Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (3)

• Acrisius, Danaë, and the Bronze Chamber: Conception of Perseus
  Heroes — Perseus · Apollodorean / Pherecydian (Argive oracle; Zeus as golden rain)
• The Pleiades: Daughters of Atlas (and Orion’s Pursuit)
  Local and lesser — astral aetiology / Atlasid nymphs · Hesiodic / Apollodorean / astral handbook (Eratosthenes / Hyginus)
• Crocus and Smilax (Ovid-Labeled)
  Local and lesser — flower metamorphosis / Roman brief aetiology · Roman transmission (Ovid) — unhappy lovers become crocus and smilax

Places appearing with them

• Altar of Zeus Herkeios
• Argos
• Assembly
• Flower beds
• Mount Helicon
• Pytho
• Underworld
• Unspecified mythic landscape

Themes

• Birth
• Exile
• Hubris
• Metamorphosis
• Prophecy
• Sacrifice
• Succession