Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (5)

• Achilles’ Aristeia and the Death of Hector
  Trojan · Homeric — *Iliad* 20–22
• Asteropaeus and Achilles (Iliad 21)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Paeonian allies / river fight · Homeric (*Iliad* 21)
• Achilles and the River Scamander (Xanthus) — *Iliad* 21
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Achilles’ aristeia / river combat · Homeric (*Iliad* 21)
• Callisto Catasterism: Arctos (Ursa Major)
  Local and lesser — Arcadian / astral aetiology · Eratosthenic / Hyginus astral (+ Apollodorean / Pausanian Arcadian frame)
• Lycaon of Arcadia and Zeus Lycaeus
  Local and lesser — Arcadian kings / Zeus Lykaios cult aetiology · Pausanian / Apollodorean — Lycaon’s crime; werewolf lore; Lycaean cult

Places appearing with them

• Achaean ships
• Assembly
• Lycosura
• Mount Helicon
• Ocean stream
• Paeonia / Axius river
• River Scamander
• Simois
• Sky / Ursa Major
• Twice around the city
• Underworld
• Walls and Scaean Gates of Troy

Themes

• Birth
• Hospitality
• Metamorphosis
• Prophecy
• Sacrifice
• Succession
• War