Myths Collection

Salmoneus, the King of Elis, claimed to be a god and attempted to recreate the thunder and lightning of Zeus through mechanical trickery. His extreme hubris eventually led to his destruction when...

In the Phrygian region near Tyana, Zeus and Hermes descended in disguise to test human hospitality. After being rejected by an entire city, they were welcomed by the impoverished elderly couple...

Epimenides, a Cretan youth, entered a cave on Mount Ida to escape the sun while searching for a lost sheep and fell into a supernatural sleep for fifty-seven years. Upon waking, he discovered a...

King Lycaon of Arcadia, seeking to test the divinity and omniscience of Zeus, served the god a banquet containing the cooked flesh of a human sacrifice. Enraged by this ultimate violation of...