The author highlights several famous and rightfully of particular interest Greek mythological subjects, such as the historicity of the Trojan War, the voyages of Odysseus and the Argonauts, and the inventions of Daedalus. The book by Yu. V. Andreev makes it possible to develop a principled approach to mythological material, instead of once again rushing through the boundless sea of more or less talented conjectures. The arrogant ruler King Minos and the conqueror of monsters Theseus, the creator of the mysterious Labyrinth, the cunning Daedalus and his unfortunate son the young man Icarus, the heroes of the infamous Trojan War and the Argonauts - participants in the famous voyage for the Golden Fleece - all these well-known images of Greek mythology will appear before you on the pages of the book. At the same time, a fascinating opportunity opens up for the reader, together with the author, to search for the primary sources of popular ancient stories, to trace the “family tree” of the central characters of ancient tales back to the very beginning. In the process of this search, he will learn a lot of interesting and even unexpected things.