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1) The minotaur
Author
Series
Publisher
Mitchell Lane Publishers
Publication Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Provides information about the Minotaur, discussing the origins of the half-human, half-bull monster and its role in Greek mythology.
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Series
Language
English
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"Ariadne Vitalis is in trouble. She's betrayed her father--and his benefactor--and now she's left to rely on the questionable mercy of Olympus to keep her safe. As with everything in this city, mercy comes with a price. For Ariadne, that means a marriage to Dionysus. She has no choice but to agree, even if there's only one man she's ever wanted--a man she's feared just as much as she desires. The Minotaur never had any illusions about Minos's plans....
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
In a reality TV retelling of the myth of the Minotaur, seventeen-year-old Ariadne fights to save her brother, Asterion, and make her own destiny in a world of celebrity, surveillance, and feigned authenticity.
Her royal family's entertainment empire is the hottest thing on television. The biggest moneymaker? The Labyrinth Contest, a TV extravaganza in which Ariadne leads fourteen teens into a maze to kill a monster. To win means endless glory; to...
4) Ariadne
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Publication Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A mesmerizing debut novel for fans of Madeline Miller's Circe. Ariadne, Princess of Crete, grows up greeting the dawn from her beautiful dancing floor and listening to her nursemaid's stories of gods and heroes. But beneath her golden palace echo the ever-present hoofbeats of her brother, the Minotaur, a monster who demands blood sacrifice every year. When Theseus, Prince of Athens, arrives to vanquish the beast, Ariadne sees in his green eyes not...
Publisher
National Geographic
Publication Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
National Geographic follows experts as they investigate myths and legends to determine the truth behind history's earliest stories. Travelling aroudn the globe, mysteries ae unveiled about the Holy Grail, Christ's burial cloth and the Philospher's Stone.
6) By the horns
Author
Series
Royal Artifactual Guild volume 2
Publisher
Ace
Publication Date
[2025]
Language
English
Description
"In a world of magical artifacts and fantastical beings, a woman with a deadly magic secret needs the help of the minotaur she's trying to forget in the sizzling sequel of New York Times bestselling author Ruby Dixon's new steamy monster romance series. Gwenna has always considered herself a normal person. A former servant, she wants nothing more than to land a steady job with the Royal Artifactual Guild so she can make some steady coin to send home...
7) Bull
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Language
English
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Description
A modern twist on the Theseus and Minotaur myth, told in verse.
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Series
Journey through time (Series) volume 5
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Publication Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Professor von Volt plans to send Geronimo and his time traveling friends back to King Solomon's court to borrow a ring that supposedly will restore harmony to Mouse Island and balance the environment--but they soon find themselves taking an unplanned detour through Napoleon's court, a Viking village, and the Minotaur's labyrinth, before finally arriving before the wise King.
Author
Series
McMullan Kate volume 5
Language
English
Description
In this modern version of Greek mythology, Hades, King of the Underworld, tells the true story of Theseus finding his way through the labyrinth to slay the Minotaur.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Publication Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Scholar Bettany Hughes examines the Minoan civilization that flourished on Crete 5,000 years ago and then inexplicably collapsed. Did it succumb to foreign invasion, environmental catastrophe, or civil war? Fresh evidence offers tantalizing clues. Explores the prehistoric origins of the ancient Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur in the Minoan civilization of Bronze Age Crete.
11) Wait a minotaur
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Series
Publisher
Holiday House
Publication Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"On his first day of school, this minotaur gets lost in the maze of new hallways"-- Provided by publisher.
14) The companions
Author
Series
Dragonlance saga. Meetings sextet volume 6
Publisher
TSR
Publication Date
[1992]
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Publication Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The myth of the Minotaur is one of the oldest stories in history. It comes from the Greek island of Crete, where Minoan civilization flourished between 3000 and 1100 BCE. The labyrinth in which the monster was imprisoned is also the first mention of a maze in the historical record. Through the age-appropriate main text, augmented by engaging fact boxes and full-color photographs, readers learn about the fascinating history of ancient Greece. A glossary...
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Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Publication Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
A retelling of the Greek myth about Theseus and the Minotaur. Every nine years, the Athenians have to send a sacrifice of seven young men and women to Crete. These victims meet a gruesome end in the jaws of the Minotaur. Only Theseus can end this cycle, but he will need the help of a famous craftsman, a princess, and a ball of thread. Will he survive.
World of ancient mythology -- Introduction -- Minos the king -- Crete and Athens at war -- Pasiphae...
17) Bull moon rising
Author
Publisher
Ace
Publication Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"As a Holder's daughter, Aspeth Honori knows the importance of magical artifacts . . . which is why it's a disaster that her father has gambled all theirs away. Now that her family is in danger of losing their hold-and their heads-if anyone finds out the truth, Aspeth decides to do something about it. She'll join the Royal Artifactual Guild and the adventurers who explore ancient underground ruins to retrieve the coveted arcane items. It's a great...
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Publication Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Every Saturday at noon precisely, the T. Middleton Nightingale City Library is transformed, and today Kelly, one of the library pages, arrives just in time to find herself inside the Labyrinth, confronting the Minotaur with Princess Ariadne; her fellow pages are nowhere in sight--and defeating the Minotaur is only the beginning, because other monsters of Greek mythology are also roaming the confusing corridors, and there seems to be no way out of...