Gods, heroes and monsters · 5 stories
Greek Myths
Gods behaving badly, and the heroes who paid for it.
Phrases you’ll meet
- Achilles’ heel
- A Trojan horse
- Pandora’s box
Journey 1 · The age of gods
Gods of Olympus
Fire stolen from heaven, a jar that should have stayed shut, the reason for winter, and a king who turned his dinner to gold.
By the end of it, you can tell why Pandora’s box was really a jar, and why the Midas touch was a curse.
Journey 2 · The age of heroes
The Trojan War
A beauty contest, ten years of war, one very large wooden horse, and the survivor Rome claimed as its founder.
By the end of it, you can tell where an Achilles’ heel comes from, and why the Romans called themselves Trojans.
Journey 3 · After Troy
The Odyssey
Ten years trying to get home, one island and one monster at a time, while a queen keeps a hall full of suitors waiting.
By the end of it, you can tell how Odysseus beat a Cyclops by calling himself Nobody, and where the word mentor comes from.
