Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (5)

• Building of the Argo and Gathering of the Argonauts
  Heroes — Jason / Argonauts · Apollonian / Apollodorean (Athena’s design; Argus the builder; catalogue of heroes)
• 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)
• Atalanta: Birth, Exposure, and the Bear
  Heroes — Atalanta · Apollodorean Arcadian (Iasus; exposure; bear; hunters; vow of virginity)
• Atalanta’s Footrace: Melanion and the Golden Apples
  Heroes — Atalanta · Apollodorean Greek (Melanion; Aphrodite’s apples; metamorphosis into lions)
• Parthenopaeus: Death at Thebes
  Heroes — Theban / Seven Against Thebes · Aeschylean / Euripidean / Apollodorean

Places appearing with them

• Calydon
• Colchis
• Dodona
• Garden of the Hesperides
• His assigned gate
• Iolcus
• Mount Helicon
• Mount Pelion
• Pleuron
• Racecourse
• Sanctuary of Zeus
• Thebes
• Thessaly

Themes

• Abduction
• Binding
• Birth
• Contest
• Exile
• Marriage
• Metamorphosis
• Prophecy
• Revenge
• Sacrifice
• Succession
• War