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Treasury of Greek mythology

classic stories of gods, goddesses, heroes & monsters
Presents illustrated retellings of classic Greek myths, sharing the stories of Zeus, Aphrodite, Apollo, Athena, Helen of Troy, Perseus, and Medusa, with sidebars for each god, goddess, hero, and monster that link the tales to constellations, history, geography, and culture, and including profiles, a family tree, and other resources.

Nico Bravo and the hound of Hades

"When Eowulf, the pint-sized descendant of monster slayer Beowulf, decides to slay Cerberus, young Nico, Lula the sphinx, and Buck the unicorn must stop her or face the zombie apocalypse"--OCLC.
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Lovely war

The Greek goddess Aphrodite recounts two tales of tragic love during WWI to her husband, Hephaestus, and her lover, Ares, in a luxe Manhattan hotel room at the height of World War II. She seeks to answer the age-old question: "Why are Love and War eternally drawn to one another?" but her quest for a conclusion that will satisfy her jealous husband uncovers a multi-threaded tale of prejudice, trauma, and music.
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The lightning thief

the graphic novel
After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods and joins a quest to prevent a war between the gods.

Olympians

A fictionalized account, in graphic novel format, of the Greek myth of Poseidon, the god of the sea.

The lost hero

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.

Olympians

A fictionalized account, in graphic novel format, of the Greek myth of Hades, God of the Underworld, and his abduction of the goddess Demeter's daughter, Persephone, to make her his wife, and the chaos that ensued.

The odyssey

a graphic novel
Retells, in graphic novel format, Homer's epic tale of Odysseus, the ancient Greek hero who encounters witches and other obstacles on his journey home after fighting in the Trojan War.

Oh my gods!

a look-it-up guide to the gods of mythology
Presents profiles, family trees, illustrations, and various modernized representations of characters, such as Apollo and Aphrodite, from Greek mythology.

Solstice

Eighteen-year-old Piper lives with her controlling mother amid a Global Heating Crisis, but when she gets her first taste of freedom she discovers a universe of gods and monsters where her true identity, kept secret from her birth, could make all the difference in the world.
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