Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (2)

• Helen in Egypt with Proteus (Herodotus)
  Local and lesser — Egyptian / Herodotean Trojan variant · Herodotean — Helen detained in Egypt; Troy fought without her
• Contest of Homer and Hesiod
  Local and lesser — biographical legend of the poets / Chalcidian games · Certamen Homeri et Hesiodi (imperial compilation of classical anecdotes) — King Amphidamas’s funeral games; Hesiod wins

Places appearing with them

• Assembly
• Aulis / Chalcis
• Canopic mouth
• Helicon
• Memphis

Themes

• Contest
• Metamorphosis
• Theft
• War