Greek Myths

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But i did love the fact that she cut down the stories into little pieces to help younger kids comprehend them. The violence is there though only shown with a drip of blood here and there and obviously dead bodies; this may be an issue with some parents. Or Zeus takes revenge on Prometheus, and extinguishes every spark of fire on earth, causing the hungry populace to eat nothing but salad. The comic strip style appeals to us because it has lots of detailed pictures as well as short pieces of writing to tell the story.

This dramatic, lovingly-illustrated comic-strip version of the Greek myths fuses incredible tales of heroism and tragedy with humorous, detailed artwork that will always stick in your mind. There were some new myths like "Arion and the Dolphins" and "Orpheus and Eurydice" that I never heard of before reading this book. The Greek myths are among the greatest, most exciting stories ever told and feature some of the world’s best loved heroes and heroines.This book is a collection of some of the most famous and classic greek myths including "Pandora's Box," "Arion and the Dolphins," "Orpheus and Eurydice," "The Twelve Tasks of Hercules," Daedalus and Icarus," "Perseus and the Gorgon's Head," "Theseus and the Minotaure," and "Arachne Versus Athena. I should know; it’s the book that I plucked from my shelf when I was barely a toddler, and there began my love of all things ancient. On the same page, Perseus is shown looking on younger versions of himself and remarks “Did I really look like that? This is a great resource in the classroom for children to start to understand a topic they may be covering. This would also benefit the children as they could also spend a lesson in making their own storyboard/comic strip of retelling a Greek Myth.

The tale begins on page 24 with King Acrisius packing his wife and child in a chest and setting them adrift on the sea. This makes it hard to go off of the reviews since the other review gushed about the comic-book style of these myths.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. The others are very popular: Pandora, Orpheus/Eurydice, Heracles 12 Tasks, Daedalus/Icarus, Medusa, the Minotaur and finally the story of Arachne. and TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE Marcia Williams introduces young readers to the world of William Shakespeare's plays. With outrageously black illustrations and an easy to follow comic-strip format, this book is an excellent g̶a̶t̶e̶w̶a̶y̶ ̶d̶r̶u̶g̶ introduction to the Greek myths for your children if you want them to grow up jaded and wary of the horrors contained within mazes.