- Birth of the Olympian Generation: Overview (Hesiodic)
Cosmogony / Theogony (bridge toward Olympian cycle) · Hesiodic catalogue after Zeus’s kingship
- Asteria Becomes Delos (Ortygia)
Cosmogony / Theogony — Titan generation / Delian aetiology · Apollodorean / Callimachean / mythographic (quail / star → island)
- Hypnos and Thanatos: Sleep and Death, Children of Night
Cosmogony / Theogony — Night’s brood / Sleep and Death · Hesiodic genealogy (+ Homeric twin imagery)
- Nemesis: Daughter of Night (Hesiodic Birth)
Cosmogony / Theogony — Night’s brood / divine retribution · Hesiodic — Nemesis as Night’s daughter (genealogy only)
- Apate: Deceit, Child of Night (Hesiod)
Cosmogony / Theogony — Night’s brood / personified deceit · Hesiodic — Apate (Deceit) among Nyx’s children
- Rhea, Amalthea, and the Curetes in Crete
Cosmogony / Theogony — birth and hiding of Zeus · Apollodorean Cretan enrichment (+ Hesiodic Crete notice)
- Briareus–Aegaeon Summoned by Thetis (*Iliad* 1)
Cosmogony / Theogony — Hecatoncheires in Homeric narrative · Homeric — Thetis’s rescue of Zeus; Briareus called Aegaeon by men
- Two Kinds of Eris (*Works and Days*)
Cosmogony / Theogony — Hesiodic ethics / personified Strife · Hesiodic — *Works and Days* distinction of good and bad Eris
- The Hawk and the Nightingale (*Works and Days*)
Cosmogony / Theogony — Hesiodic didactic fable / justice · Hesiodic — animal fable (*ainos*) addressed to kings
- Dike and the Just City (*Works and Days*)
Cosmogony / Theogony — Hesiodic ethics / Justice · Hesiodic — Dike among mortals; just vs unjust cities
- The Topography of Tartarus (Hesiod)
Cosmogony / Theogony — underworld geography / cosmic architecture · Hesiodic — Tartarus’s measures, gates, and residents beyond Titan imprisonment alone
- The Days of Zeus (*Works and Days*)
Cosmogony / Theogony — Hesiodic calendar / sacred days · Hesiodic — lucky and unlucky days of the month as Zeus’s ordinance
- Ate and the Litai (Prayers)
Cosmogony / Theogony — moral personifications / Homeric theology · Homeric — Phoenix’s allegory of Ate and the Litai inside *Iliad* 9
- Birth of Athena from Zeus’s Head (Metis Swallowed)
Olympian gods · Hesiodic / Apollodorean (same Metis-swallowing lineage; birth-delivery detail from Apollodorus and related classical notices)
- Birth of Apollo (and Artemis) on Delos
Olympian gods · Homeric Hymn — Delian (standard Delian birth of Apollo; Artemis noted at Ortygia)
- Birth and Early Exploits of Hermes: Cattle Theft, Lyre, and Reconciliation with Apollo
Olympian gods · Homeric Hymn to Hermes
- Birth of Dionysus: Semele, the Thunderbolt, and Zeus’s Thigh
Olympian gods · Apollodorean / tragic (common classical Semele–thigh birth; Euripidean background)
- Abduction of Persephone and Demeter’s Search
Olympian gods · Homeric Hymn to Demeter
- Aphrodite as Daughter of Zeus and Dione
Olympian gods · Homeric (Olympian parentage; distinct from Hesiodic foam-birth)
- Hephaestus Cast from Heaven by Hera
Olympian gods · Homeric — Hera casts the lame child (Iliad 18)
- Hephaestus Cast from Heaven by Zeus
Olympian gods · Homeric / Apollodorean — Zeus casts Hephaestus for defending Hera
- Hephaestus’s Revenge: The Golden Throne and Return to Olympus
Olympian gods · Pausanian / Attic pictorial (with Hyginus transmitting a related Greek comic strand)
- Ares and Aphrodite Caught by Hephaestus
Olympian gods · Homeric — Demodocus’s song in *Odyssey* 8
- Athena and Poseidon Contest for Athens
Olympian gods · Apollodorean / Attic (Pausanian landmarks)
- Artemis and Actaeon
Olympian gods · Apollodorean “general opinion” (bathing / stag metamorphosis), with Callimachus as earliest surviving poetic parallel; Acusilaus–Stesichorus Semele-rival strand noted
- Apollo, the Python, and the Founding of Delphi
Olympian gods · Homeric Hymn (Pythian) / Apollodorean
- Apollo and Daphne
Olympian gods · Roman transmission (Ovid) of a Greek metamorphosis; Greek notices (Parthenius; Pausanias local laurel) thinner than Ovid’s full plot
- Apollo and Marsyas
Olympian gods · Apollodorean / Pausanian (musical contest; flaying); Hellenistic and pictorial enrichment
- Artemis and Callisto
Olympian gods · Apollodorean Arcadian (Zeus; bear metamorphosis; Arcas; constellation notes)
- Dionysus and the Tyrrhenian Pirates
Olympian gods · Homeric Hymn VII (to Dionysus)
- Zeus and Io
Olympian gods / Argive · Apollodorean Argive (cow; Argus; gadfly; Egypt; Epaphus); Aeschylean tragic enrichment
- Zeus and Leda: Helen and the Dioscuri
Olympian gods / Spartan / Trojan gateway · Apollodorean / Homeric (swan; eggs; dual paternity of Dioscuri and Helen)
- Apollo and Hyacinthus
Olympian gods / Spartan-Amyclaean · Apollodorean / Pausanian Amyclaean (discus; flower; cult)
- Hermes Kills Argus (Argeiphontes)
Olympian gods / Argive · Apollodorean Argive exploit (Hermes as Argus-slayer); Aeschylean / Ovidian scenic enrichment labeled where Roman
- Hera and Ixion: The Cloud and the Birth of Centaurus
Olympian gods / Thessalian crime and punishment · Pindaric / Apollodorean (Nephele; Centaurus; wheel)
- Asclepius: Birth from Coronis; Death by Zeus; Apollo’s Revenge on the Cyclopes
Olympian gods / Asclepiad · Apollodorean / Pindaric (Coronis; crow; thunderbolt; Cyclopes; servitude to Admetus)
- Dioscuri: Castor’s Death and Shared Immortality
Olympian gods / Spartan Dioscuri · Homeric / Pindaric / Apollodorean (cattle raid; Idas and Lynceus; alternate days)
- Apollo as Admetus’s Herdsman (Alcestis Setup)
Olympian gods / Thessalian · Apollodorean / Euripidean prologue (servitude after Cyclopes; herds prosper; Fate-bargain)
- Ganymede Abducted by Zeus
Olympian gods / Trojan royal house · Homeric / Homeric Hymn / Apollodorean (eagle or gods; cupbearer; immortality)
- Phaethon and the Sun Chariot
Olympian gods / Helios · Euripidean fragments + Roman transmission (Ovid) of the sun-chariot fall
- Ino–Leucothea and Melicertes–Palaemon
Olympian gods — Dionysiac family / sea-cult · Apollodorean / Homeric (Ino as Leucothea in *Odyssey*); tragic Athamas madness
- Anchises and Aphrodite (Homeric Hymn V)
Olympian gods — Aphrodite / Trojan ancestry · Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite (5) — full classical narrative
- Pan and Syrinx (Ovid-labeled)
Olympian gods / rustic — Pan · Roman transmission (Ovid) of Greek Arcadian aetion for the panpipes (*syrinx*)
- Echo and Narcissus (Ovid Line)
Olympian gods / local metamorphosis — Echo; Narcissus · Roman transmission (Ovid) — Echo cursed by Hera; composite with Narcissus (distinct from Pausanias’s Thespian Narcissus)
- Dionysus and Lycurgus
Olympian gods — Dionysus · Homeric (*Iliad* 6) / Apollodorean (Edonian persecution; madness; pruning shears)
- The Proetides: Madness and Melampus’s Cure
Olympian gods / Argive — Hera or Dionysus; Melampus cross-link · Apollodorean / Hesiodic *Catalogue* (Proetides; Melampus’s bargain for Argos)
- Coronis and the Crow (Raven): The Informant Bird
Olympian gods / Asclepiad prelude · Pindaric / Apollodorean / Hesiodic *Catalogue*; Ovid-labeled Roman for white-to-black color change
- Hera Suckling Heracles: Aetiology of the Milky Way
Olympian gods / Heracles infancy · Late classical notices (Diodorus; Pausanias; scholia; Hyginus) — aetiology of the galaxy (*galaxias*)
- Hera and Poseidon: The Contest for Argos
Olympian gods / Argive foundation · Pausanian Argive (divine contest; river-gods as judges)
- Apollo’s Hyperborean Sojourn
Olympian gods / Apollo — Hyperborean myth · Pindaric / Herodotus / Delphic–Delian classical notices
- Dionysus and Ariadne: Marriage on Naxos (Olympian View)
Olympian gods — Dionysus / Ariadne · Hesiodic marriage + Apollodorean / Pausanian Naxos epiphany (olympian bridal focus)
- Marriage of Hephaestus and Aphrodite
Olympian gods — Hephaestus / Aphrodite · Homeric marital pairing (beyond the net-song) / handbook olympian household
- Athena Invents the Aulos and Discards It
Olympian gods — Athena / musical aetiology · Classical aetiology (Athena invents and rejects the pipes; Marsyas finds them)
- Apollo, Marpessa, and Idas
Olympian gods — Apollo / mortal love contest · Homeric / Apollodorean (Idas vs. Apollo; Marpessa’s choice)
- Zeus Hangs Hera with Anvils (Iliad)
Olympian gods — Zeus / Hera conflict · Homeric (*Iliad* recalled punishment)
- Hermes’ First Sacrifice (Homeric Hymn to Hermes)
Olympian gods — Hermes · Homeric Hymn to Hermes (4) — Alpheius sacrifice isolated
- Apollo and Hermes: Friendship and Pact (Homeric Hymn)
Olympian gods — Apollo / Hermes · Homeric Hymn to Hermes (4) — reconciliation and gift-exchange isolated
- Zeus and Themis: The Hours and the Fates (Hesiod)
Olympian gods — Zeus’s marriages / order and law · Hesiodic
- Mnemosyne, Titaness of Memory
Olympian gods — Titan generation / memory and song · Hesiodic / Orphic-adjacent cult notices
- Leto’s Wanderings Seeking a Birthplace (before Delos)
Olympian gods — Leto / birth of Apollo and Artemis · Homeric Hymn / Apollodorean / Callimachean enrichment
- Dione Comforts Wounded Aphrodite (*Iliad* 5)
Olympian gods — Aphrodite / Dione · Homeric (*Iliad* 5) — maternal consolation on Olympus after Diomedes’ wound
- Styx Allies Zeus: Nike, Kratos, Bia, and Zelos
Olympian gods — divine household / Titanomachy rewards · Hesiodic — Styx’s primacy and her children’s seats beside Zeus
- Iris Fetches the Water of Styx for Oaths (Hesiod)
Olympian gods — Iris / divine ritual · Hesiodic — Iris as bearer of Styx-water when gods swear
- Binding of Prometheus (Aeschylean)
Olympian gods — Zeus’s order / Prometheus · Attic tragic — Aeschylus *Prometheus Bound* (distinct from Hesiodic binding)
- Dionysus Retrieves Semele from Hades
Olympian gods — Dionysus / apotheosis of Semele · Apollodorean / Pausanian — descent and renaming as Thyone
- Zeus and Eurynome: Birth of the Charites (Graces)
Olympian gods — Zeus’s marriages / Charites · Hesiodic — Eurynome daughter of Oceanus
- Persephone Eats the Pomegranate: The Return Bargain
Olympian gods — Demeter / Persephone · Homeric Hymn to Demeter — pomegranate seed and compromise
- Zeus and Maia: Parentage of Hermes
Olympian gods — Zeus’s loves / birth of Hermes · Hesiodic / Homeric Hymn — Maia in the cave of Cyllene
- Hermes Steals Apollo’s Cattle (Homeric Hymn)
Olympian gods — Hermes / Apollo · Homeric Hymn to Hermes — cattle-theft isolated from birth and lyre-invention
- Apollo and the Spring Telphusa (Homeric Hymn)
Olympian gods — Apollo / Delphic foundation · Homeric Hymn (Pythian) — Telphusa’s deceit before the Python
- Hestia: Virgin Privilege and the Hearth
Olympian gods — Hestia · Homeric Hymns — eternal virginity; first and last libations; hearth privilege
- Zeus and Nemesis: The Egg of Helen (*Cypria*)
Olympian gods / Trojan prelude — parentage of Helen · Cyclic — *Cypria* (Nemesis pursued; egg; Leda as foster-mother)
- Demeter and Iasion: Birth of Plutos (Hesiod)
Olympian gods — Demeter / agricultural wealth · Hesiodic / Homeric — thrice-ploughed field; Plutos; Zeus’s bolt on Iasion
- Aphrodite and Adonis: Love and Death by the Boar (Classical)
Olympian gods — Aphrodite / Adonis · Apollodorean / mythographic classical (vs. Bion’s lament)
- Hermes, Herse, and Aglauros (Ovid-Labeled)
Olympian gods — Hermes / Attic Cecropid sisters · Roman transmission (Ovid) of Attic Cecropid jealousy tale; Greek notices of Herse and Aglauros background
- Hermes Invents the Lyre (Homeric Hymn)
Olympian gods — Hermes / music · Homeric Hymn to Hermes — lyre invention isolated
- Zeus Abducts Aegina
Olympian gods — Zeus’s loves / Aeginetan foundation · Apollodorean / Pindaric — eagle or pursuit; Asopus’s search
- Eileithyia: Goddess of Childbirth
Olympian gods — Hera’s daughter / birth-aid · Hesiodic / Homeric — Eileithyia (or Eileithyiae) as birth-goddess
- The Aloadae: Otus and Ephialtes against the Gods
Olympian gods — early threats to Olympus / Poseidon’s line · Homeric / Apollodorean (Aloadae; binding of Ares; assault on heaven)
- Artemis Asks Zeus for Eternal Virginity (Callimachus)
Olympian gods — Artemis / childhood petition · Callimachean Hymn — child Artemis’s boons from Zeus
- Poseidon and Apollo Build the Walls of Troy (Homeric)
Olympian gods — Poseidon & Apollo / Trojan aetiology · Homeric — gods’ year of servitude to Laomedon; unpaid wage
- Apollo and Cyrene: The Huntress and the Birth of Aristaeus (Pindar)
Olympian gods — Apollo / Libyan–Thessalian foundation · Pindaric — Apollo’s love for Cyrene; Aristaeus born; Libya allotted
- Britomartis–Dictynna: The Cretan Chase and the Nets
Olympian gods / Cretan local — companion of Artemis · Callimachean / Pausanian Cretan — Britomartis flees Minos; nets; Dictynna
- Thetis’s Prophecy: Zeus and Poseidon Renounce Her
Olympian gods — Zeus / Poseidon / Thetis; Achillean prelude · Pindaric / Apollodorean — son destined to be mightier than his father
- Hebe: Cupbearer of the Gods
Olympian gods — Hebe / divine household service · Homeric / Hesiodic — Hebe pours nectar; later wife of Heracles
- Iris and the Harpies: Children of Thaumas
Olympian gods / sea-born messengers — Thaumas’s line · Hesiodic — Iris and the Harpies as siblings from Thaumas and Electra
- Homeric Hymn to Selene (32)
Olympian gods — Selene / lunar hymn · Homeric Hymn XXXII — praise of the Moon; birth of Pandia
- Homeric Hymn to Hephaestus (20)
Olympian gods — Hephaestus / short Homeric Hymn · Homeric Hymn XX — praise of the craftsman god with Athena
- Homeric Hymn to Heracles the Lion-Hearted (15)
Olympian gods / heroes — Heracles / short Homeric Hymn · Homeric Hymn XV — birth, labours summary, Olympian seat
- Homeric Hymns to Artemis (9 and 27)
Olympian gods — Artemis / short Homeric Hymns · Homeric Hymns IX and XXVII — praise of the huntress; Delian and Olympian close
- Homeric Hymns to Athena (11 and 28)
Olympian gods — Athena / short Homeric Hymns · Homeric Hymns XI and XXVIII — city-protector praise; birth from Zeus’s head
- Homeric Hymns to the Dioscuri (17 and 33)
Olympian gods — Dioscuri / short Homeric Hymns · Homeric Hymns XVII and XXXIII — Tyndarids as horse-tamers and saviors of sailors
- Homeric Hymn to Asclepius (16)
Olympian gods / heroes — Asclepius / short Homeric Hymn · Homeric Hymn XVI — birth from Apollo and Coronis; healer of disease
- Homeric Hymn to Dionysus (26)
Olympian gods — Dionysus / short Homeric Hymn · Homeric Hymn XXVI — Nysean nurses; ivy and woodland rearing
- Homeric Hymn to Dionysus (1) — Fragment
Olympian gods — Dionysus / fragmentary Homeric Hymn · Homeric Hymn I — disputed birthplaces; Zeus and the god’s glory
- Homeric Hymn to Hera (12)
Olympian gods — Hera / short Homeric Hymn · Homeric Hymn XII — praise of Hera as queenly sister-wife of Zeus
- Homeric Hymn to Hermes (18)
Olympian gods — Hermes / short Homeric Hymn · Homeric Hymn XVIII — brief birth praise of Cyllenian Hermes
- Homeric Hymn to Apollo (21)
Olympian gods — Apollo / short Homeric Hymn · Homeric Hymn XXI — Apollo as swan-sung archer of the far range
- Homeric Hymn to Zeus (23)
Olympian gods — Zeus / short Homeric Hymn · Homeric Hymn XXIII — brief praise of Zeus as counsel and Themis’s consort
- Homeric Hymns to Hestia (24 and 29)
Olympian gods — Hestia / short Homeric Hymns · Homeric Hymns XXIV and XXIX — hearth virgin; first and last libations with Hermes
- Homeric Hymn to the Muses and Apollo (25)
Olympian gods — Muses / Apollo / short Homeric Hymn · Homeric Hymn XXV — from the Muses and Apollo come singers and lyre-players
- Apollo and the Cretan Sailors: Founding Delphi’s Priesthood
Olympian gods — Apollo / Delphic foundation · Homeric Hymn (Pythian) — Cretans from Knossos led to Pytho as first priests
- Minos, Rhadamanthys, and Aeacus: Judges of the Dead
Olympian gods / underworld order — judicial afterlife · Homeric / Platonic / Apollodorean — three mortal kings as underworld judges
- Lampetie and Phaethusa: Keepers of Helios’s Cattle
Olympian gods — Helios / Thrinacian herds · Homeric — nymph daughters of Helios who tend the immortal cattle and sheep
- Macris Nurses Dionysus on Euboea
Olympian gods — Dionysus / Euboean nymph nursing · Apollonian — Macris daughter of Aristaeus shelters and honeys the infant god
- Bendis: Thracian Artemis in Athens
Olympian gods / Thracian cult in Attica — Bendis · Classical Attic reception — Bendideia at Piraeus; Plato’s dramatic date
- Acrisius, Danaë, and the Bronze Chamber: Conception of Perseus
Heroes — Perseus · Apollodorean / Pherecydian (Argive oracle; Zeus as golden rain)
- The Chest Cast into the Sea: Danaë and Perseus on Seriphos
Heroes — Perseus · Apollodorean / Pherecydian (Seriphean landing; Dictys as rescuer)
- Polydectes’s Demand: Hermes and Athena Equip Perseus
Heroes — Perseus · Apollodorean / Pherecydian (wedding-gift trick; divine guides and gear)
- Visit to the Graeae and the Nymphs
Heroes — Perseus · Apollodorean / Pherecydian (shared eye and tooth; path to the nymphs)
- Beheading of Medusa: Birth of Pegasus and Chrysaor
Heroes — Perseus · Apollodorean / Hesiodic enrichment (Medusa mortal; Pegasus and Chrysaor from the neck)
- Return to Seriphos: Petrification of Polydectes; Dictys Made King
Heroes — Perseus · Apollodorean (altar refuge; palace petrification; Athena’s shield)
- Birth of Heracles: Amphitryon, Alcmene, Zeus; Hera’s Delay; the Snakes
Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean (Theban birth; Zeus’s prolonged night; Eurystheus preferred by Hera’s trick)
- Youth of Heracles: Linus, Cithaeron, Thespius, and the Minyans
Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean (education; Linus’s death; Cithaeronian lion; Thespius; liberation of Thebes)
- Madness of Heracles: Murder of the Children (Apollodorean, before the Labors)
Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean (Hera-sent madness in Thebes *before* service to Eurystheus; Megara’s sons killed; purification then Delphi)
- Madness of Heracles: Murder of Wife and Children (Euripidean, after the Labors)
Heroes — Heracles · Attic tragic — Euripides (madness *after* return from the labors; Lycus episode; Megara slain; Theseus as comforter)
- Oracle and the Beginning of Service to Eurystheus
Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean (Delphic command; twelve years at Tiryns; labors as path to immortality)
- First Labor: The Nemean Lion
Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean (invulnerable lion; strangling; Molorchus at Cleonae; skin as armor)
- Second Labor: The Lernaean Hydra
Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean (many-headed Hydra; Iolaus’s firebrands; Hera’s crab; arrows poisoned in the gall)
- Third Labor: The Ceryneian (Cerynitian) Hind
Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean (golden-horned hind sacred to Artemis; year-long chase; confrontation with Artemis and Apollo)
- Fourth Labor: The Erymanthian Boar (and Pholus among the Centaurs)
Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean (live capture of the boar; Pholus’s hospitality; centaur battle; Chiron’s incurable wound)
- Sixth Labor: The Stymphalian Birds
Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean (lake birds; Athena’s bronze krotala; flushed and shot)
- Ninth Labor: Hippolyte’s Belt (Hera’s Rumor and the Death of the Queen)
Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean (Admete’s desire; Hippolyte first willing; Hera as Amazon spreads rumor; Heracles kills Hippolyte and takes the belt of Ares)
- Hesione Exposed at Troy: Heracles, Laomedon, and the Broken Bargain
Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean (attached to the homeward voyage after the Amazon labor; Apollo–Poseidon wages unpaid; sea-monster; Hesione; mares of Ganymede promised and refused; threat of later war)
- Tenth Labor: The Cattle of Geryon (Helios’s Cup, Orthrus, Erytheia)
Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean (Erytheia/Gadira; triple-bodied Geryon; Orthrus and Eurytion; Helios’s golden cup; homeward cattle-drive with Eryx and Hera’s gadfly)
- Eleventh Labor: Apples of the Hesperides (Nereus, Atlas Holds the Sky)
Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean / Pherecydian (apples among Hyperboreans by Atlas; Nereus compelled for guidance; Atlas fetches fruit while Heracles bears the sky; craft-return of the burden; Ladon present as guardian but not slain in this plot)
- Eleventh Labor: Apples of the Hesperides (Heracles Slays the Dragon Himself)
Heroes — Heracles · Alternate classical (Heracles enters the garden, kills the guardian serpent, and plucks the apples — vs. Atlas as intermediary)
- After the Labors: Iphitus’s Murder and Sale to Omphale
Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean (labors complete; Eurytus and Iole; murder of Iphitus; Delphic sentence of servitude; Hermes sells Heracles to Omphale of Lydia)
- Omphale in Lydia: Service and Deeds under the Queen
Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean (three-year Lydian servitude; Cercopes; Syleus; other Asian deeds; release)
- Trachis and the Poisoned Robe: Deianeira’s Gift and Heracles’ Agony
Heroes — Heracles · Sophoclean / Apollodorean (robe anointed with Nessus’s blood; Lichas delivers it; Hydra venom burns; Lichas killed; Deianeira’s suicide)
- Pyre on Mount Oeta: The Death of Heracles
Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean / Sophoclean (Heracles carried to Oeta; pyre built; Philoctetes or Poeas lights it; bow bequeathed; mortal body consumed)
- Apotheosis of Heracles and Marriage to Hebe
Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean / Homeric (immortality after the pyre; reconciliation with Hera; marriage to Hebe; Olympian seat)
- Alcestis Rescued from Death
Heroes — Heracles · Euripidean / Apollodorean (Admetus’s postponed death; Alcestis dies in his place; Heracles wrestles Thanatos or brings her back from the grave)
- Heracles’ Aid in the Gigantomachy
Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean (oracle that giants fall only if a mortal helps; Heracles shoots and finishes the Giants beside the Olympians)
- Cycnus Son of Ares: Combat on the Way to the Hesperides (or at Itonus)
Heroes — Heracles · Hesiodic *Shield* / Apollodorean (Cycnus waylays pilgrims; Heracles kills him; Ares engages and is wounded or parted by Zeus)
- Birth of Theseus: Aethra, Aegeus, and Poseidon (Double Paternity)
Heroes — Theseus · Apollodorean / Plutarchan compilation (Trozenian conception; Aegeus and Poseidon both named as fathers)
- The Bull of Marathon
Heroes — Theseus · Apollodorean (Marathonian bull = Cretan bull released by Heracles; Theseus captures and sacrifices it)
- Ariadne on Naxos: Abandonment and Dionysus
Heroes — Theseus · Apollodorean main line (Theseus leaves Ariadne on Naxos/Dia; Dionysus takes her); alternate classical strands noted
- Hippolytus and Phaedra (Euripides)
Heroes — Theseus · Attic tragic — Euripides, *Hippolytus* (Phaedra’s forbidden love; Theseus’s curse; Artemis and Aphrodite)
- Theseus and Pirithous: Abduction of Helen
Heroes — Theseus · Apollodorean / Plutarchan (Theseus and Pirithous seize youthful Helen; she is recovered by the Dioscuri)
- 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)
- Building of the Argo and Gathering of the Argonauts
Heroes — Jason / Argonauts · Apollonian / Apollodorean (Athena’s design; Argus the builder; catalogue of heroes)
- Phineus and the Harpies; the Boreads; Advice for the Symplegades
Heroes — Jason / Argonauts · Apollonian (blind seer; Harpies driven off; guidance for the Clashing Rocks)
- The Symplegades (Clashing Rocks)
Heroes — Jason / Argonauts · Apollonian (dove test; Athena’s push; rocks fixed thereafter)
- 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)
- Circe’s Purification; Libya and Triton’s Gift (Return Voyage)
Heroes — Jason / Argonauts · Apollonian return (Circe cleanses kin-blood; later Libyan shoals and Triton)
- Talos on Crete
Heroes — Jason / Argonauts · Apollonian / Apollodorean (bronze guardian; ankle vein; Medea’s defeat of Talos)
- Calydonian Boar Hunt: Setup — Oeneus and Artemis’s Wrath
Heroes — Calydonian / Meleager · Apollodorean (neglected first-fruits; Artemis sends the huge boar)
- Meleager and the Calydonian Hunt (Atalanta’s Role)
Heroes — Calydonian / Meleager · Apollodorean (pan-Hellenic muster; Atalanta first wound; Meleager awards the hide; quarrel with uncles)
- Meleager in Homer: Phoenix’s Digression (*Iliad* 9)
Heroes — Calydonian / Meleager · Homeric — Phoenix to Achilles (anger, withdrawal, city’s peril; no Fate-brand)
- Atalanta: Birth, Exposure, and the Bear
Heroes — Atalanta · Apollodorean Arcadian (Iasus; exposure; bear; hunters; vow of virginity)
- Bellerophon, Pegasus, Further Tasks, and the Fall from Heaven
Heroes — Bellerophon · Pindaric / Apollodorean (+ Homeric end note): Pegasus tamed; heavenward attempt; wandering end
- Orpheus and Eurydice: The Descent
Heroes — Orpheus · Apollodorean Greek notice (+ Plato); fuller narrative is largely Roman (Vergil/Ovid)—labeled
- Death of Orpheus: The Maenads
Heroes — Orpheus · Apollodorean / Pausanian (torn by Thracian/Macedonian women or Maenads; head and lyre)
- Niobe: Apollo and Artemis Slaughter Her Children
Heroes — Niobe (Theban / Lydian) · Apollodorean / Homeric (boast over Leto; children shot; stone on Sipylus)
- Tantalus: Crime and Punishment
Heroes — Tantalids / Pelops · Homeric underworld punishment + Apollodorean crimes (feast of Pelops; theft of nectar/ambrosia)
- Cadmus and the Founding of Thebes (Dragon’s Teeth)
Heroes — Cadmus / Theban cycle gateway · Apollodorean (Europa search; Delphic cow; Castalian dragon; Spartoi; Harmonia)
- Europa’s Abduction: Zeus and the Bull
Heroes — Europa / Cretan kings (preface to Cadmus) · Apollodorean / Moschus (Zeus as bull; Crete; Minos, Rhadamanthys, Sarpedon)
- Laius, Chrysippus, and the Oracle against a Son
Theban · Apollodorean / tragic (Pelops curse; Delphic warning; Labdacid doom)
- Birth and Exposure of Oedipus; Rearing by Polybus and Merope
Theban · Apollodorean / Sophoclean (Cithaeron exposure; Corinthian fosterage)
- Delphi and the Murder of Laius at the Crossroads
Theban · Apollodorean / Sophoclean (Phocian / Daulian crossroads)
- The Sphinx’s Riddle; Oedipus King; Marriage to Jocasta
Theban · Apollodorean / tragic (riddle solved; throne and queen as prize)
- Plague at Thebes and the Discovery of the Truth (*Oedipus Tyrannus*)
Theban · Attic tragic — Sophocles *Oedipus Tyrannus* (+ Apollodorean summary)
- Blinding of Oedipus and Exile from Thebes
Theban · Sophoclean (*OT* end) / Apollodorean (exile timing variants)
- The Seven Against Thebes: March and Battle
Theban · Aeschylean / Apollodorean (seven champions; seven gates)
- Amphion and Zethus: The Walls of Thebes
Theban · Apollodorean / Homeric (*Odyssey* Antiope) / Pausanian
- Amphiaraus Swallowed by the Earth
Theban — Seven Against Thebes sequel (personal fate of the seer) · Apollodorean / Pindaric (reluctant march; chasm; hero-oracle)
- Orion: Blinding, Death Variants, and the Stars
Heroes — Orion · Apollodorean / Homeric / astral (Oenopion; scorpion; Artemis; Eos)
- Admetus’s Wedding: Artemis Neglected and the Serpents in the Chamber
Heroes — Thessalian / Admetus–Alcestis prelude · Apollodorean (wedding omission; Artemis’s wrath; Apollo’s remedy)
- Athamas’s Madness: From Fleece Intrigue to the Killing of Learchus
Heroes — Aeolid / Athamas house (bridge between fleece origin and Ino’s leap) · Apollodorean (Hera’s madness after Dionysus-nursing; Learchus slain)
- Aeson and Pelias: Usurpation of Iolcus
Heroes — Jason / Argonauts (Iolcus prelude) · Apollodorean / Pindaric Aeolid (Cretheus; Tyro; Pelias seizes the throne)
- Orestes’ Wanderings and Alternate Purifications (beyond *Eumenides*)
Heroes — Atreid / Oresteia aftermath · Apollodorean / Pausanian / Euripidean notices (multi-site cleansing)
- Odysseus Meets Anticleia (*Odyssey* 11)
Heroes — Odyssey nekyia / family of Odysseus · Homeric — mother and son at the blood-trench
- 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
- Wedding of Cadmus and Harmonia: The Necklace and the Robe
Heroes — Theban foundation / Cadmus · Apollodorean / Pausanian — divine wedding gifts; cursed heirlooms
- 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
- Theseus’s Bones Brought from Scyros to Athens
Heroes — Theseus / Attic hero-cult translation · Plutarchan / Pausanian — Cimon recovers the bones; Theseion
- Eurystheus Hides in the Bronze Jar
Heroes — Heracles / labors aftermath delivery · Apollodorean / pictorial classical tradition — Eurystheus cowers in a jar when Heracles brings live monsters
- Amphion’s Death after Niobe’s Children Fall
Heroes — Theban / Niobid aftermath · Apollodorean — Amphion kills himself (or is killed) when Apollo and Artemis slay the Niobids
- Asclepius Resurrects Hippolytus
Heroes — Asclepiad / Hippolytus aftermath (beyond Euripides’ death) · Apollodorean / Pausanian / cultic — Asclepius raises Hippolytus; Zeus’s bolt follows
- Tiphys Dies; Ancaeus Takes the Helm
Heroes — Argonautica / voyage logistics · Apollonian — death of the first helmsman; Ancaeus succeeds
- Epaphus: Son of Io, King in Egypt
Heroes — Io line / Argive–Egyptian bridge · Apollodorean / Aeschylean destiny — Epaphus born of Zeus’s touch; Egyptian kingship
- Sidero Slain by Pelias at Hera’s Altar
Heroes — Aeolid / Tyro cycle / Pelias’s impiety · Apollodorean — cruel stepmother; twins’ vengeance; slaughter at Hera’s altar
- 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
- Abduction (Elopement) of Helen: Paris at Sparta
Trojan · Epic Cycle — *Cypria* (Proclus) / Apollodorean (Aphrodite’s gift; departure with treasure; Homeric regret vs. willing-flight noted)
- Sacrifice of Iphigenia at Aulis (Deer Substitute)
Trojan · Epic Cycle — *Cypria* / Apollodorean (+ Euripidean *Iphigenia at Aulis*); Artemis substitutes a deer
- Quarrel at the Ships: Chryses, Plague, and the Taking of Briseis
Trojan · Homeric — *Iliad* Book 1 (Achilles’ wrath begins)
- 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
- Reconciliation; Achilles Returns to Battle
Trojan · Homeric — *Iliad* 19
- Achilles’ Aristeia and the Death of Hector
Trojan · Homeric — *Iliad* 20–22
- Memnon Son of Dawn: Achilles Kills Memnon
Trojan · Epic Cycle — *Aethiopis* (Proclus) / Apollodorean
- Helen’s Eidolon: The Phantom at Troy (Stesichorus / Euripides)
Trojan — variant of Helen’s role in the war · Stesichorean palinode + Euripides *Helen* (eidolon at Troy; real Helen in Egypt)
- Iphigenia among the Taurians (Euripides)
Trojan — Nostoi / Oresteia aftermath · Attic tragic — Euripides *Iphigenia in Tauris*
- Iphigenia at Aulis (Euripides) — Completed Kill / Ambiguous End
Trojan — Aulis sacrifice (tragic version) · Attic tragic — Euripides *Iphigenia at Aulis* (as distinct from *Cypria* deer-rescue in 007)
- Death of Sarpedon (Iliad)
Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Lycian allies · Homeric (*Iliad* 16)
- Achilles and the River Scamander (Xanthus) — *Iliad* 21
Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Achilles’ aristeia / river combat · Homeric (*Iliad* 21)
- Hephaestus Burns the Plain: Fire against Scamander (*Iliad* 21)
Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / divine combat / Achilles’ rescue · Homeric (*Iliad* 21)
- Thetis and the Nereids Lament with Achilles (*Iliad* 18)
Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Patroclus aftermath / Nereid mourning · Homeric (*Iliad* 18)
- Achilles, Aeneas, and Poseidon’s Rescue (*Iliad* 20)
Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Achilles’ return / Dardanian fate · Homeric (*Iliad* 20)
- Andromache Learns Hector Is Dead (*Iliad* 22)
Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / death of Hector · Homeric (*Iliad* 22 end) — recognition from the wall
- Aphrodite Rescues Paris from Menelaus (*Iliad* 3)
Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Book 3 duel · Homeric — Aphrodite’s mist-rescue of Paris
- Aphrodite Forces Helen to Paris’s Chamber (*Iliad* 3)
Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Book 3 · Homeric — Aphrodite compels Helen after the duel
- Paris Wounds Diomedes (*Iliad* 11)
Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Book 11 · Homeric — Paris’s arrow ends Diomedes’ fighting day
- Athena Tips Diomedes to Wound Ares (*Iliad* 5)
Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Book 5 · Homeric — Athena as charioteer and guide against Ares
- Hera and Athena Arm for War: The Chariot of Hera (*Iliad* 5)
Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Book 5 · Homeric — goddesses arm and descend against Ares
- Hera’s Deception of Zeus on Ida (Dios Apate, *Iliad* 14)
Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Book 14 · Homeric — Dios apate (the Deception of Zeus)
- Athena Wounds Ares in the Theomachy (*Iliad* 21)
Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Book 21 theomachy · Homeric — Athena vs. Ares after the river-fight
- Poseidon Challenges Apollo: Theomachy over Troy’s Walls (*Iliad* 21)
Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Book 21 theomachy · Homeric — Poseidon vs. Apollo (verbal challenge; Apollo declines)
- Hera Boxes Artemis’s Ears (*Iliad* 21)
Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Book 21 theomachy · Homeric — Hera vs. Artemis after Apollo’s refusal
- Hermes and Leto Refuse Combat (*Iliad* 21)
Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Book 21 theomachy · Homeric — Hermes declines to fight Leto; theomachy winds down
- Xanthus and Balius: Achilles’ Talking Horses (*Iliad* 19)
Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Achilles’ return to battle · Homeric — immortal horses prophesy Achilles’ death
- Achilles Consoles Priam with Niobe (*Iliad* 24)
Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Ransom of Hector · Homeric — Niobe’s grief and return to food as consolation paradeigma
- Diomedes Wounds Aphrodite (*Iliad* 5)
Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Diomedes’ aristeia · Homeric — Athena’s leave; spear to Aphrodite’s wrist; Aeneas rescued
- Adonis: Aphrodite and the Boar
Local and lesser — Cypriot / Levantine cult myth in Greek dress · Apollodorean (birth from Myrrha/Smyrna; Aphrodite; Persephone; boar death); Bion’s *Lament*
- Hermaphroditus and Salmacis
Local and lesser — Carian spring metamorphosis · Roman transmission (Ovid); Greek cult/toponym of Salmacis at Halicarnassus
- Procris and Cephalus (Apollodorus)
Local and lesser — Attic / Cephallenian marital tragedy · Apollodorean (gifts of Artemis; accidental killing); Pherecydes / tragic fragments
- Pygmalion
Local and lesser — Cypriot · Roman transmission (Ovid); Greek notices of Pygmalion as Cypriot king/sculptor vary
- Acontius and Cydippe (Callimachus)
Local and lesser — Cean / Delian · Callimachean (*Aetia*); Aristaenetus and Ovid *Heroides* 20–21 as later expansions
- Eos and Tithonus
Local and lesser — Dawn / Trojan royal house · Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite (+ Homeric *Iliad* / *Odyssey* notices; Apollodorean genealogy)
- Sisyphus: Cheating Death and the Rolling Stone
Local and lesser — Corinthian / underworld punishment · Homeric punishment + Apollodorean / Pherecydian crimes (Thanatos bound; Persephone tricked)
- Tityos: Assault on Leto and the Vultures
Local and lesser — underworld punishment / Letoids · Homeric (*Odyssey* 11) / Apollodorean (birth; assault; death by Apollo and Artemis)
- Hero and Leander (Musaeus — Late Greek)
Local and lesser — Hellespontine love tragedy · Late Greek (Musaeus); earlier Greek notices thin; Ovid *Heroides* 18–19 labeled Roman parallel
- Alpheus and Arethusa
Local and lesser — Arcadian / Sicilian spring aetiology · Roman transmission (Ovid) of Greek river–spring myth; Pindaric and Pausanian Greek notices
- Linus: Aetiology of the Mourning Song
Local and lesser — musical aetiology / harvest lament · Homeric / Hesiodic / Pindaric / Pausanian (multiple Linus figures; song *ailinon*)
- Myrrha (Smyrna): Birth of Adonis from the Myrrh Tree
Local and lesser — Cypriot / Near Eastern birth aetiology · Apollodorean birth notice thickened; Ovid-labeled full incest narrative
- Cinyras and Myrrha
Local and lesser — Cypriot kingship / Adonis prelude · Apollodorean / Pindaric notices of Cinyras; Myrrha crime as household disaster
- Arion of Methymna and the Dolphin (Herodotus)
Local and lesser — Lesbian / Corinthian musical legend · Herodotean classical legend (Arion of Methymna)
- Candaules and Gyges (Herodotus)
Local and lesser — Lydian royal legend (Herodotean) · Herodotean classical legend (origin of Mermnad dynasty)
- Rhoeo and Anius: Delian Myths
Local and lesser — Delian / Apolline local myth · Apollodorean / Diodoran / cyclic notices (Rhoeo; Anius; Oenotropae)
- Apollo vs Pan: Musical Contest (Midas Judge)
Local and lesser — Phrygian / musical contest · Roman transmission (Ovid) of the Tmolus contest — separate from the thin ass-ears summary in 003 and from Apollo–Marsyas (02/016)
- Cyparissus (Ovid-Labeled)
Local and lesser — metamorphosis / Apolline favorite · Roman transmission (Ovid) of the Cean / Cypriot youth changed into the cypress
- Aristaeus, the Bees, and Eurydice (Vergil-Labeled)
Local and lesser — pastoral / bee aetiology; Orphic hinge · Roman primary narrative (Vergil, *Georgics* 4) of a Greek hero (Aristaeus); Greek notices of Aristaeus as pastoral culture-hero noted
- 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)
- Manto, Daughter of Tiresias
Local and lesser — Theban / prophetic lineage; colonial aetiology · Apollodorean / tragic / Pausanian
- Calchas and Mopsus: The Contest and Death of Calchas
Local and lesser — mantic rivalry / post-Trojan · Apollodorean / Hesiodic *Melampodia* / Strabonian
- Callisto Catasterism: Arctos (Ursa Major)
Local and lesser — Arcadian / astral aetiology · Eratosthenic / Hyginus astral (+ Apollodorean / Pausanian Arcadian frame)
- The Pleiades: Daughters of Atlas (and Orion’s Pursuit)
Local and lesser — astral aetiology / Atlasid nymphs · Hesiodic / Apollodorean / astral handbook (Eratosthenes / Hyginus)
- Eos and Orion (Love of Dawn)
Local and lesser — Dawn’s mortal loves / Orion cycle · Homeric / Hesiodic notices (+ Apollodorean / astral frame)
- Niobe’s Weeping Rock on Sipylus (Pausanias)
Local and lesser — Lydian / Anatolian aetiology · Pausanian local — rock on Mount Sipylus still weeping
- Orion’s Death and the Scorpion (Catasterism)
Local and lesser — astral aetiology / Orion · Hesiodic / Apollodorean / astral handbook — scorpion sent by Earth or Artemis
- Trophonius: Oracle of Lebadeia
Local and lesser — Boeotian oracle / hero-cult · Pausanian — descent into the chasm of Trophonius
- Lyra: The Lyre of Orpheus (Catasterism)
Local and lesser — astral aetiology / Orpheus · Catasterismic handbook — Orpheus’s lyre placed among the stars
- Asclepius as Ophiuchus (Serpent-Bearer)
Local and lesser — astral aetiology / Asclepius · Catasterismic handbook — Asclepius placed as Ophiuchus with the serpent
- Virgo: Astraea / Dike among the Stars
Local and lesser — astral aetiology / Justice departing the earth · Catasterismic / Hesiodic–Aratean — maiden Justice as Virgo
- Scorpius: The Scorpion among the Stars (Catasterism)
Local and lesser — astral aetiology / Orion cycle · Catasterismic handbook — scorpion that killed Orion as Scorpius
- Libra: The Scales (and the Chelae of Scorpius)
Local and lesser — astral aetiology / Justice / zodiac history · Catasterismic / Aratean — Chelae become Libra; scales of Dike/Astraea
- Codrus: The Last King of Athens Sacrifices Himself
Local and lesser — Attic kings / Pausanian–Lycurgan legend · Pausanian / Lycurgan Attic (Codrus; Dorian invasion oracle)
- Coroebus and Poine at Argos (Pausanias)
Local and lesser — Argive local / Apollo’s vengeance aetiology · Pausanian Argive — Poine sent for Psamathe’s death; Coroebus slays her
- 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
- Cypselus, Labda, and the Chest (Herodotus)
Local and lesser — Corinthian foundation / Bacchiad oracle · Herodotean — lame Labda; oracles; baby hidden in a *kypsele*; tyrant of Corinth
- Olympia’s Older Foundations: Idaean Dactyls and Pelops (Pausanias)
Local and lesser — Eleian / Olympia cult aetiology · Pausanian — pre-Heraclean foundations of the Olympic games
- Cronus’s Hill at Olympia and the Local Zeus-Birth (Pausanias)
Local and lesser — Eleian / Olympia sacred topography · Pausanian — Cronius hill; local claim that Rhea bore Zeus at Olympia
- The Meleagrides: Sisters of Meleager Become Birds
Local and lesser — Calydonian aftermath / bird metamorphosis · Antoninus Liberalis (Greek) + Ovid-labeled Roman enrichment — mourning sisters turned into meleagrides (guinea-fowl)
- The Heliadae of Rhodes
Local and lesser — Rhodian primordial kings / Helios cult · Pindaric / Diodorean — seven sons of Helios and Rhode; fireless sacrifice; murder of Tenages
- The Palici of Sicily
Local and lesser — Sicilian twin gods / crater lakes / oath cult · Aeschylean *Aetnaeae* notices + Macrobian antiquarian synthesis — twin sons of Zeus and Thalia (or Aetna); boiling lakes; sanctuary of oaths
- Batrachomyomachia: Battle of Frogs and Mice
Local and lesser — Homeric pseudepigrapha / animal parody epic · Pseudo-Homeric (Hellenistic / imperial attribution to Homer or Pigres) — frog-mouse war as Iliadic parody
- Agdistis of Phrygia
Local and lesser — Phrygian aetiology / Mother of the Gods / Attis cycle prelude · Pausanian Lydian–Phrygian — bisexual earth-born Agdistis; almond; Attis