Title:
Shapeshifters : tales from Ovid's Metamorphoses
Personal Author EPSB:
Summary:
Recreated from Ovid's "Metamorphoses," these stories, ballads, and headline news articles let the Minotaur, King Midas, Arachne, Bacchus, Persephone, and many more haunting figures walk the Earth once more.
Other Title:
Tales from Ovid's Metamorphoses
Year Published:
2010
Physical Description:
143 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Contents:
Great dance -- Out of chaos -- Four ages -- Revolt of the giants -- Jove in judgement -- Wolfman -- Great flood -- Two survivors -- Wrong arrows -- Black cloud -- Pan piping -- Chariot of fire -- Transition -- Bears in space -- Informer's pay -- Hunter hunted -- Sex changing -- Kiss the mirror -- Boy god -- Bride of darkness -- Young critic -- Hospitality repaid -- Quick-change artist -- King of hunger -- Orpheus sings -- Sculptor's prize -- Love goddess in love -- Atalanta the runner -- Purple hair -- Maze of the minotaur -- Icarus falls -- Golden touch -- Song contest -- Proud weaver -- Goodbye -- Old gods -- Note on Ovid -- How to pronounce the Greek names.
ISBN:
9781845075361
Publisher:
London : Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2010.
