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King Midas and the golden touch

1987
A king who wishes for the golden touch is faced with its unfortunate consequences.

The adventures of Eros and Psyche

1983
Relates how Psyche fell in love with Eros, the god of love, and became an immortal.

Demeter and Persephone, the seasons of time

1983
Hades, the god of the dead, falls in love with Persephone, the maiden of spring, and steals her from her mother Demeter to be his bride and queen of the underworld.

Theseus and the Minotaur

1989
Recounts how Theseus killed the monster, Minotaur, with the help of Ariadne.

The adventures of Hercules

2009
A graphic novel adaptation of the myth of Hercules, the son of Zeus who undergoes twelve tasks to pay for his past mistakes.

The odyssey

a graphic novel
2010
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.

The Lightning Thief

the graphic novel
2010
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.

The battle of the Olympians and the Titans

a retelling
2012
An illustrated retelling of the classic Greek myth, in which Cronus, the leader of the Titans, battles the Olympians--his children--for power and control of Mount Olympus.

Z is for Zeus

a Greek mythology alphabet
2008
Rhyming text, humorous illustrations, and informative sidebars present a god, goddess, monster, or other element of Greek mythology for each letter of the alphabet.

The Titan's curse

2007
When the goddess Artemis disappears while hunting a rare, ancient monster, a group of her followers joins Percy and his friends in an attempt to find and rescue her before the winter solstice, when her influence is needed to sway the Olympian Council regarding the war with the Titans.

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