When Acrisius, The King of Argos is told by an oracle that his daughter Danae will have a son who will one day kill him, he tries to avoid the prophecy by keeping her locked up. However, Danae had caught Zeus' eye and...

Orpheus was the only mortal on whom Apollo had bestowed the gift of music —with his lyre he could enchant wild beasts and even move trees and rocks. A few years after his adventures as one of Jason's Argonauts, Orpheus...

When King Aegeus of Athens visited Troezen, he bedded King Pittheus' beautiful daughter, Aethra. The next day, Aegeus buried a sword and a pair of sandals under a huge rock, telling Aethra that if she bore him a son...

Daedalus was generally thought to be the most brilliant craftsman in Athens until one of his apprentices surpassed him. In a fight spurred by jealousy, Daedalus threw the apprentice off the Acropolis. His crime was...