The imprisoned Asterion in the dark labyrinth of Crete. The "robots" of Hephaestus and the Sphinx that could not withstand shame. The wronged Medusa who sowed terror. The giant Cyclopes who were once worshipped as gods and the infamous "mother of monsters" who fell in love with Hercules. The eternal guardian of the Underworld, the Lamia who sought to feed on the living, and the deadly Sirens who never resembled the mermaids of fairy tales...

The Handbook of Mythical Creatures transports you to the vast world of ancient Greek myths and introduces you to the famous or lesser-known beings imagined by the human mind. How? By traveling to their lairs, admiring their form, powers, and weaknesses, revealing their well-hidden secrets, and following the gods or heroes who crossed their paths to stop them.

Through ancient sources, the art of the ancient Greeks, and the perspective of an archaeologist who decided to share the stories of the ancients online, the Handbook of Mythical Creatures brings mythological beings back to the forefront to show that behind each of them lies the very human who "gave birth" to them, in an attempt to speak about the darkest and most dangerous sides of his own existence.