2023年2月9日 · Cassandra, daughter of Priam and Hecuba, was a beautiful princess of Troy. Cassandra was a seer and repeatedly warned the Trojans of their impending doom, but Apollo cursed her so that her prophecies were never believed.

2023年4月11日 · Apollo gave Cassandra the gift of prophecy, hoping she would sleep with him in return; when Cassandra refused, Apollo cursed her so that nobody would believe her prophecies. Thus, even though Cassandra repeatedly warned her people that the city of Troy would fall, nobody listened. Other Myths Apollo is virtually ubiquitous in Greek mythology.

2023年8月16日 · The Minyades were the three daughters of Minyas, the king of Orchomenus. When they failed to worship the god Dionysus, they were turned into birds or bats as punishment.

2023年3月11日 · Andromeda, the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, was a beautiful princess of Ethiopia. Offered up as a sacrifice to Poseidon as punishment for her mother’s foolish boasts, Andromeda was rescued from death by Perseus, who took her back to Greece to be his queen.

2023年7月12日 · Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, was a general and hero who led the Greek army to victory in the Trojan War. He was later murdered by his wife Clytemnestra.

2022年12月8日 · Ajax the Greater was a Greek hero who hailed from the island of Salamis. Renowned for his great size and strength, he was one of the most formidable of the Greeks who fought at Troy, regarded as second only to Achilles.

2022年12月8日 · Sisyphus was a Greek king famous for his cunning. He was so clever, in fact, that he managed to cheat Death himself and live a longer life than the gods had intended. But this later backfired: his actions angered the gods, and when he finally did die, he was forced to suffer eternal punishment in Tartarus.

2023年9月18日 · 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.

2023年6月20日 · The Greek heroes were a group of especially notable or superhuman mortals from myth. In Greek religion, they were often worshipped in “hero cult” after they died.

2023年3月8日 · The Agamemnon is a tragedy composed by Aeschylus around 458 BCE. In the play, the Greek warrior Agamemnon returns home after conquering Troy, only to be murdered by his treacherous wife Clytemnestra.