Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (3)

• Dioscuri: Castor’s Death and Shared Immortality
  Olympian gods / Spartan Dioscuri · Homeric / Pindaric / Apollodorean (cattle raid; Idas and Lynceus; alternate days)
• Apollo, Marpessa, and Idas
  Olympian gods — Apollo / mortal love contest · Homeric / Apollodorean (Idas vs. Apollo; Marpessa’s choice)
• Abduction of the Leucippides
  Heroes / Spartan — Dioscuri / Apharetidae rivalry · Pindaric / Apollodorean / Cypria — Phoebe and Hilaeira carried off

Places appearing with them

• Amyclae
• Messenia
• Olympus and Hades
• Pleuron
• River Evenus

Themes

• Abduction
• Contest
• Divine Council
• Marriage
• Petrification
• Prophecy
• Theft
• Underworld