Sisyphus – Mythopedia Sisyphus was a Greek king famous for his cunning He was so clever, in fact, that he managed to cheat Death himself and live a longer life than the gods had intended But this later backfired: his actions angered the gods, and when he finally did die, he was forced to suffer eternal punishment in Tartarus
Tantalus – Mythopedia Tantalus was a king so beloved by the gods that they invited him to dine on Mount Olympus But he eventually offended the gods and was cast into the Underworld to suffer eternal punishment (Different sources give different versions of both the crime and the punishment )
Iliad: Book 24 (Full Text) - Mythopedia Argument The Redemption of the Body of Hector The gods deliberate about the redemption of Hector’s body Jupiter sends Thetis to Achilles, to dispose him for the restoring it, and Iris to Priam, to encourage him to go in person and treat for it The old king, notwithstanding the remonstrances of his queen, makes ready for the journey, to which he is encouraged by an omen from Jupiter He
Iliad: Book 2 (Full Text) - Mythopedia Argument The Trial of the Army, and Catalogue of the Forces Jupiter, in pursuance of the request of Thetis, sends a deceitful vision to Agamemnon, persuading him to lead the army to battle, in order to make the Greeks sensible of their want of Achilles The general, who is deluded with the hopes of taking Troy without his assistance, but fears the army was discouraged by his absence, and the
Hybris – Mythopedia Avi Kapach Avi Kapach is a writer, scholar, and educator who received his PhD in Classics from Brown University
Ilus – Mythopedia Avi Kapach Avi Kapach is a writer, scholar, and educator who received his PhD in Classics from Brown University
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Danaids – Mythopedia The Danaids were princesses of Argive descent, the fifty daughters of King Danaus Forced against their will to marry their cousins (the fifty sons of Aegyptus), they killed their new husbands on their wedding night
Python – Mythopedia Python was a serpent of extraordinary size, sometimes said to have been the first guardian of Delphi When Apollo was still young, he slew the terrible monster with his arrows and established his famous oracle on the site