10 Mythological Heroes & Stories

Greek Mythology

By: James Gardner

Narrated by: Paul Spera

Ten mythological heroes and stories from Greek mythology, for a delightful overview of the fundamentals of our culture. This is a selection of the most touching and inspiring stories from Ancient Greece; they have all inspired countless works of art through the centuries, often come from even more ancient myths, and are here retold in a detailed and lively manner.

This selection contains:

• "The Myth of Apollo and Daphne" about the revenge of the cruel god Eros on Apollo;
• "Atalanta", the story of the swiftest runner who ever was;
• "Echo and Narcissus", about a nymph who angered a god;
• "Endymion", a shepherd whose beauty made the goddess Diana fall in love;
• "Icarus", this ageless story of failure at the hands of pride;
• "King Midas", the famous cautionary tale;
• "Orpheus and Eurydice", the ultimate tragic love story and one of the most famous Greek myths;
• "Phaeton", a similar story to that of Icarus about the pride of wanting to be like a god;
• "Pygmalion", a sculptor so skilled he fell in love with one of his creations;
• "The Death of Adonis", one of Greece's most touching stories, in which a goddess hopelessly falls in love with a man whose sole passion is hunting.

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