Myths Collection

Perseus, returning from his victory over the Gorgon Medusa, discovers the princess Andromeda chained to a coastal rock in Joppa as a sacrifice to a ravenous sea monster named Cetus. The monster was sent by Poseidon to punish the vanity of Andromeda's mother, Queen Cassiopeia. Perseus strikes a deal with King Cepheus to save the princess and, after a fierce aerial battle, slays the beast and...

The Trojan princess Hesione is chained to a rock as a sacrifice to a terrifying sea monster sent by Poseidon. When the hero Heracles arrives at Troy, he offers to slay the beast in exchange for a team of divine horses, leading to an epic battle that saves the princess but sets the stage for Troy's eventual downfall due to King Laomedon's greed.

While Theseus was trapped in the underworld, the divine twins Castor and Pollux invaded Attica to rescue their sister Helen, who had been kidnapped by Theseus and hidden in the fortified town of Aphidnae.

When the giant twin sons of Poseidon, the Aloadae, captured Ares and imprisoned him within a bronze jar, the god of war languished for thirteen months. It was the messenger god Hermes who eventually discovered his location and used his divine cunning to steal the weakened Ares away from his captors. This myth highlights the transition from brute primitive force to the strategic intelligence...