Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (2)

• Dryope (Ovid-Labeled)
  Local and lesser — Oechalian / dryad metamorphosis · Roman transmission (Ovid); Greek name and lotus/tree aetiology
• Daphnis (Theocritus)
  Local and lesser — Sicilian bucolic / herdsman hero · Theocritean (*Idyll* 1); Stesichorean and Sicilian precedent notices

Places appearing with them

• Gates of Hades
• Laurel grove
• Lotus-tree
• Mount Etna
• Mount Oeta

Themes

• Contest
• Exile
• Marriage
• Metamorphosis
• Prophecy
• Revenge
• Underworld
• War