Enlight Argonauts in Mysia After a short voyage, the Argonauts reached the shores of Mysia. There they landed on the shore to stock up on water and food. The mighty Hercules went to the forest, which grew not far from the shore... Myths Myths of Ancient Greece
Enlight Argonauts in Bithynia (Amicus) The next day, in the morning, the Argonauts landed on the shores of Bithynia. They were not greeted there as hospitably as in Cyzicus. In Bithynia, on the seashore, lived the Bebriks, ruled by King Am... Myths Myths of Ancient Greece
Enlight Arachne Arachne was famous throughout Lydia for her art. Nymphs often gathered from the slopes of Tmol and from the banks of the gold-bearing Pactolus to admire her work. Arachne spun threads like fog into fa... Myths Myths of Ancient Greece
Enlight Apollo at Admetus Apollo had to be cleansed from the sin of the shed blood of Python. After all, he himself cleanses the people who committed murder. By decision of Zeus, he retired to Thessaly to the beautiful and nob... Myths Myths of Ancient Greece
Enlight Apollo and the Muses In spring and summer, on the slopes of the wooded Helikon, where the sacred waters of the Hippocrene spring mysteriously murmur, and on high Parnassus, near the clear waters of the Castalian spring, A... Myths Myths of Ancient Greece
Enlight Apollo and Pallas Athena save Orestes from pursuit by the Erinyes Persecuted by the vengeful Erinyes, exhausted by wanderings and grief, Orestes finally came to sacred Delphi and sat down there in the temple of Apollo near the omphalos. Even the terrible goddesses f... Myths Myths of Ancient Greece
Enlight Antigone After the victory over the Argives, the Thebans arranged a luxurious funeral for Eteocles and all the fallen soldiers, and Polyneices decided to deprive Creon and the Thebans of burial for having led ... Myths Myths of Ancient Greece
Enlight Alcmaeon Returning from a campaign against Thebes, Alcmaeon fulfilled the will of his father Amphiaraus and took revenge on his mother for the death of his father. Alcmaeon killed his mother with his own hand.... Myths Myths of Ancient Greece
Enlight Actaeon One day Actaeon was hunting with his comrades in the forests of Cithaeron. It was a hot afternoon. The tired hunters settled down to rest in the shade of a dense forest, and young Actaeon, separating ... Myths Myths of Ancient Greece
Enlight Adonis The myth of Adonis and Aphrodite was borrowed by the Greeks from the Phoenicians. The name Adonis is not Greek, but Phoenician and means “lord.” The Phoenicians borrowed this myth from the Babylonians... Myths Myths of Ancient Greece
Enlight Agamemnon attempts to reconcile with Achilles Agamemnon, saddened by the victory of the Trojans, sent heralds to convene the leaders for a council. The leaders gathered, and Agamemnon began to say with sadness that he now had to flee from Troas t... Myths Myths of Ancient Greece
