Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (4)

• Aphrodite and Adonis: Love and Death by the Boar (Classical)
  Olympian gods — Aphrodite / Adonis · Apollodorean / mythographic classical (vs. Bion’s lament)
• Polynices and Argia (Argeia): Marriage at Argos
  Heroes — Theban / Argive alliance · Apollodorean / tragic / cyclic (Adrastus’s daughters; lion and boar)
• 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*
• Aphrodite’s Lament for Adonis (Bion)
  Local and lesser — Adonis / bucolic lament · Hellenistic bucolic — Bion’s *Lament for Adonis* (Greek)

Places appearing with them

• Argos
• Bridal chamber
• Cyprus
• Greek cities
• Hunting wilds
• Mount Helicon
• Salamis
• Thebes
• Underworld
• Wild hills
• Wilds where Adonis hunts

Themes

• Binding
• Birth
• Contest
• Exile
• Marriage
• Metamorphosis
• Prophecy
• Revenge
• War