Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (7)

• Hera and Poseidon: The Contest for Argos
  Olympian gods / Argive foundation · Pausanian Argive (divine contest; river-gods as judges)
• Tribute to Minos and the Voyage to Crete
  Heroes — Theseus · Apollodorean (Androgeus’s death; Athenian tribute of youths and maidens; Theseus volunteers)
• The Minotaur and the Labyrinth: Ariadne’s Thread and Daedalus
  Heroes — Theseus · Apollodorean (Ariadne’s love; thread; Theseus kills the Minotaur; escape from Daedalus’s Labyrinth)
• Daedalus and Icarus: The Flight from Crete
  Heroes — Daedalus · Apollodorean (wings of feathers and wax; Icarus falls; Daedalus to Sicily)
• Europa’s Abduction: Zeus and the Bull
  Heroes — Europa / Cretan kings (preface to Cadmus) · Apollodorean / Moschus (Zeus as bull; Crete; Minos, Rhadamanthys, Sarpedon)
• Europa’s Sons in Crete: Minos, Rhadamanthys, and Sarpedon
  Heroes — Cretan royal foundations / Europa cycle aftermath · Apollodorean / Homeric — three sons of Zeus and Europa; Cretan kingship; Sarpedon’s dual identity
• Pasiphaë and the Bull
  Local and lesser — Cretan / Minos cycle · Apollodorean (Poseidon’s bull; Daedalus’s cow; birth of the Minotaur)

Places appearing with them

• Argos
• Heraion of Argos
• Icarian Sea
• Labyrinth
• Lycia
• Mount Etna
• Mycenae
• Oenone
• Olympia
• Ortygia
• Phoenicia
• Rhamnus
• Rivers Inachus, Cephisus, Asterion
• Sea between Athens and Crete
• Sirens’ island
• The deep
• Thebes

Themes

• Abduction
• Binding
• Birth
• Contest
• Hospitality
• Marriage
• Prophecy
• Revenge
• Sacrifice
• Theft
• War