Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (15)

• Reign of Cronus, the Swallowing of the Children, and the Birth of Zeus
  Cosmogony / Theogony · Hesiodic (with Apollodorean Cretan enrichment clearly marked)
• Rhea’s Stone: Cronus Swallowing the Omphalos-Substitute
  Cosmogony / Theogony — birth of Zeus / Delphic aetiology · Hesiodic (+ Pausanian Delphic omphalos notice)
• Rhea, Amalthea, and the Curetes in Crete
  Cosmogony / Theogony — birth and hiding of Zeus · Apollodorean Cretan enrichment (+ Hesiodic Crete notice)
• Abduction of Persephone and Demeter’s Search
  Olympian gods · Homeric Hymn to Demeter
• Apollo, the Python, and the Founding of Delphi
  Olympian gods · Homeric Hymn (Pythian) / Apollodorean
• Dionysus and Ariadne: Marriage on Naxos (Olympian View)
  Olympian gods — Dionysus / Ariadne · Hesiodic marriage + Apollodorean / Pausanian Naxos epiphany (olympian bridal focus)
• Leto’s Wanderings Seeking a Birthplace (before Delos)
  Olympian gods — Leto / birth of Apollo and Artemis · Homeric Hymn / Apollodorean / Callimachean enrichment
• Demeter and Iasion: Birth of Plutos (Hesiod)
  Olympian gods — Demeter / agricultural wealth · Hesiodic / Homeric — thrice-ploughed field; Plutos; Zeus’s bolt on Iasion
• Artemis Asks Zeus for Eternal Virginity (Callimachus)
  Olympian gods — Artemis / childhood petition · Callimachean Hymn — child Artemis’s boons from Zeus
• Britomartis–Dictynna: The Cretan Chase and the Nets
  Olympian gods / Cretan local — companion of Artemis · Callimachean / Pausanian Cretan — Britomartis flees Minos; nets; Dictynna
• Apollo and the Cretan Sailors: Founding Delphi’s Priesthood
  Olympian gods — Apollo / Delphic foundation · Homeric Hymn (Pythian) — Cretans from Knossos led to Pytho as first priests
• Orion: Birth Variants (Apollodorus / Boeotian)
  Heroes — Orion · Apollodorean catalogue of birth variants (+ Homeric parentage notices)
• Orion: Blinding, Death Variants, and the Stars
  Heroes — Orion · Apollodorean / Homeric / astral (Oenopion; scorpion; Artemis; Eos)
• Polycrates’ Ring (Herodotus)
  Local and lesser — Samian tyrant legend (Herodotean) · Herodotean classical legend (historical frame; proverbial fortune)
• Zalmoxis of the Getae (Herodotus)
  Local and lesser — Thracian / Getic logos in Greek ethnography · Herodotean — underground chamber; three-year disappearance; doctrine of immortality

Characters in shared stories

• Adrastia
• Adrastia and Ida
• Aeaces
• Amalthea
• Amasis
• Amphitrite
• Ares
• Ariadne
• Artemis
• Asteria
• Athena
• Britomartis
• Brontes
• Carme
• Cedalion
• Celeus
• Cooks
• Cretan sailors
• Cronus
• Curetes
• Daughters of Celeus
• Delos
• Demeter
• Demophon
• Diocles
• Dionysus
• Eileithyia
• Electra
• Eos
• Eumolpus
• Fisherman
• Fishermen
• Gaia
• Getae
• Gorgons
• Hades
• Hecate
• Helios
• Hera
• Hermes