Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (11)

• Birth of the Olympian Generation: Overview (Hesiodic)
  Cosmogony / Theogony (bridge toward Olympian cycle) · Hesiodic catalogue after Zeus’s kingship
• Asteria Becomes Delos (Ortygia)
  Cosmogony / Theogony — Titan generation / Delian aetiology · Apollodorean / Callimachean / mythographic (quail / star → island)
• Coeus and Phoebe: Leto and Asteria
  Cosmogony / Theogony — Titan oracular / Delian line · Hesiodic — Coeus–Phoebe daughters
• Hecate’s Parentage: Asteria and Perses (Hesiod)
  Cosmogony / Theogony — Titan line / Hecate · Hesiodic — birth from Perses and Asteria
• Birth of Apollo (and Artemis) on Delos
  Olympian gods · Homeric Hymn — Delian (standard Delian birth of Apollo; Artemis noted at Ortygia)
• Apollo, the Python, and the Founding of Delphi
  Olympian gods · Homeric Hymn (Pythian) / Apollodorean
• Asclepius: Birth from Coronis; Death by Zeus; Apollo’s Revenge on the Cyclopes
  Olympian gods / Asclepiad · Apollodorean / Pindaric (Coronis; crow; thunderbolt; Cyclopes; servitude to Admetus)
• Apollo as Admetus’s Herdsman (Alcestis Setup)
  Olympian gods / Thessalian · Apollodorean / Euripidean prologue (servitude after Cyclopes; herds prosper; Fate-bargain)
• Leto’s Wanderings Seeking a Birthplace (before Delos)
  Olympian gods — Leto / birth of Apollo and Artemis · Homeric Hymn / Apollodorean / Callimachean enrichment
• Latona and the Lycian Peasants (Frogs)
  Local and lesser — Lycian aetiology / Leto’s wanderings · **Roman** transmission (Ovid) of Leto (Latona) and the Lycian rustics; frogs as lasting punishment
• Leucippus of Phaestus (Gender Change)
  Local and lesser — Cretan / Leto cult aetiology · Greek (Antoninus Liberalis from Nicander); Cretan local

Places appearing with them

• (No single earthly locale in the parentage passage)
• Argos / Theban saga
• Banks of the river Trito
• Cosmic domains
• Crete
• Crisa
• Epidaurus
• Heaven
• House of Admetus
• Inopus
• Lands and islands of Leto’s wandering
• Lycia
• Marsh
• Mount Cynthus
• Mount Parnassus
• Mycenae
• Olympus
• Oracular chasm
• Ortygia
• Pelion
• Pherae
• Pytho
• Spring at Pytho
• Tempe
• Temple of Leto
• The deep
• Thessaly
• Underworld

Themes

• Abduction
• Binding
• Birth
• Divine Council
• Exile
• Hospitality
• Marriage
• Metamorphosis
• Prophecy
• Revenge
• Sacrifice
• Succession
• Theft
• Underworld
• War