Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (3)

• Apollo, Marpessa, and Idas
  Olympian gods — Apollo / mortal love contest · Homeric / Apollodorean (Idas vs. Apollo; Marpessa’s choice)
• Ares and Halirrhothius: Trial on the Areopagus
  Olympian gods — Ares / Attic aetiology · Apollodorean / Pausanian Attic (first murder trial; Areopagus named)
• Poseidon and Halirrhothius (Father of the Victim)
  Olympian gods — Poseidon / Attic · Apollodorean / Atthidographic (Poseidon as avenging father)

Places appearing with them

• Acropolis
• Areopagus
• Messenia
• Pleuron
• Rhamnus
• River Evenus
• The deep

Themes

• Abduction
• Contest
• Revenge
• War