BostonPL_The Classics Reimagined: 13 eBook Adaptations of Classical Literature

by Shakespeare, William

eBook - 2012

From Plutarch and Appian. The fate of the Roman warlord and the Ptolemaic-Egyptian queen from the original English-language reimaginer of the Classics. From Plutarch and Appian. The fate of the Roman warlord and the Ptolemaic-Egyptian queen from the original English-language reimaginer of the Classics. Show less

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Julius Caesar

by Shakespeare, William

eBook - 2023

From Plutarch, Appian, and Tacitus. The doom-laden last days of the man perhaps best known for having a salad named after him. From Plutarch, Appian, and Tacitus. The doom-laden last days of the man perhaps best known for having a salad named after him. Show less

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The Last Battle

by Faraci, Tito

Graphic Novel - 2011

From Caesar's Conquest of Gaul, presumably. A graphic novel depicting a fictional subplot in the buildup to the battle of Alesia. From Caesar's Conquest of Gaul, presumably. A graphic novel depicting a fictional subplot in the buildup to the battle of Alesia. Show less

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Lavinia

by Ursula K. Le Guin

eBook - 2008

From Virgil's Aeneid. The story of the woman destined to become the wife of Aeneas, the Trojan refugee and mythological ancestor of the founders of Rome. From Virgil's Aeneid. The story of the woman destined to become the wife of Aeneas, the Trojan refugee and mythological ancestor of the founders of Rome. Show less

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House of Names

A Novel

by Tóibín, Colm

eBook - 2017

From the Oresteia of Aeschylus and also from Euripides, an account of Clytemnestra, Agamemnon, Electra, and Orestes. From the Oresteia of Aeschylus and also from Euripides, an account of Clytemnestra, Agamemnon, Electra, and Orestes. Show less

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Circe

by Miller, Madeline

eBook - 2018

From the Odyssey, somewhat. Miller's super-popular follow-up to her super-popular Song of Achilles (below), concerning, obviously, the island witch and sometime Odysseus captor Circe. From the Odyssey, somewhat. Miller's super-popular follow-up to her super-popular Song of Achilles (below), concerning, obviously, the island witch and sometime Odysseus captor Circe. Show less

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An Iliad

by Peterson, Lisa

eBook - 2014

From Homer's Iliad, of course. A theatrical monologue(!) adaptation. From Homer's Iliad, of course. A theatrical monologue(!) adaptation. Show less

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The War Nerd Iliad

by Dolan, John

eBook - 2017

Also, obviously, from Homer's Iliad. An audacious, modernizing prose adaptation. Also, obviously, from Homer's Iliad. An audacious, modernizing prose adaptation. Show less

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Age Of Bronze Vol. 1: A Thousand Ships

Issues #1-9

by Shanower, Eric

Downloadable Graphic Novel - 2018

The first part (of three, all on Hoopla) of an immense graphic novel retelling of Homer's Iliad. The first part (of three, all on Hoopla) of an immense graphic novel retelling of Homer's Iliad. Show less

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The Silence of the Girls

A Novel

by Barker, Pat

eBook - 2018

From Homer's Iliad, the story of the Trojan War from the perspective of Briseis, enslaved concubine of Achilles. From Homer's Iliad, the story of the Trojan War from the perspective of Briseis, enslaved concubine of Achilles. Show less

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The Song of Achilles

by Miller, Madeline

eBook - 2012

From Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, of course. The life of Achilles as told from beyond the grave by his doomed lover and comrade Patroclus. From Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, of course. The life of Achilles as told from beyond the grave by his doomed lover and comrade Patroclus. Show less

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Mythos

by Fry, Stephen

eBook - 2019

An adaptation of the Greek mythical canon in the voice of inimitable actor and comedian Stephen Fry. An adaptation of the Greek mythical canon in the voice of inimitable actor and comedian Stephen Fry. Show less

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Bull

by Elliott, David

eBook - 2017

A retelling, in verse, of the myth of the Minotaur, Asterion, told in the voices of multiple mythological figures. A retelling, in verse, of the myth of the Minotaur, Asterion, told in the voices of multiple mythological figures. Show less

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