Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Stories (4)

• Return of the Heraclidae (Heraclids)
  Heroes — Heracles aftermath / Dorian foundation · Apollodorean (failed attempts; Temenus; Tisamenus; lots for the Peloponnese)
• Hellenic Tribes: Dorus, Xuthus, and Aeolus
  Heroes — Aeolid / tribal eponyms · Apollodorean / Hesiodic *Catalogue* / ethnographic myth
• Oxylus Guides the Heraclidae into Elis
  Heroes — Return of the Heraclidae / Eleian foundation · Pausanian / Apollodorean — one-eyed Oxylus as guide; bargain for Elis
• The Carnea and Apollo Carneius (Sparta)
  Local and lesser — Spartan / Dorian Apollo festival aetiology · Pausanian / classical — Carneius as local god fused with Apollo; Carnea festival

Characters in shared stories

• Achaeus
• Aeolus
• Apollo Carneius
• Aristodemus
• Aristomachus
• Carnus
• Cresphontes
• Dorus
• Echemus
• Eleian king
• Glauce
• Haemon
• Hellen
• Heracles
• Hippotes
• Hyllus
• Iolaus
• Ion
• Oxylus
• People of Crisa
• Procles and Eurysthenes
• Sisyphus, Athamas, Salmoneus, Cretheus, et al.
• Spartans
• Temenus
• Tisamenus
• Xuthus