Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (5)

• Idomeneus and the Vow (Human Sacrifice / Exile)
  Trojan — Nostoi / Cretan return · Apollodorean / Servian–handbook nostos (vow; plague; exile)
• Helen’s Teichoscopia: Naming the Greek Heroes (*Iliad* 3)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Book 3 · Homeric — wall-viewing (teichoscopia) before the Paris–Menelaus duel
• Funeral Games for Patroclus: The Javelin (Agamemnon Honored) (*Iliad* 23)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Book 23 games · Homeric — javelin prize awarded to Agamemnon without a cast
• Nestor Rescues the Wounded Machaon (*Iliad* 11)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Book 11 hinge · Homeric — Paris wounds Machaon; Nestor conveys him; Achilles sends Patroclus
• Poseidon as Calchas Rallies the Ajaxes (*Iliad* 13)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Book 13 / divine aid to the Achaeans · Homeric — Poseidon’s disguised encouragement at the ships

Places appearing with them

• Achaean ships and camp
• Achilles’ ship-stern
• Aegae
• Assembly
• Daunia / Apulia
• Mycenae
• Nestor’s chariot and hut
• Oenone
• Plain before Troy
• The deep
• Trojan shore
• Troy
• Wall of Troy

Themes

• Binding
• Contest
• Exile
• Prophecy
• Sacrifice
• War