The young Greek designer Zopyrion invents a catapult. Dionysius, tyrant of the Sicilian city of Syracuse, understands the importance of this amazing machine, capable of throwing a spear further than any man. With thirty of these machines he could conquer the whole world. Zopyrion, together with his beloved Corinna, was going to follow the ideas of the great Pythagoras in life, but fate now beckons him with power and gold...

“Arrows of Hercules” is a rare example of a story about such a non-heroic person as an inventor, who clearly demonstrates For us, perhaps, the main motive of de Camp’s work. He is a storyteller. He comes up with and tells entertaining stories, sometimes outright funny, sometimes scary, and sometimes simply ironic.