Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (4)

• Capaneus: Blasphemy and the Thunderbolt
  Heroes — Theban / Seven Against Thebes · Aeschylean / Euripidean / Apollodorean
• Evadne Leaps onto Capaneus’s Pyre
  Heroes — Seven against Thebes aftermath / Euripidean *Suppliants* · Euripidean — widow’s suttee at Eleusis against her father’s will
• Iphis and Ianthe (Ovid-Labeled)
  Local and lesser — Cretan metamorphosis / marriage · **Roman** transmission (Ovid) of a Cretan sex-change and marriage tale
• Anaxarete and Iphis (Ovid-Labeled)
  Local and lesser — Cypriot / Roman metamorphosis / hard-hearted beloved · Roman transmission (Ovid) — stone-hearted maiden; Aphrodite’s vengeance

Places appearing with them

• Anaxarete’s window
• Argos
• Capaneus’s pyre
• Eleusis
• Isis’s temple
• Marriage chamber
• Mycenae
• Salamis
• Thebes

Themes

• Hubris
• Marriage
• Metamorphosis
• Petrification
• Revenge
• Sacrifice
• War