Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (4)

• Zeus Abducts Aegina
  Olympian gods — Zeus’s loves / Aeginetan foundation · Apollodorean / Pindaric — eagle or pursuit; Asopus’s search
• Aeacus, Aegina, and the Myrmidons (Peleus’s People)
  Local and lesser — Aeginetan / Phthian · Apollodorean / Ovid-labeled ant metamorphosis; Hesiodic and Pindaric Aeacus notices
• The Three Judges of the Dead (Minos, Rhadamanthys, Aeacus)
  Local and lesser — underworld eschatology · Platonic / Apollodorean / Homeric (Minos) overview
• Sisyphus: Cheating Death and the Rolling Stone
  Local and lesser — Corinthian / underworld punishment · Homeric punishment + Apollodorean / Pherecydian crimes (Thanatos bound; Persephone tricked)

Places appearing with them

• Acrocorinth
• Corinth
• Eleusis
• Elysium
• Gates of Hades
• Molossia
• Mount Helicon
• Mycenae
• Oenone
• Salamis
• Tartarus
• Underworld

Themes

• Abduction
• Binding
• Divine Council
• Exile
• Marriage
• Metamorphosis
• Petrification
• Revenge
• Underworld
• War