- Icarus – Mythopedia
Icarus, son of Daedalus, was imprisoned by King Minos in the famous Labyrinth He escaped with his father using wings made of feathers and held together with wax But when Icarus foolishly flew too high, the heat from the sun melted the wax, and he fell to his death
- Daedalus – Mythopedia
Daedalus was a craftsman from Athens who designed the famous Labyrinth—the prison of the Minotaur—and other marvelous creations for the Cretan king Minos He and his son Icarus were imprisoned by Minos, but they managed to escape on wings that Daedalus had built
- Icarius (Attic Hero) – Mythopedia
A Roman-era mosaic from the House of Dionysus in Paphos (Cyprus) showing Iacrius (left) with his cattle (third century CE) Wikimedia Commons Public Domain
- Prometheus – Mythopedia
Prometheus, the son of Iapetus, was a quick-witted Greek Titan who sided with the Olympians in their war against his Titan brethren For gifting fire to humanity, he was sentenced to eternal torment by Zeus, but was eventually saved by the hero Heracles
- Cumae – Mythopedia
Cumae was a colony on the Campanian mainland, founded by Greek settlers around 740 BCE The city had a rich and important history; it eventually entered myth as the site of a temple of Apollo and the seat of the Cumaean Sibyl, a famous prophetess
- Hyacinthus – Mythopedia
Hyacinthus was a beautiful Spartan prince who was loved by the god Apollo When Apollo accidentally killed his young lover with an errant discus throw, he turned his blood into the hyacinth flower
- Homeric Hymns: 1. To Dionysus (Full Text) - Mythopedia
I TO DIONYSUS [1] (1–9) ( (lacuna)) For some say, at Dracanum; and some, on windy Icarus; and some, in Naxos, O Heaven-born, Insewn [2]; and others by the deep-eddying river Alpheus that pregnant Semele bare you to Zeus the thunder-lover And others yet, lord, say you were born in Thebes; but all these lie The Father of men and gods gave you birth remote from men and secretly from
- Greek Mythology – Mythopedia
Greek mythology is the body of work detailing the origins of the ancient Hellenic world and the many deities who ruled over it It includes the histories of gods and goddesses, heroes and monsters, as well as explanations for many important religious rituals
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