Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (4)

• Birth of Athena from Zeus’s Head (Metis Swallowed)
  Olympian gods · Hesiodic / Apollodorean (same Metis-swallowing lineage; birth-delivery detail from Apollodorus and related classical notices)
• Peleus and Thetis: Courtship and Wrestling
  Local and lesser — Thessalian / Achillean prelude (before Trojan wedding) · Apollodorean / Pindaric (shape-shifting Nereid wrestled on the shore)
• Aeacus, Aegina, and the Myrmidons (Peleus’s People)
  Local and lesser — Aeginetan / Phthian · Apollodorean / Ovid-labeled ant metamorphosis; Hesiodic and Pindaric Aeacus notices
• Machaon and Podalirius at Troy
  Local and lesser — Asclepiads / Trojan War physicians · Homeric / cyclic / Apollodorean

Places appearing with them

• Achaean camp at Troy
• Malea
• Molossia
• Oenone
• Olympus
• Peloponnesian
• River Triton
• Salamis
• Shore
• Tricca
• Troy’s plain
• Underworld

Themes

• Abduction
• Birth
• Divine Council
• Exile
• Marriage
• Metamorphosis
• Prophecy
• Underworld
• War