Myths about the Ancient Greek Gods for Kids

The ancient Greeks believed their gods often got involved in the lives of mortals, sometimes to help, sometimes to hinder, and sometimes quite accidentally, causing all kinds of trouble. According to the storytellers, the ancient Greek gods were not always the most thoughtful of magical beings. Although the storytellers were quite inventive, and each told a myth in their own way, each god's personality and powers remained the same from story to story. That's because the ancient Greeks knew their gods well.

Here are some ancient Greek myths for kids, retold by the storyteller Lin Donn

• Zeus, Hera, and Little Io

• The Competition, Athena and Poseidon

• Theseus, the Minotaur, and the Maze

• Dionysus and Ariadne

• Hades, Zeus, and the King of Corinth

• Icarus and Daedalus, Wings

• Baby Hercules &
  The 12 Labors of Hercules

• Demeter and Persephone, Reason for the Seasons

• Apollo's Oracle at Delphi

• Apollo and Cassandra

• The Magic Rocks - a myth about Ares, the god of war, and a battle he did not win

• Perseus, Andromeda, and the sea god, Poseidon

• Orpheus and Eurydice

• Eros & Psyche

• Aphrodite and the Trojan War

• Zeus and Prometheus and the Gift of Fire

• Zeus, Pandora, and Pandora's Box

• Zeus and the Great Flood (Deucalion & Pyrrha)

• Zeus, Helios & Phaethon

• Three Tales of Echo - Hera, Narcissus, and Pan

• King Midas and the Golden Touch

• King Midas and the Donkey Ears

• Story of the Just Plain Rotten King Tantalus

• Artemis and the Deer Hunter

• Hermes & Apollo (cartoon PowerPoint, how Apollo got his lyre)

• Hades and the River Styx

• Greek Monster Myths

• Perseus and Medusa

• The Cyclops Cave & The Sirens

The Truth About Myths

A series of animated Greek Myths by Geethanjali Studios, based on our Greek Myths, and used with our permission

Ancient Greek Gods by name and powers

QUIZ: Ancient Greek Gods and Goddesses (Interactive with answers)

This list of original short myths tell the stories of the daily life of the ancient Greek people and of the many gods and goddesses and magical beings who helped and hindered their lives, star the Mighty Herc (known by many names including Heracles and Hercules) and the Hercules Detective Agency. See if you can solve a case as well as Herc did.

• How It All Started - The Hercules Detective Agency

• The Misunderstood Minotaur - How Hercules made a best friend

From the Case Files of the Hercules Detective Agency:

• The Enchanted Well

• The Missing Olive Trees

• Kerberos on Strike

• The Very Inventive Rescue

• The Scaredly Fish

• The Tricked Bully

• The Stone Zoo

• The Reluctant Oracle

• Olympic Team Herc

• The Bad Barber

• The Talking Tools

• The Mad Machine

• The Constant Chatterbox

• The Voiceless Storyteller

• The Monster Under the Bridge

• The Stinky Sandals

• The Awesome Actor

• Hercules Challenged

• The Golden Lyre

• The Mischievous Trickster

• The Magic Earrings

• The Rhyming Poet

• The Three Harpies

• The Pearl Divers

• The Festival Arrow

• The Dragon Egg

• The Dangerous Dragon

• The Golden Nugget

• The Moving Mountain

• The Monster on the Causeway

• The Amazing Matchmaker

• The Temple Worm

• The Charcoal Burners

• The Ionian Sea Pirates

• The Island of the Sirens

• The Magic Wool

• The Minotaur to the Rescue

• The Missing Trident

• The Terrible Tutor

• The Dance Teacher

• The Water Rights

• The Winged Monsters

• The Treasure Map

Greek Myths by other storytellers and animators

Greek Myths from Starfall

Myth of the Golden Fleece (animated, video)

Myth of Jason and the Argonauts (animated, Ted-Ed video)

Greek Myth Games (interactive)

Vase Paintings Come to Life - Poison for Good, Poison for Evil, stories