Questions tagged [greek-myth]
Greek Mythology is the body of stories and myths that deal with Ancient Greeks; specifically their Gods, heroes, heroines and how the ancient world works and its creation. If your question is about the ancient myths themselves, not how they are portrayed in a science fiction or fantasy fiction work, you may ask it on the Mythology Stack Exchange website instead of here.
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book series about kids in ancient greece [migrated]
When I was in primary school (before 2014) I was obsessed with this books series about kids living in ancient Greece and going through Greek life. There was a book about them living through Pompeii ...
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Mythology researcher gets pulled into helping Artemis in the modern world
I suspect that I'm just a few keywords away from figuring this one out, but I either listened to an audiobook of this, or read an ebook, in August of 2022 or 2023 because I remember partaking of it ...
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Greek Mythology Movie about Theseus and the Minotaur
Hope someone else has seen this movie based on Theseus and the Minotaur.
When I was a kid (age 4-10) between 1977 and 1983, I remember watching a classic movie about the myth of Theseus and the ...
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Illustrated children's book series with Greek Mythology references
I'm trying to find a book series. I remember there were lot of Greek Mythology references including
Medea in one of the books
someone called Nico (or potentially that's Nico from Pharesee)
the ...
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Book involving a secret agent who travels back in time to the Bronze Age, along with Hercules and a Scythian girl
Looking for the title of a book I read in the late 90s. A time traveling secret agent is sent back to the Bronze age seeking missing comrades. He is met by a cabal of engineered Greek Gods who are ...
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Are ancient Greek stories a key to unlock large sections of MacDonald’s ‘At the Back of the North Wind’?
In the first paragraph of MacDonald’s At the Back of the North Wind, the autor introduces the reader to an “old Greek writer,” as well as other important parts of his book and its enigmatic title:
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What's the deal with Chrysaor's mask?
In The Mark of Athena, we see the villain Chrysaor, also referred to as the Golden Boy. He wore a gorgon mask that covered his face. When Frank Zhang attacked him (in the form of a grizzly bear), he ...
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Was the name "Thanos" derived from "Thanatos", the name of the Greek god of death?
This is intended to be an out-of-universe question
I recently learned of Thanatos the Greek god of death, and I could not help but notice how similar the name Thanos is to the name Thanatos. This got ...
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Graphic novel about an older Jason of the Argonauts fame
I recall reading a graphic novel recently about a group of adventurers who went on a quest to find out why the Gods (Olympians) had ceased interacting with humanity.
The cast included:
Jason the ...
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How did Odysseus get injured on his leg?
When I read "The Song of Achilles", the book made repeated mentions of a wound on Odysseus's leg long before the Trojan War, but never really explains how he got it. What is the story behind it?
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Scifi/Greek mythology graphic novel where the Greek gods were actually a space-faring civilization from a different dimension
I read this scifi/Greek mythology graphic novel I read a few years back ~2013-14. The main premise was that the Greek gods were actually a space-faring civilization from a different dimension, while ...
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What are the ways by which a demigod can be elevated to a god?
At the end of The Last Olympian, we see that Zeus offers godhood to Percy Jackson, and he rejects it, in favour of another wish. Can a demigod achieve godhood by other means? For instance, could Percy ...
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Where can I find this Inspirational Story?
OK this is not exactly a sci-fi story as a matter fact it’s not a sci-fi story at all. It’s actually an inspirational story which was something I ran across a few years back and for the life of me ...
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Who is the oldest Greek God? [closed]
Who is the oldest Greek God according to mythology? Is it Poseidon or Aphrodite? I have read most of the Percy Jackson books but can someone point out the answer and the story that goes with it?
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Ancient alien/astronaut children's book that has to do with Greek mythology
I'm trying to find a book I read when I was child like 18-20 years ago.
It's a children's book and all I can remember is that there is the character of a young human woman who is an astronaut ...
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