Twelve Labours of Hercules
When Hercules was married, Hera drove him into a fit of madness and Hercules killed his wife Megara and his children. When Hercules regained his sanity and realized what he had
When Hercules was married, Hera drove him into a fit of madness and Hercules killed his wife Megara and his children. When Hercules regained his sanity and realized what he had
Other Titans such as Phoebus, Koios and his brother Kinnos, also sought refuge on the Isle of Kos. Kinnos even named it after himself, "Kinnis". Mythology links the island with
Polybotes was one of the Giants, a mythical race born at the same time as the Krines and the Nymphs, when Kronos cut the genitals of the father of the Sky and used the blood from the
Long before the twelve gods of Olympus came to power, people worshipped and were ruled by the sons of Gaia (Earth) and Ouranos (Heaven).These were the giants, or
According to tradition, Merops the son of Triopa, had taken over the whole island of Kos and had named the island Meropis. He named the residents Meropes or Meropides.
