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Turned to stone Perseus confronted Polydectes with Medusa’s head just as the king was about to force Danaë to submit to his dema ...

another child and ate it up. Oedipus alone was able to guess the correct answer to the riddle and, when he did so, the Sphinx di ...

FREUD AND OEDIPUS The pioneering psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) has been linked with the Oedipus myth ever since he coi ...

Achilles, asked his comrade for permission to lead his troops and disguise himself in the armour of Achilles. When the Trojan so ...

THE JUDGEMENT OF PARIS The event that started the war occurred on Mount Ida, where the Trojan prince, Paris, was visited by thre ...

Homer’s second epic, the Odyssey, tells the story of the Greek hero Odysseus (Ulysses to the Romans) on his journey home to Itha ...

PERILS OF THE SEA The Greeks were a people who lived mainly on islands and in coastal settlements, and hence were accomplished s ...

CLASSICAL EUROPE ITHACA When Odysseus landed in Ithaca, he disguised himself as a beggar to find out what was going on in his ho ...

THE ODYSSEY DIVINE INTERVENTION The gods of Mount Olympus not only influenced the Trojan War, but also had an impact on the adve ...

IXION The King of the Lapiths of Thessaly, Ixion was a cheat and a deceiver. He abducted Dia, the daughter of Eioneus, in order ...

CLASSICAL ANTIHEROES SISYPHUS The founder of the city of Corinth, Sisyphus was guilty of several transgressions, including killi ...

Greek mythology has many antiheroines who were embroiled in complex plots, mostly involving revenge. A number of them, such as I ...

Divine justice Hera was enraged at Athamas and Ino, and Nephele persisted in demanding they should be punished, so the goddess s ...

The myth of Jason and the Argonauts is one of the greatest quest stories in all mythology. It concerns Jason, heir to the throne ...

THE ARGONAUTS THE GOLDEN FLEECE Athamas, king of Thebes, had a legitimate son, Phrixus, as well as children by Ino, his mistress ...

In addition to the great gods who were related to the Greek Olympians, there were a number of deities who were much closer to th ...

THE PENATES Like the Lares, the Penates (also known as “the inner ones”) were a pair of gods who protected Roman households. The ...

Spring flower Flora’s greatest gift to humankind, remembered especially in the spring, was the seeds of many different species o ...

FERTILITY DEITIES Guardians of the fruit After their union, Pomona and Vertumnus nurtured the trees together, thus ensuring a bo ...

Loki was the trickster of the Norse pantheon and the husband of the goddess Sigyn. He represented disorder, mischief-making, and ...