Atalanta’s Footrace and the Golden Apples of Hippomenes
OriginGreek Mythology
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.
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Idunn Handing Out the Golden Apples of Immortality to the Gods
OriginNorse Mythology
Idunn is the Norse goddess who guards the golden apples of immortality, which keep the gods of Asgard eternally young. When the trickster Loki is forced to help the giant Thjazi kidnap her, the...
The Slaying of Thjazi the Eagle
OriginNorse Mythology
After the trickster Loki betrays the goddess Idunn into the hands of the giant Thjazi, the gods of Asgard begin to age rapidly without her magical apples of youth. Faced with his own demise, Loki...
The Judgment of Paris on Mount Ida
OriginGreek Mythology
The Judgment of Paris is a pivotal event in Greek mythology where the Trojan prince Paris was forced to decide which of the three Olympian goddesses—Hera, Athena, or Aphrodite—was the most...
The Wedding of Peleus and Thetis and the Apple of Discord
OriginGreek Mythology
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...
Heracles’ Theft of the Golden Apples of the Hesperides
OriginGreek Mythology
As his eleventh labor, the hero Heracles was tasked by King Eurystheus to steal the sacred golden apples from the garden of the Hesperides. These apples, a wedding gift from Gaia to Hera, were...