The deities of ancient Greece are central characters in a body of mythical narratives that were at the heart of a civilization that lasted many centuries. These characters and stories represent imaginatively the Greeks' understanding of nature, psychology, and their own history. They also include strange and spectacular tales of love and lust, war and peace, heroism and vengeance, supernatural feats and superhuman weaknesses -- which may explain their appeal to poets, prose writers, and artists over time, right up to the present day: a stock of themes and images at the historical heart of...

"Most everyone has a blood-thirsty vampire within them that's just waiting for the right moment. When that moment arises, you'll know. There won't be a drop of furniture in the place that isn't covered in blood."

There is an evil that lurks in the darkest recesses of one's soul. Where an insatiable hunger for power yearns for sustenance and the attraction of infinite beauty blinds one from the ugliness of moral damnation. It is only the strong that can overcome one's selfish desires and put the needs of humanity before their own.