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For your amusement...

Things you can't do in mythology:

1. If you are a beautiful princess, do not go flower-picking. You will be kidnapped, probably by a god. No, it isn't as cool as it sounds. (Persephone, Europa, etc.)
2. If you have an unwanted infant, do not leave it on the hillside to die. Shepherds will rescue it and it will come back to destroy the kingdom when it grows up. (Paris, Oedipus)
3. Don't ever claim to be better than any god at anything whatsoever. This generally turns out badly. (Arachne, etc)
4. That said, the gods do not appreciate mama jokes either. (Niobe)
5. Don't attempt to avoid fulfilling a prophecy. Seriously, just let it go. (Oedipus)
6. Kin murder is bad. Don't do it. (Orestes, Clytemnestra, Agamemnon)
7. And especially don't try to feed your slain kinsman to the gods. They have been known to get rather nasty about it. (Tantalus)
8. Don't be rude to strangers. Be a good host. Bad hosts have been known to bring about the destruction of mankind. Or at the very least a small village. (Lycaon, Baucis and Philemon's village)
9. Don't renege on a promise to a god/demigod. Hercules has an especially nasty streak. (Poseidon, Hercules)
10. And never hit on a goddess or somehow manage to inadvertently see her naked. (Actaeon, Orion)