Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (4)

• Homeric Hymn to Ares (8)
  Olympian gods — Ares / short Homeric Hymn · Homeric Hymn VIII — praise and ethical petition to Ares
• Homeric Hymn to Demeter (13)
  Olympian gods — Demeter / short Homeric Hymn · Homeric Hymn XIII — brief praise of Demeter and Persephone
• Homeric Hymn to the Mother of the Gods (14)
  Olympian gods / Phrygian reception — Mother of the Gods / short Homeric Hymn · Homeric Hymn XIV — praise of the Mother with castanets, tympana, and wolves
• Homeric Hymn to Apollo (21)
  Olympian gods — Apollo / short Homeric Hymn · Homeric Hymn XXI — Apollo as swan-sung archer of the far range

Places appearing with them

• Mountains and wooded glens
• Olympus
• Peneus
• Starry heaven
• The singer’s city

Themes

• Castration
• Divine Council
• War