Mythology
Exposition Odysseus is a hero of the Trojan War who was stuck on Calypso's island for seven years. Calypso was a nymph who kidnapped Odysseus and wanted to marry him. At his home, suitors are draining his son's money by courting his father's wife.
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Every good epic has equally epic (or legendary) heroes. A few examples in Greek Mythology were: Achilles, Hercules, and Midas. These are their stories. Achilles Achilles was the son of the king of the Myrmidons and a Nereid (basically a nymph). The Myrmidons were powerful and brave warriors, and his
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Once upon a time, the Spartans were at war. Their enemies had overpowered them in a series of battles. The Spartan kings were worried so they sent messengers to the oracle to see what it had to say. When the message came back it was that they would have to
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One of the most important Greek gods was Demeter, the goddess of the harvest. Everyone wanted to keep her happy because if she wasn't happy, the crops wouldn't grow, the people would starve, and the gods wouldn't have anyone to mess with in their
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There was once a man named Heracles who was the rightful king of Sparta. Sadly, Sparta had been taken over by the Ionians. The rightful heir to the throne amassed an army and re-conquered his homelands. The Ionians survivors of Sparta went to Athens, where they told the king of
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A Greek Myth Once upon a time, the king of Troy had a son who was named Paris. One night the queen had a nightmare in which her son was burning down her city. People in the time of Ancient Greece believed that dreams were messages from the “gods,” of
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Once upon a time, there was a king who wanted to know his heir's future. Like any other Greek king, he sent a gift to the Oracle at Delphi. He was told that his son would kill his father and marry his mother. After hearing this horrific news,
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Once upon a time, there was a man named Dædalus. This man was an inventor who was very skilled and had invented many things such as the sails of ships. The king of Crete wanted Dædalus to make him a labyrinth, so the man brought his son and they made