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  • Greece--History--To 146 B.C.--Juvenile fiction
  • Mythology, Greek -- fiction    
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  • Mythology, Roman -- fiction
  • Gods, Greek -- fiction
  • Gods and goddesses -- fiction
  • Heroes and heroines -- fiction
  • Apollo (Deity)-- Juvenile fiction
  • Rome--History--Empire, 284-4761
  • Rome--History--Empire, 284-476--Juvenile fiction
  • Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.--Juvenile fiction
  • Rome--History--Juvenile fiction

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Children's Literature and Classical Mythology

                         Phaeton driving the Chariot of the Sun, After 1846 John Gibson RA (1790 - 1866) The Royal Academy Collection

 Phaeton driving the Chariot of the Sun, After 1846 John Gibson RA (1790 - 1866)
The Royal Academy Collection

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