When Dedalus and his son fled Athens and went to live in Crete, King Minos commissioned Dedalus to build a labyrinth for the Minotaur, a half man and a half bull monster. Dedalus’s work inadvertently became a sacrificial chamber for

Jason, in his youthful zeal and eagerness to assist those in need, encounters a mysterious figure disguised as an elderly woman who beseeches his help to traverse a river and her name is 

Oedipus’s tragic revelation of his origins, his transgressions, and his subsequent blindness intensify in sorrow when

Upon reaching Colchis, Jason and the Argonauts are taken aback at encountering four youths in ragged attire, beset by dire circumstances. Among these are the

Among the twelve labors accomplished by Heracles, none proved more humiliating than the cleansing of the stables of Augeas. Despite successfully completing this seemingly insurmountable task, King Eurystheus disqualified it because

Heracles’s demi-god status is further enhanced and immortalized to the status of an Olympian by Zeus because

26 In his long and colorful life, Heracles was once forced to submit himself in the service of Queen Omphale of Maeonia or Lydia where he worked

Towards the end of his career, Theseus’s life was marred by dissolute actions which culminated with his

40. Amongst the royal household of Thebes, the person who is most sympathetic to Oedipus’s plight and who stays with him until his death is

5. When Theseus comes to meet his father King Aegeus in Athens, all is not well because the city is facing civil war and King Aegeus in his dotage has placed his trust on someone who has