18 books like Tales of Greek Heroes

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The heroes Charles Kingsley · 1855 · ★ 3.8 · 213p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Stories based on the Greek myths about Perseus, Jason and the Argonauts, Theseus, and the twelve labors of Heracles. Shares: Greece, Legends, Greek Mythology, Mythology

The Tyrant's Tomb Rick Riordan · 2019 · ★ 4.5 · 444p · ≈ 14h · Moderate In his penultimate adventure, a devastated but determined Apollo travels to Camp Jupiter, where he must learn what it is to be a hero, or die trying. It's not easy being Apollo, especially when you've been turned into a human and banished from Olympus. On his path to restoring five ancient oracles and reclaiming his godly powers, Apollo (aka Lester Papadopoulos) has faced both triumphs and… Shares: Greek Gods, Heroes, Greek Mythology, Children's fiction

Percy Jackson's Greek heroes Rick Riordan · 2015 · ★ 4.4 · 528p · ≈ 17h · Moderate Who cut off Medusa's head? Who was raised by a she-bear? Who tamed Pegasus? It takes a demigod to know, and Percy Jackson can fill you in on the all the daring deeds of Perseus, Atalanta, Bellerophon, and the rest of the major Greek heroes. Told in the funny, irreverent style readers have come to expect from Percy, ( I've had some bad experiences in my time, but the heroes I'm going to tell you… Shares: Greek Gods, Heroes, Legends, Greek Mythology

Black Ships Before Troy Rosemary Sutcliff · 1967 · ★ 3.9 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Retells the story of the Trojan War, from the quarrel for the golden apple, and the flight of Helen with Paris, to the destruction of Troy. Shares: Trojan War, Greek Mythology, Mythology, Children's fiction

The Odyssey of Homer Alfred John Church · 1891 · 132p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Homer's epic poem The Odyssey is one of the greatest and most influential literary works ever produced. However, its complex language and dense web of allusions and metaphors can be difficult for some readers to untangle. In The Story of the Odyssey, author Alfred John Church presents a more straightforward rendering of the events related in Homer's version. It's a great introduction to the poem… Shares: Trojan War, Greece, Greek Mythology, Children's fiction

The Burning Maze Rick Riordan · 2018 · ★ 4.3 · 448p · ≈ 14h · Moderate The formerly glorious god Apollo, cast down to earth in punishment by Zeus, is now an awkward mortal teenager named Lester Papadopoulos. In order to regain his place on Mount Olympus, Lester must restore five Oracles that have gone dark. But he has to achieve this impossible task without having any godly powers and while being duty-bound to a confounding young daughter of Demeter named Meg.… Shares: Greek Gods, Greek Mythology, Children's fiction

The Luck of Troy Roger Lancelyn Green · 1961 · ★ 3.9 · 176p · ≈ 5h · Moderate 12 year old Nicostratus, carried off from Greece as a child with Helen, his mother, by Paris of Troy, helps Odysseus to conquer Troy for Greece. Shares: Greece, Greek Mythology, Children's fiction

Japanese Fairy Tales Yei Theodora Ozaki · 1905 · 196p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Japanese folktales are somewhat of a loaded term. In commonplace usage, it signifies a certain set of well-known classic tales, with a vague distinction of whether they fit the rigorous definition of folktale or not. The admixed imposters are literate written pieces, dating back to the Muromachi period (14th-16th centuries) or even earlier times in the Middle Ages. These would not normally… Shares: Legends, Folklore, Children's fiction

Hippolyta and the curse of the Amazons Jane Yolen · 2002 · ★ 3.9 · 248p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Thirteen-year-old Hippolyta, a princess of the Amazons, fights to save her people from destruction when her mother the Queen refuses to sacrifice her second-born male child. Shares: Greece, Greek Mythology, Children's fiction

The Hidden Oracle Rick Riordan · 2016 · ★ 4.1 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate How do you punish an immortal? By making him human. After angering his father Zeus, the god Apollo is cast down from Olympus. Weak and disorientated, he lands in New York City as a regular teenage boy. Now, without his godly powers, the four-thousand-year-old deity must learn to survive in the modern world until he can somehow find a way to regain Zeus's favour. But Apollo has many… Shares: Greek Gods, Legends, Greek Mythology, Mythology

The Adventures of Odysseus And Tales of Troy Padraic Colum · 1918 · ★ 4.5 · 144p · ≈ 4h · Challenging A retelling of the events of the Trojan War and the wanderings of Odysseus based on Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. Shares: Trojan War, Greece, Greek Mythology, Children's fiction

Odysseus in the Serpent Maze Jane Yolen · 2001 · ★ 4.0 · 248p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Thirteen-year-old Odysseus, who longs to be a hero, has many opportunities to prove himself during an adventure which involves pirates and satyrs, a trip to Crete's Labyrinth, and the two young girls, Penelope and Helen, who play a major role in his future life. Shares: Greece, Heroes, Greek Mythology, Children's fiction

Men and gods Warner, Rex · 1950 · 283p · ≈ 9h · Moderate These tales cover the range of Greek mythology, including the creation story of Deucalion and Pyrrha, the heroic adventures of Perseus, the fall of Icarus, Cupid and Psyche's tale of love, and the tragic history of Oedipus and Thebes. Shares: Greece, Greek Mythology, Mythology, Children's fiction

The Tale of Troy Roger Lancelyn Green · 1958 · 196p · ≈ 6h · Moderate A retelling in prose of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. Includes the story of Helen of Troy, the Trojan War, and Odysseus's adventures on his journey home to Greece. Shares: Trojan War, Legends, Greek Mythology, Children's fiction

The Demigod Files Rick Riordan · 2009 · ★ 4.0 · 156p · ≈ 5h · Moderate In these top-secret files, Rick Riordan, Camp Half-Blood's senior scribe, gives you an inside look at the world of demigods that NO regular human child is allowed to see.These highly classified archives include three of Percy Jackson's most perilous adventures, a Spotter's Guide to Monsters, a Who's Who in Greek mythology, Percy's Summer Camp report and much more.So, if you're armed with this… Shares: Greek Gods, Greek Mythology, Mythology, Children's fiction

Perseus and Medusa Blake A. Hoena · 2009 · 72p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Shares: Greece, Heroes, Greek Mythology, Children's fiction

Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles, The Padraic Colum · 1921 · ★ 5.0 · 316p · ≈ 10h · Challenging A man in the garb of a slave went up the side of that mountain that is all covered with forest, the Mountain Pelion. He carried in his arms a little child. Shares: Greece, Greek Mythology, Mythology, Children's fiction

The Mark of Athena Rick Riordan · 2011 · ★ 4.5 · 586p · ≈ 19h · Moderate Annabeth is terrified. Just when she's about to be reunited with Percy—after six months of being apart, thanks to Hera—it looks like Camp Jupiter is preparing for war. As Annabeth and her friends Jason, Piper, and Leo fly in on the Argo II, she can't blame the Roman demigods for thinking the ship is a Greek weapon. With its steaming bronze dragon figurehead, Leo's fantastical creation doesn't… Shares: Greek Gods, Legends, Greek Mythology, Children's fiction

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