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Earthborn Kings
The following earth-born kings were the early rulers of Attica and Athens. They were mythical beings: part man and part serpent. Cecrops was the fi...
By Jimmy Joe
Dragon-teeth Men (Sparti)
Dragon-teeth men were armed warriors who sprang out of the earth, after the teeth of a dragon were sown in the soil. They would immediately attack ...
By Jimmy Joe
Satyrs
The satyrs (Σάτυροι) were woodland spirits, often depicted in art with the head and upper body of a man, plus horns and pointy ears, and goat legs....
By Jimmy Joe
Cyparissus
Here is another tale of a god loving a mortal youth that went tragically wrong. Apollo was known to love several young men, most notably Hyacinthus...
By Jimmy Joe
Hermaphroditus and Salmacis
Hermaphroditus (Ἑρμαφρόδιτος) was the son of Hermes and Aphrodite. Hermaphroditus grew to be the most beautiful youth in the world at that time. Th...
By Jimmy Joe
Iphis
In Crete, there was a man named Lidgus who desperately wanted a son, a man of humble family from the city of Phaestus. His wife Telethusa was pregn...
By Jimmy Joe
Hero and Leander
It is believed that this tale was originally written by Hellenistic poet in Alexandria, but that original is now lost. The Roman poets of the 1st c...
By Jimmy Joe
Baucis and Philemon
Here is another story that can only be found in Ovid's Metamorphoses. This was a story that Lelex, king of the Lelegians, told to Ixion the impious...
By Jimmy Joe
Pyramus and Thisbe
Pyramus (Πύραμος) and Thisbe (Θισβη) were lovers in Assyria. Their families were neighbours, but were rivals. Both families refused to allow them t...
By Jimmy Joe
Ceyx and Alcyone
Ceyx (Κήυξ) was the son of Eosphorus (Lucifer in the Roman myth, meaning "Morning Star"). Ceyx was also the brother of Daedalion. Ceyx told the her...
By Jimmy Joe
Cephalus and Procris
Procris (Πρόκρις) was the daughter of King Erechtheus of Athens. Procris was the sister of Cecrops, Butes, Creusa, Oreithyia and other unnamed sist...
By Jimmy Joe
Pygmalion and Galatea
Pygmalion (Πυγμαλίων) was the king of Cyprus, and was the father of Metharme. Pygmalion had married his daughter to Cinyas. Not much was known abou...
By Jimmy Joe
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