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The goddess Eris inscribed "to the fairest" upon this golden apple. She then tossed it in the midst of a great feast of the gods (a feast she had not been invited to) which was to celebrate the wedding of Peleus and Thetis. This, of course, sparked a…

This golden apple is one of three that the hero Melanion received from the goddess Aphrodite in answer to his prayers.

Melanion wished to earn the hand of the beautiful huntress Atalanta in marriage. However, Atalanta was reluctant to marry due to…

Though this lyre is typically associated with Apollo, it was created by the great god Hermes. On the day that Hermes was born, he stole and hid Apollo's cattle. As he is a cunning and mischievous god, he was able to do so without anyone but his…

In Greek mythology, the enchantress or witch Medea, daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis and niece of Circe, wielded a golden chariot driven by dragons.

Medea summoned the winged, serpentine Drakones to escape from Korinthos following the murder of…

Talaria are winged sandals, a symbol of the Greek messenger god Hermes. They were said to be made by the god Hephaestus, of imperishable gold, and they flew the god as swift as any bird.

In the story of Perseus, Hermes lends him his winged sandals…

In Greek mythology, Argo (meaning 'swift') was the ship on which Jason and the Argonauts sailed from Iolcos to retrieve the Golden Fleece. She was named after her builder, Argus.

The ship was said to be under the protection of the goddess Hera and…

Skíðblaðnir [skeed-blahd-nir] is a mighty ship owned by the god Freyr and made by two elves. It comes from Norse mythology. References to the ship occur in the Poetic Edda, the Prose Edda, and Heimskringla, the latter two written in the 13th century…

The Flying Dutchman is a legendary ghost ship that can never make port and is doomed to sail the oceans forever. The myth is likely to have originated from 17th-century nautical folklore.

Sightings in the 19th and 20th centuries reported the ship…