Curated playlist
Greek gods
- ZeusZeus was hidden in a cave as a baby so his father could not swallow him. Rhea gave Cronus a wrapped stone instead.
- CoeusCoeus, also called Koios or Polus, was one of the Titans, the children of Uranus, the Sky, and Gaia, the Earth. Among the old gods of Greek myth, he is one of the quietest. He takes no active part in the stories. He turns up in lists of…
- ApolloApollo killed the serpent Python with a single arrow at Delphi. Then he had to be purified for the blood crime.
- DionysusZeus sewed the unborn Dionysus into his thigh after the child's mother died. That is why Dionysus is called twice-born.
- HephaestusHephaestus answered being thrown out of heaven by forging his mother a golden throne.
- HomerHomer, credited with the Iliad and the Odyssey, may never have lived. No one can say for certain that he existed.
- CronusCronus swallowed five of his own children to avoid a prophecy. Rhea saved the sixth, Zeus, by handing him a stone.
- Uranus (mythology)In Greek myth, Cronus ambushed his father Uranus, the sky, with a sickle. His mother Gaia, the Earth, had made it.
- HeraclesZeus made the sun god Helios hold off rising for three days. He wanted more time with Alcmene, mother of Heracles.
- CriusCrius, also spelled Krios or Kreios, was one of the Titans, the children of Uranus, the Sky, and Gaia, the Earth. In Greek his name is written Κρεῖος or Κριός, and the second form is also the ordinary Greek word for a ram. Yet the myths…
- HeliosHeracles once aimed his bow at Helios, the Greek sun god, for scorching him. Helios then lent him a golden cup.
- Atlas (mythology)Atlas is a Titan of Greek mythology, and his name is printed on the spines of books in homes and libraries everywhere. Yet the myths describe him doing one thing for all eternity: carrying a burden that never lifted. What was it? Why was…
- AdonisEvery midsummer, ancient Greek women set tiny gardens in the sun to watch them wither. The festival mourned Adonis.
- PrometheusPrometheus hid a live coal in a fennel stalk to bring fire back to people. Zeus had taken fire away after being tricked.