The Tragic Story of the Fall of Icarus

The story of the Fall of Icarus is one of those legends of Greek mythology that fascinates audiences especially because of the character’s desire to go beyond human boundaries as well as for the tragic consequences this brought about. Daedalus was a major architect and inventor renowned throughout Greece but that did not prevent his and his son Icarus’ imprisonment on the iland containing the labyrinth of King Minos in Crete. Under King Minos’ orders, Daedalus was asked to build […]

Twelve Labours of Hercules

The Twelve Labours of Heracles are a series of episodes concerning a penance carried out by Heracles, the greatest of the Greek heroes, whose name was later romanised as Hercules. They were accomplished over 12 years at the service of King Eurystheus. The episodes were later connected by a continuous narrative. The establishment of a fixed cycle of twelve labours was attributed by the Greeks to an epic poem, now lost, written by Peisander, dated about 600 BC. After Heracles […]