Divine Punishment

Stories with the Divine Punishment theme:

• The Myth of Niobe Jul 31, 2025

  

  In the ancient city of Thebes, there lived a queen whose beauty was matched only by her pride. Queen Niobe, wife of King Amphion, was blessed with fourteen children—seven sons and seven daughters—each more beautiful and talented than the last. Her palace rang with laughter and music, filled with the joy of a large and loving family.

  But as the years passed, Niobe’s pride in her children grew into something darker. She began to boast openly about her blessed motherhood, comparing herself favorably to all others, mortal and divine alike.

• The Myth of Narcissus Jul 27, 2025

  

  The Myth of Narcissus

  In the verdant hills of Boeotia, a region of ancient Greece known for its fertile lands and clear waters, there lived a young man of such extraordinary beauty that all who beheld him were immediately captivated. His name was Narcissus, the son of the river god Cephissus and the nymph Liriope. From the moment of his birth, it was clear that this child possessed beauty beyond the ordinary measure of mortals—eyes as blue and clear as the summer sky, hair that gleamed like spun gold in the sunlight, and features so perfectly proportioned they might have been sculpted by divine hands.

• The Labors of Heracles Jul 24, 2025

  

  The Labors of Heracles

  Among all the heroes celebrated in Greek mythology, none achieved greater fame or accomplished more astonishing feats than Heracles, known to the Romans as Hercules. His twelve labors stand as the pinnacle of heroic achievement—tasks so dangerous and seemingly impossible that no ordinary man could have survived them. Yet these legendary exploits, impressive as they were, began not as quests for glory but as penance for a terrible crime committed in a moment of divine-induced madness.

• Cassandra and the Gift of Prophecy Jul 23, 2025

  

  Cassandra and the Gift of Prophecy

  In the ancient city of Troy, with its imposing walls and towering gates, there lived a princess whose beauty was matched only by her intelligence and devotion to her people. Her name was Cassandra, daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba, sister to the brave Hector and the impetuous Paris. Her early life was one of privilege and promise, but her story would become one of the most tragic in all of Greek mythology—a tale of divine gifts turned to torment, of terrible knowledge that could never be shared.