Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (16)

• Asteria Becomes Delos (Ortygia)
  Cosmogony / Theogony — Titan generation / Delian aetiology · Apollodorean / Callimachean / mythographic (quail / star → island)
• Coeus and Phoebe: Leto and Asteria
  Cosmogony / Theogony — Titan oracular / Delian line · Hesiodic — Coeus–Phoebe daughters
• Birth of Apollo (and Artemis) on Delos
  Olympian gods · Homeric Hymn — Delian (standard Delian birth of Apollo; Artemis noted at Ortygia)
• Apollo’s Hyperborean Sojourn
  Olympian gods / Apollo — Hyperborean myth · Pindaric / Herodotus / Delphic–Delian classical notices
• Leto’s Wanderings Seeking a Birthplace (before Delos)
  Olympian gods — Leto / birth of Apollo and Artemis · Homeric Hymn / Apollodorean / Callimachean enrichment
• Eileithyia: Goddess of Childbirth
  Olympian gods — Hera’s daughter / birth-aid · Hesiodic / Homeric — Eileithyia (or Eileithyiae) as birth-goddess
• Orion: Blinding, Death Variants, and the Stars
  Heroes — Orion · Apollodorean / Homeric / astral (Oenopion; scorpion; Artemis; Eos)
• Europa’s Sons in Crete: Minos, Rhadamanthys, and Sarpedon
  Heroes — Cretan royal foundations / Europa cycle aftermath · Apollodorean / Homeric — three sons of Zeus and Europa; Cretan kingship; Sarpedon’s dual identity
• Cadmus and His Brothers Search for Europa
  Heroes — Europa cycle / Phoenician diaspora / Theban prelude · Apollodorean — Agenor’s command; Phoenix, Cilix, Cadmus, Telephassa disperse
• Death of Androgeus and the Origin of the Athenian Tribute
  Heroes — Theseus prelude / Minos–Athens quarrel · Apollodorean / Pausanian — Androgeus slain in Attica; Minos wars; tribute of youths
• Rhadamanthys and Alcmene in Boeotia
  Heroes — after Heracles / Cretan lawgiver in Boeotia · Apollodorean / Pausanian — Rhadamanthys weds Alcmene; settles at Ocaleae or Haliartus
• Abduction (Elopement) of Helen: Paris at Sparta
  Trojan · Epic Cycle — *Cypria* (Proclus) / Apollodorean (Aphrodite’s gift; departure with treasure; Homeric regret vs. willing-flight noted)
• Acontius and Cydippe (Callimachus)
  Local and lesser — Cean / Delian · Callimachean (*Aetia*); Aristaenetus and Ovid *Heroides* 20–21 as later expansions
• Rhoeo and Anius: Delian Myths
  Local and lesser — Delian / Apolline local myth · Apollodorean / Diodoran / cyclic notices (Rhoeo; Anius; Oenotropae)
• Eos and Orion (Love of Dawn)
  Local and lesser — Dawn’s mortal loves / Orion cycle · Homeric / Hesiodic notices (+ Apollodorean / astral frame)
• Orion’s Death and the Scorpion (Catasterism)
  Local and lesser — astral aetiology / Orion · Hesiodic / Apollodorean / astral handbook — scorpion sent by Earth or Artemis

Characters in shared stories

• Acontius
• Aegeus
• Aeneas
• Agenor
• Amphitrite
• Amphitryon
• Androgeus
• Anius
• Apollo and Artemis
• Ares
• Artemis
• Asteria
• Asterion
• Cassandra
• Catreus
• Cedalion
• Cephalus
• Chrysothemis
• Cydippe
• Cydippe’s parents
• Delos
• Dione
• Dionysus
• Dorippe
• Eileithyia
• Electra
• Eos
• Eros
• Europa
• Gaia
• Hades
• Harmonia
• Hecate
• Helios
• Heracles
• Hyperboreans
• Hyperoche and Laodice
• Ichnaean Themis
• Iphicles
• Iris