Daedalus, a master craftsman, and his son Icarus were imprisoned in the Labyrinth of Crete by King Minos. To escape the island, Daedalus fashioned wings from feathers and wax, but despite his...
Palamedes, a brilliant prince of the Heroic Age, was credited with transforming human civilization through his inventions of the Greek alphabet and dice. During the long preparation for the...
After the death of Baldr, the trickster Loki fled to the mountains and transformed into a salmon to hide within a waterfall. He inadvertently invented the fishing net while contemplating how the...
After the tragic death of his son Icarus, the master inventor Daedalus fled to Italy, landing on the heights of Cumae. In gratitude for his survival and in mourning for his loss, he dedicated his...
Upon discovering the secret affair between his wife Aphrodite and the god of war Ares, the master smith Hephaestus forges an invisible, unbreakable golden net. He traps the lovers in their bed...