Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (7)

• Briareus–Aegaeon Summoned by Thetis (*Iliad* 1)
  Cosmogony / Theogony — Hecatoncheires in Homeric narrative · Homeric — Thetis’s rescue of Zeus; Briareus called Aegaeon by men
• Ate and the Litai (Prayers)
  Cosmogony / Theogony — moral personifications / Homeric theology · Homeric — Phoenix’s allegory of Ate and the Litai inside *Iliad* 9
• Hephaestus Cast from Heaven by Hera
  Olympian gods · Homeric — Hera casts the lame child (Iliad 18)
• Hermes as Psychopomp: Leading the Suitors’ Shades
  Olympian gods · Homeric — *Odyssey* 24
• Hephaestus and Charis (Iliad Marriage)
  Olympian gods — Hephaestus / Charites · Homeric (*Iliad*) / Hesiodic (Aglaia)
• Thetis’s Prophecy: Zeus and Poseidon Renounce Her
  Olympian gods — Zeus / Poseidon / Thetis; Achillean prelude · Pindaric / Apollodorean — son destined to be mightier than his father
• Meleager in Homer: Phoenix’s Digression (*Iliad* 9)
  Heroes — Calydonian / Meleager · Homeric — Phoenix to Achilles (anger, withdrawal, city’s peril; no Fate-brand)

Places appearing with them

• Calydon
• Gates of the Sun
• Greek camp at Troy
• Hephaestus’s bronze house
• Hephaestus’s bronze house on Olympus
• Hollow cave by Ocean
• House of Meleager
• Ithaca
• Land of Dreams
• Meadow of asphodel
• Ocean’s stream
• Olympus
• The deep
• Thessaly
• Thetis’s path from the sea to Olympus
• Underworld
• White Rock

Themes

• Binding
• Birth
• Divine Council
• Exile
• Hospitality
• Marriage
• Prophecy
• Revenge
• Succession
• Underworld
• War