| Description |
192 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 32 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: New York : Doubleday Books for Young Readers, 1962. |
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Includes index. |
| Summary |
An introduction to the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece. |
| Contents |
In olden times -- Gaea, Mother Earth -- The titans -- Zeus and his family -- Hera -- Hephaestus -- Aphrodite -- Ares -- Athena -- Poseidon -- Apollo -- Artemis -- Hermes -- Hades -- Persephone and Demeter -- Dionysus -- Minor gods, nymphs, satyrs, and centaurs -- Prometheus -- Pandora -- Deucalion -- Eos -- Helios and Phaethon -- Selene -- Pan -- Echo -- Syrinx -- Wild and Vulgar centaurs -- Asclepius -- The nine muses -- Orpheus -- Mortal descendants of Zeus -- Europa and Cadmus -- Tantalus and Pelops -- Danaus, Perseus, and the Gorgon -- Clever and Vainglorious kings -- King Midas -- Sisyphus -- Bellerophon -- Melampus -- Heracles -- Theseus -- Oedipus -- The golden fleece -- The Calydonian boar hunt -- Apples of love and the Apple of discord -- Everything must come to an end. |
| Audience |
1070L Lexile |
| Note |
1070L Lexile |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader MG 6.6 6 145115 |
| Note |
Accelerated Reader MG 6.6 6 145115 |
| Subject |
Mythology, Greek -- Juvenile literature.
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| Added Author |
D'Aulaire, Edgar Parin, 1898-1986.
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| Cover Title |
Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire's book of Greek myths |
| Added Title |
Book of Greek myths |
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Greek myths |
| ISBN |
9780440406945 (pbk.) |
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0440406943 (pbk.) |
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9781442087330 (Paw Prints) |
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1442087331 |
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