Sat, Nov 23, 2013
While deep sea diving in search of his father, feared drowned, young Jason travels through a white light and ends up in the ancient city of Atlantis. Pursued by soldiers, he is rescued by budding mathematician Pythagoras, who shares a house with the former hero Hercules, now an overweight drunk. Pythagoras is selected by lottery as one of seven young people to be sacrificed to the monster the Minotaur in the labyrinthine caverns outside the city to ensure Atlantis' future safety. Jason opts to take his place but is joined by Pythagoras and Hercules after an unsuccessful attempt to rescue him. Fortunately, Ariadne, the king's daughter, has given Jason a thread so that, after killing the Minotaur, he and his friends find their way out of the caves. Jason is declared a hero. However, the Oracle, who has told Jason that he was born in Atlantis and taken away by his father when he was small, foretells that his return is fortuitous to save the city. Still, he will be faced with even more enemies in the future.
Sat, Nov 30, 2013
Now regarded as a local hero after killing the Minotaur, Jason is approached by elderly Itheus to find his daughter Demetria, who went missing in the forest and has been captured by the Maenads, a group of female worshipers of the god Dionysus, in order to join their number. Jason sets out to find her accompanied by Pythagoras and Hercules, but they are caught by the Maenads and meet Medusa, another unwilling abductee, who helps them escape with Demetria. They are pursued by the high priestess Anysia, but Jason and Medusa thwart the attackers, though Jason fears the dying Anysia has cursed Medusa. On his return, the Oracle again tells him that the fate of Atlantis lies in his hands.
Sat, Dec 7, 2013
Jason beats an arrogant bully who is striking an old man but the bully is Heptarian, nephew of queen Pasiphae - who is also betrothed to a reluctant Ariadne. For punishment Jason, along with Pythagoras and Hercules, must join a group of slaves training for the sport of bull leaping. If they can jump over a charging bull they will be spared. Aware of Ariadne's attraction to Jason Pasiphae, a witch, acquires a lock of his hair, with which she fashions a doll and sticks pins in it to incapacitate the boy on the day of the bull leaping. However Hercules sends a message to Medusa, who destroys the doll and breaks the spell. Thus Jason and all the slaves manage to leap over the bull and win their freedom.
Sat, Dec 14, 2013
Hunting in the woods with Pythagoras and Hercules Jason finds an abandoned baby which, against the others' advice, he takes home to nurse with help from Medusa. Unbeknown to Jason the child is the son of King Laius and his wife Jocasta and Laius, with help from Pasiphae, has abandoned the child as a seer told the king one day his son would kill him. Learning that the baby has disappeared Laius sends soldiers to find him but Jocasta and royal adviser Tiresias get to him first. Tiresias is anxious to help the unhappy Jocasta save her son and so he tells Laius the baby is dead. In the meantime Hercules and the boys safely escape from the city and hand over to Jocasta's family her baby, Oedipus.
Sat, Dec 21, 2013
A messenger brings Ariadne news that her exiled brother Therus wants to see her so Jason, Pythagoras and Hercules escort her to a hunting lodge in the forest where he is hiding out. Pasiphae gets wind of what is happening and sends soldiers after them but they elude the soldiers. Therus wants Ariadne to come away with him. He tells her that he is exiled because the evil, power-mad Pasiphae framed him as a plotter trying to kill their father Minos and he fears that Pasiphae will harm Ariadne as well. However she refuses, claiming that she must stay in the city to help thwart any of her stepmother's machinations and returns with Jason.
Sat, Dec 28, 2013
Desperate to make Medusa fall for him Hercules seeks out cave-dwelling sorceress Circe, who gives him a jar containing the Song of the Sirens and when she hears it it has its effect on Medusa. Then she suddenly falls ill and when Hercules returns to ask Circe to cure her he finds that he has walked into a trap, designed to lure Jason into Circe's clutches - thus fulfilling a prophecy by the Oracle. With Medusa dying and Hercules turned into a pig Jason is forced to agree to a dangerous request to save his friends.
Sat, Nov 16, 2013
Hercules volunteers himself and the boys to take a trunk containing a dowry for the bride of Philemon, son of the wealthy Medios, across the desert to Helios. Pythagoras has a bad feeling about it, increased when his brother Arcas arrives and joins their caravan. Fleeing robbers the party takes shelter in a cave, the home of the Furies, who punish murderers. Seeking revenge for the death of his father Arcas invokes them and they chase the caravan across the desert but when the Furies catch up with the group the killer's identity is unexpected and his fate depends on a test of loyalty and forgiveness.