Here are some of the most Greek mythology stories you might want to read.
GREEK MYTHOLOGY STORIES – A lot of us surely love this subject and here are some of the most famous stories you should read.
Grandeur, adventure, fascination, and complex stories about gods, goddesses, heroes, and monsters are what Greek mythology is all about. It is composed of several stories tied and connected to explain some things like natural phenomena, teach moral lessons, and entertain.
Here are some of the most well-known Greek mythology stories:
- Theogony: Clash of the Titans
This is about the story of the beginning, where it all started with Chaos. Earth was born out of Chaos and the mountains, the sea, and then the sky (Uranus) with the sun, the moon, and the stars. Uranus and Earth came together and the Titans were born. Uranus has this fear that one of his children might take his throne so, he enclosed them in the depths of the Earth. Cronus, the strongest Titan, defeated him and claimed his throne. He married Rhea and they got two gods and three goddesses: Hades, Poseidon, Hera, Hestia, and Demeter. Cronus has the same fear as his father so he swallows his children except for Zeus. Rhea tricked him and Zeus was raised by the Nymphs. When Zeus grew up, he made Cronus ingest a mixture of wine and mustard which led him to take out Zeus’ older brothers and sisters, all of them fully grown. - Τhe Three Sisters of Fate
The Moirae are the three goddesses of fate and they are: Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos. Clotho spins the thread of life, the birth of a person, Lachesis is the one who decides the fate of people during life, and Atropos is the one who determines the death and how a person will die. - Pandora’s Box
After Prometheus stole fire from Olympus and gave it to humans, Zeus decided to take vengeance by ordering Hephaestus to create a woman from soil and water. She was called Pandora which means “all gifts” as each god presented her a gift. Athena gave her wisdom, Aphrodite beauty, Hermes cunning, and so on. Zeus gave her a jar which she is not to open no matter what the circumstances are and sent her to the brother of Prometheus, Epimetheus. The brother was told to not accept any gift from Zeus. Epimetheus accepted Pandora, however, despite resisting the temptation, still gave in and opened the jar. This jar released all evils upon the world – hatred, war, death, hunger, sickness, and all the disasters. - The Abduction of Persephone by Hades
Persephone was the daughter of Demeter and Zeus and she was such a beauty when she grew up. Hades, the god of the Underworld, instantly fell in love with her and decided to take her by force. - Perseus and the Gorgon Medusa
This is probably the most famous story of all Greek Mythology as this inspired series and movies. This story is about the killing of the terrifying Gorgon Medusa by the demigod Perseus. He is the son of Zeus and the mortal woman Danae. Medusa was cursed and had living venomous snakes on her head that anyone who would stare would become a stone.
The other stories you might want to check out are:
- Prometheus and the Theft of Fire
- The Name Giving of Athens
- Theseus and the Minotaur
- Daedalus and Icarus
- The Myth of King Aegeus
- The Love Story of Eros and Psyche
- The Fateful Love of Orpheus and Eurydice
- The Tragic Hero Oedipus
- The 12 Labors of Hercules
- The Myth of Apollo and Daphne
- The One-sided Love Story of Pan and Syrinx
- Goddess Athena and Arachne
- The Myth of Narcissus and Echo
- The Myth of Hermaphroditus
- Bellerophon and Pegasus
- Leda and the Swan
- The Myth of Sisyphus and his Eternal Punishment
- The Myth of Andromeda and Perseus
- King Midas and his Golden Touch
- The Apple of Discord
- The Great Trojan War
- The Legendary Myth of Odysseus
- The Adventures of Jason and the Argonauts
- The Myth of Niobe