Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (3)

• Hera and Ixion: The Cloud and the Birth of Centaurus
  Olympian gods / Thessalian crime and punishment · Pindaric / Apollodorean (Nephele; Centaurus; wheel)
• Ixion Bound to the Wheel
  Heroes — Thessalian / underworld punishment · Pindaric / Apollodorean — wheel sentence after Nephele
• Pirithous’s Wedding and the Centauromachy
  Local and lesser — Lapith / Thessalian; Theseus cycle cross-link · Homeric allusion + Apollodorean / Ovid-labeled full battle; Attic vase and temple sculpture tradition

Places appearing with them

• Mount Pelion
• Olympus
• Thessaly
• Underworld
• Underworld or mid-air
• Wedding hall

Themes

• Abduction
• Binding
• Birth
• Divine Council
• Hospitality
• Hubris
• Marriage
• Prophecy
• Revenge
• Underworld
• War