Pleuron

Place · slug: pleuron

Also: Aetolia, slopes of Oeta

Stories (10)

Apollo, Marpessa, and Idas
Olympian gods — Apollo / mortal love contest · Homeric / Apollodorean (Idas vs. Apollo; Marpessa’s choice)
Calydonian Boar Hunt: Setup — Oeneus and Artemis’s Wrath
Heroes — Calydonian / Meleager · Apollodorean (neglected first-fruits; Artemis sends the huge boar)
Meleager and the Calydonian Hunt (Atalanta’s Role)
Heroes — Calydonian / Meleager · Apollodorean (pan-Hellenic muster; Atalanta first wound; Meleager awards the hide; quarrel with uncles)
Death of Meleager: The Brand of the Fates (Althaea)
Heroes — Calydonian / Meleager · Apollodorean / Bacchylidean (Moirae’s brand; Althaea burns it after the uncles’ deaths)
Return of the Heraclidae (Heraclids)
Heroes — Heracles aftermath / Dorian foundation · Apollodorean (failed attempts; Temenus; Tisamenus; lots for the Peloponnese)
Lichas and the Poisoned Robe
Heroes — Heracles / Trachiniae endgame · Sophoclean / Apollodorean — Lichas brings the gift; Heracles hurls him to death
Oxylus Guides the Heraclidae into Elis
Heroes — Return of the Heraclidae / Eleian foundation · Pausanian / Apollodorean — one-eyed Oxylus as guide; bargain for Elis
Hyllus Marries Iole
Heroes — Heracles aftermath / Trachiniae close / Heraclid marriage · Sophoclean / Apollodorean — dying Heracles exacts Hyllus’s marriage to Iole
Nostoi: Diomedes in Aetolia and Italy
Trojan cycle — Returns (*Nostoi*) · Epic Cycle / Apollodorean / local Italian Greek notices (Daunia; Islands of Diomedes)
Ceyx and Alcyone
Local and lesser — Trachinian / Aeolian metamorphosis · Roman transmission (Ovid) of a Greek pair; Apollodorean brief notice of Ceyx

Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Pleuron

Stories (10)

Characters in shared stories