Duryodhana (Cambodia, ca. 900s AD) Who was Duryodhana? Duryodhana was the enemy of the Pandavas in the story of the Mahabharata. He's forced out of power when the Pandavas defeat him. [...]
Jataka tales: the Crab and the Crane (Thanks to Alan Murphy) What are Jataka tales? During the 300s BC, when the Mauryan Empire was first uniting northern India, Buddhist monks and nuns in India began to tell stories [...]
Harappan Seal One of the earliest known writing systems came from India, probably around 2500 BC. Unfortunately, nobody can read the Harappan writing yet. But we know people were using this writing to [...]
A crane in India A Buddhist story Crane was very greedy, and not very honest. He wanted to eat all the fish in his little pond, so he thought of [...]
Ganges river - wider and slower than the Indus More about the Indian Cinderella Well, King Dushyanta had forgotten all about his wife Shakuntala, because of the curse. The beginning of this story More [...]
What is an oracle? The Greek oracle at Dodona in northern Greece Greek oracle definition: What is an oracle? The definition of the word oracle is actually pretty tricky. The [...]
Theseus and the Minotaur - Athenian black-figure vase, ca. 550 BC Who was Theseus? According to the Greek story, Prince Theseus was the son of King Aegeus of Athens, not too [...]
Tantalus' crime and punishment: This Italian vase from the 300s BC shows a different version of the story where a spirit holds Tantalus back from a basket of bread and a jug of water [...]
Phaethon drives Helios' chariot Phaethon was a little boy who lived alone with his mother. He started going to school, and the other children teased him because he didn't have any father. [...]
Medusa's sisters, from an Athenian Proto-Geometric vase about 675-650 BC So Perseus took the winged sandals and the sword and the shield and he said thank you and he flew to where Medusa's cave was. She [...]
