Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (4)

• Hera and Ixion: The Cloud and the Birth of Centaurus
  Olympian gods / Thessalian crime and punishment · Pindaric / Apollodorean (Nephele; Centaurus; wheel)
• Twelfth Labor: Cerberus and the Descent to Hades (Theseus and Pirithous)
  Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean (Eleusinian initiation; Taenarum descent; Medusa phantom; Theseus raised, Pirithous left; Cerberus mastered without weapons; ascent via Troezen)
• Pirithous’s Wedding and the Centauromachy
  Local and lesser — Lapith / Thessalian; Theseus cycle cross-link · Homeric allusion + Apollodorean / Ovid-labeled full battle; Attic vase and temple sculpture tradition
• Caeneus: Gender Change and Invulnerable Lapith
  Local and lesser — Lapith / Centauromachy · Apollodorean / Hesiodic *Catalogue* / Ovid-labeled (Caenis; Poseidon; pine trees)

Places appearing with them

• Amyclae
• Eleusis
• Gates of Acheron
• Gates of Hades
• Hades
• Mount Pelion
• Mycenae
• Pirithous’s wedding ground
• Poseidon’s shore
• Thessaly
• Troezen
• Underworld
• Wedding hall

Themes

• Abduction
• Binding
• Birth
• Divine Council
• Hospitality
• Hubris
• Marriage
• Petrification
• Prophecy
• Revenge
• Theft
• Underworld
• War