Myths Collection

Trophonius was a legendary architect who, alongside his brother Agamedes, built great structures including the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. After a daring theft from a royal treasury went wrong,...

King Laomedon of Troy commissioned the gods Apollo and Poseidon to build the city's legendary walls, but he committed a grave act of hubris by refusing to pay them. His deceit led to divine...

To punish their rebellion against his authority, Zeus commanded the gods Poseidon and Apollo to serve the Trojan King Laomedon as mortal laborers for a full year. During this time, they...

Sisyphus, the clever and hubristic King of Corinth, was condemned by the gods for outsmarting death and betraying divine secrets. His eternal punishment in Tartarus involves pushing a massive...

The hero Bellerophon, aided by the winged horse Pegasus, was sent by King Iobates to slay the fire-breathing Chimera. By flying above the multi-headed beast and using a lead-tipped spear that...

Following the tragic death of the god Baldur, Loki is apprehended by the Aesir and sentenced to an eternal punishment in a subterranean cavern. Bound with the iron-hard entrails of his own son...

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...

Following the death of Baldr, the gods capture the trickster Loki and bind him in a dark cavern as punishment. A venomous serpent is placed above him, dripping corrosive poison toward his face,...

Following the death of Baldur, the trickster god Loki is pursued by the Aesir and captured in the form of a salmon. As punishment for his many crimes, he is bound in a dark cavern with the...

King Phineus of Thrace was cursed with blindness and the constant torment of the Harpies, monstrous bird-women who stole and fouled his food. This divine punishment lasted until the arrival of...