1

Heracles and Omphale

By E. M. Berens

As penance for involuntary manslaughter, Heracles was sentenced to slavery under the playful rod of Omphale, Queen of Lydia.

2

Odysseus Comes Home

Based on the poem by Homer

Now that King Odysseus has failed to return from the Siege of Troy, the earls of Ithaca are eager to marry his lovely widow.

3

The Fisherman’s Net

By Clay Lane

A little fable from ancient Greece about those political activists who make a living from stirring up controversy.

4

The Doom of the Danaides

By Clay Lane

By day Danaus had to watch his fifty unhappy daughters marry their fifty cruel cousins, but the wedding night was yet to come.

5

The Fall of Icarus

By Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid)

Trapped in Crete with his son Icarus, the craftsman and inventor Daedalus realises a bold and desperate plan to get away.

6

Lover’s Leap

By Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison tells the legend of the great Greek poetess Sappho and the Lover’s Leap.