At the weddings of Cadmus and Harmony was the last time when, on the occasion of that celebration, the gods of Olympus sat at the same table with mortals. What happened before, during many centuries, and after, during a few generations, shapes the enormous and multifaceted tree of Greek mythology, with those amazing stories "that never happened, but always existed". And because the best way to contemplate the myths is to narrate them, Roberto Calasso, in this book of his that has been translated all over the world, tells the ancient Greek stories from the beginning, in his own way. And he poses his questions: Why did the gods of Olympus take human form, and why that specific form? Why are their stories so scandalous and so captivating? Why was the age of heroes so brief, tumultuous, and unique? And why do they still enchant us?