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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
Aphrodite(Venus) Aphrodite was the goddess of extreme beauty．Her birthwas a mysterious one．On one of those days when theOlympians had begun to enjoy p...
Thisbe thisbe was a Babylonian maid．From her childhood sheloved Pyramus who lived in the nearby house．But as thetwo families were not on good terms th...
Echo Echo was a nymph who talked too much．She was very fond of having the last words．One day she sPoke rudely to the great Hera，who said that for this...