Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (2)

• Murder of Apsyrtus: Ambush in the Adriatic (Apollonius)
  Heroes — Jason / Argonauts · Apollonian (adult Apsyrtus pursues; lured to Artemis’s shrine; Jason kills him abroad)
• Murder of Apsyrtus: Child Slain and Dismembered (Apollodorus)
  Heroes — Jason / Argonauts · Apollodorean (young Apsyrtus taken from Colchis; killed and scattered to delay Aeetes)

Places appearing with them

• Adriatic
• Circe’s land
• Colchis
• Island shrine of Artemis
• Mouth of the Ister (Danube)
• Sea (or coastal road) of the escape

Themes

• Abduction
• Sacrifice
• Theft
• War