- Zeus’s Rise: Liberation of the Siblings and First Allies
Cosmogony / Theogony · Hesiodic (with Apollodorean detail on Metis’s drug and Cyclopes’ gifts)
- Pandora and the Jar
Cosmogony / Theogony (origins of human ills) · Hesiodic — *Works and Days* (named Pandora; jar/pithos of evils; Hope remaining)
- The Gigantomachy: Full Battle (Apollodorus)
Cosmogony / Theogony — Olympian defense of the cosmos · Apollodorean catalogue battle (full divine pairings; Heracles as mortal ally)
- Prometheus Creates Humankind (Later Tradition)
Cosmogony / Theogony — anthropogony (Promethean craft) · Later classical / handbook tradition (distinct from Orphic soot and from Hesiodic ages)
- Iris the Messenger (Iliad)
Cosmogony / Theogony — divine agents / Olympian household · Homeric (*Iliad*) — Iris as go-between; Hesiodic genealogy noted
- Crius and Eurybia: Astraeus, Pallas, and Perses
Cosmogony / Theogony — Titan genealogy · Hesiodic — Crius–Eurybia brood and their children
- Hephaestus Born of Hera Alone (Hesiod)
Cosmogony / Theogony — Olympian generation · Hesiodic — Hera’s parthenogenic birth of Hephaestus in anger at Zeus
- Nemesis: Daughter of Night (Hesiodic Birth)
Cosmogony / Theogony — Night’s brood / divine retribution · Hesiodic — Nemesis as Night’s daughter (genealogy only)
- Briareus–Aegaeon Summoned by Thetis (*Iliad* 1)
Cosmogony / Theogony — Hecatoncheires in Homeric narrative · Homeric — Thetis’s rescue of Zeus; Briareus called Aegaeon by men
- Hephaestus Cast from Heaven by Hera
Olympian gods · Homeric — Hera casts the lame child (Iliad 18)
- Hephaestus Cast from Heaven by Zeus
Olympian gods · Homeric / Apollodorean — Zeus casts Hephaestus for defending Hera
- Zeus and Leda: Helen and the Dioscuri
Olympian gods / Spartan / Trojan gateway · Apollodorean / Homeric (swan; eggs; dual paternity of Dioscuri and Helen)
- Dioscuri: Castor’s Death and Shared Immortality
Olympian gods / Spartan Dioscuri · Homeric / Pindaric / Apollodorean (cattle raid; Idas and Lynceus; alternate days)
- Dionysus and Lycurgus
Olympian gods — Dionysus · Homeric (*Iliad* 6) / Apollodorean (Edonian persecution; madness; pruning shears)
- Hephaestus and Charis (Iliad Marriage)
Olympian gods — Hephaestus / Charites · Homeric (*Iliad*) / Hesiodic (Aglaia)
- Zeus and Nemesis: The Egg of Helen (*Cypria*)
Olympian gods / Trojan prelude — parentage of Helen · Cyclic — *Cypria* (Nemesis pursued; egg; Leda as foster-mother)
- Thetis’s Prophecy: Zeus and Poseidon Renounce Her
Olympian gods — Zeus / Poseidon / Thetis; Achillean prelude · Pindaric / Apollodorean — son destined to be mightier than his father
- Sack of Troy: Laomedon Killed and Hesione Given to Telamon
Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean (post-Omphale expedition; Telamon and Oicles; walls scaled; Laomedon and sons slain; Priam spared; Hesione awarded to Telamon)
- Theseus and Pirithous: Abduction of Helen
Heroes — Theseus · Apollodorean / Plutarchan (Theseus and Pirithous seize youthful Helen; she is recovered by the Dioscuri)
- Theseus and Pirithous in Hades: The Attempt on Persephone
Heroes — Theseus · Apollodorean (descent to seize Persephone; binding on the Chair of Forgetfulness; Heracles frees Theseus)
- Niobe: Apollo and Artemis Slaughter Her Children
Heroes — Niobe (Theban / Lydian) · Apollodorean / Homeric (boast over Leto; children shot; stone on Sipylus)
- Thetis and the Invulnerability of Achilles (Styx / Fire Variants)
Heroes — Aeacid / Achilles childhood · Classical handbook and scholiastic variants (Styx; fire-and-ambrosia); Homeric Achilles is *not* invulnerable
- Achilles’ Childhood: Chiron, Scyros, Deidamia, and the Birth of Pyrrhus
Heroes — Aeacid / Achilles youth (pre-Troy) · Apollodorean / cyclic / Statius-labeled Roman enrichment for Scyros household
- Achilles on Scyros: Odysseus’s Discovery
Heroes — Aeacid / Trojan muster prelude · Apollodorean / cyclic (*Cypria*) / tragic and handbook tradition (+ Statius Roman labeled for stage business)
- Neoptolemus Kills Priam at the Altar of Zeus Herkeios
Heroes — Neoptolemus / Sack of Troy · Cyclic *Iliou Persis* / Apollodorean — Priam slain at the household altar
- Tenes of Tenedos
Heroes / Trojan periphery — Tenedian eponym / Achilles cycle · Apollodorean / Pausanian / cyclic notices — false accusation; exile; Achilles’ killing
- Cassandra and Apollo: Prophecy and the Broken Compact
Heroes / Trojan cycle periphery — Cassandra · Tragic / handbook — Apollo’s gift of prophecy; spit or refusal; disbelief curse
- Dioscuri Rescue Helen from Aphidna
Heroes — Dioscuri / Theseus cycle aftermath · Apollodorean / Pausanian — Castor and Polydeuces recover Helen; Aethra captured
- Melampus in Prison: The Cure of Iphiclus
Heroes — Melampus / Neleid–Iolcian seers / Phylace · Apollodorean / Hesiodic *Catalogue* — woodworms prophesy; Melampus heals Iphiclus’s impotence
- Wedding of Peleus and Thetis: Eris and the Apple of Discord
Trojan · Epic Cycle — *Cypria* (Proclus) / Apollodorean (+ Pindaric wedding background)
- Judgment of Paris: Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite
Trojan · Epic Cycle — *Cypria* (Proclus) / Apollodorean
- Abduction (Elopement) of Helen: Paris at Sparta
Trojan · Epic Cycle — *Cypria* (Proclus) / Apollodorean (Aphrodite’s gift; departure with treasure; Homeric regret vs. willing-flight noted)
- Oath of Tyndareus and the Gathering of the Greeks
Trojan · Apollodorean / Hesiodic *Catalogue* strand (+ *Cypria* muster)
- Landing at Troy: Protesilaus and Cycnus
Trojan · Epic Cycle — *Cypria* (Proclus) / Apollodorean (+ Homeric Protesilaus notice)
- Embassy for Helen: Early Diplomacy Fails
Trojan · Epic Cycle — *Cypria* (Proclus) / Apollodorean
- Achilles’ Early Exploits in the Troad (Cypria)
Trojan · Epic Cycle — *Cypria* (Proclus) / Apollodorean summary level (raids before the *Iliad*)
- Zeus’s Promise to Thetis and the False Dream
Trojan · Homeric — *Iliad* 1–2 (divine plot; Agamemnon’s dream; army tested)
- Paris and Menelaus: Duel and the Broken Truce
Trojan · Homeric — *Iliad* 3–4
- Hector and Andromache at the Scaean Gates
Trojan · Homeric — *Iliad* 6 (city interlude; farewell)
- Fight over Patroclus’s Body; Thetis and the New Armor
Trojan · Homeric — *Iliad* 17–18
- Reconciliation; Achilles Returns to Battle
Trojan · Homeric — *Iliad* 19
- Ransom of Hector: Priam in Achilles’ Tent
Trojan · Homeric — *Iliad* 24
- Penthesilea the Amazon; Achilles and Thersites
Trojan · Epic Cycle — *Aethiopis* (Proclus) / Apollodorean (+ later classical Thersites episode)
- Memnon Son of Dawn: Achilles Kills Memnon
Trojan · Epic Cycle — *Aethiopis* (Proclus) / Apollodorean
- Death of Achilles: Paris and Apollo
Trojan · Epic Cycle — *Aethiopis* (Proclus) / Apollodorean (+ Homeric foreshadowing)
- Contest for Achilles’ Arms: Ajax, Odysseus, Madness, and Suicide
Trojan · Epic Cycle — *Little Iliad* / *Aethiopis* end (Proclus) + Attic tragic — Sophocles *Ajax*; Apollodorean
- Neoptolemus Fetched; Death of Paris by Philoctetes’ Bow
Trojan · Epic Cycle — *Little Iliad* (Proclus) / Apollodorean
- The Wooden Horse: Building and Entry
Trojan · Epic Cycle — *Little Iliad* / *Iliou Persis* (Proclus) / Apollodorean (+ Homeric *Odyssey* reminiscence)
- Andromache (Euripides)
Trojan — Nostoi aftermath / Neoptolemus · Attic tragic — Euripides *Andromache*
- Achilles and Helen Meet (Cypria)
Trojan — Cypria interlude · Epic Cycle — *Cypria* (Proclus)
- Death of Locrian Ajax on the Gyrae Rocks (Detailed)
Trojan — Nostoi · Homeric (*Odyssey* 4) / Apollodorean / Cycle *Nostoi* (+ Euripides *Troades* wrath frame)
- Thetis and the Nereids Lament with Achilles (*Iliad* 18)
Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Patroclus aftermath / Nereid mourning · Homeric (*Iliad* 18)
- Priam Leaves Troy to Ransom Hector (*Iliad* 24)
Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / ransom of Hector · Homeric (*Iliad* 24) — decision and departure from Troy (before the night crossing)
- The Shield of Achilles: Homeric Ekphrasis (*Iliad* 18)
Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Book 18 · Homeric — Hephaestus’s cosmic and civic shield
- Ajax Carries Achilles’ Body from the Fight (*Aethiopis*)
Trojan — Epic Cycle / *Aethiopis* / death of Achilles aftermath · Cyclic — Ajax bears the corpse while Odysseus covers the retreat
- Achilles’ Heel: Late Invulnerability Tradition
Trojan — Achilles death lore / later biographic aetiology · Late classical / Roman transmission — Styx-dip heel as the sole mortal spot (labeled)
- Psychostasia: Zeus Weighs Achilles and Memnon
Trojan — Aethiopis / Aeschylean tragedy / Memnon cycle · Aeschylean *Psychostasia* (lost) + cyclic *Aethiopis* notices — Zeus scales the fates of Achilles and Memnon
- Peleus and Thetis: Courtship and Wrestling
Local and lesser — Thessalian / Achillean prelude (before Trojan wedding) · Apollodorean / Pindaric (shape-shifting Nereid wrestled on the shore)
- Ariadne’s Crown among the Stars (Corona Borealis)
Local and lesser — astral aetiology / Dionysiac–Thesean · Eratosthenic / Hyginus astral (+ Apollodorean / Hesiodic marriage frame)