Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (6)

• Gelanor Yields Argos to Danaus
  Heroes / Argive — Danaid arrival and transfer of kingship · Apollodorean / Pausanian — last pre-Danaid king; omen of the wolf
• Amymone and Poseidon: The Lernaean Spring
  Local and lesser — Argive / Danaid prelude · Apollodorean / Aeschylean satyr-play tradition (Amymone)
• Belus, Aegyptus, and Danaus: The Setup
  Local and lesser — Argive / Io’s descendants · Apollodorean genealogical setup (before the Danaid murders)
• The Danaids: Murder of the Sons of Aegyptus
  Local and lesser — Argive · Apollodorean (+ Aeschylean *Suppliants* frame; underworld punishment tradition)
• Lynceus and Hypermnestra: Survival and the Argive Line
  Local and lesser — Argive succession · Apollodorean / tragic (*Danaid* trilogy aftermath); Pausanian cult notices
• The Danaids’ Punishment: Leaky Jars in the Underworld
  Local and lesser — Argive / underworld punishment · Classical underworld tradition (lyric, tragic, and handbook) attached to the Danaid crime

Places appearing with them

• Argos
• Burial places / Lernaean waters
• Egypt
• Egypt / Arabia
• Ethiopia
• Gates of Hades
• Larisa
• Lerna
• Mycenae
• Pytho
• Rock struck by the trident
• The deep
• Underworld

Themes

• Birth
• Contest
• Marriage
• Prophecy
• Revenge
• Succession
• Underworld
• War