Golden Fleece – Jason and the Argonauts
Jason and the Argonauts: Jason gets the Golden Fleece Jason's backstory Just as Jason was being born, his evil uncle Pelias overthrew his father and became king. Jason's mother hid [...]
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Geryon and Herakles – Labors of Herakles
Herakles fighting the monster Geryon who had three heads and three bodies, on a black-figure vase from Athens (500s BC) Another of Herakles' labors As another of the labors he [...]
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Europa and Zeus – Greek mythology
Europa holding the horn of Zeus (disguised as a bull) - Athenian vase found in northern Italy, 480 BC Who was Europa? Europa, according to Greek mythology, was a girl who lived a long time [...]
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Achilles debate – Greek literature activity
Achilles debate: this is Achilles, on a Greek black-figure vase from around 530 BC Would Achilles choose life? Achilles, the hero of Homer's Iliad, learned that he had a choice. He [...]
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Daedalus and Icarus – Greek mythology
Daedalus and Icarus: Icarus falling (on a wall painting from Pompeii,about 79 AD) Daedalus the inventor Once upon a time on the island of Crete, maybe about 1325 BC, there was a [...]
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Herakles – Greek mythology
Herakles as a baby, on a red-figure vase from Athens (400s BC) Herakles/Hercules You might think you already know all about Hercules (the Greeks called him Herakles) from watching the Disney [...]
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Herakles and the hydra – Labors of Herakles
Herakles fights the Hydra (Athenian red-figure vase, ca. 475 BC, Palermo, Sicily) Another labor for Herakles King Eurystheus then told Herakles he had to go kill the Hydra for another one of [...]
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Hero and Leander – a Greek story
Leander swimming to Hero (from Pompeii) Who was Hero? In this Greek version of an old story, Hero was a priestess of Aphrodite, whose father sent her to live alone in [...]
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Nemean Lion – Labors of Herakles
Herakles fighting the Nemean Lion - Athenian black-figure vase, 500s BC For the first of his labors, Herakles had to go out and kill a great lion that lived in [...]
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Herakles and Cerberos – Greek mythology
King Eurysthenes hides in a jar, while Hercules threatens him with his dog Cerberus Herakles' last labor For the last and toughest of his twelve labors, Herakles had to get the [...]
