Calliope the Muse

Calliope the Muse

Author: Joan Holub

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2016-08-09

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1481450069

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Calliope, the muse of epic poetry, has trouble putting her bright and fun ideas into action in this twentieth Goddess girls adventure!


Muse Squad: The Cassandra Curse

Muse Squad: The Cassandra Curse

Author: Chantel Acevedo

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2020-07-07

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 0062947710

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The first in an action-packed debut middle grade fantasy duology about a Cuban American girl who discovers that she’s one of the nine Muses of Greek mythology. Perfect for fans of The Serpent’s Secret, the Aru Shah series, and the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. Callie Martinez-Silva didn’t mean to turn her best friend into a pop star. But when a simple pep talk leads to miraculous results, Callie learns she’s the newest muse of epic poetry, one of the nine Muses of Greek mythology tasked with protecting humanity’s fate in secret. Whisked away to Muse Headquarters, she joins three recruits her age, who call themselves the Muse Squad. Together, the junior muses are tasked with using their magic to inspire and empower—not an easy feat when you’re eleven and still figuring out the goddess within. When their first assignment turns out to be Callie’s exceptionally nerdy classmate, Maya Rivero, the squad comes to Miami to stay with Callie and her Cuban family. There, they discover that Maya doesn’t just need inspiration, she needs saving from vicious Sirens out to unleash a curse that will corrupt her destiny. As chaos erupts, will the Muse Squad be able to master their newfound powers in time to thwart the Cassandra Curse . . . or will it undo them all?


The Histories Book 9: Calliope

The Histories Book 9: Calliope

Author: Herodotus

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2015-08-24

Total Pages: 71

ISBN-13: 1681462982

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Herodotus was an ancient Greek historian who lived in the fifth century BC (c.484 - 425 BC). He has been called the "Father of History", and was the first historian known to collect his materials systematically, test their accuracy to a certain extent and arrange them in a well-constructed and vivid narrative. The Histories-his masterpiece and the only work he is known to have produced-is a record of his "inquiry", being an investigation of the origins of the Greco-Persian Wars and including a wealth of geographical and ethnographical information. The Histories, were divided into nine books, named after the nine Muses: the "Muse of History", Clio, representing the first book, then Euterpe, Thaleia, Melpomene, Terpsichore, Erato, Polymnia, Ourania and Calliope for books 2 to 9, respectively.


The Greek Gods

The Greek Gods

Author: Bernard Evslin

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 1966

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 9780590441100

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Brief, simplified tales introduce young readers to the gods and goddesses of ancient Greek mythology.


An Iliad

An Iliad

Author: Lisa Peterson

Publisher: Abrams

Published: 2014-09-24

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 1468311921

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From Robert Fagles’s acclaimed translation, An Iliad telescopes Homer’s Trojan War epic into a gripping monologue that captures both the heroism and horror of war. Crafted around the stories of Achilles and Hector, in language that is by turns poetic and conversational, An Iliad brilliantly refreshes this world classic. What emerges is a powerful piece of theatrical storytelling that vividly drives home the timelessness of mankind’s compulsion toward violence.


Greek Gods & Goddesses

Greek Gods & Goddesses

Author: Britannica Educational Publishing

Publisher: Britannica Educational Publishing

Published: 2014-01-01

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 1622751531

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Giving Western literature and art many of its most enduring themes and archetypes, Greek mythology and the gods and goddesses at its core are a fundamental part of the popular imagination. At the heart of Greek mythology are exciting stories of drama, action, and adventure featuring gods and goddesses, who, while physically superior to humans, share many of their weaknesses. Readers will be introduced to the many figures once believed to populate Mount Olympus as well as related concepts and facts about the Greek mythological tradition.


Twelve Clocks

Twelve Clocks

Author: Julie Sophia Paegle

Publisher: University of Arizona Press

Published: 2015-02-19

Total Pages: 105

ISBN-13: 0816531366

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"The book consists of interconnected poems concerned with various modes of time and its relation to personal and historical events"--Provided by publisher.


Middlesex

Middlesex

Author: Jeffrey Eugenides

Publisher: Vintage Canada

Published: 2011-07-18

Total Pages: 546

ISBN-13: 0307401944

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Spanning eight decades and chronicling the wild ride of a Greek-American family through the vicissitudes of the twentieth century, Jeffrey Eugenides’ witty, exuberant novel on one level tells a traditional story about three generations of a fantastic, absurd, lovable immigrant family -- blessed and cursed with generous doses of tragedy and high comedy. But there’s a provocative twist. Cal, the narrator -- also Callie -- is a hermaphrodite. And the explanation for this takes us spooling back in time, through a breathtaking review of the twentieth century, to 1922, when the Turks sacked Smyrna and Callie’s grandparents fled for their lives. Back to a tiny village in Asia Minor where two lovers, and one rare genetic mutation, set our narrator’s life in motion. Middlesex is a grand, utterly original fable of crossed bloodlines, the intricacies of gender, and the deep, untidy promptings of desire. It’s a brilliant exploration of divided people, divided families, divided cities and nations -- the connected halves that make up ourselves and our world.


Calliope the Muse

Calliope the Muse

Author: Joan Holub

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2016-08-09

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1481450042

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Despite being the muse of epic poetry, Calliope has trouble putting her bright and fun ideas into action.


Homer the Preclassic

Homer the Preclassic

Author: Gregory Nagy

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2017-02-24

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 0520294874

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Homer the Preclassic considers the development of the Homeric poems-in particular the Iliad and Odyssey-during the time when they were still part of the oral tradition. Gregory Nagy traces the evolution of rival “Homers” and the different versions of Homeric poetry in this pretextual period, reconstructed over a time frame extending back from the sixth century BCE to the Bronze Age. Accurate in their linguistic detail and surprising in their implications, Nagy's insights conjure the Greeks' nostalgia for the imagined “epic space” of Troy and for the resonances and distortions this mythic past provided to the various Greek constituencies for whom the Homeric poems were so central and definitive.