Cinderella in India – Mahabharata
Indian woman from the Mauryan period (ca. 200 BC), about the time of this Cinderella story How old is the story of Cinderella? This story comes from the Sanskrit epic poem [...]
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Trojan Horse Story – Greek mythology
Earliest picture of the Trojan Horse story, on a Greek vase ca. 670 BC The end of the Trojan War After the events of the Iliad and the death of Hector, the [...]
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Theseus and Ariadne – Greek mythology
Theseus leaves Ariadne on Delos - fresco painting from Pompeii Theseus and Ariadne were on their way home from Crete after killing the Minotaur. But when they got to the island of Delos, halfway [...]
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Theseus kills the Minotaur – Greek myth
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 [...]
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Tantalus’ Crime and Punishment
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 [...]
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Phaethon and the Chariot of the Sun – Greek myth
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. [...]
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Perseus and Andromeda – Greek mythology
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 [...]
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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 [...]
