Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (21)

• 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)
• Shade of Achilles in the Underworld (*Odyssey* 11)
  Heroes — Achilles / Odyssey nekyia · Homeric — Achilles’ shade speaks with Odysseus
• Philoctetes’ Isolation on Lemnos (Sophocles)
  Heroes — Philoctetes / Trojan muster aftermath · Attic tragic — Sophocles *Philoctetes* (isolation and wound focus)
• Neoptolemus Kills Priam at the Altar of Zeus Herkeios
  Heroes — Neoptolemus / Sack of Troy · Cyclic *Iliou Persis* / Apollodorean — Priam slain at the household altar
• Fetching Philoctetes: Bow of Heracles Returned to the War
  Trojan · Epic Cycle — *Little Iliad* (Proclus) / Apollodorean + Attic tragic — Sophocles *Philoctetes*
• Neoptolemus Fetched; Death of Paris by Philoctetes’ Bow
  Trojan · Epic Cycle — *Little Iliad* (Proclus) / Apollodorean
• Sack of Troy: Priam, Astyanax, Cassandra and Ajax Locrian
  Trojan · Epic Cycle — *Iliou Persis* (Proclus) / Apollodorean (+ Euripides *Troades*; Homeric allusions)
• Division of Spoils; Sacrifice of Polyxena
  Trojan · Epic Cycle — *Iliou Persis* (Proclus) / Apollodorean + Euripides *Hecuba* / *Troades*
• Andromache (Euripides)
  Trojan — Nostoi aftermath / Neoptolemus · Attic tragic — Euripides *Andromache*
• Death of Neoptolemus at Delphi
  Trojan — Nostoi aftermath / Aeacid end · Pindaric / Apollodorean / Euripidean (*Andromache* messenger); Delphic cult
• Hermione and Orestes: Marriage after Neoptolemus
  Trojan — Nostoi / Oresteia aftermath; Spartan–Mycenaean succession · Euripidean (*Andromache*; *Orestes*) / Apollodorean / Odyssean glance
• Capture of Helenus and the Prophecies of Troy’s Fall
  Trojan — Little Iliad / late-war oracles · Epic Cycle — *Little Iliad* (Proclus) / Apollodorean (Helenus seized; conditions of capture named)
• Heroes Inside the Wooden Horse (Catalogue)
  Trojan — Sack prelude / wooden horse · Epic Cycle / Homeric reminiscence / Apollodorean; Vergilian list labeled Roman
• Andromache Allotted to Neoptolemus after the Sack
  Trojan — Sack / division of spoils · Epic Cycle / Euripidean / Apollodorean
• Eurypylus of Mysia at Troy: Slain by Neoptolemus
  Trojan — Little Iliad / Posthomeric endgame · Cyclic (*Little Iliad*) / Apollodorean / Posthomeric (Quintus); Pausanian for Machaon link
• Astyanax: Death Variants (Neoptolemus vs. Odysseus)
  Trojan — Sack / Hector’s heir · Cyclic / Apollodorean / tragic — killer variants isolated
• Ghost of Achilles Demands Polyxena
  Trojan — Cyclic *Nostoi* / *Iliou Persis* aftermath / Euripidean · Cyclic / Euripidean — Achilles’ shade requires Polyxena’s sacrifice
• Helenus and Andromache in Epirus: The Molossian Settlement
  Trojan — Nostoi aftermath / Epirote foundation · Apollodorean / Pausanian — after Neoptolemus’s death Helenus holds Andromache; Molossian line
• Polites Slain before Priam
  Trojan — Sack of Troy / Priam’s death prelude · Vergilian Roman narrative (+ Little Iliadic / Pausanian Greek notices) — Neoptolemus kills Polites in Priam’s sight
• Death of Machaon (Eurypylus)
  Local and lesser — Asclepiads / Trojan endgame · Cyclic / Posthomeric / Pausanian

Places appearing with them

• Achaean council
• Altar of Apollo
• Altar of Zeus Herkeios
• Amyclae
• Assembly
• Assembly place
• Athena’s shrine in Troy
• Aulis
• Blood-trench at Ocean’s edge
• Cave on Lemnos
• Chryse’s shrine
• Courtyard of Priam’s palace
• Delphi, Lesche of the Cnidians
• Greek camp
• Interior of the wooden horse
• Lycia
• Molossia
• Mount Helicon
• Mount Pangaeum
• Mount Pelion
• Mycenae
• Mysia
• Palace of Priam
• Scyros
• Ships
• Shore
• Temple of Athena in Troy
• Tenedos
• Thessaly
• Tomb of Achilles in the Troad
• Trojan shore
• Troy
• Troy in sack
• Underworld
• Walls of Troy

Themes

• Abduction
• Binding
• Birth
• Contest
• Exile
• Hospitality
• Marriage
• Petrification
• Prophecy
• Revenge
• Sacrifice
• Succession
• Theft
• Underworld
• War