Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (5)

• Andromeda and the Sea-Monster (Ethiopia)
  Heroes — Perseus · Apollodorean Ethiopian (Cepheus’s Aethiopia; Ammon’s oracle; Phineus petrified)
• Return to Argos and Larissa: Death of Acrisius by the Discus
  Heroes — Perseus · Apollodorean (+ Pausanian Argive enrichment; exchange of kingdoms)
• Andromeda at Joppa: Local Palestinian Localization
  Heroes — Perseus · Local Joppa / Iope (classical travel and geographic notices vs. Apollodorean Ethiopia)
• Perseus, Phineus, and the Wedding Battle
  Heroes — Perseus / Andromeda aftermath · Apollodorean (+ Ovid-labeled Roman battle spectacle)
• Cassiopeia, Cepheus, and Andromeda (Catasterism)
  Local and lesser — astral aetiology / Perseus cycle · Catasterismic handbook — royal Ethiopian family placed in the stars

Places appearing with them

• Argos
• Cepheus’s palace
• Ethiopia
• Island of Aphrodite’s sacrifice
• Joppa
• Land of the Hebrews
• Larissa
• Midea
• Mycenae
• Oracle of Ammon
• Pelasgian land
• Phoenicia
• River Peneus
• Rocks of Joppa
• The deep
• The rock
• The spring by the sea at Joppa

Themes

• Abduction
• Binding
• Birth
• Contest
• Exile
• Marriage
• Petrification
• Prophecy
• Sacrifice
• War