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Tales from Olympus
THE ARCHIVE
Every reading, newest first
Tantalus | The Mortal Who Served His Son to the Gods
Before the punishment, there was the privilege. That is the part most retellings hurry past…
Daedalus and Icarus | The Crime Behind the Flight from Crete
Everyone knows how the story ends. A boy flies too close to the sun, the…
Sisyphus | The Man Who Outsmarted Death Twice
Everyone knows about the boulder. The image is one of the most recognizable in the…
The House of Atreus | A Curse in Four Generations
The curse did not begin with a murder. It began with a dinner party where…
The Odyssey | A Complete Summary of Homer’s Epic
The poem does not begin with Odysseus leaving Troy. It begins nine years after he…
The Theban Cycle | The Curse That Began Before Oedipus
The curse did not begin with Oedipus. It began with a chariot lesson. This is…