Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (3)

• Erichthonius: Hephaestus, Athena, and the Cecropids
  Olympian gods / Attic foundation · Apollodorean / Attic (Hephaestus’s attempt; earth-born child; daughters of Cecrops)
• Ares and Halirrhothius: Trial on the Areopagus
  Olympian gods — Ares / Attic aetiology · Apollodorean / Pausanian Attic (first murder trial; Areopagus named)
• Hermes, Herse, and Aglauros (Ovid-Labeled)
  Olympian gods — Hermes / Attic Cecropid sisters · Roman transmission (Ovid) of Attic Cecropid jealousy tale; Greek notices of Herse and Aglauros background

Places appearing with them

• Acropolis
• Acropolis of Athens
• Areopagus
• Athena’s festival procession
• Rhamnus
• Sanctuary of Athena Polias
• Underworld

Themes

• Birth
• Metamorphosis
• Petrification
• Revenge
• War