Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (3)

• Melanthius the Goatherd (*Odyssey*)
  Trojan — Odyssey / return to Ithaca · Homeric — disloyal goatherd isolated from Eumaeus and the slaughter
• Melantho: The Disloyal Maid (*Odyssey*)
  Trojan — Odyssey / Ithacan household / suitors · Homeric — Melantho insults the beggar Odysseus; sister of Melanthius
• Punishment of Melanthius the Goatherd (*Odyssey* 22)
  Trojan — Odyssey / mnesterophonia / household justice · Homeric — Melanthius fetches arms for the suitors; is tortured and mutilated

Places appearing with them

• Mycenae
• Odysseus’s palace
• Road to Ithaca’s town
• Storeroom

Themes

• Binding
• Contest
• Marriage
• Prophecy
• Revenge