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It is the eve of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, and Chrysovalantis -a chronically unsuccessful but enthusiastic employee of the publishing industry- has been put out of work yet again. He begins a vitriolic monologue, taking aim at his many persecutors, from cruel bosses to opportunistic women to embar­rassing, crippling illnesses. An ageing relic of a bygone era, hounded by the challenges of a fast-changing city, he nonetheless sees the irony of his plight. Vice-ridden yet God-fearing, family-loving yet swindled even by his own sisters, this repentant anti-hero will set hi...

At the time when the Earth was still young, it was up to the heroes to carry out the most difficult, or even impossible tasks. And first among them was Hercules, who, after bringing back the gold of the North, East and West, went to fetch the gold of the Underworld! It was the treasure of immortal Hades himself, guarded by the terrible monster-dog with three heads, Cerberus.

At the time when the Earth was still young, it was up to the heroes to carry out the most difficult, or even impossible tasks. And first among them was Hercules, who went to fetch the gold of the East - the Amazon queen Hippolyta’s belt of pure gold. Hercules only just managed to stop himself from bringing back not only the belt but the golden Amazon queen herself!

At the time when the Earth was still young, it was up to the heroes to carry out the most difficult, or even impossible tasks. And first among them was Hercules, who went to fetch the gold of the West: the golden apples, guarded on their tree by the Hesperides and Ladon, their serpent-watchman.

At the time when the Earth was still young, it was down to the heroes to carry out the most difficult, or impossible tasks. And first among them was Hercules, who was sent to bring back the gold of the North, which was guarded, along with a herd of precious cattle, by the giant Geryon and his ten-headed sheepdog Orthrus.

At the time when the Earth was still young, it was up to the heroes to carry out the most difficult, or even impossible tasks. And first among them was Hercules, who set himself against the Lernean Hydra: The Floodwater, who had countless heads, all of which were cruel beasts - from the first to the very last, the most terrible, the immortal one. And he defeated them all.

At the time when the Earth was still young, it was up to the heroes to carry out the most difficult, or even impossible tasks. And first among them was Hercules, who was sent to tidy up and clean all kinds of places, even the stables of Augeas, whose filth reached right up to the sky. Hercules harnessed the Cleansing Waters, and made the stables sparkling clean!

Gods have the power of transformation. They take various forms and get involved in the lives of mortals. Their adventures are then transformed into myths. And myths travel by story-telling and books, and they are transformed into truth. Just look at the myth of Arachne, the young weaver, who went against the goddess Athena herself and was punished for her impiety...

Gods have the power of transformation. They take various forms and get involved in the lives of mortals. Their adventures are then transformed into myths. And myths travel by story-telling and books, and they are transformed into truth. Just look at the myth of the beautiful Callisto, whose transformation into a bear ran her and her son a merry dance, which was written forever on the book of the sky.