Amphitrite
Character · slug: amphitrite
Also: Thetis, Galatea, and sisters, Poseidon, other gate-defenders, Zeus, underworld powers, Nereids, named train in *Il.* 18
- Birth of the Olympian Generation: Overview (Hesiodic)
Cosmogony / Theogony (bridge toward Olympian cycle) · Hesiodic catalogue after Zeus’s kingship
- Children of Pontus (Hesiodic Catalogue)
Cosmogony / Theogony — Sea’s brood · Hesiodic (*Theogony* catalogue of Pontus’s offspring)
- Nereus and the Nereids (Hesiodic / Apollodorean Catalogue)
Cosmogony / Theogony — Pontus’s line / sea nymphs · Hesiodic catalogue (+ Apollodorean Nereid list)
- Birth of Apollo (and Artemis) on Delos
Olympian gods · Homeric Hymn — Delian (standard Delian birth of Apollo; Artemis noted at Ortygia)
- Poseidon and Amphitrite: Marriage of the Sea-Queen
Olympian gods — Poseidon / Nereid queenship · Hesiodic genealogy + Apollodorean / handbook marriage; Delphinus aid
- Tribute to Minos and the Voyage to Crete
Heroes — Theseus · Apollodorean (Androgeus’s death; Athenian tribute of youths and maidens; Theseus volunteers)
- The Minotaur and the Labyrinth: Ariadne’s Thread and Daedalus
Heroes — Theseus · Apollodorean (Ariadne’s love; thread; Theseus kills the Minotaur; escape from Daedalus’s Labyrinth)
- Hippolytus and Phaedra (Euripides)
Heroes — Theseus · Attic tragic — Euripides, *Hippolytus* (Phaedra’s forbidden love; Theseus’s curse; Artemis and Aphrodite)
- Prophecy of Pelias and Jason’s Return with One Sandal
Heroes — Jason / Argonauts · Apollodorean / Pindaric (oracle of the one-sandaled man; Anaurus crossing; demand for the Golden Fleece)
- Amycus and the Bebryces: Boxing Match of Polydeuces
Heroes — Jason / Argonauts · Apollonian (Amycus’s challenge; Polydeuces wins; Bebrycian rout)
- Bellerophon: Anteia’s False Accusation, Proetus, Iobates, and the Chimera
Heroes — Bellerophon · Homeric / Apollodorean (Potiphar’s-wife pattern; sealed tokens; Chimera slain)
- Daedalus and Icarus: The Flight from Crete
Heroes — Daedalus · Apollodorean (wings of feathers and wax; Icarus falls; Daedalus to Sicily)
- Tantalus: Crime and Punishment
Heroes — Tantalids / Pelops · Homeric underworld punishment + Apollodorean crimes (feast of Pelops; theft of nectar/ambrosia)
- Pelops and Oenomaus: The Chariot Race for Hippodamia
Heroes — Tantalids / Pelops (Trojan genealogy gateway) · Apollodorean (Myrtilus’s sabotage; winged horses from Poseidon; curse on the Pelopids)
- Orion: Birth Variants (Apollodorus / Boeotian)
Heroes — Orion · Apollodorean catalogue of birth variants (+ Homeric parentage notices)
- Nephele and Athamas: The Cloud-Wife and Ino’s Intrigue
Heroes — Aeolid / Golden Fleece origin (pre-Argonautica) · Apollodorean / handbook (Nephele; Ino’s plot; famine and oracle)
- Aeson and Pelias: Usurpation of Iolcus
Heroes — Jason / Argonauts (Iolcus prelude) · Apollodorean / Pindaric Aeolid (Cretheus; Tyro; Pelias seizes the throne)
- Heracles Frees Prometheus
Heroes — Heracles / Titan aftermath · Apollodorean (eagle slain; bonds loosed; Chiron’s immortality traded) — liberation focus
- Heracles’ War on Augeas and the Molionidae
Heroes — Heracles (post-labor Elian war) · Apollodorean (+ Pindaric Olympic aftermath glance)
- Heracles Founds the Olympic Games (Pindar)
Heroes — Heracles / Olympia foundation · Pindaric (*Olympian* 10) / Apollodorean enrichment
- Cecrops: Earth-Born Founder of Athens
Heroes — Attic kings / foundation · Apollodorean / Pausanian Attic (autochthon; first king; contest judge)
- Erechtheus, Eumolpus, and the Sacrifice of the Daughters
Heroes — Attic kings / Eleusinian war · Apollodorean / Euripidean (*Erechtheus*) / Lycurgan oratory
- Hellen: Eponym of the Hellenes
Heroes — Aeolid / Hellenic eponym · Apollodorean / Hesiodic *Catalogue* tradition
- Capaneus: Blasphemy and the Thunderbolt
Heroes — Theban / Seven Against Thebes · Aeschylean / Euripidean / Apollodorean
- Parthenopaeus: Death at Thebes
Heroes — Theban / Seven Against Thebes · Aeschylean / Euripidean / Apollodorean
- Hippomedon: Death at Thebes
Heroes — Theban / Seven Against Thebes · Aeschylean / Euripidean / Apollodorean
- Laodamia and Protesilaus: Brief Reunion and Death
Heroes — Thessalian / Trojan first-landing aftermath · Apollodorean / tragic / Ovid-labeled Roman for the statue and second death
- Shade of Tiresias Advises Odysseus (*Odyssey* 11)
Heroes — Odyssey nekyia / Theban seer in Hades · Homeric — Tiresias at the blood-trench
- Heracles and the Cercopes
Heroes — Heracles / side adventure (Ephesus–Lydia region) · Apollodorean / comic folklore handbook tradition
- Amphiaraus at Oropos: Hero-Oracle of the Underworld
Heroes — Seven Against Thebes / aftermath cult · Pausanian / Herodotean — incubation oracle after the earth-swallowing
- Heracles and Antaeus
Heroes — Heracles / side labor (Libya) · Apollodorean / Pindaric — earth-giant wrestler slain by lifting
- Heracles and Eryx: Wrestling for the Bull
Heroes — Heracles / side episode on the Geryon cattle-drive · Apollodorean — Eryx slain in wrestling after a runaway bull reaches Sicily
- Amphitryon’s War on the Teleboans (Taphians)
Heroes — Amphitryon / prelude to the birth of Heracles · Apollodorean / Hesiodic *Shield* — vengeance-war for Alcmene’s brothers
- Heracles Wrestles Nereus for the Way to the Hesperides
Heroes — Heracles / Eleventh Labor prelude · Apollodorean — Old Man of the Sea wrestled for directions
- Tityus: Assault on Leto and Eternal Punishment
Heroes / primordial giants — crime against Leto · Homeric / Apollodorean — Tityus in the underworld
- Ixion Bound to the Wheel
Heroes — Thessalian / underworld punishment · Pindaric / Apollodorean — wheel sentence after Nephele
- Mestra: Shape-Shifting Daughter of Erysichthon (Ovid-Labeled)
Heroes / Thessalian — Erysichthon aftermath · Roman transmission (Ovid) + Hesiodic *Catalogue* notices of Mestra
- Arcas: Eponymous King of Arcadia (Pausanias)
Heroes — Arcadian kings / Callisto aftermath · Pausanian / Apollodorean — Arcas names Arcadia; divides the land among sons
- Asclepius Resurrects Hippolytus
Heroes — Asclepiad / Hippolytus aftermath (beyond Euripides’ death) · Apollodorean / Pausanian / cultic — Asclepius raises Hippolytus; Zeus’s bolt follows
- Cadmus and Harmonia: Serpents in Illyria
Heroes — Theban founders / Illyrian end / metamorphosis · Apollodorean / Euripidean / Apollonian notices — exile, Encheleans, serpent forms
- Dardanus: Zeus, Electra, and the Founding of Dardania
Heroes — Trojan royal stemma / Dardanid origins · Apollodorean / Homeric genealogical — Dardanus son of Zeus and Electra (Atlas)
- Erichthonius and Tros: Wealth, Horses, and the Trojan Name
Heroes — Trojan royal stemma / middle generations · Apollodorean / Homeric — Erichthonius; Tros; naming of Trojans; horses of Zeus
- Ilus Founds Ilium; the Palladium Falls from Heaven
Heroes — Trojan royal stemma / foundation of Troy’s city · Apollodorean — cow-omen foundation; Zeus’s Palladium; Ilus blinded and healed
- Pelops’s Ivory Shoulder
Heroes — Pelopid origins / restoration after Tantalus’s feast · Apollodorean / Pindaric background — Demeter’s bite; ivory replacement
- Europa’s Sons in Crete: Minos, Rhadamanthys, and Sarpedon
Heroes — Cretan royal foundations / Europa cycle aftermath · Apollodorean / Homeric — three sons of Zeus and Europa; Cretan kingship; Sarpedon’s dual identity
- Epaphus: Son of Io, King in Egypt
Heroes — Io line / Argive–Egyptian bridge · Apollodorean / Aeschylean destiny — Epaphus born of Zeus’s touch; Egyptian kingship
- Acarnan and Amphoterus: The Naming of Acarnania
Heroes — Alcmaeon aftermath / Acarnanian eponym · Apollodorean / Thucydidean digression — sons of Alcmaeon and Callirhoe avenge and name the land
- Iolaus Rejuvenated by Hebe
Heroes — Heraclidae / Euripidean miracle · Euripidean *Heraclidae* — aged Iolaus prays; Hebe and Zeus restore his youth for battle
- Wedding of Peleus and Thetis: Eris and the Apple of Discord
Trojan · Epic Cycle — *Cypria* (Proclus) / Apollodorean (+ Pindaric wedding background)
- Judgment of Paris: Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite
Trojan · Epic Cycle — *Cypria* (Proclus) / Apollodorean
- Zeus’s Promise to Thetis and the False Dream
Trojan · Homeric — *Iliad* 1–2 (divine plot; Agamemnon’s dream; army tested)
- Paris and Menelaus: Duel and the Broken Truce
Trojan · Homeric — *Iliad* 3–4
- Diomedes’ Aristeia: Wounding of Aphrodite and Ares
Trojan · Homeric — *Iliad* 5 (with close of 4 / opening of 6)
- Trojans at the Ships; Patroclus Pleads for Achilles’ Armor
Trojan · Homeric — *Iliad* 11–16 (compressed arc to Achilles’ concession)
- Patroclus in Achilles’ Armor; Death at Hector’s Hands
Trojan · Homeric — *Iliad* 16
- Fight over Patroclus’s Body; Thetis and the New Armor
Trojan · Homeric — *Iliad* 17–18
- Achilles’ Aristeia and the Death of Hector
Trojan · Homeric — *Iliad* 20–22
- Ransom of Hector: Priam in Achilles’ Tent
Trojan · Homeric — *Iliad* 24
- Penthesilea the Amazon; Achilles and Thersites
Trojan · Epic Cycle — *Aethiopis* (Proclus) / Apollodorean (+ later classical Thersites episode)
- Memnon Son of Dawn: Achilles Kills Memnon
Trojan · Epic Cycle — *Aethiopis* (Proclus) / Apollodorean
- Death of Achilles: Paris and Apollo
Trojan · Epic Cycle — *Aethiopis* (Proclus) / Apollodorean (+ Homeric foreshadowing)
- Thetis and the Nereids Lament with Achilles (*Iliad* 18)
Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Patroclus aftermath / Nereid mourning · Homeric (*Iliad* 18)
- Catalogue of Ships (*Iliad* 2)
Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Achaean muster · Homeric — Boeotia-first catalogue of Achaean contingents
- Thamyris Challenges the Muses
Local and lesser — Thracian / poetic hybris · Homeric (*Iliad* 2) / Apollodorean / Pausanian
- Linus: Aetiology of the Mourning Song
Local and lesser — musical aetiology / harvest lament · Homeric / Hesiodic / Pindaric / Pausanian (multiple Linus figures; song *ailinon*)
- Polyphemus and Galatea (Theocritus, *Idyll* 11)
Local and lesser — Sicilian / Cyclops love (pre-Odyssean temper) · Theocritean Greek bucolic (Cyclops as rustic lover; no Acis)
- Acis, Galatea, and Polyphemus (Ovid-Labeled)
Local and lesser — Sicilian love triangle / river aetiology · Roman transmission (Ovid); builds on Theocritean Polyphemus–Galatea love
- Orpheus’s Head and Lyre Reach Lesbos
Local and lesser — Orphic aftermath / Lesbian cult aetiology · Apollodorean / Pausanian / Hellenistic (head floats singing; Lesbian oracle; lyre catasterized or dedicated)
- Leucippus of Phaestus (Gender Change)
Local and lesser — Cretan / Leto cult aetiology · Greek (Antoninus Liberalis from Nicander); Cretan local
- Lyra: The Lyre of Orpheus (Catasterism)
Local and lesser — astral aetiology / Orpheus · Catasterismic handbook — Orpheus’s lyre placed among the stars
- Delphinus: The Dolphin of Poseidon and Amphitrite (Catasterism)
Local and lesser — astral aetiology / Poseidon’s marriage · Catasterismic handbook — dolphin that won Amphitrite for Poseidon
- Cassiopeia, Cepheus, and Andromeda (Catasterism)
Local and lesser — astral aetiology / Perseus cycle · Catasterismic handbook — royal Ethiopian family placed in the stars
- Sagittarius: Crotus or Chiron the Archer (Catasterism)
Local and lesser — astral aetiology / centaur-archer · Catasterismic handbook — Crotus (Musaean) or Chiron as Sagittarius
- Inachus: River-King of Argos
Local and lesser — Argive origins / river eponym · Pausanian / Apollodorean — Inachus as first king or river; father of Io
- Birth of Iamus at Olympia (Pindar)
Local and lesser — Olympian seer-clan / Iamidai · Pindaric — Evadne bears Iamus; two dragons feed him; Apollo grants voice of prophecy
- The Telchines of Rhodes
Local and lesser — Rhodian primal craftsmen / malign sorcerers · Strabo / Diodorus / Ovid-labeled / Pindaric notices — first smiths; jealous magicians