Myths Collection

To avoid a prophesied marriage, the swift huntress Atalanta challenged her suitors to a deadly footrace, only to be outwitted by Hippomenes and three divine golden apples.

For his sixth labor, the hero Heracles was commanded to drive away a flock of man-eating birds that infested the marshy shores of Lake Stymphalia. Unable to enter the swamp or reach the birds,...

As his fourth labor, the hero Heracles was tasked by King Eurystheus to capture a monstrous, rampaging boar alive from the slopes of Mount Erymanthos. Heracles successfully drove the beast into...

King Lycaon of Arcadia, seeking to test the divinity and omniscience of Zeus, served the god a banquet containing the cooked flesh of a human sacrifice. Enraged by this ultimate violation of...

Arethusa, a chaste nymph of Artemis, is pursued by the river god Alpheus after she unknowingly bathes in his waters. To escape his advances, she is transformed into a subterranean stream that...

The wild god Pan fell in love with the chaste nymph Syrinx and pursued her through the rugged landscape of Arcadia. To escape him, she fled to the banks of the River Ladon and begged for...

While walking on the slopes of Mount Cyllene, the young man Tiresias encountered two mating serpents and struck them with his staff, causing him to instantly transform into a woman. After living...

The nymph Arethusa, fleeing the unwanted advances of the river god Alpheus in Arcadia, was transformed into a stream by Artemis to escape. She traveled deep beneath the Ionian Sea to emerge in...

Callisto, a devoted follower of the goddess Artemis, is seduced by Zeus and subsequently transformed into a bear by the jealous Hera. Years later, her son Arcas nearly kills her during a hunt,...