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[The lightning thief]

2009
Percy, expelled from six schools for being unable to control his temper, learns the truth from his mother that his father is the Greek god Poseidon, and is sent to Camp Half Blood where he is befriended by a satyr and the demigod daughter of Athena who join him in a journey to the Underworld to retrieve Zeus's lightning bolt and prevent a catastrophic war.

The Odyssey

2009
A graphic novel adaptation of Homer's epic poem in which Odysseus struggles to make his way home to Ithaca after the Trojan War.

Sirena

2000
The gods grant immortality to the mermaid Sirena when she rescues a human man from the sea and they fall in love, but his mortality creates great conflict between love and honor when he is called to defend Greece in the Trojan War.

Heroes & monsters of Greek myth

1967
Retelling of the ancient Greek myths, arranged in two sections: Demigods and Fables. Includes a list of Roman names for the Greek gods and a brief section on words from the Greek myths which are part of the English language.

The story of Orion

a Roman constellation myth
2013
Tells the story of the constellation Orion named after the great hunter who was in love with Diana.

Two queens of heaven: Aphrodite, Demeter

1974
A retelling of the myths in which Aphrodite and Demeter play major roles.

Pandora'nin kutsus =

Pandora's box
2002
Retells the Greek myth of how and why Zeus created Pandora and how her gift of curiosity led her to release hate, greed, pestilence, disease--and hope--in the world. Presented in Turkish and English.

The oracle doll

1985
When they become the guardians of a talking doll that is actually the reincarnated Oracle of Delphi, three youngsters soon discover how difficult their task will be.

Hera

the goddess and her glory
2011
Introduces Hera, Zeus's wife and goddess of air, sky, and the heavens and the only thing Zeus is afraid of.

Goddess Boot Camp

2010
Phoebe's stepfather, headmaster of a school for the descendents of Greek gods, enrolls Phoebe in Goddess Boot Camp to help her gain control of her newly discovered powers, but Phoebe's romantic life and impulsive decisions may ruin any chance she has at passing the test of the gods.

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