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2) The Iliad
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Due to a lack of biographical evidence regarding the identity of Homer it has been suggested that the two great works attributed to him, the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey" may in fact be the work of multiple authors passed down through a long oral tradition. While scholarship on the subject will likely never definitely prove one way or the other, it is now generally accepted that these two great epic poems are the work of a single Greek author, Homer,...
3) The Odyssey
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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The first great adventure story in the Western canon, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty and power; about marriage, family and identity; and about travellers, hospitality and the changing meanings of home in a strange world. This vivid new translation - the first by a woman - matches the number of lines in the Greek original, striding at Homer's sprightly pace. Emily Wilson employs elemental, resonant...
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Myth-o-mania volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 4
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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.
5) Medea
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Pub. Date
1993
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The influence of Euripides on the development of the dramatic genre cannot be overstated. Along with Sophocles and Aeschylus he is regarded as one of the three great Greek tragedians from classical antiquity. One of the most important of Euripides' surviving dramas is "Medea", the story of its title character, the wife of Jason of the Argonauts, who seeks revenge upon her unfaithful husband when he abandons her for a another bride. Set in Corinth...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 12
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Retells the story of the minotaur through the eyes of his sister, Ariadne, a girl destined to become a goddess of the moon, and her new friend, Theseus, the son of Athens' king who was sent to Crete as a sacrifice to her brother.
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Heroes of Olympus volume 1
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[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 19
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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.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 4
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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.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.9 - AR Pts: 3
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Passions unleashed cause much wooing and confusion in the magical woods of Athens. Whether real or induced by magical potions seems to mak little difference, showing that love is far from rational, though those afflicted might feel otherwise. A Midsummer night's dream is a delightful comedy that offers something for everyone. The intertwined love constellations include Hermia and Lysander, who having decided to elope, steal away into the forest. Demetrius,...
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Pegasus series (Kate O'Hearn) volume 5
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2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
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Caught in the middle of an ancient power struggle, Emily and Pegasus must venture to Diamond Head volcano in Hawaii to track down the one thing that can save Olympus--before the Titans get there first.
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Not quite narwhal and friends volume 2
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[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Nimbus has always lived among the clouds. She’s a pegasus, after all, and the sky is where she belongs. She is one of a kind. And when she wants a friend, all she has to do is look up—and talk to the stars. Only...they don’t really talk back. The clouds don’t, either. And sometimes, being the only pegasus can be a little...lonely? So she decides to find a fallen star to make a wish on—and wishes for friends who are just like her. Along...
17) The Trojan horse
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A retelling of how the Greeks used a wooden horse to win the ten-year-long Trojan War.
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Myth-o-mania volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 3
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Hades, King of the Underworld, tells the real story of Pandora opening the box and releasing all the evils of mankind into the world.
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Daughter of smoke and bone trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 16
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Seventeen-year-old Karou, a lovely, enigmatic art student in a Prague boarding school, carries a sketchbook of hideous, frightening monsters--the chimaerae who form the only family she has ever known.
20) Electra
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Pub. Date
1995
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One of the lesser known plays of the Greek tragedian Sophocles, "Electra" tells the tale of a young daughter's revenge for her father's death. Electra is one of the daughters of "Agamemnon," the leader of the Greeks during the Trojan War. He was killed by his wife's lover, and Electra wishes to avenge Agamemnon with the help of her twin brother Orestes. When she receives word that he is dead, Electra laments and fears she will not be able to avenge...