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The race of the golden apples

A Greek princess, raised by bears in the forest and then returned to her rightful place in the kingdom, refuses to marry unless the man can outrun her in a footrace.

In search of Troy

1985
Traces Heinrich Schliemann's search for and discovery of the site of ancient Troy and discusses the mythology and possible historical facts connected with the siege of that city.

Adventures of the Greek heroes

1961
Contains the stories of some of the poems told by Greek poets at Olympia.

Jason and the Argonauts

1986
Ekion, the son of Hermes, relates how he came to be one of Jason's Argonauts and the adventures they shared in search of the Golden Fleece.

It's all Greek to me

2004
As they are about to go on stage, Joe, Fred, and Sam are transported back to the time of Zeus and the other gods in Greek mythology, who, strangely enough, behave much as the characters in the trio's class play.

Jeremy and the fantastic flying machine

2008
Jeremy and his cat Aristotle's continuing quest to save the Enchanted Theater takes them on an adventure through time and space to an underground maze and the skies above ancient Greece.

The first Olympic games

a gruesome Greek myth with a happy ending
2000
After Pelops, son of Tantulus and grandson of the Greek god Zeus, wins the hand of Hippodamia in a chariot race, he decrees that Olympic games are to be held every four years.

Sun flight

1980
Daedalus fashions wings for the escape of himself and his son Icarus from the Labyrinth of King Monos of Crete, but Icarus fails to heed his father's warnings about their use.

A gift from Zeus

sixteen favorite myths
2001
Presents illustrated retellings of sixteen Greek and Roman myths, focusing on characters such as Midas, Leda, Pygmalion, Venus and Adonis, Arachne, and Perseus.

The Odyssey

2009
A graphic novel retelling of Homer's epic in which Greek hero Odysseus makes his long and treacherous journey home from the Trojan War while his wife and son are forced to scheme to protect his throne.

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