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Can anyone recommend a good collection of Greek mythology for children?
When I was a kid I loved the stories of ancient Greek mythology and I think my daughter would enjoy them too. What are some good collections for a 7-year-old? Her name is Ariadne, so I’d be especially interested in ones that feature that character as more than a footnote (though preferably the less traumatizing versions of those particular stories).
Mythos by Stephen Fry
Black Ships Before Troy might fit? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Black-Ships-Before-Troy-Story/dp/0711215227/
"Here is Homer's epic poem The Iliad, brought to life by Rosemary Sutcliff with all the skill of a master storyteller. Alan Lee's dramatic cover image hauntingly recreates the age of heroes in this spellbinding introduction to the Greek classics - a book that should become part of every childhood."
Edith Hamilton's Mythology is more-or-less canonical, albeit very aged at this point. (How quickly does classicism move as an academic field? The very subject matter leads me to assume "slowly", but I don't actually have any idea.) I was older than 7, but not much, when I read it. It includes the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur, but I don't recall it delving deeply into Ariadne other than her role in that story.