Young Adults

Stories for the Young Adults age group:

• Oedipus Rex Jul 29, 2025

  

  In the ancient city of Thebes, where seven gates protected its walls and the river Ismenus wound through fertile fields, there unfolded one of the most tragic and powerful stories in all of Greek mythology. It is the tale of a man who sought to escape his destiny, only to run headlong into it; a story of kings and prophecies, of riddles and revelations, and of how the very actions we take to avoid our fate often serve to fulfill it.

• The Birth of Aphrodite Jul 29, 2025

  

  The Birth of Aphrodite

  In the earliest days of creation, before mortals walked the earth, when titans ruled the world and the Olympian gods were yet unborn, there existed only primal forces locked in eternal struggle. The sky had not yet been separated from the earth, and chaos reigned across the formless universe.

  From this primordial disorder emerged Gaia, Mother Earth herself, who gave birth to Uranus, the starry Sky. Together, they became the first divine couple, and from their union came the race of Titans—twelve colossal beings of tremendous power who would rule the world before the age of the gods.

• The Birth of Athena Jul 29, 2025

  

  The Birth of Athena

  In the early days of the world, when the Olympians had only recently secured their rule over the cosmos by defeating the Titans, Zeus sat upon his throne as king of the gods. Though his power was supreme, his wisdom remained incomplete, for wisdom requires not just strength but also thought, strategy, and foresight.

  In those days, Zeus took as his first wife the Titaness Metis, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys. Metis was known throughout the immortal realms for her extraordinary wisdom and cunning intelligence. Indeed, it was largely through her counsel that Zeus had prevailed in the war against the Titans, for her name itself meant “thought” or “wisdom,” and no deity or mortal could match her in sage advice or clever strategy.

• The Contest Between Poseidon and Athena Jul 29, 2025

  

  Long ago, when the world was younger and the gods walked more freely among mortals, there arose upon the hills of Attica a beautiful city that sparkled like a jewel beside the wine-dark sea. This city was destined for greatness, with magnificent temples, wise philosophers, and brave warriors. But it had one problem—it had no patron deity to watch over it and guide its people.

  The mortal inhabitants of this unnamed city were skilled craftsmen, brave sailors, and intelligent thinkers. They had built their homes of white marble that gleamed in the Mediterranean sun, and their harbor was already becoming famous among traders from distant lands. Yet without a divine protector, they felt incomplete, like a ship without a captain or a lyre without strings.

• The Fall of Troy Jul 29, 2025

  

  After ten long years of siege, the great city of Troy stood battered but still defiant behind its mighty walls. The war that had begun with Paris’s abduction of Helen had claimed countless lives on both sides, including some of the greatest heroes of the age. Yet despite the Greeks’ superior numbers and the intervention of various gods on both sides, the city remained unconquered. It would take cunning rather than courage, deception rather than direct assault, to finally bring down the proud citadel of Priam.

• The Judgement of Paris Jul 29, 2025

  

  The Judgement of Paris

  Long before the great walls of Troy echoed with the clash of bronze and the cries of war, before heroes like Achilles and Hector became legends, there was a single moment of choice that would shape the destiny of gods and mortals alike. It began, as many great troubles do, with vanity, jealousy, and a golden apple.

• The Myth of Phaethon Jul 29, 2025

  

  In the eastern lands where the River Po winds through fertile valleys and the morning sun first touches the earth, there lived a young man whose beauty was matched only by his pride and whose fate would serve as one of mythology’s most powerful warnings about the dangers of overreaching ambition. His name was Phaethon, and his story is a tale of divine parentage, mortal recklessness, and the catastrophic consequences that can follow when youth and pride combine to challenge the fundamental order of the cosmos.

• The Myth of Sisyphus Jul 29, 2025

  

  The Myth of Sisyphus

  In ancient Greece, in the city of Corinth, there once ruled a king named Sisyphus who was renowned throughout the land for his cunning and intelligence. No puzzle was too complex for him to solve, no riddle too difficult for him to unravel, and no scheme too intricate for him to devise. But Sisyphus possessed a fatal flaw that would ultimately lead to his doom: he believed himself cleverer than the gods themselves.

• The Myth of Tantalus Jul 29, 2025

  

  The Myth of Tantalus

  In the golden age when gods still walked among mortals, there lived a man named Tantalus, king of Sipylus in Anatolia. Tantalus was no ordinary mortal—he was the son of Zeus himself and the nymph Plouto, whose name means “abundance.” This divine parentage granted him privileges few humans could imagine. He was welcomed at the feasts of the gods on Mount Olympus, where he dined on ambrosia and nectar, the food and drink of immortals. The gods shared their wisdom with him, trusted him with divine secrets, and treated him almost as an equal.

• Daedalus and Icarus Jul 28, 2025

  

  Daedalus and Icarus

  In ancient Athens, there lived a man whose hands could create wonders. His name was Daedalus, and he was the greatest inventor, architect, and craftsman of his age. From his workshop emerged marvelous mechanical toys, buildings of unprecedented design, and sculptures so lifelike that people sometimes spoke to them before realizing they were made of stone.

  “The gods themselves must have blessed your hands,” admirers would say as they marveled at his creations.

• Jason and the Golden Fleece Jul 28, 2025

  

  Jason and the Golden Fleece

  In the kingdom of Iolcus, nestled against the eastern coast of ancient Greece, a usurper sat upon the throne. King Pelias had seized power years earlier, overthrowing his half-brother Aeson, the rightful ruler. To secure his position, Pelias should have killed Aeson’s infant son and heir, but the child was smuggled away and raised in secret by the wise centaur Chiron in the mountains of Pelion.

• Odysseus and the Trojan War Jul 28, 2025

  

  Odysseus and the Trojan War

  In the kingdom of Ithaca, on a rocky island in the Ionian Sea, ruled a king renowned not for physical might, but for his sharp intellect and silver tongue. This was Odysseus, whose wisdom and cunning would prove more valuable than a thousand swords in the greatest conflict the ancient world had ever known—the Trojan War.