The Old Stories

Sisyphus cheated death twice
Homer shows him pushing the stone and never says what he did to deserve it. The answer is better than the punishment: he chained up Death itself, and for a while nobody on earth could die. Read more...
Theseus, the thread, and the sail he forgot
Everyone knows the maze and the monster. The part worth knowing is what Theseus did on the way home, and the word we still use every day because of a ball of thread. Read more...
The fire was never his to give
Prometheus stole fire and an eagle ate his liver. Both are true, and both are the end of the story rather than the start of it. What the older sources actually say is stranger, and more useful. Read more...