Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (4)

• After the Labors: Iphitus’s Murder and Sale to Omphale
  Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean (labors complete; Eurytus and Iole; murder of Iphitus; Delphic sentence of servitude; Hermes sells Heracles to Omphale of Lydia)
• Omphale in Lydia: Service and Deeds under the Queen
  Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean (three-year Lydian servitude; Cercopes; Syleus; other Asian deeds; release)
• Heracles and the Cercopes
  Heroes — Heracles / side adventure (Ephesus–Lydia region) · Apollodorean / comic folklore handbook tradition
• Heracles and Syleus: The Vineyard
  Heroes — Heracles / Omphale-period side deed · Apollodorean / tragic (Euripides *Syleus*) — forced digging; host slain

Places appearing with them

• Argos
• Asia Minor roads
• Aulis / Chalcis
• Ephesus region
• Lydia
• Mysia
• Oechalia
• Pytho
• Vineyard of Syleus

Themes

• Abduction
• Binding
• Birth
• Hospitality
• Petrification
• Prophecy
• Theft
• War