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Author
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A prophecy states that the king of Argos will be defeated by his infant grandson Perseus, so the king throws Perseus, and his mother, into the sea. They are rescued by a fisherman, and young Perseus grows up, unaware of his royal birth. Before he can claim his heritage, the hero is ordered to slay a hideous monster named Medusa, whose gaze turns men into solid stone. How can the youth fight an enemy he cannot even look at? He will need the wisdom...
2) Perseus
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
118 pages : genealogical table ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A look at the Greek myth where the hero Perseus beheads Medusa, the most horrible of the Gorgons.
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Helpless to save his family from Hades, the god of the underworld, Perseus, mortal son of the god Zeus, embarks on a mission to defeat Hades before he can seize ultimate power and unleash hell on earth.
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (23 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 teacher's guide (5 pages ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
Perseus's tale is that of a young man who struggles to fulfill his own fate with the help of the powerful goddess Athena. Perseus & Medusa chronicles this hero's quest to pursue the head of a hideous Gorgon whose terrifying stare could turn men to stone!
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (23 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 teacher's guide (5 pages ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
Presents the tale of the great hunter Orion and explains his placement in the heavens, along with his faithful hunting dogs and the animals he hunted. In addition, students learn of the origins of the bear constellations Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, and of the vanity that put a queen named Cassiopeia high into the heavens.
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