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Encompassing the earliest civilizations, from the dawn of humanity to the fall of the Roman Empire. Stories from this period often feature myths, legends, and historical accounts of great empires, epic battles, and the birth of various cultures.

Ancient Stories

The Legend of Manannán mac Lir

Manannán, the sea’s warden and master of illusions, who ferries souls between worlds and weaves mist into oaths.

The Myth of the Tarpeian Rock

Tarpeia, the Vestal whose choice reshaped Rome's conscience and fell beneath the weight of her own betrayal

The Tale of Horatius at the Bridge

How one Roman, with two companions, held the Sublician Bridge and saved a city

The Story of Cincinnatus

The Roman farmer who assumed power, routed invaders, and returned to his plow

The Legend of Lucretia

The tragic story of the noblewoman Lucretia, whose assault and suicide ignited the overthrow of Rome's monarchy

The Myth of Romulus and Remus - deeper lore

Unraveling the lesser-known threads of divine lineage, political intrigue, and the sorrow beneath Rome's founding legend

The Tale of the Sibylline Books

How a bundle of prophetic utterances shaped Rome in moments of peril and choice

The Story of Janus, the Two-Faced God

Janus, guardian of gates, time, and thresholds, looked both ways across Rome's turning world

The Legend of the Lares and Penates

How the household spirits guarded hearth and family from Troy to Rome

The Myth of Ixion: The King and the Eternal Wheel

An immersive retelling of King Ixion's treachery and the fiery wheel that became his unending punishment.

The Tale of the Danaïdes

Fifty daughters, a sieve, and a punishment that echoes through marble halls

The Story of Niobe, Queen of Thebes

A tragic Greek myth of pride, mourning, and the wrath of gods

The Legend of Pelops

How a chariot race, gods, and a treacherous pact reshaped a dynasty

The Myth of Tantalus: Hunger and Thirst in the Underworld

A layered retelling of the Greek king whose crimes angered the gods and earned him eternal torment beneath the earth.

The Tale of Arachne

A richly woven retelling of the weaver who dared to challenge a goddess and became legend

The Story of Actaeon

A tragic retelling of the hunter who glimpsed a goddess and paid with everything he loved

The Legend of the Minyades

How three daughters of King Minyas spurned the god and found an unexpected fate beneath the moon

The Myth of Antigone

A tragic retelling of Oedipus’s daughter who chooses family rites over a king's law in ancient Thebes

The Tale of the Oresteia

A trilogy reimagined: the House of Atreus, the blood that binds, and the trial that breaks the cycle

The Story of the Seven Against Thebes

A tragic retelling of Polynices and Eteocles, the brothers whose feud brought ruin to Thebes

The Legend of Jason and the Argonauts - lesser-known adventures

Exploring obscure episodes from the Argonauts' voyage: clashing rocks, strange kingdoms, and forgotten encounters

The Story of the Golden Apples of the Hesperides

Heracles' penultimate trial: strength, cunning, and a garden guarded by a dragon

The Myth of the Calydonian Boar

How a divine wound produced a monstrous boar, a summons to heroes, and a hunt that tested honor and fate in ancient Aetolia.

The Tale of the Nemean Lion

How Heracles Faced a Beast with Golden Fur No Weapon Could Pierce

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