Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (5)

• Andromeda and the Sea-Monster (Ethiopia)
  Heroes — Perseus · Apollodorean Ethiopian (Cepheus’s Aethiopia; Ammon’s oracle; Phineus petrified)
• Andromeda at Joppa: Local Palestinian Localization
  Heroes — Perseus · Local Joppa / Iope (classical travel and geographic notices vs. Apollodorean Ethiopia)
• Phineus and the Harpies; the Boreads; Advice for the Symplegades
  Heroes — Jason / Argonauts · Apollonian (blind seer; Harpies driven off; guidance for the Clashing Rocks)
• The Symplegades (Clashing Rocks)
  Heroes — Jason / Argonauts · Apollonian (dove test; Athena’s push; rocks fixed thereafter)
• Perseus, Phineus, and the Wedding Battle
  Heroes — Perseus / Andromeda aftermath · Apollodorean (+ Ovid-labeled Roman battle spectacle)

Places appearing with them

• Bosporus
• Cepheus’s palace
• Colchis
• Ethiopia
• House of Phineus
• Island of Aphrodite’s sacrifice
• Joppa
• Land of the Hebrews
• Oracle of Ammon
• Phoenicia
• Rocks of Joppa
• Strophades
• Symplegades
• The deep
• The rock
• The spring by the sea at Joppa

Themes

• Abduction
• Binding
• Birth
• Exile
• Marriage
• Petrification
• Prophecy
• Revenge
• Sacrifice
• Underworld
• War