Goddesses Books to extend your reading When was Ancient Greece? Most historians believe it existed from around 1200 BCE until around 323 BCE.
This means that Greek myths and the associated
gods, goddesses & characters have been around for over 3000 years. We are still telling their stories
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The book that rekindled the craze More modern stories… LORE For centuries, Zeus has punished the gods with a game called the Agon, which turns them mortal for one week, and at the mercy of being hunted by those with godly ambitions. Only a handful of the original Greek gods remain, the rest replaced by the mortals who killed them and ascended.
When Lore comes home on the first night
of the Agon to find Athena gravely wounded on her doorstep, the goddess offers her an alliance; they have a mutual enemy, after all. But as the world trembles under the force of Wrath - a god with the power to destroy all of humanity - will Lore's decision to bind her fate with Athena's come back to haunt her? More modern stories… THE SUN AND THE STAR Demigods Nico di Angelo and Will Solace must endure the terrors of Tartarus in their attempt to rescue an old friend. As the son of Hades, Nico di Angelo been through so much, from the premature deaths of his mother and sister, to being outed against his will, to losing his friend Jason during the trials of Apollo.
But there is a ray of sunshine in his life--
literally: his boyfriend, Will Solace, the son of Apollo. Together the two demigods can overcome any obstacle or foe. At least, that's been the case so far . . . More modern stories… BULL Though she tries returning to the life she knew before the accident, Pierce can't help but feel at once a part of this world, and apart from it. Yet she's never alone… because someone is always watching her. Escape from the realm of the dead is impossible when someone there wants you back.
But now she's moved to a new town.
Maybe at her new school, she can start fresh. Maybe she can stop feeling so afraid.
Only she can't. Because even here, he finds
her. That's how desperately he wants her back. More modern stories… EVERNEATH
Last spring, Nikki Beckett vanished, sucked
into an underworld known as the Everneath, where immortals feed on the emotions of despairing humans. Now she's returned--to her old life, her family, her boyfriend--before she's banished back to the underworld . . . this time forever.
She has six months before the Everneath
comes to claim her, six months for good- byes she can't find the words for, six months to find redemption, if it exists. More modern stories… THREADS THE BIND
In a world where the children of the
gods inherit their powers, Io, a descendant of the Greek Fates, must solve a series of impossible murders to save her sisters, her soulmate, and her city. More modern stories… MEDUSA’S BUTTERFLY Though she tries returning to the life she knew before the accident, Pierce can't help but feel at once a part of this world, and apart from it. Yet she's never alone… because someone is always watching her. Escape from the realm of the dead is impossible when someone there wants you back.
But now she's moved to a new town.
Maybe at her new school, she can start fresh. Maybe she can stop feeling so afraid.
Only she can't. Because even here, he finds
her. That's how desperately he wants her back. More modern stories… ABANDON Though she tries returning to the life she knew before the accident, Pierce can't help but feel at once a part of this world, and apart from it. Yet she's never alone… because someone is always watching her. Escape from the realm of the dead is impossible when someone there wants you back.
But now she's moved to a new town.
Maybe at her new school, she can start fresh. Maybe she can stop feeling so afraid.
Only she can't. Because even here, he finds
her. That's how desperately he wants her back. More modern stories… HARPIES Cassie should be having the timeof her life. She's on holiday, on a Greek island and there are plenty of boys around. Her elder brother, Ben, is meant to be keeping an eye on her. But Ben's more interested in his new love, Alice, which leaves Cassie free to hang out with available boys.
A holiday romance soon beckons. But
something's wrong. Ben's girlfriend isn't what she seems. People keep vanishing. It all reminds Cassie of the creepy Greek Legend of the Harpies. How can she convince Ben now he's fallen in love that people can be dangerous, that they aren't always what they seem? More modern stories… DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE
Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with
monsters that may or may not be real; she's prone to disappearing on mysterious "errands"; she speaks many languages-- not all of them human; and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. Who is she?
That is the question that haunts her, and
she's about to find out. More modern stories… ANTIGODDESS He was Apollo, the sun, and he'd burn down anything that tried to hurt her... Cassandra and Aidan are just your average high-school couple. Or so Cassandra believes. Blissfully unaware that she was once a powerful prophetess, Cassandra doesn't even know thats god exist... Until now.
Because the gods are dying - and
Cassandra could hold the answer to their survival. But Aidan has a secret of his own. He is really Apollo, god of the sun, and he will do anything to protect the girl he loves from the danger that's coming for her. Even if it means war against his immortal family... More modern stories… THE SHADOW THIEVES Something extraordinary is about to happen to Charlotte Mielswetzski. It's not the very cute kitten that appears out of nowhere. It's not the arrival of her cousin Zee, who believes he's the cause of a mysterious sickness that has struck his friends back in England. And it's not the white-faced, yellow-eyed men in tuxedos who follow Charlotte everywhere. What's so extraordinary is not any one of these things. It's all of them.
When Charlotte's friends start to get sick,
Charlotte and Zee set out to find a cure. Their quest leads them to a not-so-mythical Underworld, where they face Harpies that love to rhyme, gods with personnel problems, and ghosts with a thirst for blood. Other books… Other books… Traditional tales… Traditional tales… Choose your own adventure… Choose your own adventure… Greek heroes & monsters… Graphic novels…