- Typhoeus Against Zeus (Hesiodic)
Cosmogony / Theogony · Hesiodic
- Typhon Against Zeus (Apollodorus)
Cosmogony / Theogony · Apollodorean (substantially different combat narrative from Hesiodic Typhoeus)
- Nereus and the Nereids (Hesiodic / Apollodorean Catalogue)
Cosmogony / Theogony — Pontus’s line / sea nymphs · Hesiodic catalogue (+ Apollodorean Nereid list)
- Asteria Becomes Delos (Ortygia)
Cosmogony / Theogony — Titan generation / Delian aetiology · Apollodorean / Callimachean / mythographic (quail / star → island)
- Hyperion and Theia: Helios, Selene, and Eos
Cosmogony / Theogony — Titan luminous genealogy · Hesiodic — Hyperion–Theia brood
- Ascalaphus Turned into an Owl
Cosmogony / Theogony — underworld daimones / Demeter’s vengeance · Apollodorean (+ Ovid-labeled Roman enrichment) — orchard-witness of the pomegranate; Demeter (or Persephone) makes him an owl
- Birth of Athena from Zeus’s Head (Metis Swallowed)
Olympian gods · Hesiodic / Apollodorean (same Metis-swallowing lineage; birth-delivery detail from Apollodorus and related classical notices)
- Artemis and Actaeon
Olympian gods · Apollodorean “general opinion” (bathing / stag metamorphosis), with Callimachus as earliest surviving poetic parallel; Acusilaus–Stesichorus Semele-rival strand noted
- Apollo and Daphne
Olympian gods · Roman transmission (Ovid) of a Greek metamorphosis; Greek notices (Parthenius; Pausanias local laurel) thinner than Ovid’s full plot
- Artemis and Callisto
Olympian gods · Apollodorean Arcadian (Zeus; bear metamorphosis; Arcas; constellation notes)
- Dionysus and the Tyrrhenian Pirates
Olympian gods · Homeric Hymn VII (to Dionysus)
- Apollo and Hyacinthus
Olympian gods / Spartan-Amyclaean · Apollodorean / Pausanian Amyclaean (discus; flower; cult)
- Athena and Arachne
Olympian gods / Lydian metamorphosis · Roman transmission (Ovid) — fullest contest narrative; Greek notices of Athena as weaving patron thinner
- Pan and Syrinx (Ovid-labeled)
Olympian gods / rustic — Pan · Roman transmission (Ovid) of Greek Arcadian aetion for the panpipes (*syrinx*)
- Echo and Narcissus (Ovid Line)
Olympian gods / local metamorphosis — Echo; Narcissus · Roman transmission (Ovid) — Echo cursed by Hera; composite with Narcissus (distinct from Pausanias’s Thespian Narcissus)
- Dionysus and the Minyads
Olympian gods — Dionysus / Boeotian resistance · Ovidian Roman narrative (+ Aelian / Plutarch / Antoninus Liberalis Greek notices of the daughters of Minyas)
- Poseidon and Medusa in Athena’s Temple
Olympian gods — Poseidon / Athena / Gorgon origin · Roman transmission (Ovid) of Greek temple-violation curse aetiology
- Dionysus Turns the Pirates into Dolphins (Homeric Hymn)
Olympian gods — Dionysus · Homeric Hymn VII — metamorphosis climax isolated
- Hestia: Virgin Privilege and the Hearth
Olympian gods — Hestia · Homeric Hymns — eternal virginity; first and last libations; hearth privilege
- Aphrodite and Adonis: Love and Death by the Boar (Classical)
Olympian gods — Aphrodite / Adonis · Apollodorean / mythographic classical (vs. Bion’s lament)
- Hermes, Herse, and Aglauros (Ovid-Labeled)
Olympian gods — Hermes / Attic Cecropid sisters · Roman transmission (Ovid) of Attic Cecropid jealousy tale; Greek notices of Herse and Aglauros background
- Zeus Abducts Aegina
Olympian gods — Zeus’s loves / Aeginetan foundation · Apollodorean / Pindaric — eagle or pursuit; Asopus’s search
- Homeric Hymn to Dionysus (1) — Fragment
Olympian gods — Dionysus / fragmentary Homeric Hymn · Homeric Hymn I — disputed birthplaces; Zeus and the god’s glory
- Homeric Hymn to Zeus (23)
Olympian gods — Zeus / short Homeric Hymn · Homeric Hymn XXIII — brief praise of Zeus as counsel and Themis’s consort
- Minthe Trampled by Persephone
Olympian gods — Persephone / Hades / plant aetiology · Strabonian / Oppianic Greek + Ovid-labeled Roman — river-nymph rival; mint plant
- Achelous and Deianeira: Contest for the Bride
Heroes — Heracles · Apollodorean (river-god suitor; shape-shifting combat; broken horn; marriage to Deianeira)
- Atalanta’s Footrace: Melanion and the Golden Apples
Heroes — Atalanta · Apollodorean Greek (Melanion; Aphrodite’s apples; metamorphosis into lions)
- Orpheus and Eurydice: The Descent
Heroes — Orpheus · Apollodorean Greek notice (+ Plato); fuller narrative is largely Roman (Vergil/Ovid)—labeled
- Cadmus and the Founding of Thebes (Dragon’s Teeth)
Heroes — Cadmus / Theban cycle gateway · Apollodorean (Europa search; Delphic cow; Castalian dragon; Spartoi; Harmonia)
- Pentheus and Dionysus (*Bacchae*): Theban Cult Myth
Theban · Attic tragic — Euripides *Bacchae* (+ Apollodorean summary)
- Heracles Wrestles Nereus for the Way to the Hesperides
Heroes — Heracles / Eleventh Labor prelude · Apollodorean — Old Man of the Sea wrestled for directions
- Mestra: Shape-Shifting Daughter of Erysichthon (Ovid-Labeled)
Heroes / Thessalian — Erysichthon aftermath · Roman transmission (Ovid) + Hesiodic *Catalogue* notices of Mestra
- Arcas: Eponymous King of Arcadia (Pausanias)
Heroes — Arcadian kings / Callisto aftermath · Pausanian / Apollodorean — Arcas names Arcadia; divides the land among sons
- Amphion’s Death after Niobe’s Children Fall
Heroes — Theban / Niobid aftermath · Apollodorean — Amphion kills himself (or is killed) when Apollo and Artemis slay the Niobids
- Cadmus and Harmonia: Serpents in Illyria
Heroes — Theban founders / Illyrian end / metamorphosis · Apollodorean / Euripidean / Apollonian notices — exile, Encheleans, serpent forms
- Aesacus and Hesperia (Ovid-Labeled)
Heroes — Trojan royal house / bird metamorphosis · Roman transmission (Ovid) of a Trojan prince’s dive and seabird change; brief Greek genealogical notices of Aesacus
- Nostoi: Diomedes in Aetolia and Italy
Trojan cycle — Returns (*Nostoi*) · Epic Cycle / Apollodorean / local Italian Greek notices (Daunia; Islands of Diomedes)
- Hecuba Transformed into a Dog
Trojan — Sack aftermath / Hecuba end · Euripidean prophecy + Ovid-labeled metamorphosis / Cynossema aetiology
- Hecuba Allotted to Odysseus
Trojan — Sack / division of spoils · Euripidean / Apollodorean
- The Phaeacian Ship Turned to Stone (*Odyssey* 13)
Trojan — Odyssey / Phaeacians / Poseidon’s wrath · Homeric — Poseidon petrifies the returning escort ship; Scheria’s future sealed
- Athena Disguises Odysseus as a Beggar (*Odyssey*)
Trojan — Odyssey / Ithaca recognition sequence / divine metamorphosis · Homeric — withered flesh, rags, and staff; later restorations
- Circe Transforms Odysseus’s Crew into Swine (*Odyssey* 10)
Trojan — Odyssey / Aeaea · Homeric — drugs, wand, and pig-pens; Eurylochus escapes
- The Memnonides: Birds from Memnon’s Pyre
Trojan — Memnon aftermath / bird metamorphosis · Ovid-labeled Roman — cinders become fighting birds; annual memorial
- Procne, Philomela, and Tereus
Local and lesser — Attic / Thracian metamorphosis · Apollodorean (Tereus; tongue; Itys; bird metamorphoses); tragic (*Tereus* of Sophocles, lost)
- Erysichthon: Demeter’s Punishment
Local and lesser — Thessalian / Demeter cult · Callimachean (*Hymn* 6 to Demeter); Ovidian enrichment labeled Roman
- Endymion and Selene
Local and lesser — Elian / Carian sleep myth · Apollodorean / Pausanian (eternal sleep; Selene’s visits); Hesiodic genealogy of Endymion as Elian king
- Ceyx and Alcyone
Local and lesser — Trachinian / Aeolian metamorphosis · Roman transmission (Ovid) of a Greek pair; Apollodorean brief notice of Ceyx
- Hermaphroditus and Salmacis
Local and lesser — Carian spring metamorphosis · Roman transmission (Ovid); Greek cult/toponym of Salmacis at Halicarnassus
- Scylla and Nisus: The Purple Lock
Local and lesser — Megarian / Cretan war · Apollodorean / Pausanian (+ Ciris tradition; Ovid labeled Roman for fullest metamorphosis)
- Byblis
Local and lesser — Milesian / Carian · Roman transmission (Ovid); Greek mythographers know Byblis as lover of her twin Caunus
- Peleus and Thetis: Courtship and Wrestling
Local and lesser — Thessalian / Achillean prelude (before Trojan wedding) · Apollodorean / Pindaric (shape-shifting Nereid wrestled on the shore)
- Aeacus, Aegina, and the Myrmidons (Peleus’s People)
Local and lesser — Aeginetan / Phthian · Apollodorean / Ovid-labeled ant metamorphosis; Hesiodic and Pindaric Aeacus notices
- Empusa and the Lamiae
Local and lesser — daimonic / Hecate’s train; folk-bogey in classical comedy and philosophy · Aristophanic / Philostratean / Diodoran (Empusa; Lamia as child-devouring bogey; Hecate connection)
- Scylla and Charybdis: Origin and Metamorphosis
Local and lesser — Sicilian strait aetiology (separate from *Odyssey* 12 encounter) · Ovidian Roman transmission of Circe–Glaucus–Scylla metamorphosis; Greek notices of Charybdis as daughter of Poseidon and Gaia
- Glaucus of Anthedon: The Fisherman-God
Local and lesser — Boeotian / marine metamorphosis · Ovidian Roman narrative (+ Pausanian / Hellenistic notices of the Anthedonian fisherman-prophet)
- Alpheus and Arethusa
Local and lesser — Arcadian / Sicilian spring aetiology · Roman transmission (Ovid) of Greek river–spring myth; Pindaric and Pausanian Greek notices
- Dryope (Ovid-Labeled)
Local and lesser — Oechalian / dryad metamorphosis · Roman transmission (Ovid); Greek name and lotus/tree aetiology
- Clytie: The Heliotrope (Ovid-Labeled)
Local and lesser — solar metamorphosis / Oceanid · Roman transmission (Ovid) of Helios–Clytie lore; Greek heliotropism as natural aetiology background
- Myrrha (Smyrna): Birth of Adonis from the Myrrh Tree
Local and lesser — Cypriot / Near Eastern birth aetiology · Apollodorean birth notice thickened; Ovid-labeled full incest narrative
- Iphis and Ianthe (Ovid-Labeled)
Local and lesser — Cretan metamorphosis / marriage · **Roman** transmission (Ovid) of a Cretan sex-change and marriage tale
- Latona and the Lycian Peasants (Frogs)
Local and lesser — Lycian aetiology / Leto’s wanderings · **Roman** transmission (Ovid) of Leto (Latona) and the Lycian rustics; frogs as lasting punishment
- Cyparissus (Ovid-Labeled)
Local and lesser — metamorphosis / Apolline favorite · Roman transmission (Ovid) of the Cean / Cypriot youth changed into the cypress
- Leucippus of Phaestus (Gender Change)
Local and lesser — Cretan / Leto cult aetiology · Greek (Antoninus Liberalis from Nicander); Cretan local
- Tiresias: Snakes, Gender Change, Blindness, and Prophecy
Local and lesser — Theban seer / gender and sight · Apollodorean (double sex; Hera–Zeus quarrel; blindness; prophetic gift)
- Hygieia: Birth and Cult (Brief)
Local and lesser — Asclepiad / healing gods · Classical cult / Apollodorean Asclepiad family / Pausanian
- Callisto Catasterism: Arctos (Ursa Major)
Local and lesser — Arcadian / astral aetiology · Eratosthenic / Hyginus astral (+ Apollodorean / Pausanian Arcadian frame)
- Helios and Leucothoe (Ovid-Labeled)
Local and lesser — Helios / metamorphosis · Roman transmission (Ovid) of Helios’s love for Leucothoe (and Clytie’s betrayal)
- The Heliades: Amber Tears
Local and lesser — Helios / Phaethon aftermath / aetiology of amber · Ovid-labeled Roman fullest narrative + Greek tragic/fragmentary and handbook notices
- Cycnus of Liguria Mourns Phaethon (Swan; Ovid-Labeled)
Local and lesser — Phaethon aftermath / metamorphosis · Roman transmission (Ovid) of Ligurian Cycnus’s swan change — distinct from Poseidon’s Cycnus and from Ares’s Cycnus
- Lyra: The Lyre of Orpheus (Catasterism)
Local and lesser — astral aetiology / Orpheus · Catasterismic handbook — Orpheus’s lyre placed among the stars
- Helen in Egypt with Proteus (Herodotus)
Local and lesser — Egyptian / Herodotean Trojan variant · Herodotean — Helen detained in Egypt; Troy fought without her
- Capricorn: Aegipan / Pan in the Typhonomachy (Catasterism)
Local and lesser — astral aetiology / Typhoeus aftermath · Catasterismic handbook — goat-fish Aegipan (Pan) as Capricorn
- Lycaon of Arcadia and Zeus Lycaeus
Local and lesser — Arcadian kings / Zeus Lykaios cult aetiology · Pausanian / Apollodorean — Lycaon’s crime; werewolf lore; Lycaean cult
- The Meleagrides: Sisters of Meleager Become Birds
Local and lesser — Calydonian aftermath / bird metamorphosis · Antoninus Liberalis (Greek) + Ovid-labeled Roman enrichment — mourning sisters turned into meleagrides (guinea-fowl)
- Anaxarete and Iphis (Ovid-Labeled)
Local and lesser — Cypriot / Roman metamorphosis / hard-hearted beloved · Roman transmission (Ovid) — stone-hearted maiden; Aphrodite’s vengeance
- Crocus and Smilax (Ovid-Labeled)
Local and lesser — flower metamorphosis / Roman brief aetiology · Roman transmission (Ovid) — unhappy lovers become crocus and smilax