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The Homeric Hymns by Anonymous, written 4-7th century BC; Derivative works: Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1853) Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1852) Goddess of Yesterday by Caroline B. Cooney (2002) Percy Jackson & the Olympians series by Rick Riordan (2005-2009) The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood (2005)
Greek mythology retelling is a literary genre where stories from classic Greek mythology are retold, placed in either a contemporary or futuristic setting. [1] [2] Stories from this genre aim to combine mythological themes like birth, death, and love with modern philosophies of feminism and empowerment.
Mythos is a book written by British author Stephen Fry, published in 2017.It is a retelling of a number of ancient Greek myths selected by Fry. It was followed by Fry's 2018 book Heroes, a retelling of myths about Greek heroes, [1] as well as a play titled Mythos: A Trilogy, [2] which premiered at the Shaw Festival in Ontario, Canada, in 2018 [3] and was set to tour the UK starting in August 2019.
Molly Cochran and Warren Murphy: The Forever King (1992) is a trilogy of books set in modern-day about a boy who is King Arthur reincarnated and his protector Hal, a former police officer who is the reincarnation of Galahad. Susan Cooper: The Dark Is Rising Sequence is a five volume young adult fantasy collection (1965–77).
Narcissus and Echo (45–79 AD), wall painting from Pompeii Echo and Narcissus (1903), a Pre-Raphaelite interpretation by John William Waterhouse Narcissus & Echo (2006–2022), a modern-day interpretation by David Revoy. Echo and Narcissus is a myth from Ovid's Metamorphoses, a Roman mythological epic from the Augustan Age.
The Canongate Myth Series is a series of novellas published by the independent Scottish publisher Canongate Books, in which ancient myths from various cultures are reimagined and rewritten. The project was conceived in 1999 by Jamie Byng , owner of Canongate, and the first three titles in the series were published on 21 October 2005. [ 1 ]
[1] [2] By 1987, there were more than 100 editions of Bulfinch's Mythology in the National Union Catalog, [3] and in a survey of amazon.com in November 2014 there were 229 print editions and 19 e‑books. [4] Talbot opined that, of the many available, Richard P. Martin's 1991 edition is "by far the most useful and extensive critical treatment". [5]
Books about mythology.Folklorist Alan Dundes defines myth as a sacred narrative that explains how the world and humanity evolved into their present form. Dundes classified a sacred narrative as "a story that serves to define the fundamental worldview of a culture by explaining aspects of the natural world and delineating the psychological and social practices and ideals of a society"