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Brick Greek Myths: The Stories of Heracles, Athena, Pandora, Poseidon, and Other Ancient Heroes of Mount Olympus
Meet the Greek gods and goddesses as you have never seen them—in LEGO form! Enjoy these fascinating myths, reimagined through elaborate scenes and colorful LEGO bricks in one thousand color photographs!
This book shares a unique retelling of some of the most widely known and loved Greek myths, from the stories of Athena, Poseidon, and Pandora to the twelve labors of Hercules.
Watch Athena spring from the head of Zeus
See Poseidon as he rules the seas with his mighty trident
Maintain hope with Pandora as her curiosity gets the best of her
Beware the Nemean Lion as Hercules repents for his misdeeds.
Be awestruck by the amazing Mount Olympus
And much more—all created with LEGO bricks!
These exciting retellings of ancient tales are consistent with the mythology behind them, while also capturing the creativity and whimsy of the stories with elaborate brick scenery. Brick Greek Myths will be a delight for LEGO tinkerers of all ages, a fun introduction to the tales for young readers, and an enchanting return to the stories for even the most devoted admirer of mythology.
Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction—novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
This book shares a unique retelling of some of the most widely known and loved Greek myths, from the stories of Athena, Poseidon, and Pandora to the twelve labors of Hercules.
Watch Athena spring from the head of Zeus
See Poseidon as he rules the seas with his mighty trident
Maintain hope with Pandora as her curiosity gets the best of her
Beware the Nemean Lion as Hercules repents for his misdeeds.
Be awestruck by the amazing Mount Olympus
And much more—all created with LEGO bricks!
These exciting retellings of ancient tales are consistent with the mythology behind them, while also capturing the creativity and whimsy of the stories with elaborate brick scenery. Brick Greek Myths will be a delight for LEGO tinkerers of all ages, a fun introduction to the tales for young readers, and an enchanting return to the stories for even the most devoted admirer of mythology.
Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction—novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
272 pages, Paperback
First published October 14, 2014
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July 3, 2021
Do you like Mythology? Do you like Percy Jackson? Do you like Hadestown? Do you like Legos?
I've got the perfect book for you!
Whether it is your first time reading about Heracles (Hercules' Greek Name) or Jason and the Golden Fleece, Persephone, Pandora's Box or a revisit of the Minotaur, Icarus, Phaeton or Perseus and Medusa, these and many more Greek Myths are retold and photographed with thousands of Lego figures and pieces.
While the books' upsell are of course, the Lego depictions of these myths, the stories are themselves are also very well written and engaging.
Reading almost like a comic strip with each scene reenacted by the Lego characters and creatures, some are funny, but it is very genuine to the story they're telling as well.
My only negative on this (and not reflective on the book at all) and any of the Brick stories (There is one for Fairy Tales, Stories from the Bible, and two for Shakespeare, one for Comedies and one for Tragedies) that while they introduce the major players of the stories in a Dramatis Personae style at the beginning, they don't feature the sets or characters (in terms of pieces) because there's sooooo many of them. Some pieces I have never seen before and would love to know where they came from. I'm personally fascinated by that.
I've got the perfect book for you!
Whether it is your first time reading about Heracles (Hercules' Greek Name) or Jason and the Golden Fleece, Persephone, Pandora's Box or a revisit of the Minotaur, Icarus, Phaeton or Perseus and Medusa, these and many more Greek Myths are retold and photographed with thousands of Lego figures and pieces.
While the books' upsell are of course, the Lego depictions of these myths, the stories are themselves are also very well written and engaging.
Reading almost like a comic strip with each scene reenacted by the Lego characters and creatures, some are funny, but it is very genuine to the story they're telling as well.
My only negative on this (and not reflective on the book at all) and any of the Brick stories (There is one for Fairy Tales, Stories from the Bible, and two for Shakespeare, one for Comedies and one for Tragedies) that while they introduce the major players of the stories in a Dramatis Personae style at the beginning, they don't feature the sets or characters (in terms of pieces) because there's sooooo many of them. Some pieces I have never seen before and would love to know where they came from. I'm personally fascinated by that.
March 13, 2019
Surprisingly not a bad book!!
December 15, 2020
The stories of Heracles/Hercules confuse me because he always has a different wife lol
The Lego versions were fun to follow and same stories we all have come to know but more PG lol
The Lego versions were fun to follow and same stories we all have come to know but more PG lol
December 30, 2024
An interesting view of Greek Myths, I have heard some of them before, but to see them in Lego was awesome.
January 9, 2015
This is a very fun book. My son read it first then I read it because he loved it so much. The amount of time put into changing the Lego minifigure faces, outfits, and expressions is astounding. I very much enjoyed the illustrations even more than the writing. The myths were told in a respectful yet careful way leaving out the details about rape and violence that dominates Greek mythology. This is not a kids book just because it is told in Lego! I would recommend this as a fun way to read about mythology.
November 21, 2014
He loved this book and started it again after reading it all the way through.
Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews