Olympian Hall

Myths

Nine stories you can open, or walk one beat at a time.

Thread

The fate loom

Pick a myth. Advance the beat. The room changes with the line.

Beat 1 / 4

A meadow. The ground opens. The king below does not ask twice.

Titanomachy · Ten years

The children of Cronus take the sky from their father and do not give it back.

Olympian reign · One stalk of fennel

Prometheus cheats the sacrifice, steals fire, and leaves mortals both gifted and liable.

Olympian reign · One headache

Zeus swallows cunning itself. Cunning climbs back out of his skull, armed.

Olympian reign · A third of the year, or half — the poets argue

Persephone is taken below. Demeter makes winter until a compromise grows a season.

Heroic age · One thread

Theseus goes in with Ariadne's thread. The crown she loses becomes a constellation.

Heroic age · Ten years

Three goddesses offer a prize. A mortal chooses. Both cities and heavens spend a decade paying for it.

Heroic age · Ten more years

Athena wants Odysseus home. Poseidon wants him drowned. The distance between them is the poem.

Heroic age · One song, one glance

The underworld allows a single exception. He spends it on the threshold.

Heroic age · One fleece

Jason sails with a crew of famous names because Hera and Athena have a use for him.