Diana Wynne Jones’s Magic and Myths Collection

TAYGETA, whose children by Jupiter became the Spartans

CELAENO, one of the fainter stars, whose children by Jupiter became many of the other peoples of Ancient Greece

ASTEROPE, very much fainter than her sister stars

MEROPE, who married SISYPHUS, a mortal king in Ancient Greece. Sisyphus was later punished by having to roll a stone eternally up a hill. As soon as he got near the top, the stone would roll back down to the bottom of the hill again.

The parents of the Pleiades are PLEONE (known to astronomers as “a shell star”) and ATLAS. Atlas was the last of the race of Titans, gigantic beings whom Jupiter defeated when he first came to power as chief of the gods. Some of the Titans were once gods themselves until Jupiter destroyed them. Atlas was spared on condition that he held the world up on his shoulders (although some versions say it was the sky he carries).

In spite of his mighty task, Atlas seems to have had time to fall in love with the nymph Hespera, by whom he had five daughters, known together as the HESPERIDES. These ladies guarded the golden apples in the Western Isles.

AUTOLYCUS (Tollie) is the son of Mercury by a mortal woman. He grew up to be a thief, trickster, cattle rustler and general bad man. Some of the cattle he stole belonged to Sisyphus.

ORION was a mighty hunter in Ancient Greece, who chased women as often as he chased animals. He seems to have gone after both the Pleiades and the Hesperides, and ended up by being placed in the heavens as a constellation which, to this day, is one of the most notable in the winter skies.

As for HAYLEY (Halley’s Comet), it seems to me that the child of a star and a mortal king would almost certainly be a comet.

Golden Apples

Some of the many stories and myths containing golden apples.

Mythosphere Match

Can you match each person on the left with the correct object on the right?

Answers on page 20.

The Solar System

The planets rotate around the sun on a fixed path or orbit. This diagram is like the picture Grandpa showed Hayley on his computer screen.

Starry Night

The Western Zodiac

These are the sun signs. Which one were you born under?

Know Yourself Game

The sun sign you are born under is supposed to give you certain personality traits. From the descriptions listed here, can you recognise yourself?

Answers on page 20.

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Answers

Mythosphere Match

Know yourself Game

Is your personality written in the stars? Or is it all just a load of moonshine?

If you were wrong, go back and check which one is supposed to match you. Do you agree with it? Try the quiz on your friends and see how they match up.

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Power of Three

by

ILLUSTRATED BY DAVID WYATT

For Kit and Jannie

Contents

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Title Page (#ub130400c-e399-5bf1-bcb0-4b6a10b5295f)

Dedication (#u2f81f4c2-130b-5998-9935-0b2d183419eb)

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