Tithonus Every day，when Helios drove his wonderful horses and his fiery carriage across the sky，it was Aurora who opened the gates of pearl and drew b...
Athena On one occasion Zeus suffered a bad headache．All the gods，including Apollo，the god of medicine ，had tried uselessly to offer an effective treat...
Helen Helen was the most beautiful woman of the world．She was an infamous lady．She lighted the flames of the Trojan war and brought extreme destructio...
Niobe Niobe，the queen of Thebes，had indeed good reason to be proud of her herself ．Both her father and mother were gods．Her husband was a capable and ...
Hermes And Argus Argus was a watchman with a hundred eyes，set in a circle all around his head．When he slept，he closed only two eyes at a time；the othe...
Theseus Just as Heracles was the chief hero of Peloponnesus，so Theseus was the most famous half god of Attlca．His father was king Aegeus of Athens and...
Acrisius Acrisius，king of Argos，was Hypermnestra' s grandson．He had one beautiful daughter， Danae by name． So much did he love her that he decided...
The Trojan War At a wedding party Eris， the goddess of discord， threw a golden apple bearing the wordsFor the fairest！” Hera，Athena and Aphrodit...
Achilles Achilles felt proud of his parentage．His grandfather was noted for his justice and uprightness and became a judge in Hades after death． His f...
Oedipus A prophet warned King Laius of Thebes that because he had married his cousin Jocasta，he would be killed by his son．To avoid the disaster，he or...