- Typhon Against Zeus (Apollodorus)
Cosmogony / Theogony · Apollodorean (substantially different combat narrative from Hesiodic Typhoeus)
- Styx and the Gods’ Oath (Hesiod)
Cosmogony / Theogony — divine law / river of oath · Hesiodic — Styx’s water as the immortals’ binding oath
- Hephaestus Cast from Heaven by Hera
Olympian gods · Homeric — Hera casts the lame child (Iliad 18)
- Hephaestus Cast from Heaven by Zeus
Olympian gods · Homeric / Apollodorean — Zeus casts Hephaestus for defending Hera
- Poseidon and Tyro: The Enipeus Deception; Birth of Pelias and Neleus
Olympian gods / Aeolid heroic prelude · Homeric (*Odyssey* 11) / Apollodorean
- Zeus Hangs Hera with Anvils (Iliad)
Olympian gods — Zeus / Hera conflict · Homeric (*Iliad* recalled punishment)
- Leto’s Wanderings Seeking a Birthplace (before Delos)
Olympian gods — Leto / birth of Apollo and Artemis · Homeric Hymn / Apollodorean / Callimachean enrichment
- Iris Fetches the Water of Styx for Oaths (Hesiod)
Olympian gods — Iris / divine ritual · Hesiodic — Iris as bearer of Styx-water when gods swear
- Binding of Prometheus (Aeschylean)
Olympian gods — Zeus’s order / Prometheus · Attic tragic — Aeschylus *Prometheus Bound* (distinct from Hesiodic binding)
- Poseidon and Apollo Build the Walls of Troy (Homeric)
Olympian gods — Poseidon & Apollo / Trojan aetiology · Homeric — gods’ year of servitude to Laomedon; unpaid wage
- Acrisius, Danaë, and the Bronze Chamber: Conception of Perseus
Heroes — Perseus · Apollodorean / Pherecydian (Argive oracle; Zeus as golden rain)
- The Chest Cast into the Sea: Danaë and Perseus on Seriphos
Heroes — Perseus · Apollodorean / Pherecydian (Seriphean landing; Dictys as rescuer)
- Andromeda and the Sea-Monster (Ethiopia)
Heroes — Perseus · Apollodorean Ethiopian (Cepheus’s Aethiopia; Ammon’s oracle; Phineus petrified)
- Andromeda at Joppa: Local Palestinian Localization
Heroes — Perseus · Local Joppa / Iope (classical travel and geographic notices vs. Apollodorean Ethiopia)
- 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)
- Hesione Exposed at Troy: Heracles, Laomedon, and the Broken Bargain
Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean (attached to the homeward voyage after the Amazon labor; Apollo–Poseidon wages unpaid; sea-monster; Hesione; mares of Ganymede promised and refused; threat of later war)
- Iole at Trachis: Lichas’s Lie and the Truth (Sophocles)
Heroes — Heracles · Attic tragic — Sophocles *Trachiniae* (captive train; Lichas’s false tale; messenger’s exposure; Deianeira recognizes Iole as rival)
- Arrival at Athens: Medea’s Poison and Recognition by the Sword
Heroes — Theseus · Apollodorean (Medea as Aegeus’s wife plots poison; recognition by sword/sandals; Medea flees)
- Hippolytus and Phaedra (Euripides)
Heroes — Theseus · Attic tragic — Euripides, *Hippolytus* (Phaedra’s forbidden love; Theseus’s curse; Artemis and Aphrodite)
- Return to Iolcus and the Death of Pelias (Medea’s Rejuvenation Trick)
Heroes — Jason / Argonauts · Apollodorean (fleece returned; daughters of Pelias deceived; Pelias boiled; exile)
- Corinth: Jason, Medea, Glauce, and the Deaths of the Children (Euripides)
Heroes — Jason / Argonauts (aftermath) · Attic tragic — Euripides *Medea* (divorce for Glauce; poisoned gifts; filicide; Aegeus; escape to Athens)
- Atalanta: Birth, Exposure, and the Bear
Heroes — Atalanta · Apollodorean Arcadian (Iasus; exposure; bear; hunters; vow of virginity)
- Bellerophon: Anteia’s False Accusation, Proetus, Iobates, and the Chimera
Heroes — Bellerophon · Homeric / Apollodorean (Potiphar’s-wife pattern; sealed tokens; Chimera slain)
- Tantalus: Crime and Punishment
Heroes — Tantalids / Pelops · Homeric underworld punishment + Apollodorean crimes (feast of Pelops; theft of nectar/ambrosia)
- Laius, Chrysippus, and the Oracle against a Son
Theban · Apollodorean / tragic (Pelops curse; Delphic warning; Labdacid doom)
- Birth and Exposure of Oedipus; Rearing by Polybus and Merope
Theban · Apollodorean / Sophoclean (Cithaeron exposure; Corinthian fosterage)
- Plague at Thebes and the Discovery of the Truth (*Oedipus Tyrannus*)
Theban · Attic tragic — Sophocles *Oedipus Tyrannus* (+ Apollodorean summary)
- Blinding of Oedipus and Exile from Thebes
Theban · Sophoclean (*OT* end) / Apollodorean (exile timing variants)
- Oedipus at Colonus: Arrival, Death, and Heroic Passing
Theban · Attic tragic — Sophocles *Oedipus at Colonus* (+ Apollodorean notice)
- Conflict of Eteocles and Polynices; Exile of Polynices
Theban · Apollodorean / tragic (*Phoenissae*, *OC*, *Seven* backstory)
- Mutual Killing of Eteocles and Polynices
Theban · Aeschylean / Euripidean / Apollodorean (fraternal duel)
- Pentheus and Dionysus (*Bacchae*): Theban Cult Myth
Theban · Attic tragic — Euripides *Bacchae* (+ Apollodorean summary)
- Amphion and Zethus: The Walls of Thebes
Theban · Apollodorean / Homeric (*Odyssey* Antiope) / Pausanian
- 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*)
- Atreus and Thyestes: The Golden Lamb and the Adultery
Heroes — Tantalid / Mycenaean succession · Apollodorean / tragic (golden lamb; Aerope’s adultery; exile)
- Birth of Aegisthus: Thyestes and Pelopia
Heroes — Tantalid / Mycenaean; prelude to Agamemnon’s murder · Apollodorean / Hyginus (oracle; night rape; sword-token; recognition)
- Antiope: Zeus, Lycus, and Dirce (Euripides / Apollodorus)
Heroes — Theban / Amphion–Zethus prelude · Euripidean (*Antiope* fragments) / Apollodorean / Homeric (*Odyssey* 11)
- Nycteus and Lycus: Theban Usurpation Setup
Heroes — Theban political prelude (pre-Amphionid) · Apollodorean / Pausanian genealogical politics
- Labdacus and Laius: Lineage Bridge to the Labdacids
Heroes — Theban / Labdacid genealogy · Apollodorean / Pausanian (thin reigns; exile of Laius; restoration after Amphionids)
- Achilles on Scyros: Odysseus’s Discovery
Heroes — Aeacid / Trojan muster prelude · Apollodorean / cyclic (*Cypria*) / tragic and handbook tradition (+ Statius Roman labeled for stage business)
- Aeson and Pelias: Usurpation of Iolcus
Heroes — Jason / Argonauts (Iolcus prelude) · Apollodorean / Pindaric Aeolid (Cretheus; Tyro; Pelias seizes the throne)
- Heracles’ War on Augeas and the Molionidae
Heroes — Heracles (post-labor Elian war) · Apollodorean (+ Pindaric Olympic aftermath glance)
- Stheneboea’s Suicide after Bellerophon’s Rejection (Euripides)
Heroes — Bellerophon aftermath / tragic heroine · Euripidean (lost *Stheneboea*; reconstructed from fragments and hypothesis)
- Death of Theseus: Lycomedes on Scyros
Heroes — Theseus (end) · Apollodorean / Plutarchan biographical tradition
- Adrastus of Argos: Kingship, Arion, and Survival
Heroes — Theban / Argive (Seven Against Thebes) · Apollodorean / Pausanian / tragic
- Hypsipyle at Nemea: Exile, Nurse, and Rescue
Heroes — Lemnian / Nemean / Seven Against Thebes · Euripidean (*Hypsipyle*) / Apollodorean
- Menoeceus: Voluntary Sacrifice to Save Thebes
Heroes — Theban / Seven Against Thebes · Euripidean (*Phoenician Women*) / Apollodorean notice
- Polynices and Argia (Argeia): Marriage at Argos
Heroes — Theban / Argive alliance · Apollodorean / tragic / cyclic (Adrastus’s daughters; lion and boar)
- Marriage of Pylades and Electra
Heroes — Atreid / Oresteia aftermath (also Trojan nostoi close) · Euripidean / Apollodorean handbook
- Orestes’ Wanderings and Alternate Purifications (beyond *Eumenides*)
Heroes — Atreid / Oresteia aftermath · Apollodorean / Pausanian / Euripidean notices (multi-site cleansing)
- Oedipus Remains King at Thebes (Homeric Variant)
Heroes — Theban / Homeric vs. tragic Oedipus · Homeric — *Odyssey* 11 (Epicaste); Oedipus continues to rule
- Death of Jason: The Timber of the Argo
Heroes — Jason / Argonautic aftermath · Euripidean prophecy + mythographic fulfillment (Argo’s beam)
- Theseus’s Bones Brought from Scyros to Athens
Heroes — Theseus / Attic hero-cult translation · Plutarchan / Pausanian — Cimon recovers the bones; Theseion
- Peleus and Telamon Kill Phocus
Heroes — Aeacid house / exile prelude to Phthia and Salamis · Apollodorean / Pausanian — fraternal murder; purification and exile
- Cadmus and Harmonia: Serpents in Illyria
Heroes — Theban founders / Illyrian end / metamorphosis · Apollodorean / Euripidean / Apollonian notices — exile, Encheleans, serpent forms
- Tenes of Tenedos
Heroes / Trojan periphery — Tenedian eponym / Achilles cycle · Apollodorean / Pausanian / cyclic notices — false accusation; exile; Achilles’ killing
- Macaria’s Sacrifice (*Heraclidae*)
Heroes — Heraclidae / Attic tragic asylum · Attic tragic — Euripides *Heraclidae*; voluntary maiden sacrifice for victory
- Athamas and Themisto
Heroes — Athamantid / Boeotian–Thessalian tragedy · Apollodorean / Hyginus — Themisto’s plot; mistaken filicide; Athamas’s further ruin
- Electryon’s Death and Amphitryon’s Exile
Heroes — Amphitryon / Heracles prelude / Mycenaean house · Apollodorean — accidental killing of Electryon; exile to Thebes; betrothal to Alcmene
- Phoenix Exiled by Amyntor
Heroes / Trojan periphery — Phoenix’s autobiography · Homeric — quarrel with Amyntor over a concubine; curse; flight to Peleus
- Birth, Exposure, and Recognition of Paris
Trojan · Apollodorean / tragic-cyclic (Hecuba’s dream; Idaean exposure; athletic recognition)
- Odysseus’s Feigned Madness and Palamedes
Trojan · Epic Cycle — *Cypria* / Apollodorean (recruitment ruse; Palamedes’s test)
- Sacrifice of Iphigenia at Aulis (Deer Substitute)
Trojan · Epic Cycle — *Cypria* / Apollodorean (+ Euripidean *Iphigenia at Aulis*); Artemis substitutes a deer
- Fetching Philoctetes: Bow of Heracles Returned to the War
Trojan · Epic Cycle — *Little Iliad* (Proclus) / Apollodorean + Attic tragic — Sophocles *Philoctetes*
- Aeneas’s Escape from Troy (Greek Notices; Vergil Labeled)
Trojan — Sack aftermath / western foundation legend · Homeric / cyclic / Apollodorean Greek notices + **Roman** Vergilian expansion labeled
- Orestes Avenges Agamemnon (*Choephoroi* / Libation Bearers)
Trojan — Nostoi / Oresteia · Attic tragic — Aeschylus *Choephoroi* (+ Homeric / Apollodorean revenge notice)
- Electra (Euripides)
Trojan — Nostoi / Oresteia · Attic tragic — Euripides *Electra* (vs. Sophocles 057 and Aeschylus 056)
- Death of Palamedes at Troy
Trojan — Cypria / early war · Epic Cycle — *Cypria* (Proclus) / Apollodorean (+ tragic and Dictyan elaborations labeled where late)
- Teucer’s Exile from Salamis and the Founding of Cyprian Salamis
Trojan — Nostoi / Aeacid aftermath · Tragic / Apollodorean / Pausanian (Telamon’s rejection; Cyprus foundation)
- Creusa’s Death at Troy (Vergil-Labeled)
Trojan — Sack / Aeneas escape (Roman transmission) · **Roman** — Vergil, *Aeneid* 2 (labeled); Greek notices of Aeneas’s escape lack this full Creusa episode
- Idomeneus and the Vow (Human Sacrifice / Exile)
Trojan — Nostoi / Cretan return · Apollodorean / Servian–handbook nostos (vow; plague; exile)
- Astyanax: Death Variants (Neoptolemus vs. Odysseus)
Trojan — Sack / Hector’s heir · Cyclic / Apollodorean / tragic — killer variants isolated
- Penelope’s Shroud: The Web Trick (*Odyssey*)
Trojan — Odyssey / Ithaca during Odysseus’s absence · Homeric — shroud for Laertes; ruse told and exposed
- Euphorbus Wounds Patroclus (*Iliad* 16)
Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Patroclus’s death sequence · Homeric — second blow after Apollo; prelude to Hector’s killing thrust
- Teucer Shoots from Behind Ajax’s Shield (*Iliad*)
Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Teucer’s archery · Homeric — bastard son of Telamon; archer paired with Ajax’s tower-shield
- Epeigeus Slain by Hector
Trojan — Homeric *Iliad* / Patrocleia · Homeric — Myrmidon exile of royal blood; Hector kills him over Sarpedon’s body
- Asclepius at Epidaurus: Healing Cult Myth
Local and lesser — Epidaurian cult · Pausanian Epidaurian (local birth; incubation; sacred dogs and snakes); inscriptional iamata
- Aeacus, Aegina, and the Myrmidons (Peleus’s People)
Local and lesser — Aeginetan / Phthian · Apollodorean / Ovid-labeled ant metamorphosis; Hesiodic and Pindaric Aeacus notices
- Daphnis (Theocritus)
Local and lesser — Sicilian bucolic / herdsman hero · Theocritean (*Idyll* 1); Stesichorean and Sicilian precedent notices
- Atys and Adrastus: Death of Croesus’s Son (Herodotus)
Local and lesser — Lydian / Herodotus legends · Herodotean — dream, boar-hunt, accidental spear-kill
- 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
- Aristomenes of Messenia (Pausanias)
Local and lesser — Messenian resistance hero · Pausanian Messenian — Aristomenes’ exploits in the Messenian Wars
- 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
- Psamathe, Linus, and Crotopus
Local and lesser — Argive aetiology / Apollo’s child Linus / Poena · Pausanian / Conon — Crotopus’s daughter; exposed Linus; Poena and Coroebus sequel