In the time when the Earth was still new, the very difficult, impossible tasks were done by heroes. And first among them was Hercules, who went to bring the gold of the West, the golden apples guarded on their tree by the Hesperides and Ladon, their guardian serpent.   With the Mythological Tales series, a new "reading" of ancient Greek myths is attempted. These are not old, oft-repeated stories of forgotten gods, but exciting action tales, through which all the timeless human adventures, fears, and joys that have marked and still mark the human soul unfold.