Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (5)

• Amphion and Zethus: The Walls of Thebes
  Theban · Apollodorean / Homeric (*Odyssey* Antiope) / Pausanian
• Antiope: Zeus, Lycus, and Dirce (Euripides / Apollodorus)
  Heroes — Theban / Amphion–Zethus prelude · Euripidean (*Antiope* fragments) / Apollodorean / Homeric (*Odyssey* 11)
• Dirce and the Bull
  Heroes — Theban / Amphion–Zethus · Apollodorean / Euripidean / Pausanian (bull-death; spring aetiology; Farnese motif in art)
• Labdacus and Laius: Lineage Bridge to the Labdacids
  Heroes — Theban / Labdacid genealogy · Apollodorean / Pausanian (thin reigns; exile of Laius; restoration after Amphionids)
• Amphion’s Death after Niobe’s Children Fall
  Heroes — Theban / Niobid aftermath · Apollodorean — Amphion kills himself (or is killed) when Apollo and Artemis slay the Niobids

Places appearing with them

• Cithaeron foothills
• Elis
• Mount Cithaeron
• Pytho
• Sicyon
• Spring Dirce
• Thebes

Themes

• Abduction
• Binding
• Birth
• Exile
• Marriage
• Metamorphosis
• Petrification
• Prophecy
• Revenge
• War