Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (10)

• Trachis and the Poisoned Robe: Deianeira’s Gift and Heracles’ Agony
  Heroes — Heracles · Sophoclean / Apollodorean (robe anointed with Nessus’s blood; Lichas delivers it; Hydra venom burns; Lichas killed; Deianeira’s suicide)
• Pyre on Mount Oeta: The Death of Heracles
  Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean / Sophoclean (Heracles carried to Oeta; pyre built; Philoctetes or Poeas lights it; bow bequeathed; mortal body consumed)
• Apotheosis of Heracles and Marriage to Hebe
  Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean / Homeric (immortality after the pyre; reconciliation with Hera; marriage to Hebe; Olympian seat)
• Return of the Heraclidae (Heraclids)
  Heroes — Heracles aftermath / Dorian foundation · Apollodorean (failed attempts; Temenus; Tisamenus; lots for the Peloponnese)
• Heraclidae at Athens: Death of Eurystheus
  Heroes — Heraclidae / Attic asylum · Apollodorean / Euripidean (*Heraclidae*) — Attic refuge and Eurystheus’s end
• Hyllus and Echemus: Single Combat at Tegea
  Heroes — Heraclidae / failed first return · Herodotean / Apollodorean / Pausanian — Hyllus’s death stalls the return
• Macaria’s Sacrifice (*Heraclidae*)
  Heroes — Heraclidae / Attic tragic asylum · Attic tragic — Euripides *Heraclidae*; voluntary maiden sacrifice for victory
• Hyllus Marries Iole
  Heroes — Heracles aftermath / Trachiniae close / Heraclid marriage · Sophoclean / Apollodorean — dying Heracles exacts Hyllus’s marriage to Iole
• Iolaus Rejuvenated by Hebe
  Heroes — Heraclidae / Euripidean miracle · Euripidean *Heraclidae* — aged Iolaus prays; Hebe and Zeus restore his youth for battle
• The Carnea and Apollo Carneius (Sparta)
  Local and lesser — Spartan / Dorian Apollo festival aetiology · Pausanian / classical — Carneius as local god fused with Apollo; Carnea festival

Places appearing with them

• Aulis / Chalcis
• Chariot of Iolaus
• Hades
• Isthmus
• Marathonian Tetrapolis
• Mount Helicon
• Mount Oeta
• Mycenae
• Naupactus
• Oechalia
• Olympus
• Peloponnese
• Pleuron
• Rhamnus
• Scironian Road
• Sea off Euboea
• Trachis
• Troy

Themes

• Abduction
• Birth
• Divine Council
• Exile
• Hospitality
• Marriage
• Prophecy
• Sacrifice
• Succession
• War