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• The Lightning Thief: Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1 (Unabridged)

  Rick Riordan

  
  Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school . . . again. No matter how hard he tries, he can't seem to stay out of trouble. But can he really be expected to stand by and watch while a bully picks on his scrawny best friend? Or not defend himself against his pre-algebra teacher when she turns into a monster and tries to kill him? Of course, no one believes Percy about the monster incident; he's not even sure he believes himself.
  
  Until the Minotaur chases him to summer camp.
  
  Suddenly, mythical creatures seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy's Greek mythology textbook and into his life. The gods of Mount Olympus, he's coming to realize, are very much alive in the twenty-first century. And worse, he's angered a few of them: Zeus's master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect.
  
  Now Percy has just ten days to find and return Zeus's stolen property, and bring peace to a warring Mount Olympus. On a daring road trip from their summer camp in New York to the gates of the Underworld in Los Angeles, Percy and his friends–one a satyr and the other the demigod daughter of Athena–will face a host of enemies determined to stop them. To succeed on his quest, Percy will have to do more than catch the true thief: he must come to terms with the father who abandoned him; solve the riddle of the Oracle, which warns him of failure and betrayal by a friend; and unravel a treachery more powerful than the gods themselves.
  
   

• Mythology

  Edith Hamilton

  
  
   

• The Odyssey (Everyman's Library (Cloth))

  Homer, Robert Fitzgerald

  
  (Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)
  
  One of the supreme masterpieces of world literature, the Homeric saga of the shipwrecks, wanderings, and homecoming of the master tactician Odysseus encompasses a virtual inventory of the themes and attitudes that have shaped Western culture. The tale of Odysseus’s encounters with such obstacles as Calypso, Circe, Scylla and Charybdis, the Sirens, and the lotus-eaters, and his dramatic return to Ithaca and his patient wife, Penelope, forms a prototype for all subsequent Western epics.
  
  Robert Fitzgerald’s much-acclaimed translation, fully possessing as it does the body and spirit of the original, has helped to assure the continuing vitality of Europe’s most influential work of poetry. This edition includes twenty-five new line drawings by Barnaby Fitzgerald.
  
   

• The Iliad of Homer

  Homer

  
  "The finest translation of Homer ever made into the English language."—William Arrowsmith
  
  "Certainly the best modern verse translation."—Gilbert Highet
  
  "This magnificent translation of Homer's epic poem . . . will appeal to admirers of Homer and the classics, and the multitude who always wanted to read the great Iliad but never got around to doing so."—The American Book Collector
  
  "Perhaps closer to Homer in every way than any other version made in English."—Peter Green, The New Republic
  
  "The feat is decisive that it is reasonable to foresee a century or so in which nobody will try again to put the Iliad in English verse."—Robert Fitzgerald
  
  "Each new generation is bound to produce new translations. [Lattimore] has done better with nobility, as well as with accuracy, than any other modern verse translator. In our age we do not often find a fine scholar who is also a genuine poet and who takes the greatest pains over the work of translation."—Hugh Lloyd-Jones, New York Review of Books
  
  "Over the long haul Lattimore's translation is more powerful because its effects are more subtle."—Booklist
  
  "Richmond Lattimore is a fine translator of poetry because he has a poetic voice of his own, authentic and unmistakable and yet capable of remarkable range of modulation. His translations make the English reader aware of the poetry."—Moses Hadas, The New York Times
  
  
   

• The Odyssey (Cliffs Notes)

  Stanley P. Baldwin

  
  The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format.

  In CliffsNotes on The Odyssey, you follow along on Homer's grand adventure. This epic poem unfurls the story of Odysseus' triumph over Troy and arduous journey home to reclaim his kingdom. At 2,500 years old, it is one of the finest books ever written; as poetry, it sets the standard for comparison; and it serves as one of the foundations of the Western world's cultural heritage.

  This study guide carries you along on Odysseus' journey by providing summaries and critical analyses of each book. You'll also explore the life and background of the epic, Homer, and gain insight into the Homeric Question. Other features that help you study include

  • Character analyses of major players
  • A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters
  • Critical essays on the literary devices and major symbols of The Odyssey
  • A review section that tests your knowledge
  • A Resource Center full of books, articles, films, and Internet sites

  Classic literature or modern modern-day treasure — you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.

  
   

• Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths

  Bernard Evslin

  
  Engaging retelling of numerous Greek myths. Very readable for the younger high school student.
  
   

• The Complete World of Greek Mythology

  Richard Buxton

  
  A retelling of Greek myths is combined here with a comprehensive account of the world in which the myths developed - their themes, their relevance to Greek religion and society, and their relationship to the landscape.
  
   

• The Children's Homer

  Padraic Colum

  
  "Colum's stirring telling of the Greek epics is still unequaled as an introduction to the classic myths for young readers . . . Illustrated with Pogany's superb drawings, full of the driving force of the poetic prose."--Publishers Weekly. Young Adult.
  
   

• Odyssey of Homer (Harper Colophon Books, CN 479)

  
  The standard translation into modern English of Homer's Odyssey. "The best translation there is of a great, perhaps the greatest, poet."New York Times Book Review
  
   

• The Metamorphoses (Unabridged)

  
  In his "Metamorphoses", Ovid (43 BC-17 AD) draws on Greek mythology, Latin folklore and legend from even further afield to create a series of narrative poems, linked by the common theme of transformation. A chaotic universe is subdued into harmonious order, animals turn to stone, men and women become trees, stones and stars. Ovid's gentle vein of humour which runs through his work is exploited with subtlety, sympathy and self-irony.
  
   

• Classical Mythology

  Mark P. O. Morford, Robert J. Lenardon

  
  Building on the best-selling tradition of previous editions, Classical Mythology, 6/e examines the literary tradition of Greek and Roman mythology through extensive translations of original mythological sources. This comprehensive and accessible introduction to classical mythology incorporates a dynamic combination of poetic narratives and enlightening commentary to make classical myths come alive for students. The authors' insightful discussions of classical myths in their historical and cultural settings--as well as their survival in literature, art, music, and film--remain unparalleled.
  
  The sixth edition of Classical Mythology features a host of pedagogical aids, including:
  DT The authors' helpful student study guide, A Companion to Classical Mythology
  DT A companion website: http://www.oup-usa.org/sc/0195143388 featuring chapter summaries, short quizzes, maps, additional original translations, links to Perseus and other mythology websites, practice tests, and more!
  DT Many new translations and a new appendix to Chapter 8 that includes most of Euripides' Hippolytus
  DT Expanded coverage of comparative and interpretative approaches as well as evidence from art and archaeology
  DT Copious illustrations--maps, genealogy charts, and reproductions of paintings and sculpture from 750 B.C. to the present--including 22 color plates
  DT Extended critical coverage
  DT Quick-Reference Glossary/Index to help students quickly identify names, places, and events
  
   

• Odyssey

  Homer

  
  Lombardo's Odyssey offers the distinctive speed, clarity, and boldness that so distinguished his 1997 Iliad. Lombardo has created a Homeric voice for his contemporaries: fresh, quick and verbally engaging to the modern ear, as the original was to the ancient. His characters come alive as real people expressing real feelings with urgency and verve. This would be very welcome for classroom use.
  
   

• The Greek Myths

  Robert Graves

  
  Endymion, Pelops, Daedalus, Pygmalion - what are the stories behind these and the hundreds of other familiar names from Greek mythology - names that recur throughout the history of European culture? In a two-volume work that has become a classic reference book for both the serious scholar and the casual inquirer, Robert Graves retells the adventures of the important gods and heroes worshipped by the ancient Greeks. Drawing on an enormous range of sources, he has brought together all the elements of every myth in simple narrative form, supplying detailed cross-references and indexes. Each entry has a full commentary which examines problems of interpretation in both historical and anthropological terms, and in the light of contemporary research.
  
   

• The Iliad (Everyman's Library (Cloth))

  Homer, Robert Fitzgerald

  
  (Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)
  
  In every century since the renaissance, English speakers have felt compelled to possess a translation written especially for their own time of this great epic poem, the earliest and most central literary text of Western culture. That need has been thoroughly met in our century by the distinguished poet and classicist Robert Fitzgerald, whose version of The Iliad does justice in every way to the fluent vigor and gravity of the Homeric original.
  
   

• Theogony, Works and Days (Oxford World's Classics)

  Hesiod

  
  This new, fully-annotated translation by a leading expert on Hesiodic poems combines accuracy with readability and includes an introduction and explanatory notes on these two works by one of the oldest known Greek poets. The Theogony contains a systematic genealogy and account of the struggles of the gods, and the Works and Days offers a compendium of moral and practical advice for a life of honest husbandry.
  
   

• Library of Greek Mythology

  Apollodorus

  
  A new translation of an important text for Greek mythology used as a source book by classicists from antiquity to Robert Graves, The Library of Greek Mythology is a complete summary of early Greek myth, telling the story of each of the great families of heoric mythology, and the various adventures associated with the main heros and heroines, from Jason and Perseus to Heracles and Helen of Troy. Using the ancient system of detailed histories of the great families, it contains invaluable genealogical diagrams for maximum clarity.
  
   

• Autobiography of Red

  Anne Carson

  
  
   

• The Return of Ulysses: A Cultural History of Homer's Odyssey

  Edith Hall

  

  This broadly conceived and enlightening look at how Homer's Odyssey has resonated in the West offers a thematic analysis of the poem's impact on social and political ideas, institutions, and mores from the ancient world through the present day.

  Proving that the epic poem is timeless, Edith Hall identifies fifteen key themes in the Odyssey and uses them to illustrate the extensive and diverse effect that Homer's work has had on all manner of inquiry, expression, and art. She traces the text's pervasive thread of influence from the tragedies of classical Athens and the burlesque of Aristophanes to its contemporary artistic reinterpretations in literature, theatre, opera, popular music, film, and science fiction. In considering the mark of the Odyssey on the modern global world, Hall looks at how the poem affected colonialism and the frontier mentality in the American West, how it engendered contemporary attitudes toward sex, death, war, philosophy, violence, and race, and the ways in which the Odyssey forms the backbone of modern-day psychology.

  Accessibly written and timely, The Return of Ulysses establishes the Odyssey as the founding text of Western Civilization and offers a major contribution to the study of Homer's epic poem, as well as modern insight into its cultural reception and continuing imprint on society.

  
   

• Tales of the Greek heroes,: Retold from the ancient authors (Puffin books)

  Roger Lancelyn Green

  
  These are the stories of the heroic age - Dionysus, Heracles, Theseus, the quest for the Golden Fleece and many more. The story of ancient Greece is continued in "The Tale of Troy", retold by Roger Lancelyn Green.
  
   

• Iliad

  Homer, Stanley Lombardo

  
  So great is the impact of ancient Greek literature on Western culture that even people who have never read Homer's Iliad or The Odyssey know a lot about them. The Trojan Horse, Achilles' heel, the Sirens' call, Scylla and Charybdis--all have entered popular mythology, becoming metaphors for the less heroic situations we face in our own lives. Ever since these oral poems were committed to paper (probably in the 8th century B.C.E.), people have been translating them. The version of Iliad translated by Stanley Lombardo is a brave departure from previous translations; Lombardo attempts to adapt the text to the needs of readers rather than the listeners for whom the work was originally intended. To this end, he has streamlined the poem, removing many of the stock repetitions such as the infamous "rosy-fingered dawn," or rewriting them in ways dependent on their context. What emerges is a vivid, lively rendition of one of the world's great stories of men and war.

  But classicists, beware: This Iliad has something of a '90s sensibility, from the cover art (a photograph of the D-Day Normandy landing) to Achilles' Rambo-like diction. It might well outrage the purists, but for those who remember their musty high-school reading of Homer's great epic with a barely suppressed yawn, Lombardo's energetic translation is just the version to change their minds.