Enlight Argonauts at Phineus The next morning the Argonauts set off on their further journey. Soon they arrived at the shores of Thrace. The heroes went ashore to replenish their supplies. On the seashore they saw a house and wen... Myths Myths of Ancient Greece Enlight
Enlight The Argonauts turn to Medea for help When Jason returned to the Argo, he told his comrades what had happened in the palace of Eeta and what task the king had given him. The Argonauts thought. What should they do, how to fulfill Eet’s ins... Myths Myths of Ancient Greece Enlight
Enlight Argonauts on the Cyzicus Peninsula When the Argonauts sailed along the Propontis, they landed on the Cyziku Peninsula along the way. The Dolions, descendants of Poseidon, lived there. They were ruled by King Cyzicus. Not far from Cyzic... Myths Myths of Ancient Greece Enlight
Enlight Argonauts on Lemnos After a short happy voyage, the Argonauts arrived at the flowering island of Lemnos. The young queen Hypsipyle ruled there. There was not a single man on Lemnos. The Lemnian women killed all their hus... Myths Myths of Ancient Greece Enlight
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
