Enlight Midas One day, cheerful Dionysus with a noisy crowd of maenads and satyrs wandered through the wooded rocks of Tmol in Phrygia. Only Silenus was not in Dionysus's retinue. He fell behind and, stumbling at e... Myths Myths of Ancient Greece Enlight
Enlight Menelaus prepares for war against Troy As soon as the beautiful Helen left the palace of Menelaus with the treacherous Paris, the gods sent the messenger of the gods, Iris, to Menelaus in Crete. Iris quickly rushed on her rainbow wings fro... Myths Myths of Ancient Greece Enlight
Enlight Meleager The king of Calydon, Oeneus, father of the hero Meleager, incurred the wrath of the great goddess Artemis. Once, celebrating the harvest of fruits in his gardens and vineyards, he made rich sacrifices... Myths Myths of Ancient Greece Enlight
Enlight Medea helps Jason steal the Golden Fleece Returning to the palace, Eet convened the noblest inhabitants of Colchis for a council. Long after midnight, the king consulted with them about how to destroy the Argonauts. Eet guessed that only with... Myths Myths of Ancient Greece Enlight
Enlight Marsyas Apollo cruelly punished the Phrygian satyr Marsyas because Marsyas dared to compete with him in music. Cyfared Apollo could not bear such insolence. One day, wandering through the fields of Phrygia, M... Myths Myths of Ancient Greece Enlight
Enlight Lycurgus The power of Dionysus is not recognized everywhere. He often has to meet resistance; He often has to conquer countries and cities by force. But who can fight the great god, the son of Zeus? He severel... Myths Myths of Ancient Greece Enlight
Enlight Lernaean Hydra (second labor of Hercules) After the first feat, Eurystheus sent Hercules to kill the Lernaean hydra. It was a monster with the body of a snake and nine heads of a dragon. Like the Nemean lion, the hydra was generated by Typhon... Myths Myths of Ancient Greece Enlight
Enlight Cretan bull (seventh labor of Hercules) To fulfill Eurystheus' seventh order, Hercules had to leave Greece and go to the island of Crete. Eurystheus instructed him to bring a Cretan bull to Mycenae. This bull was sent to the king of Crete M... Myths Myths of Ancient Greece Enlight
Enlight Cows (tenth labor of Hercules) Soon after returning from a campaign in the land of the Amazons, Hercules set off on a new feat. Eurystheus instructed him to drive the cows of the great Geryon, the son of Chrysaor and the oceanid Ca... Myths Myths of Ancient Greece Enlight
Enlight Horses of Diomedes (eighth labor of Hercules) After taming the Cretan bull, Hercules, on behalf of Eurystheus, had to go to Thrace to the king of the Bystons, Diomedes. This king had horses of marvelous beauty and strength. They were chained with... Myths Myths of Ancient Greece Enlight
Enlight Cypress On the island of Keos in the Carthean Valley, there was a deer dedicated to the nymphs. This deer was beautiful. His branched horns were gilded, a pearl necklace adorned his neck, and precious jewelry... Myths Myths of Ancient Greece Enlight
Enlight Kikons and lotophages Having sailed from Troy with a fair wind, so Odysseus began to tell, we calmly sailed across the boundless sea and finally reached the land of the Ciconians. We captured their city of Ismar, destroyed... Myths Myths of Ancient Greece Enlight
