Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (4)

• Twelfth Labor: Cerberus and the Descent to Hades (Theseus and Pirithous)
  Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean (Eleusinian initiation; Taenarum descent; Medusa phantom; Theseus raised, Pirithous left; Cerberus mastered without weapons; ascent via Troezen)
• Meleager and the Calydonian Hunt (Atalanta’s Role)
  Heroes — Calydonian / Meleager · Apollodorean (pan-Hellenic muster; Atalanta first wound; Meleager awards the hide; quarrel with uncles)
• Death of Meleager: The Brand of the Fates (Althaea)
  Heroes — Calydonian / Meleager · Apollodorean / Bacchylidean (Moirae’s brand; Althaea burns it after the uncles’ deaths)
• Meleager in Homer: Phoenix’s Digression (*Iliad* 9)
  Heroes — Calydonian / Meleager · Homeric — Phoenix to Achilles (anger, withdrawal, city’s peril; no Fate-brand)

Places appearing with them

• Amyclae
• Calydon
• Eleusis
• Gates of Acheron
• Gates of Hades
• Greek camp at Troy
• Hades
• House of Meleager
• Mount Helicon
• Mycenae
• Pleuron
• Troezen

Themes

• Abduction
• Binding
• Marriage
• Petrification
• Revenge
• Theft
• Underworld
• War