Actaeon the hunter was turned into a stag and killed by his own hounds.

Adonis was an outstandingly beautiful youth who won the heart of Aphrodite, the goddess of love.

Andromeda was a beautiful princess, saved from a sea-monster by the gorgon-slaying Perseus.

Arachne was turned into a spider for daring to challenge the gods.

Leda was raped by Zeus in the form of a swan

Everything he touched turned to gold

The first mortal woman, whose curiosity unleashed the horrors of the human condition

Hero who slay Medusa and rescued Andromeda

Symbol of heroic but fruitless effort

Source of the word ‘tantalise’: Tantalus was punished by the gods with perpetual temptation