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Ithaka

2006
The island of Ithaka is overrun with uncouth suitors demanding that Penelope choose a new husband, as she patiently awaits the return of Odysseus from the Trojan War.

Troy

2006
The last weeks of the Trojan War find the women sick of tending the wounded, men tired of fighting, and bored gods and goddesses trying to find ways to stir things up.

Sophocles

the complete plays
2001

Quicksilver

2006
The stories of the Trojan War, Persephone and Demeter, Perseus, Odysseus, and others are recounted from the perspective of Zeus's son and messenger, Hermes.

Goddess of yesterday

a tale of Troy
2009
Anaxandra, daughter of the king of a small Greek island, becomes caught up in the events of the siege of Troy when, after spending most of her life as a hostage, she is taken into the palace of King Menalaus and ends up traveling to Troy as protector of Helen's infant son.

Stolen hearts

the love of Eros and Psyche
2010
A graphic novel retelling of the Greek myth of Psyche and Eros, in which Eros, the son of Aphrodite and the god oflove, falls in love with the beautiful mortal Psyche, but the couple endures many trials on the way to happiness because Aphrodite is jealous of Psyche's beauty, which many mortals have said is greater than Aphrodite's.

The last Olympian

2010
The long-awaited prophecy surrounding Percy Jackson's sixteenth birthday unfolds as he leads an army of young demigods to stop Kronos in his advance on New York City, while the Olympians struggle to contain the rampaging monster, Typhon.

Greece! Rome! monsters!

2002
Illustrations and easy-to-follow text describe a variety of monsters from Greek and Roman mythology.

Atalanta

the fastest runner in the world
1995
The tale of Atalanta who was abandoned as a child, saved by the goddess Artemis, and grew to be a great hunter and a fast runner.

The boy who cried horse

2008
Acheron, the best liar in Troy, is suspicious when a stranger arrives in the city and announces that the Greeks have left without a fight, but he has trouble making anyone listen to his warning.

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