Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (3)

• Mutual Killing of Eteocles and Polynices
  Theban · Aeschylean / Euripidean / Apollodorean (fraternal duel)
• Haemon’s Suicide (Sophocles, Antigone)
  Heroes — Theban / Antigone aftermath · Attic tragic — Sophocles *Antigone*
• Clytemnestra’s Dream (Aeschylus and Sophocles)
  Heroes — Atreid / Oresteia · Attic tragic — dream as omen before the matricide (Aeschylean and Sophoclean variants compared)

Places appearing with them

• Amyclae
• Field of the Seven
• Hearth of the Atreid house
• Rock tomb
• Theban palace
• Thebes
• Tomb of Agamemnon

Themes

• Birth
• Exile
• Hospitality
• Prophecy
• Sacrifice
• War