Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (20)

• Achilles’ Early Exploits in the Troad (Cypria)
  Trojan · Epic Cycle — *Cypria* (Proclus) / Apollodorean summary level (raids before the *Iliad*)
• Hector and Andromache at the Scaean Gates
  Trojan · Homeric — *Iliad* 6 (city interlude; farewell)
• Achilles’ Aristeia and the Death of Hector
  Trojan · Homeric — *Iliad* 20–22
• Ransom of Hector: Priam in Achilles’ Tent
  Trojan · Homeric — *Iliad* 24
• Sack of Troy: Priam, Astyanax, Cassandra and Ajax Locrian
  Trojan · Epic Cycle — *Iliou Persis* (Proclus) / Apollodorean (+ Euripides *Troades*; Homeric allusions)
• Division of Spoils; Sacrifice of Polyxena
  Trojan · Epic Cycle — *Iliou Persis* (Proclus) / Apollodorean + Euripides *Hecuba* / *Troades*
• Andromache (Euripides)
  Trojan — Nostoi aftermath / Neoptolemus · Attic tragic — Euripides *Andromache*
• Trojan Women (Euripides)
  Trojan — Sack aftermath · Attic tragic — Euripides *Troades* (*Trojan Women*)
• Death of Neoptolemus at Delphi
  Trojan — Nostoi aftermath / Aeacid end · Pindaric / Apollodorean / Euripidean (*Andromache* messenger); Delphic cult
• Hermione and Orestes: Marriage after Neoptolemus
  Trojan — Nostoi / Oresteia aftermath; Spartan–Mycenaean succession · Euripidean (*Andromache*; *Orestes*) / Apollodorean / Odyssean glance
• Andromache Allotted to Neoptolemus after the Sack
  Trojan — Sack / division of spoils · Epic Cycle / Euripidean / Apollodorean
• Hecuba Allotted to Odysseus
  Trojan — Sack / division of spoils · Euripidean / Apollodorean
• Division of the Trojan Women: Brief Allotments
  Trojan — Sack / spoils · Euripidean / Apollodorean / cyclic
• Astyanax: Death Variants (Neoptolemus vs. Odysseus)
  Trojan — Sack / Hector’s heir · Cyclic / Apollodorean / tragic — killer variants isolated
• Andromache Learns Hector Is Dead (*Iliad* 22)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / death of Hector · Homeric (*Iliad* 22 end) — recognition from the wall
• Andromache’s Lament for Hector (*Iliad* 22)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / death of Hector · Homeric (*Iliad* 22) — widow’s speech from the wall
• Hecuba’s Lament over Hector’s Bier (*Iliad* 24)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / burial of Hector · Homeric (*Iliad* 24) — formal goos when the body is brought home
• Helenus and Andromache in Epirus: The Molossian Settlement
  Trojan — Nostoi aftermath / Epirote foundation · Apollodorean / Pausanian — after Neoptolemus’s death Helenus holds Andromache; Molossian line
• Hector’s Prayer for Astyanax (*Iliad* 6)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Hector–Andromache farewell · Homeric — baby fright at the helmet; prayer to Zeus
• Achilles Drags Hector’s Body (*Iliad* 22–24)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / aftermath of Hector’s death · Homeric — piercing of the ankles; dragging behind the chariot; daily outrage at the tomb

Places appearing with them

• Achaean camp
• Achaean council
• Achaean ships
• Achilles’ hut in the Achaean camp
• Achilles’ tomb
• Altar of Apollo
• Altar of Zeus Herkeios
• Amyclae
• Assembly
• Athena’s temple
• City
• Cynossema
• Delphi, Lesche of the Cnidians
• Gates and ditch of the camp
• Gates of Troy
• Hector’s house
• Hector’s house in Troy
• House of Zeus
• Ithaca
• Lesbos
• Lycia
• Lyrnessus
• Molossia
• Mount Helicon
• Mount Pangaeum
• Mycenae
• Paris and Helen’s chamber
• Patroclus’s tomb
• Pedasus
• Pergamus
• Plain before Troy
• Plain toward the ships
• Priam’s palace
• Pyre and barrow of Hector
• River Scamander
• Scaean Gates
• Ships
• Ships for Argos, Phthia/Epirus, Ithaca, Sparta
• Shore
• Shore before burning Troy
• Temple of Athena in Troy
• Tenedos
• Thebe Hypoplacia
• Thebe under Placus
• Thessaly
• Tomb of Achilles in the Troad
• Tomb of Patroclus
• Tower of Troy
• Trojan shore
• Troy
• Troy in sack
• Twice around the city
• Underworld
• Wall of Troy
• Walls and Scaean Gates of Troy
• Walls of Troy

Themes

• Binding
• Birth
• Contest
• Divine Council
• Exile
• Hospitality
• Hubris
• Marriage
• Metamorphosis
• Petrification
• Prophecy
• Revenge
• Sacrifice
• Succession
• Theft
• War