Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (8)

• Poseidon and Tyro: The Enipeus Deception; Birth of Pelias and Neleus
  Olympian gods / Aeolid heroic prelude · Homeric (*Odyssey* 11) / Apollodorean
• Prophecy of Pelias and Jason’s Return with One Sandal
  Heroes — Jason / Argonauts · Apollodorean / Pindaric (oracle of the one-sandaled man; Anaurus crossing; demand for the Golden Fleece)
• Aeson and Pelias: Usurpation of Iolcus
  Heroes — Jason / Argonauts (Iolcus prelude) · Apollodorean / Pindaric Aeolid (Cretheus; Tyro; Pelias seizes the throne)
• Heracles against Neleus and the Pylians
  Heroes — Heracles / side campaigns; Nestor’s background · Apollodorean / Homeric recollection (Neleus; eleven sons; Nestor spared)
• Bias, Pero, and the Cattle of Phylacus
  Heroes — Melampodid / Pylian bride-price · Apollodorean / Odyssey genealogical — Melampus wins Pero for Bias
• Sidero Slain by Pelias at Hera’s Altar
  Heroes — Aeolid / Tyro cycle / Pelias’s impiety · Apollodorean — cruel stepmother; twins’ vengeance; slaughter at Hera’s altar
• Nestor’s Reminiscence of the Pylian Wars (*Iliad*)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Nestor digressions / pre-Trojan saga · Homeric — Nestor’s youth against Ereuthalion, the Eleians, and the Arcadians
• Melampus the Seer
  Local and lesser — Argive / Amythaonid seers · Apollodorean / Hesiodic *Catalogue* tradition (serpents; cattle of Phylacus; Proetides)

Places appearing with them

• Altar of Hera
• Anaurus
• Argos
• Assembly
• Colchis
• Gerenia
• Iolcus
• Iolcus region
• Messenia
• Mount Helicon
• Mount Pelion
• Rock tomb
• Thessaly

Themes

• Abduction
• Birth
• Exile
• Marriage
• Prophecy
• Revenge
• Sacrifice
• Theft
• Underworld
• War