Norse mythology
Ragnarök: the Twilight of the Gods in Norse mythology
Ragnarök, the Norse end of the world: the Fimbulwinter, the breaking of chains, the gods' final duels, the collapse of the cosmos, and the world's rebirth.
Mythical wars
Mythological war settles the order of the world. The Titanomachy installs the Olympians for good, Ragnarök wipes out the Norse gods and lets a new earth rise, and the Trojan War ruins both sides over an apple thrown at a wedding feast. These stories follow the causes, the turning points and the consequences, drawing on Hesiod, Homer, the Cypria and the Völuspá.
Greek mythology
Seven Against Thebes: the War Between the Sons of Oedipus
Seven Against Thebes: Oedipus's curse, Polynices and Eteocles, the seven champions and their defeat, with versions from Aeschylus, Euripides and Apollodorus.
Greek mythology
The Iliad Summary: Homer's Epic of the Wrath of Achilles
The Iliad summarized book by book: Achilles' wrath, the deaths of Patroclus and Hector, Priam's ransom, the gods at war, and who Homer may have been.
Greek mythology
The Judgement of Paris: the apple of discord and the Trojan War
The Judgement of Paris: the apple of discord, the three goddesses' rival offers, Paris's fatal choice of Aphrodite, and the abduction of Helen that triggers the Trojan War.
Greek mythology
The Trojan Horse: the Story of the Trick That Ended the Trojan War
The Trojan Horse myth: Odysseus's plan, Epeius's wooden horse, Laocoon's warning and the fall of Troy, with accounts from Homer, Virgil and Apollodorus.
Greek mythology
The Trojan War: the great epic of Greek mythology
The Trojan War in Greek mythology: from the Judgment of Paris to the sack of Ilium — ten years of siege, immortal heroes, and the quarrelling gods of Olympus.
Greek mythology
Titanomachy: the war between the Olympians and the Titans
The full story of the cosmic war between Zeus and the Olympians against Cronus and the Titans, which established the Greek divine order.