Myths

After the campaign, Jason became a national hero, and before him everywhere the doors opened hospitably. King of Corinth, Creon, met him most cordially. He gave him part of the palace for housing and did not want to hear about leaving. Yes, and Jason himself did not think about it, because he became very friends with Creon's daughter, the beautiful Creus. True, Medea was also good. She had black hair and black eyes, burning with an unusual fire. Zeus himself fell in love with her, but she rejected his courtship...

Without Medea, Jason could never defeat bronze bulls or take the golden fleece from the sacred Ares grove. Jason went there at night. On the broad-aged oak tree hung the skin of a divine lamb, glowing in the dark like a starry sky. Near the tree was guarded by a dragon who never slept. The hero doused him with a decoction of a magic potion and uttered three words that tame even the raging sea and deep rivers. Medea was with him. She radiated great power, and under the influence of her gaze, magic words and a decoction of the magic potion, the dream closed the eyes of the serpent...

At the entrance to the Black Sea, where the silver corridor of the Bosphorus now opens, the passage was blocked by two strange rocks called the Simplegades. Every minute they converged as if they wanted to hug, and again dispersed, opening for a moment the passage. Neither the ship was able to sail there because it could be crushed in the stone vice of these rocks. The Argonauts, on the advice of Phineus, stopped at the Simplegads themselves and first released the pigeon. The bird flew so fast that the cliffs that joined together tore only a few feathers from its tail...

They built a ship and called it "Argo", which means "fast." Athena herself looked after this work. A piece of sacred oak from Dodon was inserted into the bow of the ship. This piece of wood spoke in a human voice and pointed the way in the sea. It was necessary to choose a leader. The views of all turned to Hercules. However, he said: “Let no one dare to put this honor on me or yourself.” The one whose misfortune has gathered us must lead us. And Jason became the leader of the Argonauts campaign...

Jason is speechless. Until today, he was nothing and suddenly became a man whom the king's fear. When he left the palace, an old servant approached him, the same one who, when he had warned his parents about the anger of Peleus, and told him the story of his family. Then the servant took him to his home. The former king with his wife and several slaves lived in a poor hut quietly and apart, so as not to attract the attention of a vengeful brother. Seeing an adult son, Ezon cried. Jason, deeply moved by his father’s misfortune, escaped from his embrace and ran to the palace...

The king of the Thessalian city of Iolca, the devout Ezon, had the treacherous brother Peleus, all the while plotting against him. The weak king always forgave him until Peleus, collecting a squad of villains, seized the palace and threw Ezon from the throne. It was then that Ezon was born a son - Jason. The usurper, in order to maintain royal power for his descendants, decided to kill the baby. The old servant of Ezon found out about this and warned his parents. Those spread a rumor that he was ill, and a few days later - that he died...

Themis, or, as we now call it, Themis is one of the oldest goddesses, the daughter of Heaven and Earth. Before Zeus took Hera as his wife, Themis was his wife, and then she bore him three beautiful daughters: cheerful, blooming goddesses of the year — Mountains that guarded the gilded gates of Olympus. Even later, when they parted, Themis was the most trusted adviser to Zeus, from whom he had no secrets. She was a wise and experienced goddess. She saw a lot of things hidden from the eyes of other gods, which were not even in the world when she already reigned...

Hermes' parents were the supreme god Zeus and the nymph Maya. He came into this world before dawn on Mount Killena in Arcadia. Having slept a couple of hours, he got up and left the cave. On the way, killing turtles and making a huge zither out of its shell, pulling seven strings of twisted sheep’s guts on it. By lunch, he crept into the cloaks of Tsar Admet in Thessaly and brought out a herd from there, which Apollo was instructed to look after. Fearing the chase, he led the animals along winding paths, constantly changing direction...

In torn clothes, with her hair loose, strewn with ashes and gunpowder, there is a pitiful and sad old-time Sorrowful mother, Demeter. In her hands are dried spikelets and a withered poppy color. Blurred eyes, in which there are no more tears, confuse and helplessly wander from subject to subject. Mother is looking for a lost daughter. She left her in the middle of a meadow on the shore of the Ocean to play with nymphs and forbade her to collect daffodils, treacherous flowers dedicated to the underground deities...

Aphrodite to some extent can be considered an orphan, she had no father, had no mother. But still, she was not considered a poor orphan. One very good, good morning, she simply appeared from a sea wave near Cyprus. They probably expected Aphrodite, because on the shore she was congratulated by Attractions, Smiles, Entertainment - funny and sweet deities who have since remained in her retinue. Everywhere Aphrodite set foot, beautiful flowers grew. The handmaids wiped Aphrodite’s body, smeared with fragrant oils, squeezed her wet hair and combed her hair...

From the dark clouds, several peacocks appear. Behind them a few more, and still a whole flock. They spread their wings wide, and sunlight reflects on them with amazing lights. The bluish necks of the birds arch in flight. Birds drag a golden chariot. Thin, like cobwebs, the reins confidently hold in their hands the winged goddess Irida. Immediately behind her, leaning on her baton, one more goddess is visible: tall, looks proud, the body of the goddess is covered with magnificent robes, and in her hair, a starry diadem, strict, dark and imperious eyes look at you...

Ascanius founded his own city, calling it Alba - Longa, the real residence of the Aeneas dynasty. The kings ruled there, there were as many as the biblical patriarchs. The latter, Prokas, had two sons of Numitor and Amulius. Numitor was older, and power after his father passed to him. Amulius envied him. He gathered an army and threw his brother off the throne. To secure the throne for his sons, he made the daughter of Numitor, Ray Sylvia, vestal. Then the unexpected happened: Vestal gave birth to twins - Romulus and Remus...