A World of Myths

Jason and the Argonauts: the voyage of the Argo, the Golden Fleece, Medea, and the classic Greek and Roman accounts.

Perseus, the Greek hero who beheaded Medusa and rescued Andromeda: his birth, his gifts from the gods and the Roman telling.

Demeter, Greek goddess of the harvest and grain: the loss of Persephone, the seasons, the Eleusinian Mysteries and the Roman Ceres.

Poseidon, Greek god of the sea, earthquakes and horses: his family, his trident, his palace beneath the waves and the Roman Neptune.

Hera, queen of Olympus and goddess of marriage: her family, her jealousy, the Judgment of Paris and her Roman counterpart Juno.

Ares, the Greek god of war: his parents, his affair with Aphrodite, his companions and his Roman counterpart Mars.

Selene, the Greek goddess of the moon: her chariot, her family, her love for Endymion, and the Roman Luna.

Heracles, known to the Romans as Hercules: his birth, the Twelve Labors and his rise to Olympus, in classic Greek and Roman accounts.