Theseus, King of Athens
Returning in triumph after dispatching the monster, Theseus discovered Athens plunged in mourning. Aegeus, convinced that his son had died, had leapt to his death either from Athens’ Acropolis …
Category: Greek Mythology
Corinth in History & Today
Thanks to its position, Corinth was one of the richest cities in mainland Greece. Sited just south of the Isthmus, it possessed two ports – one providing access to …
Brother-Killing & the Voyage Home
Alerted, Aeetes ran to the shore, ordering his men to launch his fleet in pursuit of the pirates who had stolen his daughter and the fleece. At last, near …
Hera & the Argive Heraion
The Argolid (the region of the northeast Peloponnese named from Argos) did not hold entirely happy associations for Hera. True, it was here that she was first wooed by …
Iolcus in History & Today
The Mycenaean site at Dimini near \blos was first excavated at the end of the twentieth century. As a town and palace – the only Mycenaean palace in Thessaly …
Pandion, Procne, Philomela & Erechtheus
Athenian mythology abounds with stories of wise kings, whose daughters met ugly or violent ends. Another was the kindly Pandion, who ruled after Erichthonius. He had two daughters, the …
Athens: Prize of Athene, Kingdom of Theseus
Glistening and violet-crowned, the subject of so many songs, protectress of all Greece – famous Athens with your divine acropolis. Gods of Olympus, come here to dance! Grant us …
Medea, Queen of Corinth
The story of Jason, sent from Iolcus to retrieve the Golden Fleece, and his wife Medea, also unfolds in Corinth. In the most well-known version, shortly afer their return …
Theseus & the Minotaur
As for Poseidon’s white bull, which was now rampaging free, Heracles abducted it as one of his labours to mainland Greece, where it settled at Marathon, near Athens. When …
Athene & Poseidon Contest for Attica
The natural beauty and resources of Athens and its territory, Attica, attracted the attentions of both Athene and Poseidon. Each claimed them as their own. So they raced in …