Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (2)

• Penelope’s Bow Contest (*Odyssey* 21)
  Trojan — Odyssey / return to Ithaca · Homeric — bow contest isolated from the slaughter in Book 22
• Leodes the Suitor-Diviner Slain (*Odyssey* 22)
  Trojan — Odyssey / mnesterophonia · Homeric — sacrificial diviner among the suitors; futile plea

Places appearing with them

• Megaron
• Odysseus’s palace hall
• Storeroom

Themes

• Binding
• Contest
• Hubris
• Marriage
• Prophecy
• Revenge
• Sacrifice
• War