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TheseusA young man named Theseus stood before a massive stone on the road from Troezen to Athens. It was a rock with a hollow just large enough to receive objects…
ArgonautsKing Pelias of Iolcus sat upon a throne he had stolen from his half-brother Aeson. An oracle warned him that a descendant of Aeolus would seek revenge for…
JasonA newborn son named Jason lay swaddled among female attendants who cried as if he were stillborn. Alcimede, his mother, had hidden him from Pelias, the…
OrpheusA two-word fragment from the 6th-century BC lyric poet Ibycus offers the earliest literary reference to Orpheus. The words translate simply as 'Orpheus…
AtalantaA newborn girl lay abandoned on the rocky slopes of Mount Parthenion. Her father Iasus had desired a son and ordered her exposure to die in the wild.