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Atticus the Storyteller's 100 Greek Myths

by Lucy Goats Author

(From Amazon): Atticus the Storyteller is determined to take part in the great Storytelling Festival near Troy. He leaves his family in Crete and sets off on a year-long journey round Greece with his donkey, Melissa; and wherever he goes he tells his favourite myths to anyone who'll listen. The 100 myths include all the favourites, such as the wanderings of Odysseus, the labours of Heracles, the stories of King Midas, Daedalus and Icarus, and Theseus and the Minotaur. Atticus's journey takes the reader to all the sites of the myths and gives a captivating glimpse of how life was lived in Ancient Greece. This is an unparalleled introduction to the Greek myths for younger children, excitingly told, wonderful to read aloud, and illustrated on every opening with lively, engaging, colourful pictures full of authentic detail. In Orion's tradition of extra-large great-value story books, this is an outstandingly good resource for every family.

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Resource Type: Book
ISBN: 9781842552797
Print Status: In Print
Stories: 100
Pages: 264
Suggested Grades: 1st - 5th
Publisher: Orion Childrens
Copyright: 2003

Stories

1 Father Sky and Mother Earth - Gaia and Uranus
2 The Stone Baby - Cronos and Rhea
3 King of the Gods, Lord of the Universe - Zeus and Metis
4 The Three Gifts - Zeis, Poseidon and Hades
5 The Volcano Monster - Echidna and Typhon
6 The Boy Who Fell Out of the Sky - Daedalus and Icarus
7 How Fire Came to Earth - Prometheus and Epimetheus
8 The Inquisative Wife - Pandora
9 The Greatest Flood - Deucalion and Pyrrha
10 The Cuckoo's Trick - Zeus and Hera
11 The Queen of the Underworld - Persephone and Demeter
12 The Foam Goddess - Aphrodite
13 The Lame Blacksmith - Hephaestus
14 The Bull from the Sea - Europa
15 The Copper Tower - Perseus
16 The Snake-Haired Gorgon - Medusa
17 The Magic Head - Andromeda
18 Black Python and the Arrows of the Sun - Apollo
19 The Girl Who Grew into a Bay Tree - Apollo and Daphne
20 The Monster in the Maze - Theseus
21 The Generous Couple - Baucis and Philemon
22 The Man Who Loved the Moon - Endymiom
23 The Web Spinner - Arachne
24 The Golden King and the Asses' Ears - Midas
25 The Queen Who Cried Rivers - Niobe
26 The Grasshopper Husband - Eos
27 THe Starry Hunter - Orion
28 The Terrible Feast - Tantalus
29 The Dolphin Messenger - Amphitrite and Poseidon
30 The Bee of Wisdom - Athene
31 The Robber's Bed - Theseus and Procrustes
32 The Sharp-Eyed King - Sisyphus
33 The Runaway Son - Phaethon
34 The Secret of Wine - Dionysius and Semele
35 Rainbow Eggs - Leda
36 War and Strife - Ares
37 The Baby and the Cows - Hermes
38 The King Who Tricked Death - Hermes and Sisyphus
39 The Hundred-Eyed Watchman - Argus and Io
40 The Chattering Girl and the Beautiful Boy - Echo and Narcissus
41 The Huntress in the Pool - Artemis and Actaeon
42 Reed Nymph - Pan and Syrinx
43 The Cloth of Life - The Fates
44 The Kindly Ones - The Furies
45 The Games of the Gods - Pelops and Hippodamia
46 The Strongest Man - The Childhood of Heracles
47 Cattle Stealer - How Heracles Brought Back the Oden of Geryon
48 The Dirtiest Job in the World - How Heracles Cleaned the Augean Stables
49 The Biggests Pig - How Heracles Killed the Erymanthian Boar
50 The Goden Deer - How Heracles Caught the Hind of Ceryneia
51 Fire Breather - How Heracles Conquered the Cretan Bull
52 The Man-Eating Mares - How Heracles Brought Back the Horses of Diomedes
53 The Magic Skin - How Heracles Fought the Nemean Lion
54 The Golden Apples - How Heracles Stole the Apples of Hesperides
55 The Queen's Belt - How Heracles Stold the Girdle of the Amazon Queen
56 The Swamp Monster - How Heracles Defeated the Hydan
57 Bronze Feathers - How Heracles Drove Out the Stymphalian Birds
58 The Guardian of the Underworld - How Heracles Fought Cerberus
59 The Flying Horse - Bellerophon
60 The Cunning Thief - Autolycus
61 The Poisoned Robe - The Death of Heracles
62 The War of the Snake Giants - The Battle of Olympus
63 Brave Huntress - The Calydonian Boar
64 The Girl Who Ran the Fastest - Atalana and the Golden Apples
65 The Boastful Singer - The Muses
66 The Faithful Wife - Admetus and Alcestis
67 The First Murder - Ixion
68 The Sweetest Music - Orpheus and Eurydice
69 The Centaur Healer - Asclepius
70 The Godesses' Quarrel - Peleus and Thetis
71 The Boy in the Fire - The Childhood of Achilles
72 The Ship of Heroes - Jason and the Argonauts
73 The Impossible Task - The Golden Fleece
74 The Boy Whom Love Forgot - Aphrodite and Adonis
75 The Nymph and the Cowherd - Paris and Oenone
76 The Fairest Goddess - The Judgement of Paris
77 The Greek's Bargain - Helen and Menelaus
78 The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships - Paris and Helen
79 The Sacrifice of a Princess - Iphigenia
80 The King Who Ploughed Sand - Odysseus' Call-up
81 The Smelly Wound - Philoctetes
82 The Cunning Plan - The Horses of King Rhesus
83 The Hero Who Sulked - Achilles and Patroclus
84 Revenge! - Achilles and Hector
85 The Hero's Heel - The Death of Achilles
86 The Arrows of Death - The Death of Paris
87 The Luck of Troy - Odysseus at Troy
88 The Wooden Horse - The Defeat of Troy
89 The Greeks Go Home - The End of the Trojan War
90 The Pricess Nobody Believed - Cassandra and Ajax
91 The Land of Sleep - The Lotus-Eaters
92 The One-Eyed Giant - The Cyclops
93 The Enchantress and the Pigs - Circe
94 Ghosts from the Underworld - Tiresias
95 The Death Singers - The Sirens
96 Snaptooth and Watersucker - Scylla and Charybdis
97 The Island of Mists - Calypso
98 The Golden Ball - Nausicaa
99 The Return of the Wanderer - Odysseus in Ithaca
100 The End of the Journey - Odysseus and Penelope

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