Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (4)

• Zeus and Leda: Helen and the Dioscuri
  Olympian gods / Spartan / Trojan gateway · Apollodorean / Homeric (swan; eggs; dual paternity of Dioscuri and Helen)
• Zeus and Nemesis: The Egg of Helen (*Cypria*)
  Olympian gods / Trojan prelude — parentage of Helen · Cyclic — *Cypria* (Nemesis pursued; egg; Leda as foster-mother)
• Homeric Hymns to the Dioscuri (17 and 33)
  Olympian gods — Dioscuri / short Homeric Hymns · Homeric Hymns XVII and XXXIII — Tyndarids as horse-tamers and saviors of sailors
• Theseus and Pirithous: Abduction of Helen
  Heroes — Theseus · Apollodorean / Plutarchan (Theseus and Pirithous seize youthful Helen; she is recovered by the Dioscuri)

Places appearing with them

• Amyclae
• Cosmic pursuit
• Open sea
• Rhamnus
• Sparta
• Tartarus
• Taygetus
• Troy
• Underworld

Themes

• Abduction
• Birth
• Divine Council
• Hubris
• Marriage
• Prophecy
• Sacrifice
• Theft
• Underworld
• War