Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (46)

• Embassy for Helen: Early Diplomacy Fails
  Trojan · Epic Cycle — *Cypria* (Proclus) / Apollodorean
• The Wooden Horse: Building and Entry
  Trojan · Epic Cycle — *Little Iliad* / *Iliou Persis* (Proclus) / Apollodorean (+ Homeric *Odyssey* reminiscence)
• Sinon and Laocoön: Persuasion and Omen before the Sack
  Trojan · Epic Cycle — *Iliou Persis* (Proclus) / Apollodorean (+ Roman Vergilian transmission labeled for Laocoön)
• Sack of Troy: Priam, Astyanax, Cassandra and Ajax Locrian
  Trojan · Epic Cycle — *Iliou Persis* (Proclus) / Apollodorean (+ Euripides *Troades*; Homeric allusions)
• Hecuba: Polymestor and Polydorus (Euripides)
  Trojan — Sack aftermath / early nostos · Attic tragic — Euripides *Hecuba* (Polymestor–Polydorus plot; Polyxena cross-ref 038)
• Death of Palamedes at Troy
  Trojan — Cypria / early war · Epic Cycle — *Cypria* (Proclus) / Apollodorean (+ tragic and Dictyan elaborations labeled where late)
• Death of Neoptolemus at Delphi
  Trojan — Nostoi aftermath / Aeacid end · Pindaric / Apollodorean / Euripidean (*Andromache* messenger); Delphic cult
• Cassandra: Apollo’s Gift and Curse of Unbelieved Prophecy
  Trojan — Priamid / Apolline prophecy · Aeschylean / Apollodorean / cyclic (gift of prophecy; curse of disbelief)
• Iphigenia at Aulis (Euripides) — Completed Kill / Ambiguous End
  Trojan — Aulis sacrifice (tragic version) · Attic tragic — Euripides *Iphigenia at Aulis* (as distinct from *Cypria* deer-rescue in 007)
• Andromache Allotted to Neoptolemus after the Sack
  Trojan — Sack / division of spoils · Epic Cycle / Euripidean / Apollodorean
• Ajax Telamonian: Tomb and Cult
  Trojan — Ajax aftermath / hero cult · Homeric / cyclic / Pausanian / local Rhoetean
• Eurypylus of Mysia at Troy: Slain by Neoptolemus
  Trojan — Little Iliad / Posthomeric endgame · Cyclic (*Little Iliad*) / Apollodorean / Posthomeric (Quintus); Pausanian for Machaon link
• Lycaon and Achilles (Iliad 21)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Achilles’ river aristeia · Homeric (*Iliad* 21)
• Thersites Rebukes Agamemnon (Iliad 2)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Achaean assembly · Homeric (*Iliad* 2) — assembly abuse; Odysseus’s suppression
• Asteropaeus and Achilles (Iliad 21)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Paeonian allies / river fight · Homeric (*Iliad* 21)
• Achilles and the River Scamander (Xanthus) — *Iliad* 21
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Achilles’ aristeia / river combat · Homeric (*Iliad* 21)
• Hephaestus Burns the Plain: Fire against Scamander (*Iliad* 21)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / divine combat / Achilles’ rescue · Homeric (*Iliad* 21)
• Thetis and the Nereids Lament with Achilles (*Iliad* 18)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Patroclus aftermath / Nereid mourning · Homeric (*Iliad* 18)
• Iris Summons the Winds for Patroclus’s Pyre (*Iliad* 23)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / funeral of Patroclus / divine messengers · Homeric (*Iliad* 23)
• Achilles, Aeneas, and Poseidon’s Rescue (*Iliad* 20)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Achilles’ return / Dardanian fate · Homeric (*Iliad* 20)
• Apollo as Agenor: Decoy That Lures Achilles from the Walls (*Iliad* 21–22)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / lead-in to Hector’s death · Homeric (*Iliad* 21.544–611; transition into 22)
• Hector Waits Alone: Shame, Counsel, and the Scale of Fate (*Iliad* 22)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Hector’s last stand · Homeric (*Iliad* 22.1–213)
• Hector’s Monologue before Achilles (*Iliad* 22)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Hector’s last stand · Homeric (*Iliad* 22.90–130, and the speech-exchange at 248–272 before the final fight)
• Priam Leaves Troy to Ransom Hector (*Iliad* 24)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / ransom of Hector · Homeric (*Iliad* 24) — decision and departure from Troy (before the night crossing)
• Priam’s Night Journey to Achilles (*Iliad* 24)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / ransom of Hector · Homeric (*Iliad* 24) — crossing of the plain by night
• Hermes Guides Priam (*Iliad* 24)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / ransom of Hector · Homeric (*Iliad* 24) — Hermes as disguised guide and counselor
• Hermes Escorts Priam into Achilles’ Camp (*Iliad* 24)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / ransom of Hector · Homeric (*Iliad* 24) — entry through sentries and gates; departure before dawn
• Andromache Learns Hector Is Dead (*Iliad* 22)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / death of Hector · Homeric (*Iliad* 22 end) — recognition from the wall
• Hecuba’s Lament for Hector (*Iliad* 22)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / death of Hector · Homeric (*Iliad* 22) — mother’s cry from the wall as Hector dies and is dragged
• Hecuba’s Lament over Hector’s Bier (*Iliad* 24)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / burial of Hector · Homeric (*Iliad* 24) — formal goos when the body is brought home
• Hera and Athena Arm for War: The Chariot of Hera (*Iliad* 5)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Book 5 · Homeric — goddesses arm and descend against Ares
• Zeus Lifts the Ban: The Gods May Fight (*Iliad* 20)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Book 20 · Homeric — revocation of the Book 8 ban; theomachy begins
• Funeral Games for Patroclus: The Chariot Race (*Iliad* 23)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Book 23 games · Homeric — chariot race as chief contest
• Funeral Games for Patroclus: Boxing (*Iliad* 23)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Book 23 games · Homeric — boxing contest (Epeius vs. Euryalus)
• Funeral Games for Patroclus: Wrestling (*Iliad* 23)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Book 23 games · Homeric — wrestling draw (Ajax Telamonian and Odysseus)
• Funeral Games for Patroclus: Foot-Race (*Iliad* 23)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Book 23 games · Homeric — foot-race (Odysseus wins by Athena’s aid)
• Funeral Games for Patroclus: Archery (*Iliad* 23)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Book 23 games · Homeric — archery (Meriones over Teucer)
• Patroclus Arms in Achilles’ Armor (*Iliad* 16)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Book 16 · Homeric — arming and Achilles’ charge isolated from Patroclus’s death
• Priam Clasps Achilles’ Knees (*Iliad* 24)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / ransom of Hector · Homeric — tent recognition, shared weeping, and return of the body
• Funeral Games for Patroclus: Armed Combat (*Iliad* 23)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Book 23 games · Homeric — Ajax Telamonian vs. Diomedes in full armor
• Funeral Games for Patroclus: The Javelin (Agamemnon Honored) (*Iliad* 23)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Book 23 games · Homeric — javelin prize awarded to Agamemnon without a cast
• Funeral Games for Patroclus: Casting the Iron Mass (*Iliad* 23)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Book 23 games · Homeric — weight-throw (solos); Polypoetes victorious
• Demodocus Sings of Troy: Odysseus Weeps (*Odyssey* 8)
  Trojan — Odyssey / Phaeacian court · Homeric — blind bard’s Trojan lays; tears that betray the hero
• Catalogue of Ships (*Iliad* 2)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Achaean muster · Homeric — Boeotia-first catalogue of Achaean contingents
• Xanthus and Balius: Achilles’ Talking Horses (*Iliad* 19)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Achilles’ return to battle · Homeric — immortal horses prophesy Achilles’ death
• Phoenix’s Speech in the Embassy (*Iliad* 9)
  Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Embassy to Achilles · Homeric — Phoenix’s Meleager paradeigma within Book 9

Places appearing with them

• Achaean camp
• Achaean camp on the Thracian
• Achaean council
• Achaean ditch and wall
• Achaean shore
• Achaean wall and gates
• Achilles’ courtyard and shelter
• Achilles’ shelter by the ships
• Achilles’ shelter in the Achaean camp
• Achilles’ tomb
• Altar of Apollo
• Altar of Zeus Herkeios
• Antenor’s house
• Argos
• Argos / Theban saga
• Assembly
• Athena’s temple
• Aulis / Chalcis
• Before the Scaean Gates
• Circuit of Troy’s walls
• City
• Edge of Ocean
• Gates of Troy
• Gates of heaven
• Greek camp at Troy
• Hades
• Hector’s house in Troy
• Hecuba’s tent
• Homelands across Greece and the islands
• House of Zeus
• House of the Winds
• Hut of Achilles by the Myrmidon ships
• Imbros
• Interior of Troy
• Lycia
• Molossia
• Mount Helicon
• Mycenae
• Mysia
• Ocean’s stream
• Oenone
• Open ground of the duel
• Paeonia / Axius river
• Palace of Alcinous on Scheria
• Path between earth and sky
• Pedasus
• Plain before Troy
• Plain before the Scaean Gates
• Plain of Troy between city and ships
• Plain toward the ships
• Porch of the shelter
• Porch where Priam sleeps
• Priam’s palace
• Priam’s palace in Troy
• Pyre and barrow of Hector
• River Scamander
• Road back to Troy
• Road from the Scaean side toward the Myrmidon quarter
• Salamis
• Scaean
• Scamander direction
• Scamander’s banks and channels
• Scyros
• Sea off Troy
• Sea-depths
• Ships of the Achaeans
• Shore
• Simois
• Temple
• Temple of Athena in Troy
• Tenedos
• The deep
• Theban battlefield
• Thebe under Placus
• Thessaly
• Thracian Chersonese
• Thracian sea
• Tower of Troy
• Troad plain by night
• Trojan camp
• Trojan shore
• Troy
• Turn-post
• Underworld
• Wagon
• Wall of Troy
• Walls of Troy
• Way toward the Achaean ships

Themes

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