Perseus and Medusa – Greek mythology
Perseus and Medusa: Danae and Perseus adrift in their box Once there was a good king, but he died. His bad brother killed him so that he could be king. The [...]
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Penthesileia and Achilles – Greek mythology
Achilles and Penthesileia, on an Athenian vase painted by Exekias Penthesileia (pen-tha-sill-AY-ah) was the Queen of the Amazons, in Greek mythology. The Amazons were a group of warriors who were all [...]
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Pelops’ chariot race – Greek mythology
Poseidon in love with Pelops (Athens, 400s BC) Pelops was the son of Tantalus, and so he was Zeus' grandson. When Pelops was still young, Tantalus murdered Pelops and served him to [...]
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Pelias and Medea – After the Golden Fleece
Medea makes the old ram young again (Athens, 400s BC) When Jason and Medea got home with the Golden Fleece, the bad king Pelias still didn't want to hand over power [...]
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Judgment of Paris – Trojan War
Judgment of Paris -Paris is on the right (A fresco from Pompeii, ca. 79 AD) Who is the most beautiful? Once upon a time, around 1250 BC, toward the end of the [...]
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Who was Niobe? Greek mythology
Apollo and Artemis kill Niobe's children (Athens, 400s BC) Niobe (Nye-OH-bee) was a woman in Greece - in Thebes - a long long time ago (in the story). She was the daughter of Tantalus, and so she lived under [...]
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Minotaur – the Labyrinth – Greek mythology
Pasiphae holds the baby Minotaur Pasiphae and Minos Once upon a time on the island of Crete, maybe about 1325 BC, Europa's son Minos became the king of Crete, and his wife was [...]
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Menelaus and Helen – Trojan War
Menelaus and Helen lived in Sparta Who was Menelaus? Menelaus was the son of Atreus, so he was also the younger brother of Agamemnon. The older brother, Agamemnon, inherited his father's kingdom [...]
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Who was Medusa? – Greek mythology
Medusa herself, from the pediment of the Temple of Artemis on Corfu, about 600 BC Who was Medusa? According to one version of the Greek story, Medusa was [...]
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Kleobis and Biton – Greek mythology
Kleobis and Biton Kleobis and Biton: examples of happy lives The Greek historian Herodotus tells a story about two young men named Kleobis and Biton (KLEE-oh-biss and BYE-ton) who lived near [...]
