Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (3)

• Birth of Heracles: Amphitryon, Alcmene, Zeus; Hera’s Delay; the Snakes
  Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean (Theban birth; Zeus’s prolonged night; Eurystheus preferred by Hera’s trick)
• Amphitryon’s War on the Teleboans (Taphians)
  Heroes — Amphitryon / prelude to the birth of Heracles · Apollodorean / Hesiodic *Shield* — vengeance-war for Alcmene’s brothers
• Electryon’s Death and Amphitryon’s Exile
  Heroes — Amphitryon / Heracles prelude / Mycenaean house · Apollodorean — accidental killing of Electryon; exile to Thebes; betrothal to Alcmene

Places appearing with them

• Chamber of the infants
• Midea
• Mycenae
• Taphos
• Thebes

Themes

• Abduction
• Binding
• Birth
• Divine Council
• Exile
• Marriage
• Prophecy
• Revenge
• Theft
• War