Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (2)

• Apollo and Cyrene: The Huntress and the Birth of Aristaeus (Pindar)
  Olympian gods — Apollo / Libyan–Thessalian foundation · Pindaric — Apollo’s love for Cyrene; Aristaeus born; Libya allotted
• Aristaeus, the Bees, and Eurydice (Vergil-Labeled)
  Local and lesser — pastoral / bee aetiology; Orphic hinge · Roman primary narrative (Vergil, *Georgics* 4) of a Greek hero (Aristaeus); Greek notices of Aristaeus as pastoral culture-hero noted

Places appearing with them

• Chiron’s cave
• Ethiopia
• Gates of Hades
• Hives of Aristaeus
• River Peneus
• Riverbank of Eurydice’s flight
• Thessaly

Themes

• Birth
• Sacrifice
• Theft
• War