Washoe County Library System

Provides information about the various Greek and Roman gods through the use of archeological remains and animation.

Based on the publishing phenomenon, Percy Jackson and other young demigods continue to fight, but this time in the sea, to fulfill their destinies. To save their world, Percy and his friends must find the fabled and magical Golden Fleece. Embarking on a treacherous odyssey into the uncharted waters of the Sea of Monsters (known to humans as the Bermuda Triangle), they battle terrifying creatures, an army of zombies, and the ultimate Evil.

Modern retelling of the Greek myth has the poet Orpheus searching for his wife Eurydice after Princess Death has taken her into in the Underworld.

The oldest heroic epic in Greek mythology, the tale of Jason and his crew of Argonauts sets the pattern for all the hero myths that followed. Jason & the golden fleece is the tale of an epic voyage filled with dangers and pitfalls that serve as a test of Jason's bravery, intelligence and physical strength. Join Jason on his ship, the Argo, as he embarks on an impossible quest to retrieve the magical skin of a golden ram, and in the process defeats...

Perseus braves the treacherous underworld to rescue his father, Zeus, captured by his son, Ares, and brother Hades who unleash the ancient Titans upon the world.

Taken from the gods as a newborn and adopted on Earth, Hercules is just an awkward pillar of strength trying to fit in. What he wants most is to impress his father Zeus. When Hercules discovers Hades's sinister plot to take over Mount Olympus, he goes from zero to hero and, with the help of his pals Pegasus and Phil, learns that real strength comes from the heart!

Lectures are interwoven with exquisite images and otherworldly music for an experience that has been called spiritual and hypnotic. Sukhavati means, place of bliss, which is the origin of Campbell's favorite phrase, follow your bliss.

A secret military mission takes a group of men through an Egyptian artifact known as the Stargate to an ancient civilization on the other side of the universe. Once there, they must battle the astoundingly powerful sun god, Ra, before they can find their way home. When a professor decodes an ancient Egyptian artifact, he becomes part of a secret Air Force mission transported to the other side of the universe. There they must battle the sun god Ra...

The mythbusting team, including their fearless leaders Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, serves up its share of explosive entertainment, blowing up myths with bazookas, RPGs, C4, and of course, a toilet bomb. But no collection would be complete without things that drive and fly, hence the rigorous test-driving of some green machines, and we ain₂t talking color, plus a duct-tape airplane, and did we mention the rocket sled?

In ancient Greece, 1200 B.C., a queen succumbs to the lust of Zeus to bear a son promised to overthrow the tyrannical rule of the king and restore peace to a land in hardship. But this prince, Hercules, knows nothing of his real identity or his destiny. He desires only one thing: the love of Hebe, Princess of Crete, who is promised to his brother. When Hercules learns of his greater purpose, he must choose: to flee with his true love or fulfill his...