Pytho
Place · slug: pytho
Also: Delphi, Apollo’s house, Amphiaraus’s oracle, temple of Apollo, Lesche of the Cnidians
- Zeus’s Rise: Liberation of the Siblings and First Allies
Cosmogony / Theogony · Hesiodic (with Apollodorean detail on Metis’s drug and Cyclopes’ gifts)
- Coeus and Phoebe: Leto and Asteria
Cosmogony / Theogony — Titan oracular / Delian line · Hesiodic — Coeus–Phoebe daughters
- Rhea’s Stone: Cronus Swallowing the Omphalos-Substitute
Cosmogony / Theogony — birth of Zeus / Delphic aetiology · Hesiodic (+ Pausanian Delphic omphalos notice)
- Apollo, the Python, and the Founding of Delphi
Olympian gods · Homeric Hymn (Pythian) / Apollodorean
- Apollo and Daphne
Olympian gods · Roman transmission (Ovid) of a Greek metamorphosis; Greek notices (Parthenius; Pausanias local laurel) thinner than Ovid’s full plot
- Coronis and the Crow (Raven): The Informant Bird
Olympian gods / Asclepiad prelude · Pindaric / Apollodorean / Hesiodic *Catalogue*; Ovid-labeled Roman for white-to-black color change
- Apollo’s Hyperborean Sojourn
Olympian gods / Apollo — Hyperborean myth · Pindaric / Herodotus / Delphic–Delian classical notices
- Apollo and Hermes: Friendship and Pact (Homeric Hymn)
Olympian gods — Apollo / Hermes · Homeric Hymn to Hermes (4) — reconciliation and gift-exchange isolated
- Zeus and Themis: The Hours and the Fates (Hesiod)
Olympian gods — Zeus’s marriages / order and law · Hesiodic
- Homeric Hymns to Artemis (9 and 27)
Olympian gods — Artemis / short Homeric Hymns · Homeric Hymns IX and XXVII — praise of the huntress; Delian and Olympian close
- Homeric Hymns to Hestia (24 and 29)
Olympian gods — Hestia / short Homeric Hymns · Homeric Hymns XXIV and XXIX — hearth virgin; first and last libations with Hermes
- Apollo and the Cretan Sailors: Founding Delphi’s Priesthood
Olympian gods — Apollo / Delphic foundation · Homeric Hymn (Pythian) — Cretans from Knossos led to Pytho as first priests
- Acrisius, Danaë, and the Bronze Chamber: Conception of Perseus
Heroes — Perseus · Apollodorean / Pherecydian (Argive oracle; Zeus as golden rain)
- Madness of Heracles: Murder of the Children (Apollodorean, before the Labors)
Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean (Hera-sent madness in Thebes *before* service to Eurystheus; Megara’s sons killed; purification then Delphi)
- Oracle and the Beginning of Service to Eurystheus
Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean (Delphic command; twelve years at Tiryns; labors as path to immortality)
- After the Labors: Iphitus’s Murder and Sale to Omphale
Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean (labors complete; Eurytus and Iole; murder of Iphitus; Delphic sentence of servitude; Hermes sells Heracles to Omphale of Lydia)
- Omphale in Lydia: Service and Deeds under the Queen
Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean (three-year Lydian servitude; Cercopes; Syleus; other Asian deeds; release)
- Birth of Theseus: Aethra, Aegeus, and Poseidon (Double Paternity)
Heroes — Theseus · Apollodorean / Plutarchan compilation (Trozenian conception; Aegeus and Poseidon both named as fathers)
- Cadmus and the Founding of Thebes (Dragon’s Teeth)
Heroes — Cadmus / Theban cycle gateway · Apollodorean (Europa search; Delphic cow; Castalian dragon; Spartoi; Harmonia)
- Laius, Chrysippus, and the Oracle against a Son
Theban · Apollodorean / tragic (Pelops curse; Delphic warning; Labdacid doom)
- Delphi and the Murder of Laius at the Crossroads
Theban · Apollodorean / Sophoclean (Phocian / Daulian crossroads)
- Plague at Thebes and the Discovery of the Truth (*Oedipus Tyrannus*)
Theban · Attic tragic — Sophocles *Oedipus Tyrannus* (+ Apollodorean summary)
- The Epigoni: The Next Generation’s War on Thebes
Theban · Apollodorean / epic cycle (*Epigoni* tradition)
- Alcmaeon, Eriphyle, and the Necklace of Harmonia
Theban — Epigoni aftermath / Harmonia’s heirloom curse · Apollodorean (matricide; purification; Callirrhoe; death)
- Ion and Creusa: Athenian Foundation (Euripides)
Heroes — Attic foundation / Erechtheid line · Attic tragic — Euripides *Ion* (+ Apollodorean genealogy of Xuthus and Ion)
- Telephus: Auge, Birth, and the Mysian Kingship
Heroes — Heraclean offspring / Mysian; Trojan prelude · Apollodorean (+ Euripidean *Auge* / *Telephus* notices; Hesiodic *Catalogue*)
- Labdacus and Laius: Lineage Bridge to the Labdacids
Heroes — Theban / Labdacid genealogy · Apollodorean / Pausanian (thin reigns; exile of Laius; restoration after Amphionids)
- Nephele and Athamas: The Cloud-Wife and Ino’s Intrigue
Heroes — Aeolid / Golden Fleece origin (pre-Argonautica) · Apollodorean / handbook (Nephele; Ino’s plot; famine and oracle)
- Marriage of Pylades and Electra
Heroes — Atreid / Oresteia aftermath (also Trojan nostoi close) · Euripidean / Apollodorean handbook
- Orestes’ Purification at Delphi
Heroes — Atreid / Oresteia aftermath (also Trojan nostoi) · Aeschylean / Apollodorean handbook (Delphic cleansing)
- Orestes’ Wanderings and Alternate Purifications (beyond *Eumenides*)
Heroes — Atreid / Oresteia aftermath · Apollodorean / Pausanian / Euripidean notices (multi-site cleansing)
- Alcmaeon and Callirhoe: The Necklace’s Second Curse
Heroes — Epigoni aftermath / Alcmaeon’s wanderings · Apollodorean — Psophis to Achelous; Callirhoe’s demand; death in Psophis
- Theseus’s Bones Brought from Scyros to Athens
Heroes — Theseus / Attic hero-cult translation · Plutarchan / Pausanian — Cimon recovers the bones; Theseion
- Tityos: Assault on Leto and the Vultures
Local and lesser — underworld punishment / Letoids · Homeric (*Odyssey* 11) / Apollodorean (birth; assault; death by Apollo and Artemis)
- The Danaids’ Punishment: Leaky Jars in the Underworld
Local and lesser — Argive / underworld punishment · Classical underworld tradition (lyric, tragic, and handbook) attached to the Danaid crime
- Cleobis and Biton (Herodotus)
Local and lesser — Argive piety legend (Herodotean) · Herodotean classical legend (Solon’s exemplum of a happy life)
- Candaules and Gyges (Herodotus)
Local and lesser — Lydian royal legend (Herodotean) · Herodotean classical legend (origin of Mermnad dynasty)
- Manto, Daughter of Tiresias
Local and lesser — Theban / prophetic lineage; colonial aetiology · Apollodorean / tragic / Pausanian
- Mopsus the Seer (Claros and Cilicia)
Local and lesser — prophetic founders / colonial · Apollodorean / Strabonian / Argonautic glance
- Amphilochus: Founder Myths (Brief)
Local and lesser — Epigoni aftermath / colonial founders · Apollodorean / Strabonian / Pausanian
- Niobe’s Weeping Rock on Sipylus (Pausanias)
Local and lesser — Lydian / Anatolian aetiology · Pausanian local — rock on Mount Sipylus still weeping
- Trophonius: Oracle of Lebadeia
Local and lesser — Boeotian oracle / hero-cult · Pausanian — descent into the chasm of Trophonius
- Codrus: The Last King of Athens Sacrifices Himself
Local and lesser — Attic kings / Pausanian–Lycurgan legend · Pausanian / Lycurgan Attic (Codrus; Dorian invasion oracle)
- 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
- Battus and the Foundation of Cyrene (Herodotus)
Local and lesser — colonial foundation / Theran–Libyan · Herodotean — Delphic oracle; Theran colonists; Battus I founds Cyrene
- Birth of Iamus at Olympia (Pindar)
Local and lesser — Olympian seer-clan / Iamidai · Pindaric — Evadne bears Iamus; two dragons feed him; Apollo grants voice of prophecy
- Glaucus of Sparta and the Delphic Temptation (Herodotus)
Local and lesser — Spartan logos / Delphic morality tale · Herodotean — deposit, perjury contemplated, lineage extinguished
- Croesus on the Pyre Saved by Apollo (Herodotus)
Local and lesser — Lydian logos / Delphic salvation · Herodotean — Cyrus’s pyre; Croesus’s recognition of Solon; rain from a clear sky
- Cypselus, Labda, and the Chest (Herodotus)
Local and lesser — Corinthian foundation / Bacchiad oracle · Herodotean — lame Labda; oracles; baby hidden in a *kypsele*; tyrant of Corinth
- Euthymus and the Hero of Temesa (Pausanias)
Local and lesser — Locrian / South Italian hero combat · Pausanian — haunted Temesa; Homeric sailor-daimon; boxer Euthymus frees the city
- Croesus Tests the Oracles (Herodotus)
Local and lesser — Lydian logos / Delphic prestige · Herodotean — lamb-and-tortoise riddle; Delphi and Amphiaraus proven true
- Phalanthus and the Foundation of Taras
Local and lesser — Spartan colonial aetiology / Magna Graecia · Pausanian / Aristotelian *Politics* notices — Partheniae; oracle of rain from a clear sky; dolphin