The Inked Scroll

Greek myths, copied fair by hand

The folios

Every leaf in the scroll

Heroes on the road, monsters at the gates and the restless dead of Greek villages, each copied from the ancient authors and checked against them. Sort the leaves by rubric, or turn them in order.

6 folios

  1. IThe Vrykolakas: How a Greek Village Knew Its Restless DeadSigns in the grave, a knock at the door, and the rites that brought quiet6 min of reading
  2. IIJason, Medea and the Price of the Golden FleeceA ship that could speak, and a bargain that could not be undone6 min of reading
  3. IIIAtalanta: The Huntress, the Boar and Three Golden ApplesThe swiftest runner in Greece, and the only race she lost5 min of reading
  4. IVThe Hydra of Lerna and the Arrows That Outlived ItNine heads, one torch, and a venom that kept on killing5 min of reading
  5. VCerberus: The Hound That Lets Everyone InHesiod’s fifty heads, Virgil’s honey-cake and the twelfth labour5 min of reading
  6. VIThe Twelve Labours of Heracles, Leaf by LeafFrom the lion’s cave at Nemea to the hound at the gate of Hades6 min of reading