Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (2)

• Homeric Hymns to Aphrodite (6 and 10)
  Olympian gods — Aphrodite / short Homeric Hymns · Homeric Hymns VI and X — foam-born Cyprian praise; Theban/Cytherean cult titles
• Hector’s Monologue before Achilles (*Iliad* 22)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Hector’s last stand · Homeric (*Iliad* 22.90–130, and the speech-exchange at 248–272 before the final fight)

Places appearing with them

• Before the Scaean Gates
• Circuit of Troy’s walls
• Cyprus
• Cythera
• Olympus
• Open ground of the duel
• Thebes

Themes

• Birth
• Prophecy
• Revenge
• Sacrifice