The gods had given Heracles every grace of body and mind, but there was one thing he must do for himself: choose how to use them.

Sending a hero off to ‘certain death’ never seems to work out...

When he caught his wife with her lover, the ugly blacksmith of the gods showed that he was not without his pride.

Some people disparage what they can’t have.

A fox tries to save herself from a fall, but finds she would have been better off taking the tumble.

An affectionate father came up with an imaginative way to get his sons to work on the farm.