"Aphrodite"

The story of Scylla and Glaucus is a kind of twisted love story. Before I begin, let me tell you of Glaucus. Glaucus was a young man, a fisherman, and one day, after a long day of fishing, Glaucus emptied his catches onto the ground. Much to his suprise, the fish - some dead for hours, began to revive and "run" back to the ocean and swim away. For a minute Glaucus thought he was insane, but then he looked closer at the spot where he'd emptied his nets. There were some strange looking herbs on that particular spot, and being the intelligent young man that he was, Glaucus leaned over and picked...

The story begins with Pandion, the King of Athens. You see, he married his maternal aunt, Zeuxippe. Now, Apollodorous doesn't SAY anything about the Gods punishing him for this kind of marriage (the only such marriage in Greek legend, according to the Perseus Project), but I think that is a possibility considering what happened to his family. Pandion and Zeuxippe had two daughters, Procne and Philomela, and twin sons, Erechtheus and Butes1. But Pandion wasn't much of a father, he was much more interested in his kingdom, and when Athens went to war with Abdacus, Pandion called on Tereus, his...