Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (5)

• Dionysus and Ariadne: Marriage on Naxos (Olympian View)
  Olympian gods — Dionysus / Ariadne · Hesiodic marriage + Apollodorean / Pausanian Naxos epiphany (olympian bridal focus)
• The Aloadae: Otus and Ephialtes against the Gods
  Olympian gods — early threats to Olympus / Poseidon’s line · Homeric / Apollodorean (Aloadae; binding of Ares; assault on heaven)
• Ariadne on Naxos: Abandonment and Dionysus
  Heroes — Theseus · Apollodorean main line (Theseus leaves Ariadne on Naxos/Dia; Dionysus takes her); alternate classical strands noted
• Acontius and Cydippe (Callimachus)
  Local and lesser — Cean / Delian · Callimachean (*Aetia*); Aristaenetus and Ovid *Heroides* 20–21 as later expansions
• Ariadne’s Crown among the Stars (Corona Borealis)
  Local and lesser — astral aetiology / Dionysiac–Thesean · Eratosthenic / Hyginus astral (+ Apollodorean / Hesiodic marriage frame)

Characters in shared stories

• Acontius
• Aloeus
• Ares
• Ariadne
• Artemis
• Athena
• Cydippe
• Cydippe’s parents
• Dionysus
• Ephialtes
• Hesperides
• Iphimedeia
• Lapiths
• Lyssa
• Minos
• Odysseus
• Oenopion, Staphylus, Thoas
• Otus
• Pallas
• Philotes
• Poseidon
• Rival bridegroom
• Sailors of Theseus
• Satyrs
• Theseus