Greece

  • Hovey, Kate.
    Voices of the Trojan War
    A collection of poems that give voice to the ancient Greeks and Trojans who fought the Trojan war, a ten-year battle which ended when Greek warriors gained entrance to the city in a large wooden horse.
    Educ. Res. SELECT PS 3558 .O87
  • Curlee, Lynn.
    Parthenon
    A detailed history of the Parthenon exploring its construction and restoration.
    Educ. Res. NA 281 .C87 2004
  • Kindl, Patrice.
    Lost in the labyrinth : a novel
    Fourteen-year-old Princess Xenodice tries to prevent the death of her half-brother, the Minotaur, at the hands of the Athenian prince, Theseus, who is aided by Icarus, Daedalus, and her sister Ariadne.
    Educ. Res. PS 3611 .I54 L6 200
  • Rumford, James, 1948-
    There's a monster in the alphabet
    An alphabet book which relates the legend of Cadmus, the Phoenician hero who brought the alphabet to Greece and slew a dragon there.
    Educ. Res. BL 820 .C13 R85 200
  • Fanelli, Sara.
    Mythological monsters of ancient Greece
    An introduction to the stories of fourteen monsters from Greek mythology.
    Educ. Res. BL 795 .M65 F36 200
  • Mycenae and the Mycenaeans, c1600-1120 B.C.
    Educ. Res. DF 221 .M9 M87 2002
  • Kingfisher Publications.
    Everyday life in the ancient world
    Describes the everyday life of ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Aztecs, and Incas, including transportation, clothing, food, homes, shopping, and monuments.
    Educ. Res. CB 311 .E85 2002
  • Cooney, Caroline B.
    Goddess of yesterday
    Taken from her home on an Aegean island as a six-year-old girl, Anaxandra calls on the protection of her goddess while she poses as two different princesses over the next six years, before ending up as a servant in the company of Helen and Paris as they make their way to Troy.
    Educ. Res. PS 3553 .O578 G6 20
  • McLaren, Clemence.
    Aphrodite's blessings : love stories from the Greek myths
    Running for love, Atalanta's story -- Dreams of a golden hero, Andromeda's story -- The love of a god, Psyche's story.
    Atalanta, Andromeda, and Psyche, three female characters in Greek mythology, tell the stories of their marriages. Includes information on love and marriage in ancient Greece.
    Educ. Res. PS 3563 .A3188 A6 2
  • Spinner, Stephanie.
    Quiver
    When her father commands that she produce an heir, the huntress Atalanta gives her suitors a seemingly impossible task in order to uphold her pledge of chastity, as the gods of ancient Greece look on.
    Educ. Res. PS 3569 .P5492 Q8 2
  • Altman, Susan.
    Ancient Greece
    Educ. Res. PS 3551 .L7943 A845
  • Harrison, Barbara, 1936-
    Theo
    A twelve-year-old puppeteer performs bravely on and off the stage after joining the Greek resistance movement during World War II.
    Educ. Res. PS 3558 .A664 T5 1
  • Blacklock, Dyan.
    Pankration : the ultimate game
    Having been kidnapped from a ship leaving plague-ridden Athens in 430 B.C., twelve-year-old Nic attempts to escape his captors and keep his promise to meet his friend at the Olympic games.
    Educ. Res. PR 9619.3 .B53 P3 1
  • Krull, Kathleen.
    They saw the future : oracles, psychics, scientists, great thinkers, and pretty good guessers
    Discusses the work and predictions of those who have speculated about or claimed to see the future, from the oracles of ancient Greece to such modern figures as Edgar Cayce and Jeane Dixon.
    Educ. Res. BF 1791 .K78 1999
  • Orgel, Doris.
    We goddesses : Athena, Aphrodite, Hera
    Three Greek goddesses, Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera, tell their own stories. Includes information about Greek society and religion.
    Educ. Res. PR 6065 .R45 W4 199
  • Garland, Robert.
    Daily life of the ancient Greeks
    Educ. Res. DF 78 .G276 1998
  • Napoli, Donna Jo, 1948-
    Sirena
    The gods grant immortality to the mermaid Sirena when she rescues a human man from the sea and they fall in love, but his mortality creates great conflict between love and honor when he is called to defend Greece in the Trojan War.
    Educ. Res. PS 3564 .A65 S5 199
  • Pucci, Joseph, ed.
    Alexander the Great and the spread of Greek culture
    In the footprints of the gods: young Alexander -- The march east: Alexander's conquest of Asia and Egypt -- A play: Thunder on the Jhelum -- A life cut short -- Science in a Hellenistic world.
    Educ. Res. DF 234 .A54 1998
  • Nolan, Dennis.
    Androcles and the lion
    A retelling of the fable originally written by Apion, an Egyptian living in Rome around 40 A.D., in which Androcles, a runaway slave, befriends a wounded lion.
    Educ. Res. PA 6391 .A25 A513 1
  • Powell, Anton.
    The Greek news
    Presents a "special edition" of a Greek newspaper which spans the years 1500 to 146 B.C. and contains articles about history, politics, feasts, fashions, theater, gods, and wars.
    Educ. Res. DF 77 .P685 1996
  • Lasky, Kathryn.
    The librarian who measured the earth
    Describes the life and work of Eratosthenes, the Greek geographer and astronomer who accurately measured the circumference of the Earth.
    Educ. Res. QB 36 .E73 L37 1994
  • Lattimore, Deborah Nourse.
    The prince and the golden ax : a Minoan tale
    A proud Minoan prince challenges the Goddess Diktynna, who first offers him rewards for his courage but then threatens to destroy Thera, his homeland, when his boasting angers her.
    Educ. Res. BL 820 .D54 L3 1988
  • Ze{229}e, Alk{229}e.
    Megalos peripatos tou Petrou. English
    A ten-year-old boy and his family endure the Fascist occupation of Athens during World War II.
    Educ. Res. PA 5610 .Z37 M413
  • Walker, Barbara K.
    Pigs and pirates; a Greek tale
    Three Greek swineherds outsmart the pirates who steal their pigs.
    Educ. Res. GR 170 .W35
  • Gunther, John, 1901-1970.
    Alexander the Great
    A life of the warrior who, as a prince, tamed the powerful horse Bucephalus and, during his short reign as king, built an empire that covered almost all of the then-known world, including Greece, India, Egypt, and Persia.
    Educ. Res. DF 234.25 .G8