Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (6)

• Road Labor: Sciron and the Megarian Cliffs
  Heroes — Theseus · Apollodorean / Attic (Sciron forced travelers to wash his feet, then kicked them to a turtle; Theseus hurls him down)
• Adrastus of Argos: Kingship, Arion, and Survival
  Heroes — Theban / Argive (Seven Against Thebes) · Apollodorean / Pausanian / tragic
• Death of Aegialeus in the Epigoni War
  Heroes — Theban / Epigoni · Apollodorean / Pausanian / cyclic
• Adrastus Dies of Grief for Aegialeus
  Heroes — Theban / Epigoni aftermath / Argive · Pausanian / Apollodorean notices
• Scylla and Nisus: The Purple Lock
  Local and lesser — Megarian / Cretan war · Apollodorean / Pausanian (+ Ciris tradition; Ovid labeled Roman for fullest metamorphosis)
• Coroebus and Poine at Argos (Pausanias)
  Local and lesser — Argive local / Apollo’s vengeance aetiology · Pausanian Argive — Poine sent for Psamathe’s death; Coroebus slays her

Characters in shared stories

• Adrastus
• Aegialeus
• Alcmaeon
• Amphiaraus
• Amphithea
• Androgeus
• Areion
• Argeia, Deipyle
• Artemis
• Coroebus
• Crotopus
• Giant turtle
• Laodamas
• Linus
• Megarians
• Minos
• Nisus
• Poine
• Polynices
• Poseidon, Demeter
• Psamathe
• Sciron
• Scylla
• Talaus
• Teiresias
• Thersander
• Theseus
• Tydeus