Curated playlist
Deeds of Aphrodite
- HephaestusHephaestus answered being thrown out of heaven by forging his mother a golden throne.
- Paris (mythology)Paris of Troy was left on a mountain as a baby and survived. A she-bear nursed him after a herdsman disobeyed the king.
- Trojan WarIn Greek myth, the Trojan War began with a golden apple. Eris, goddess of discord, brought it uninvited.
- EosEos got her lover Tithonus immortality but forgot eternal youth. In the end she turned him into a cicada.
- PandoraPandora's famous box was not a box until the sixteenth century. In Greek myth it was a big storage jar.
- AnchisesIn Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Cassius tries to talk Brutus into murdering Caesar by pointing to a famous rescue from a burning city. The man saved in that story is Anchises, a Trojan of royal blood from Greek and Roman mythology. He was…
- HeliosHeracles once aimed his bow at Helios, the Greek sun god, for scorching him. Helios then lent him a golden cup.
- PasiphaëMinos broke a vow to Poseidon, but Queen Pasiphaë paid the price. Her curse led to the birth of the Minotaur.
- Judgement of ParisAn uninvited goddess threw a golden apple into a wedding party. Eris's snub led to the Judgement of Paris.
- Phaedra (mythology)Phaedra, a princess of Crete in Greek mythology, carried a name that comes from the Greek word phaidros, meaning bright. Her story is anything but bright. It is a tale of forbidden longing for her own stepson, and of a royal household that…
- Helen of TroyDid Helen of Troy go to Troy willingly, or at all? Ancient Greek writers gave conflicting answers.
- AdonisEvery midsummer, ancient Greek women set tiny gardens in the sun to watch them wither. The festival mourned Adonis.
- AtalantaIn Greek myth, Atalanta drew first blood on the Calydonian boar before any man landed a strike.