Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (5)

• The Proetides: Madness and Melampus’s Cure
  Olympian gods / Argive — Hera or Dionysus; Melampus cross-link · Apollodorean / Hesiodic *Catalogue* (Proetides; Melampus’s bargain for Argos)
• Acrisius, Danaë, and the Bronze Chamber: Conception of Perseus
  Heroes — Perseus · Apollodorean / Pherecydian (Argive oracle; Zeus as golden rain)
• The Chest Cast into the Sea: Danaë and Perseus on Seriphos
  Heroes — Perseus · Apollodorean / Pherecydian (Seriphean landing; Dictys as rescuer)
• Return to Argos and Larissa: Death of Acrisius by the Discus
  Heroes — Perseus · Apollodorean (+ Pausanian Argive enrichment; exchange of kingdoms)
• Perseus, Megapenthes, and the Founding of Mycenae
  Heroes — Perseus aftermath / Argive–Mycenaean kingship · Apollodorean / Pausanian — kingdom exchange with Megapenthes; Perseus founds Mycenae

Places appearing with them

• Altar of Zeus Herkeios
• Argos
• Countryside of the Argolid
• Hera’s sanctuary
• Larissa
• Midea
• Mycenae
• Pelasgian land
• Pytho
• River Peneus
• Seriphos
• Sicyon
• Troy

Themes

• Birth
• Contest
• Exile
• Hubris
• Marriage
• Prophecy
• Sacrifice
• War