Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (16)

• Zeus and Nemesis: The Egg of Helen (*Cypria*)
  Olympian gods / Trojan prelude — parentage of Helen · Cyclic — *Cypria* (Nemesis pursued; egg; Leda as foster-mother)
• Theseus and Pirithous: Abduction of Helen
  Heroes — Theseus · Apollodorean / Plutarchan (Theseus and Pirithous seize youthful Helen; she is recovered by the Dioscuri)
• Building of the Argo and Gathering of the Argonauts
  Heroes — Jason / Argonauts · Apollonian / Apollodorean (Athena’s design; Argus the builder; catalogue of heroes)
• Peleus, Acastus, and Astydameia
  Heroes — Aeacid / Thessalian (Peleus before Thetis) · Apollodorean / Pindaric (false accusation; abandonment among centaurs)
• Jason’s Education by Chiron
  Heroes — Jason / Argonauts (youth prelude) · Pindaric / Apollodorean brief (Pelion fosterage before the one sandal)
• Aeson and Pelias: Usurpation of Iolcus
  Heroes — Jason / Argonauts (Iolcus prelude) · Apollodorean / Pindaric Aeolid (Cretheus; Tyro; Pelias seizes the throne)
• Medea Rejuvenates Aeson (Ovid-Labeled)
  Heroes — Jason / Argonauts (Iolcus return) · Roman transmission (Ovid) of Medea’s true rejuvenation of Aeson — distinct from Pelias’s false boiling (074)
• Death of Theseus: Lycomedes on Scyros
  Heroes — Theseus (end) · Apollodorean / Plutarchan biographical tradition
• Hypsipyle at Nemea: Exile, Nurse, and Rescue
  Heroes — Lemnian / Nemean / Seven Against Thebes · Euripidean (*Hypsipyle*) / Apollodorean
• Death of Jason: The Timber of the Argo
  Heroes — Jason / Argonautic aftermath · Euripidean prophecy + mythographic fulfillment (Argo’s beam)
• Abduction of the Leucippides
  Heroes / Spartan — Dioscuri / Apharetidae rivalry · Pindaric / Apollodorean / Cypria — Phoebe and Hilaeira carried off
• Dioscuri Rescue Helen from Aphidna
  Heroes — Dioscuri / Theseus cycle aftermath · Apollodorean / Pausanian — Castor and Polydeuces recover Helen; Aethra captured
• Tiphys Dies; Ancaeus Takes the Helm
  Heroes — Argonautica / voyage logistics · Apollonian — death of the first helmsman; Ancaeus succeeds
• Electra (Euripides)
  Trojan — Nostoi / Oresteia · Attic tragic — Euripides *Electra* (vs. Sophocles 057 and Aeschylus 056)
• Aethra Recovered at Troy by Acamas and Demophon
  Trojan — Sack / Theseid nostoi · Cyclic / Apollodorean / Plutarchan — Theseus’s mother freed from Helen’s service
• Anaphe and Apollo Aegletes
  Local and lesser — Argonautic return / Cycladic island aetiology · Apollonian — Apollo’s radiant epiphany; island appears; Aegletes cult

Places appearing with them

• Aegisthus’s sacrificial grounds
• Agamemnon’s tomb
• Altars of Hecate and Youth
• Amyclae
• Anaphe
• Argive countryside
• Argo
• Assembly
• Bronze cauldron
• Colchis
• Cosmic pursuit
• Dodona
• Hades
• Iolcus
• Isthmus
• Lycia
• Malea
• Mariandynian coast
• Messenia
• Mount Pelion
• Mycenae
• Olympia
• Rhamnus
• Scyros
• Sea of the return voyage
• Spring at Nemea
• Symplegades
• Thebes
• Thessalian countryside
• Thessaly
• Troezen
• Troy

Themes

• Abduction
• Binding
• Birth
• Contest
• Exile
• Hospitality
• Hubris
• Marriage
• Petrification
• Prophecy
• Sacrifice
• Succession
• Theft
• Underworld
• War