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How far would you go to stand up for what you think is right? Would you be willing to defy a King, who also happens to be your uncle? These are the decisions Antigone faces when King Creon orders that Antigone’s brothers go unburied after a bloody civil war. Should she risk death or imprisonment to honor the dead and her god or blindly follow King Creon’s decree, leaving her brothers’ bodies to rot in the sun? As a companion text, try a Letter from a Birmingham Jail by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This text reflects the theme of civil disobedience: standing up against injustice through peaceful demonstration.

Antigone

Sophocles

Age Level:

YA

Genre:

Classics

Published:

2005

Aphrodite’s Blessings: Love Stories from the Greek Myths

Clemence McLaren

Age Level:

YA

Genre:

Classics, Fairy Tales, Folktales and Myths, Romance

Published:

2002

Quicksilver

Stephanie Spinner

Age Level:

YA, Middle Grade

Genre:

Fairy Tales, Folktales and Myths, Fiction, Short Stories

Published:

2005

Odysseus just wants to get home to his wife and son after being away for more than ten years fighting in the Trojan War. On his journey (odyssey) back, he encounters all manner of obstacles including a cyclops, temptresses, ghostly spirates, pirates, and a six-headed monster.Looking for companion text? Waiting for Odysseus by Clemence McLaren traces Odysseus’s journey through the eyes of the women in his life: his wife Penelope, the seductive Circe, the goddess Pallas Athene, and his childhood nurse Eurycleia.

The Odyssey

Homer

Age Level:

YA

Genre:

Classics, Fairy Tales, Folktales and Myths, Poetry

Published:

1614

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