to escape Athens and marry. Hermia's best friend, Helena, tells Demetrius (whom she loves) of the plan and they follow the lovers into the woods. In the woods are two other groups. The first is a band of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin 1967
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 822.3 SHAMcMullan, Kate.
Summary: In this modern version of Greek mythology, Hades explains how a jealous Athena turned Medusa into a gorgon and what really happened when Perseus went hunting for Medusa's head.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MCMMillar, Martin.
Summary: "Aristophanes is inconsolable-his rival playwrights are hogging all the local attention, a pesky young wannabe poet won't leave him alone, his actors can't remember their lines, and his own festival sponsor seems to be conspiring against him, withholdingdirely needed funds for set design and, most importantly, giant phallus props. O woe, how can his latest comedy convince Athenian citizens to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soft Skull Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MILMann, Elizabeth
Summary: Discusses the origins, construction, completion, uses, history, and eventual ruin of the Parthenon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mikaya Press 2006
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Place a hold to request this item.Blake, Kendare
Summary: "For the Goddess of Wisdom, what Athena didn't know could fill a book. So the assault on Olympus left them beaten and scattered and possibly dead. So they have to fight the Fates themselves, who, it turns out, are the source of the gods' illness. And sure, Athena is stuck in the underworld, holding the body of the only hero she has ever loved. But Hermes is still topside, trying to power up...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor Teen 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BLASaint, 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