Ixion, the King of the Lapiths, committed the grave sin of kin-slaying and was unexpectedly offered redemption by Zeus on Mount Olympus. However, consumed by hubris, Ixion attempted to seduce...
The Greek hero Bellerophon, riding the winged horse Pegasus, attempted to fly to the summit of Mount Olympus to join the gods. Infuriated by his hubris, Zeus sent a gadfly to sting Pegasus,...
Following his failure to rescue Eurydice from the Underworld, the master musician Orpheus retreated to the slopes of Mount Olympus, where he shunned all women and turned his devotion to Apollo....
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...