Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (4)

• Dionysus and the Tyrrhenian Pirates
  Olympian gods · Homeric Hymn VII (to Dionysus)
• The Sirens (*Odyssey* 12)
  Trojan — Odyssey / wanderings · Homeric — Sirens episode isolated from *Odyssey* 12
• Cattle of Helios on Thrinacia (*Odyssey* 12)
  Trojan — Odyssey / wanderings · Homeric — Thrinacia sacrilege and shipwreck isolated from *Odyssey* 12
• Elpenor Falls from Circe’s Roof (*Odyssey* 10–11)
  Trojan — Odyssey / Aeaea / Nekyia prelude · Homeric — drunken fall; unburied shade; burial plea and fulfillment

Places appearing with them

• Circe’s land
• Gates of Hades
• Open sea after Thrinacia
• Shore of Aeaea
• Shore where Dionysus is seized
• Sirens’ island
• The pirate ship at sea
• Thrinacia
• Troy

Themes

• Abduction
• Binding
• Metamorphosis
• Prophecy
• Revenge
• Theft
• Underworld
• War