Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (2)

• Echo and Narcissus (Ovid Line)
  Olympian gods / local metamorphosis — Echo; Narcissus · Roman transmission (Ovid) — Echo cursed by Hera; composite with Narcissus (distinct from Pausanias’s Thespian Narcissus)
• Hera and Poseidon: The Contest for Argos
  Olympian gods / Argive foundation · Pausanian Argive (divine contest; river-gods as judges)

Places appearing with them

• Argos
• Boeotian woodland
• Clear pool
• Heraion of Argos
• Mountain slopes
• Ocean’s streams
• Rivers Inachus, Cephisus, Asterion
• The deep

Themes

• Contest
• Metamorphosis
• Prophecy
• Revenge
• War