Curated playlist
Deeds of Athena
- OdysseusWhen Odysseus finally reached home, only his dog Argos recognized him. He had been away twenty years.
- HephaestusHephaestus answered being thrown out of heaven by forging his mother a golden throne.
- MedusaPerseus was sent to kill Medusa so a king could marry his mother. King Polydectes wanted the young man out of the way.
- PerseusPerseus beheaded Medusa by walking backward into her cave, watching her in a shield.
- Trojan WarIn Greek myth, the Trojan War began with a golden apple. Eris, goddess of discord, brought it uninvited.
- HeraclesZeus made the sun god Helios hold off rising for three days. He wanted more time with Alcmene, mother of Heracles.
- DiomedesThe great albatrosses carry the name of a Greek hero. Their genus is Diomedea and their family is Diomedeidae, both drawn from Diomedes, a hero of Greek mythology known above all for his part in the Trojan War. Homer's Iliad ranks him with…
- CadmusCadmus sowed a dragon's teeth, and armed warriors rose from the ground.
- Judgement of ParisAn uninvited goddess threw a golden apple into a wedding party. Eris's snub led to the Judgement of Paris.
- PrometheusPrometheus hid a live coal in a fennel stalk to bring fire back to people. Zeus had taken fire away after being tricked.