Jim Henson's The Storyteller: Greek Myths

When Acrisius, The King of Argos is told by an oracle that his daughter Danae will have a son who will one day kill him, he tries to avoid the prophecy by keeping her locked up. However, Danae had caught Zeus' eye and...

Orpheus, son of Calliope the muse, falls in love with Eurydice the moment he sets eyes on her. His love for her is so strong that when she perishes from a poisonous snake bite, Orpheus travels down to the realm of Hades to plead for her return. His music softens the heart of Hades' wife Persephone, but before Orpheus and Eurydice can walk out into the sunlight, Hades has one more trick to play.

An Athenian storyteller and his dog fall into the underground labyrinth of Knossos. There he recounts the story of the Minotaur confined to the maze by King Minos ten centuries earlier. When the young hero Theseus comes of age, he begins walking the heroes path. Reclaiming his rightful place as the son of Athenian king Aegeus, Theseus insists on traveling to Crete to face the dreaded Minotaur.

Daedalus was generally thought to be the most brilliant craftsman in Athens until one of his apprentices surpassed him. In a fight spurred by jealousy, Daedalus threw the apprentice off the Acropolis. His crime was...