The Legends of Olympus

How does the story of Theseus and Ariadne end after they escape the labyrinth and defeat the Minotaur?

What secret lies in the Straits of Sicily, where the terrible monsters Scylla and Charybdis were once believed to dwell?

The answers are all to be found in Classical Mythology, the body of beliefs and stories that have come down to us from the ancient Greeks to the ancient Romans and that still form the basis of our culture today.

Epic adventures and exploits, all-powerful gods such as Zeus or Athena, as subject to the will of fate as mortals, tireless heroes such as Heracles or Perseus, courageous and contemptuous of danger, and even ferocious beasts such as Cerberus and the Harpies, or mythical peoples such as the Amazons.

Alex L. Mainardi's texts retrace the most famous and lesser-known events, dusting off the imagery of gods, men and monsters from Olympus to the underworld.

A journey into the myths that have made our history, reinterpreted in a new and original way by the illustrations of Samantha Altarozzi, Miriam Barbieri, Filippo Munegato, Andrea Piparo and Ilaria Trombi.