George O'Connor
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Olympians volume 1
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76 pages : color illustrations, genealogical table ; 26 cm.
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English
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Terrified of being killed by one of his children, Kronos devours each of his offspring in turn. Only Zeus, the youngest, is saved. Though raised to enjoy a life of leisure, Zeus must fulfill his destiny and lead a new race of gods -- and he must begin by destroying his own father.
Retells in graphic novel format stories from Greek mythology about the exploits of the young Zeus and how he rallied an army and overthrew his father, Kronos, to become...
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Olympians volume 6
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76 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm.
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English
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A latest entry in the best-selling series focuses on the goddess of love and combines accessible graphic illustrations with thoroughly researched storytelling to recount her dramatic birth from the sea foam, her role in the Trojan War and more.
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Olympians volume 2
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76 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm.
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English
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From the moment she emerged, fully grown, from the head of Zeus, Athena was one of the most complex Olympians. This graphic novel retells her many interwoven tales: how she killed Pallas, fought the Gigantes, aided Perseus, and cursed Arachne.
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Olympians volume 3
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76 pages : chiefly color illustrations, genealogical table ; 26 cm.
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English
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Introduces Hera, Zeus's wife and goddess of air, sky, and the heavens, and the only thing Zeus fears.
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Olympians volume 9
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76 pages : chiefly color illustrations, genealogical table ; 26 cm.
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English
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Retells in graphic novel format the stories from Greek mythology featuring Artemis, goddess of the hunt.
"Shunned even before she was born and destined to live a life of solitude, Artemis, Wild Goddess of the Hunt, finds power through her skilled hunting ability and mighty bow. She slays those who prey on the young and helpless. She is the protector of women and young girls, helps in childbirth, soothes the fearful, and is an unrivaled hunter. Follow...
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Olympians volume 10
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76 pages : chiefly color illustrations, genealogical table ; 26 cm.
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English
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Retells in graphic novel format the stories from Greek mythology featuring Hermes.
"Born in a cave to a self-banished mother, clever, mischievous, unrelenting Hermes is a handful from his first day in the world. From infancy, when he bewitches fifty cows and bends them to his will to play a joke on his older half-brother Apollo, to his adolescence and adulthood when he becomes father to the equally mischievous Pan, Hermes's story is wildly entertaining...
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77 pages : chiefly color illustrations, genealogical tables ; 27 cm
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English
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The Olympians saga draws to a close with the tale of Dionysos, the last Olympian, and maybe, just maybe, the first of a new type of God. His story is told by the first Olympian herself, Hestia, Goddess of the hearth and home. From her seat in the center of Mt. Olympus, Hestia relates the rise of Dionysos, from his birth to a mortal mother, to his discovery of wine, his battles with madness and his conquering of death itself, culminating, finally,...