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Greek and Roman Myths
The Doom of the Danaides
By day Danaus had to watch his fifty unhappy daughters marry their fifty cruel cousins, but the wedding night was yet to come.
Length: 116 words
Greek Myths
The Fall of Icarus
Trapped in Crete with his son Icarus, the craftsman and inventor Daedalus realises a bold and desperate plan to get away.
Length: 120 words
Lover’s Leap
Joseph Addison tells the legend of the great Greek poetess Sappho and the Lover’s Leap.
Length: 119 words
Phaedrus
The Shipwreck of Simonides
Simonides always believed that a man with a trade was wealthier than a man with a full purse.
Publius Virgilius Maro
‘Beware Greeks Bearing Gifts’
After spending years besieging the city of Troy, the Greek armies suddenly decamp, leaving behind only an enormous wooden sculpture of a horse.
Length: 115 words
Scylla and Charybdis
After safely negotiating the alluring Sirens, Odysseus and his crew must now decide which of Scylla and Charybdis would do the least damage.
Length: 110 words