Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (2)

• Philoetius the Loyal Cowherd (*Odyssey*)
  Trojan — Odyssey / Ithacan household / mnesterophonia · Homeric — cattle-herd who stands with Odysseus against the suitors
• Ctesippus Throws the Cow’s Heel (*Odyssey* 20–22)
  Trojan — Odyssey / suitors’ outrages / mnesterophonia · Homeric — Ctesippus’s “guest-gift”; later killed by Philoetius

Places appearing with them

• Mycenae
• Sea between Ithaca and Samos

Themes

• Contest
• Hospitality
• Hubris
• Marriage
• Prophecy
• Theft