Oedipus flees home in an attempt to escape a dreadful prophecy, unware that it is following at his heels.

Marko adopts drastic measures to get out of repaying the loan of a penny.

Heracles shows his capacity for thinking outside the box, but spoils it by trying to be just a little bit too clever.

An enterprising knight rids the Bishop of Durham of a troublesome boar, but the price comes as a shock to his lordship.

Snaring a wild boar turns out to be much less dangerous than keeping centaurs away from their wine.

An early British king discovers what he is really worth to his daughters.