Myths Collection

While traveling from Delphi to escape a terrifying prophecy, Oedipus encounters an arrogant party at a narrow triple-crossroads in Phocis. A violent dispute over right-of-way leads Oedipus to...

Following the exile of King Oedipus, his sons Eteocles and Polynices agreed to share the throne of Thebes by alternating power each year. However, Eteocles refused to step down after his term,...

At the wedding of King Pirithous and Hippodamia, the centaurs became intoxicated and attempted to abduct the bride, sparking a legendary conflict known as the Centauromachy. This violent struggle...

This myth tells of the profound and haunting love between Selene, the Titan personification of the Moon, and a mortal shepherd named Endymion. To preserve his youth and beauty forever, Selene...

After aiding Theseus in his quest to defeat the Minotaur, the Cretan princess Ariadne was left behind on the shores of Naxos. Despairing and alone, she was discovered by Dionysus, the god of wine...

Cast out from the heights of Mount Olympus due to his perceived physical imperfections, the god Hephaestus plummeted for a full day before landing on the volcanic island of Lemnos. Rescued by the...

For his seventh labor, the hero Heracles was dispatched to the island of Crete to capture a divine bull that had been driven to madness by Poseidon. After wrestling the powerful beast to...

Upon reaching adulthood just days after his birth, the god Apollo traveled to Mount Parnassus to confront the Python, a monstrous serpent that had persecuted his mother Leto. After a fierce...

When the mortal hero Peleus married the sea-nymph Thetis on the slopes of Mount Pelion, the gods gathered for a celebration of unprecedented scale. However, the exclusion of Eris, goddess of...

Asclepius, the son of Apollo and a master of medicine, developed skills so advanced that he could bring the dead back to life. This disruption of the natural order of the universe angered Hades...

As his eighth labor, Heracles was sent to Thrace to capture the four man-eating mares of King Diomedes. After a fierce battle with the King's army and the tragic loss of his companion Abderus,...

Following his ascent to the throne of Crete, King Minos fails to honor a sacred vow to Poseidon, leading to a divine curse upon his wife, Queen Pasiphae. Cursed with an unnatural passion for a...