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Bookmark or Share- Helen of Troy – MythopediaHelen of Troy, “the face that launched a thousand ships,” was a daughter of Zeus and Leda who was famous for her extraordinary beauty. When Helen left her Greek husband for a handsome Trojan prince, the Greeks started the Trojan War to get her back.
- Norse Mythology – MythopediaNorse mythology is the compilation of the stories, religious practices, and myths of the ancient Nordic people. These texts span a period of time beginning in Norse paganism and continuing through the medieval era, during which most of Scandinavia converted to Christianity.
- Tantalus - MythopediaThis horrific tale follows a pattern encountered in a few other Greek myths: Tantalus can be compared with Atreus, for example, who fed his brother Thyestes his own sons, or with Procne, who fed her son Atys to her rapist husband Tereus. In each case, the offending party was severely punished by the gods.
- Atreus - MythopediaAtreus was the son of Pelops and Hippodamia and the elder brother of Thyestes. He and Thyestes were banished from their homeland and migrated to Mycenae (according to some traditions, they were exiled by their father for murdering their half-brother Chrysippus).
- Iliad: Book 2 (Full Text) - MythopediaThe heavenly phantom hover’d o’er my head, ‘And, dost thou sleep, O Atreus’ son? (he said) Ill fits a chief who mighty nations guides, Directs in council, and in war presides; To whom its safety a whole people owes, To waste long nights in indolent repose.
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