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Hesiod and Homerica — Chronicle

Ordered by section. The selected mythic poems and fragmentary summaries provide no calendar dates suitable for a historical chronology; relative narrative sequence is not a calendar year. Every event links back to one sentence of the original.

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373 events · no calendar year read from the text

Undated

Hesiod’s Works and Days · Part 1
Zeus set the wholesome Strife in the roots of the earth.

Hesiod’s Works and Days · Part 1 · 📍 [[the roots of the earth]]

the wholesome Strife Zeus

the son of Cronos who sits above and dwells in the aether, set her in the roots of the earth

Hesiod’s Works and Days · Part 1
Zeus hid the means of life from men because Prometheus deceived him.

Hesiod’s Works and Days · Part 1

Zeus Prometheus

But Zeus in the anger of his heart hid it, because Prometheus the crafty deceived him

Hesiod’s Works and Days · Part 1
Prometheus stole fire from Zeus for men.

Hesiod’s Works and Days · Part 1

Prometheus Zeus

that the noble son of Iapetus stole again for men from Zeus the counsellor in a hollow fennel-stalk

Hesiod’s Works and Days · Part 1
Zeus ordered the creation of a woman as the price for fire.

Hesiod’s Works and Days · Part 1

Zeus

But I will give men as the price for fire an evil thing in which they may all be glad of heart while they embrace their own destruction.

Hesiod’s Works and Days · Part 1
Epimetheus accepted Zeus’s gift despite Prometheus’s warning.

Hesiod’s Works and Days · Part 1 · afterwards

Epimetheus Prometheus

And Epimetheus did not think on what Prometheus had said to him, bidding him never take a gift of Olympian Zeus, but to send it back for fear it might prove to be something harmful to men. But he took the gift

Hesiod’s Works and Days · Part 1
Pandora opened the jar and released its evils upon mankind.

Hesiod’s Works and Days · Part 1

Pandora

But the woman took off the great lid of the jar with her hands and scattered all these and her thought caused sorrow and mischief to men.

Hesiod’s Works and Days · Part 1
Zeus put away the silver race because they refused to honour the gods.

Hesiod’s Works and Days · Part 1 · 📍 [[Olympus]]

Zeus

Then Zeus the son of Cronos was angry and put them away, because they would not give honour to the blessed gods who live on Olympus.

Hesiod’s Works and Days · Part 2
Zeus made the fourth generation of men.

Hesiod’s Works and Days · Part 2

Zeus

Zeus the son of Cronos made yet another, the fourth, upon the fruitful earth

Hesiod’s Works and Days · Part 2
Zeus released Cronos from his bonds.

Hesiod’s Works and Days · Part 2

Zeus Cronos

for the father of men and gods released him from his bonds.

Hesiod’s Works and Days · Part 2
Zeus made the fifth generation of men.

Hesiod’s Works and Days · Part 2

Zeus

And again far-seeing Zeus made yet another generation, the fifth, of men who are upon the bounteous earth.

Hesiod’s Works and Days · Part 2
Justice was dragged by those who gave crooked judgements.

Hesiod’s Works and Days · Part 2

Justice

There is a noise when Justice is being dragged in the way where those who devour bribes and give sentence with crooked judgements, take her.

Hesiod’s Works and Days · Part 2
Justice followed to the city, weeping and bringing mischief to its people.

Hesiod’s Works and Days · Part 2

Justice

And she, wrapped in mist, follows to the city and haunts of the people, weeping, and bringing mischief to men

Hesiod’s Works and Days · Part 2
Zeus ordained punishment for those who practised violence and cruel deeds.

Hesiod’s Works and Days · Part 2

Zeus

But for those who practise violence and cruel deeds far-seeing Zeus, the son of Cronos, ordains a punishment.

Hesiod’s Works and Days · Part 2
Justice told Zeus about the wickedness of men who perverted judgement.

Hesiod’s Works and Days · Part 2

Zeus Justice

she sits beside her father, Zeus the son of Cronos, and tells him of men’s wicked heart

Hesiod’s Works and Days · Part 3
Hesiod refuses to give Perses any more grain or measure.

Hesiod’s Works and Days · Part 3

Hesiod Perses

But I will give you no more nor give you further measure.

Hesiod’s Works and Days · Part 5
He left Aeolian Cyme, fleeing poverty, and settled near Helicon in Ascra.

Hesiod’s Works and Days · Part 5 · 📍 [[Ascra]] · One day

Dius

And one day he came to this very place crossing over a great stretch of sea; he left Aeolian Cyme and fled, not from riches and substance, but from wretched poverty which Zeus lays upon men, and he settled near Helicon in a miserable hamlet, Ascra, which is bad in winter, sultry in summer, and good at no time.

Hesiod’s Works and Days · Part 5
Hesiod won a song contest at the games of Amphidamas and carried off a tripod.

Hesiod’s Works and Days · Part 5 · 📍 [[Chalcis]]

Hesiod

And there I boast that I gained the victory with a song and carried off an handled tripod which I dedicated to the Muses of Helicon, in the place where they first set me in the way of clear song.

Hesiod’s Works and Days · Part 6
Leto bore Apollo.

Hesiod’s Works and Days · Part 6 · the first, the fourth, and the seventh

Leto Apollo

on which Leto bare Apollo with the blade of gold

Hesiod’s Works and Days · Part 6
Eris bore Horcus.

Hesiod’s Works and Days · Part 6 · On a fifth day

Eris Horcus

On a fifth day, they say, the Erinyes assisted at the birth of Horcus (Oath) whom Eris (Strife) bare to trouble the forsworn.

The Astronomy
Atlas fathered the Pleiades.

The Astronomy

Atlas Teygata Electra Alcyone Asterope Celaeno Maia Merope

Lovely Teygata, and dark-faced Electra, and Alcyone, and bright Asterope, and Celaeno, and Maia, and Merope, whom glorious Atlas begot....

The Astronomy
Maia gave birth to Hermes in the mountains of Cyllene.

The Astronomy · 📍 [[Cyllene]]

Maia Hermes

In the mountains of Cyllene she (Maia) bare Hermes, the herald of the gods.

The Astronomy
Zeus transformed the sisters of Hyas into the stars called Hyades.

The Astronomy

Zeus Phaesyle Coronis Cleeia Phaco Eudora

But Zeus made them (the sisters of Hyas) into the stars which are called Hyades.

The Astronomy
Callisto was the daughter of Lycaon.

The Astronomy · 📍 [[Arcadia]]

Callisto Lycaon

Hesiod says she (Callisto) was the daughter of Lycaon and lived in Arcadia.

The Astronomy
Zeus seduced Callisto, and she became pregnant.

The Astronomy

Callisto Zeus

when she was seduced by Zeus, continued some time undetected by the goddess, but afterwards, when she was already with child, was seen by her bathing and so discovered.

The Astronomy
Callisto gave birth to a son called Arcas.

The Astronomy

Callisto Arcas

Thus she became a bear and gave birth to a son called Arcas.

The Astronomy
Orion, while drunk, outraged Merope.

The Astronomy · 📍 [[Chios]]

Orion Merope

When he was come to Chios, he outraged Merope, the daughter of Oenopion, being drunken;

The Astronomy
Oenopion blinded Orion and cast him out of the country.

The Astronomy

Oenopion Orion

but Oenopion when he learned of it was greatly vexed at the outrage and blinded him and cast him out of the country.

The Astronomy
Orion perished after Earth sent a giant scorpion that stung him.

The Astronomy

Orion

whereupon, in her anger, Earth sent up against him a scorpion of very great size by which he was stung and so perished.

The Precepts of Chiron
Aristophanes rejected the Precepts as a work of Hesiod.

The Precepts of Chiron

Aristophanes Hesiod

for he was the first to reject the Precepts, in which book this maxim occurs, as a work of that poet.

The Great Works
Rhadamanthys was slain.

The Great Works

Rhadamanthys

the slaying of Rhadamanthys

The Idaean Dactyls
The Idaean Dactyls taught the smelting and tempering of iron.

The Idaean Dactyls · 📍 [[Crete]]

Idaean Dactyls

those who are called the Idaean Dactyls taught the smelting and tempering of iron in Crete.

The Idaean Dactyls
Celmis and Damnameneus discovered iron.

The Idaean Dactyls · 📍 [[Cyprus]]

Celmis Damnameneus

Celmis, again, and Damnameneus, the first of the Idaean Dactyls, discovered iron in Cyprus;

The Idaean Dactyls
Delas discovered bronze smelting.

The Idaean Dactyls

Delas

but bronze smelting was discovered by Delas, another Idaean,

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20
Deucalion was identified as the son of Prometheus and Pronoea.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20

Deucalion Prometheus Pronoea

That Deucalion was the son of Prometheus and Pronoea

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20
Hellen was born to Deucalion and Pyrrha.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20

Deucalion Pyrrha Hellen

as also that Hellen was the son of Deucalion and Pyrrha.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20
Pandora bore Graecus after being joined in love with Zeus.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20

Pandora Zeus Graecus

And in the palace Pandora the daughter of noble Deucalion was joined in love with father Zeus, leader of all the gods, and bare Graecus, staunch in battle.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20
Thyia bore Magnes and Macedon to Zeus.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20

Zeus Thyia Magnes Macedon

And she conceived and bare to Zeus who delights in the thunderbolt two sons, Magnes and Macedon

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20
Magnes begot Dictys and Polydectes.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20

Magnes Dictys Polydectes

And Magnes again (begot) Dictys and godlike Polydectes.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20
Those descended from Deucalion ruled over Thessaly.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20 · 📍 [[Thessaly]]

Deucalion

Those who were descended from Deucalion used to rule over Thessaly

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20
Eurynome bore Bellerophon after lying with Poseidon.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20

Eurynome Poseidon Bellerophon

So she lay in the arms of Poseidon and bare in the house of Glaucus blameless Bellerophon

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20
Bellerophon caught and slew the fire-breathing Chimera.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20

Bellerophon

With him Bellerophon caught and slew the fire-breathing Chimera.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20
Bellerophon married the daughter of Iobates.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20

Bellerophon Atalanta

And he wedded the dear child of the great-hearted Iobates

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20
Nestor alone escaped when Heracles slew Neleus’s sons.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20 · 📍 [[Gerenon]]

Neleus Nestor

Nestor alone escaped in flowery Gerenon.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20
Polycaste bore Persepolis after being joined in love with Telemachus.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20

Polycaste Telemachus Persepolis

So well-girded Polycaste, the youngest daughter of Nestor, Neleus’ son, was joined in love with Telemachus through golden Aphrodite and bare Persepolis.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20
Tyro bore Neleus and Pelias to Poseidon.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20

Tyro Poseidon Neleus Pelias

Tyro the daughter of Salmoneus, having two sons by Poseidon, Neleus and Pelias

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20
Tyro married Cretheus.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20

Tyro Cretheus

married Cretheus

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20
Tyro had Aeson, Pheres, and Amythaon by Cretheus.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20

Tyro Cretheus Aeson Pheres Amythaon

and had by him three sons, Aeson, Pheres and Amythaon.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20
Iason was born to Aeson and Polymede.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20

Aeson Polymede Iason

And of Aeson and Polymede, according to Hesiod, Iason was born

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20
Atalanta rejected marriage with men who ate bread.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20

Atalanta

though she was ripe for wedlock rejected the company of her equals and sought to avoid marriage with men who eat bread.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20
Hippomenes escaped death in the race against Atalanta by casting three apples.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20

Hippomenes Atalanta

and therewith escaped death and black fate.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20
The daughters of Proetus fell mad after refusing Dionysus’s rites.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20

Lysippe Iphinoe Iphianassa

And these fell mad, as Hesiod states, because they would not receive the rites of Dionysus.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20
The daughters of Proetus were cured by Melampus.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20 · 📍 Argos · Afterwards

Lysippe Iphinoe Iphianassa

Afterwards they were cured by Melampus, the son of Amythaon.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20
The daughters of Proetus left Argos after believing they had become cows.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20 · 📍 Argos

Lysippe Iphinoe Iphianassa

and left Argos their own country.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20
Zeus carried Europa off and crossed the sea with her to Crete.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20 · 📍 [[Crete]]

Europa Zeus

In this way he deceived Europa, carried her off and crossed the sea to Crete

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20
Europa bore Minos, Sarpedon, and Rhadamanthys to Zeus.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20 · 📍 [[Crete]]

Europa Zeus Minos Sarpedon Rhadamanthys

There she conceived and bore three sons, Minos, Sarpedon and Rhadamanthys.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20
Zeus ordained that Sarpedon would live for three generations of mortal men.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 1–20

Zeus Sarpedon

For wise Zeus ordained that he should live for three generations of mortal men and not waste away with old age.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 21–40
Eteoclus performed the first sacrifice to the Graces.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 21–40 · first

Eteoclus

Eteoclus the son of the river Cephisus first sacrificed to them, as Hesiod says.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 21–40
Meliboea gave birth to Phellus.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 21–40

Meliboea Phellus

Famous Meliboea bare Phellus the good spear-man.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 21–40
In the Great Eoiae, Phineus was blinded for revealing the road to Phrixus.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 21–40

Phineus Phrixus

Hesiod in the Great Eoiae says that Phineus was blinded because he revealed to Phrixus the road;

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 41–60
Oeneus married Periboea.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 41–60 · When Althea was dead

Oeneus Periboea

When Althea was dead, Oeneus married Periboea, the daughter of Hipponous.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 41–60
Hippostratus seduced Periboea.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 41–60

Hippostratus Periboea

Hesiod says that she was seduced by Hippostratus the son of Amarynces

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 41–60
Hipponous sent Periboea to Oeneus, bidding him kill her.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 41–60 · 📍 [[Olenus]]

Hipponous Periboea Oeneus

her father Hipponous sent her from Olenus in Achaea to Oeneus because he was far away from Hellas, bidding him kill her.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 41–60
Aeacus was born to an unnamed mother.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 41–60

Aeacus

And she conceived and bare Aeacus, delighting in horses.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 41–60
Zeus transformed the ants on the island into men and women.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 41–60

Zeus

And the father of men and gods made all the ants that were in the lovely isle into men and wide-girdled women.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 41–60
Acastus hid a knife so Peleus might be killed by the Centaurs.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 41–60 · 📍 [[Pelion]]

Acastus Peleus

to keep back himself, but to hide beyond guessing the beautiful knife which the very famous Lame One had made for him, that in seeking it alone over steep Pelion, he (Peleus) might be slain forthwith by the mountain-bred Centaurs.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 41–60
Thetis avoided marriage with Zeus, and Zeus swore she should mate with a mortal.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 41–60

Thetis Zeus

The author of the Cypria says that Thetis avoided wedlock with Zeus to please Hera; but that Zeus was angry and swore that she should mate with a mortal.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 41–60
Peleus’s marriage to Thetis was accomplished.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 41–60 · 📍 [[Phthia]]

Peleus Thetis

And all the people envied him in their hearts seeing how he had sacked the well-built city, and accomplished his joyous marriage;

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 61–80
Echemus made Timandra his wife.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 61–80

Echemus Timandra

Echemus made Timandra his buxom wife.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 61–80
Timandra deserted Echemus and went to Phyleus.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 61–80

Timandra Echemus Phyleus

Then Timandra deserted Echemus and went and came to Phyleus, dear to the deathless gods;

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 61–80
Clytaemnestra deserted Agamemnon and lay with Aegisthus.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 61–80

Clytaemnestra Agamemnon Aegisthus

and even so Clytaemnestra deserted god-like Agamemnon and lay with Aegisthus and chose a worse mate;

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 61–80
Helen dishonoured Menelaus’s marriage bed.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 61–80

Helen Menelaus

and even so Helen dishonoured the couch of golden-haired Menelaus.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 61–80
Tyndareus required the suitors to swear an oath concerning Helen’s marriage; Menelaus prevailed by giving the greatest gifts.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 61–80

Tyndareus Menelaus Helen

But of all who came for the maid’s sake, the lord Tyndareus sent none away, nor yet received the gift of any, but asked of all the suitors sure oaths, and bade them swear and vow with unmixed libations that no one else henceforth should do aught apart from him as touching the marriage of the maid with shapely arms; but if any man should cast off fear and reverence and take her by force, he bade all the others together follow after and make him pay the penalty. And they, each of them hoping to accomplish his marriage, obeyed him without wavering. But warlike Menelaus, the son of Atreus, prevailed against them all together, because he gave the greatest gifts.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 61–80
Helen bore Hermione to Menelaus.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 61–80

Helen Menelaus Hermione

And she (Helen) bare neat-ankled Hermione in the palace, a child unlooked for.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 61–80
Helen bore Nicostratus to Menelaus.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 61–80

Helen Menelaus Nicostratus

And she (Helen) bare to Menelaus, famous with the spear, Hermione and her youngest-born, Nicostratus, a scion of Ares.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 61–80
Theseus was overcome by love for Aegle.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 61–80

Theseus Aegle

For strong love for Aegle the daughter of Panopeus overpowered him.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 61–80
Hesiod says Theseus lawfully married Hippe and Aegle.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 61–80

Theseus Hippe Aegle

But Hesiod says that Theseus wedded both Hippe and Aegle lawfully.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 81–100
Aepytus begot Tlesenor and Peirithous.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 81–100

Aepytus Tlesenor Peirithous

Aepytus again, begot Tlesenor and Peirithous.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 81–100
Clymene was wedded to Phylacus.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 81–100

Clymene Phylacus

Clymene the daughter of Minyas the son of Poseidon and of Euryanassa, Hyperphas’ daughter, was wedded to Phylacus the son of Deion

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 81–100
Clymene bore Iphiclus, a boy fleet of foot.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 81–100

Clymene Phylacus Iphiclus son of Phylacus

and bare Iphiclus, a boy fleet of foot.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 81–100
Ischys had wedded Coronis.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 81–100

Ischys Coronis

Ischys son of Elatus had wedded Coronis the daughter of Phlegyas of birth divine.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 81–100
Zeus killed the son of Leto with a thunderbolt.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 81–100 · 📍 [[Olympus]]

Zeus Apollo Leto

from Olympus he smote the son of Leto with a lurid thunderbolt and killed him

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 81–100
Leto interceded for Apollo, who became bondman to a mortal instead of being cast into Tartarus.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 81–100 · 📍 [[Tartarus]]

Leto Apollo

Apollo) would have been cast by Zeus into Tartarus ; but Leto interceded for him, and he became bondman to a mortal.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 81–100
Meleager slew the fierce wild boar.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 81–100 · 📍 [[Calydon]] · once

Meleager

and once in high Calydon he slew the destroying beast, the fierce wild boar with gleaming tusks.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 81–100
Apollo slew Meleager while he was fighting with the Curetes.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 81–100 · 📍 [[Calydon]]

Apollo Meleager

But he was slain by the hands and arrows of Apollo , while he was fighting with the Curetes for pleasant Calydon.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 81–100
Deianeira was subject in love to Heracles.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 81–100

Deianeira Heracles

wise Deianeira, who was subject in love to mighty Heracles

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 81–100
Deianeira bore Heracles Hyllus, Glenus, Ctesippus, and Odites.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 81–100

Deianeira Heracles Hyllus Glenus Ctesippus Odites

and bare him Hyllus and Glenus and Ctesippus and Odites.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 81–100
Eriphyle bore Alcmaon to Amphiaraus.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 81–100

Eriphyle Amphiaraus Alcmaon

And (Eriphyle) bare in the palace Alcmaon , shepherd of the people, to Amphiaraus.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 81–100
The earth swallowed Amphiaraus with his horses and chariot.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 81–100

Amphiaraus

the earth yawned and swallowed him up with his horses and jointed chariot

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 81–100
Oedipus died in Thebes.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 81–100 · 📍 [[Thebes]] · after he had died

[[Oedipus]]

after he had died in Thebes

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 81–100
Auge bore Telephus after being joined in love with Heracles.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 81–100

Auge Heracles Telephus

And Auge bare Telephus of the stock of Areas, king of the Mysians, being joined in love with the mighty Heracles

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 81–100
Zeus struck Eetion with a flaming thunderbolt and killed him.

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 81–100

Zeus Eetion

And cloud-gathering Zeus was wroth and smote him, Eetion, and laid him low with a flaming thunderbolt

The Shield of Heracles · Part 1
Amphitryon left his country and came to Thebes, where he dwelt with Alcmena.

The Shield of Heracles · Part 1 · 📍 [[Thebes]]

Amphitryon Alcmena

so he left his own country and came to Thebes and was suppliant to the shield-carrying men of Cadmus. There he dwelt with his modest wife

The Shield of Heracles · Part 1
Amphitryon slew Electyron over his oxen.

The Shield of Heracles · Part 1

Amphitryon Electryon

Verily he had slain her noble father violently when he was angry about oxen;

The Shield of Heracles · Part 1
Amphitryon was bound to avenge the deaths of Alcmena’s brothers and burn the Taphians’ and Teleboans’ villages.

The Shield of Heracles · Part 1

Amphitryon

until he had avenged the death of his wife’s great-hearted brothers and utterly burned with blazing fire the villages of the heroes, the Taphians and Teleboans; for this thing was laid upon him

The Shield of Heracles · Part 1
Zeus shared Alcmena’s bed, and she later bore Heracles, his son.

The Shield of Heracles · Part 1 · 📍 [[Thebe]] · in one night

Zeus Alcmena Heracles

So in one night Zeus shared the bed and love of the neat-ankled daughter of Electyron and fulfilled his desire;

The Shield of Heracles · Part 1
Amphitryon returned home and lay with Alcmena; their son Iphiclus was born as one of her twins.

The Shield of Heracles · Part 1 · 📍 [[Thebe]] · in the same night

Amphitryon Alcmena Iphiclus son of Amphitryon

And all night long he lay with his modest wife, delighting in the gifts of golden Aphrodite.

The Shield of Heracles · Part 1
Alcmena gave birth to twin sons, Heracles and Iphiclus, of different fathers.

The Shield of Heracles · Part 1 · 📍 [[seven-gated Thebe]]

Alcmena Heracles Iphiclus son of Amphitryon

And she, being subject in love to a god and to a man exceeding goodly, brought forth twin sons in seven-gated Thebe.

The Shield of Heracles · Part 1
Heracles slew Cycnus.

The Shield of Heracles · Part 1

Heracles Cycnus son of Ares

And he slew Cycnus, the gallant son of Ares.

The Shield of Heracles · Part 3
Heracles killed Cycnus with a spear thrust to the neck.

The Shield of Heracles · Part 3

Heracles Cycnus son of Ares

And the deadly spear cut through the two sinews; for the hero’s full strength lighted on his foe. And Cycnus fell

The Shield of Heracles · Part 3
Athene deflected Ares’s spear as he attacked Heracles.

The Shield of Heracles · Part 3

Heracles Ares Athena

But bright-eyed Athene reached out from the car and turned aside the force of the spear.

The Shield of Heracles · Part 3
Heracles wounded Ares in the thigh and cast him to the ground.

The Shield of Heracles · Part 3

Heracles Ares

shrewdly wounded his thigh where it was exposed under his richly-wrought shield, and tare deep into his flesh with the spear-thrust and cast him flat upon the ground.

The Shield of Heracles · Part 3
Panic and Dread carried the wounded Ares away in his chariot to Olympus.

The Shield of Heracles · Part 3 · 📍 [[high Olympus]]

Ares

And Panic and Dread quickly drove his smooth-wheeled chariot and horses near him and lifted him from the wide-pathed earth into his richly-wrought car, and then straight lashed the horses and came to high Olympus.

The Shield of Heracles · Part 3
Heracles and Iolaus stripped Cycnus of his armour and went to Trachis.

The Shield of Heracles · Part 3 · 📍 [[Trachis]]

Heracles Iolaus Cycnus son of Ares

But the son of Alcmena and glorious Iolaus stripped the fine armour off Cycnus’ shoulders and went, and their swift horses carried them straight to the city of Trachis.

The Shield of Heracles · Part 3
Ceyx buried Cycnus with the people who lived near the king’s city.

The Shield of Heracles · Part 3 · 📍 [[Anthe]]

Ceyx Cycnus son of Ares

As for Cycnus, Ceyx buried him and the countless people who lived near the city of the glorious king, in Anthe and the city of the Myrmidons, and famous Iolcus, and Arne, and Helice:

The Shield of Heracles · Part 3
Apollo commanded Anaurus to erase Cycnus’s grave and memorial because Cycnus despoiled offerings brought to Pytho.

The Shield of Heracles · Part 3 · 📍 [[Pytho]]

Apollo Cycnus son of Ares

But Anaurus, swelled by a rain-storm, blotted out the grave and memorial of Cycnus; for so Apollo, Leto’s son, commanded him, because he used to watch for and violently despoil the rich hecatombs that any might bring to Pytho.

The Marriage of Ceyx
Heracles was left behind in Magnesia after landing to look for water.

The Marriage of Ceyx · 📍 [[Magnesia]]

Heracles

he (Heracles) landed (from the Argo) to look for water and was left behind in Magnesia near the place called Aphetae because of his desertion there.

The Great Eoiae
Argos fathered Epidaurus.

The Great Eoiae

Zeus Argos Epidaurus

Argos the son of Zeus was father of Epidaurus.

The Great Eoiae
Zeus fathered Heracles by Alcmene.

The Great Eoiae

Zeus Alcmena Heracles

My son, truly Zeus your father begot you to be the most toilful as the most excellent...

The Great Eoiae
Polycaon married Euaechme.

The Great Eoiae

Polycaon Butes Euaechme Hyllus

Polycaon the son of Butes married Euaechme, daughter of Hyllus, Heracles’ son.

The Great Eoiae
Phylas married Leipephile, who bore him Hippotades and Thero.

The Great Eoiae

Phylas Leipephile Iolaus Hippotades Thero

And Phylas wedded Leipephile the daughter of famous Iolaus: and she was like the Olympians in beauty. She bare him a son Hippotades in the palace, and comely Thero who was like the beams of the moon.

The Great Eoiae
Thero bore Chaeron after lying with Apollo.

The Great Eoiae

Thero Apollo Chaeron

And Thero lay in the embrace of Apollo and bare horse-taming Chaeron of hardy strength.

The Great Eoiae
Mecionice bore Euphemus after joining with Poseidon in love.

The Great Eoiae · 📍 [[Hyria]]

Mecionice Poseidon Euphemus

Or like her in Hyria, careful-minded Mecionice, who was joined in the love of golden Aphrodite with the Earth-holder and Earth-Shaker, and bare Euphemus.

The Great Eoiae
Hyettus killed Molurus because Molurus lay with his wife.

The Great Eoiae

Hyettus Molurus Aristas

And Hyettus killed Molurus the dear son of Aristas in his house because he lay with his wife.

The Great Eoiae
Hyettus left his home and fled from Argos to Minyan Orchomenus.

The Great Eoiae · 📍 [[Minyan Orchomenus]]

Hyettus

Then he left his home and fled from horse-rearing Argos and came to Minyan Orchomenus.

The Great Eoiae
Zeus transported Endymion into heaven.

The Great Eoiae · 📍 [[heaven]]

Endymion Zeus

Endymion was transported by Zeus into heaven

The Great Eoiae
After Endymion fell in love with Hera, Zeus cast him out and he went down into Hades.

The Great Eoiae · 📍 Hades

Endymion Hera Zeus

but when he fell in love with Hera, was befooled with a shape of cloud, and was cast out and went down into Hades.

The Great Eoiae
Iophossa bore four children: Argus, Phrontis, Melas, and Cytisorus.

The Great Eoiae

Iophossa Aeetes Argus Phrontis Melas Cytisorus

And he says there were four of them, Argus, Phrontis, Melas, and Cytisorus.

The Great Eoiae
Magnes had a son, Hymenaeus.

The Great Eoiae · 📍 [[Thessaly]]

Magnes son of Argus Argus Perimele Admetus Hymenaeus

He had a son of remarkable beauty, Hymenaeus.

The Great Eoiae
Hermes changed Battus into a rock for betraying his secret about the stolen cattle.

The Great Eoiae

Hermes Battus

But Hermes was angry because he was double-tongued, and struck him with his staff and changed him into a rock.

The Melampodia
After Mopsus correctly answers his riddle, Calchas dies of vexation.

The Melampodia · 📍 [[Clarus]]

Calchas Mopsus

But happening to find near Clarus a seer greater than himself, Mopsus, the son of Manto, Teiresias’ daughter, he died of vexation.

The Melampodia
Teiresias is changed into a woman after killing a female snake, then regains his former nature after killing a male snake.

The Melampodia · 📍 [[Cithaeron]]

Teiresias

They say that Teiresias saw two snakes mating on Cithaeron and that, when he killed the female, he was changed into a woman, and again, when he killed the male, took again his own nature.

The Melampodia
After Teiresias answers their question about sexual pleasure, Hera blinds him and Zeus gives him the seer’s power.

The Melampodia

Teiresias Zeus Hera

And he said: ‘Of ten parts a man enjoys only one; but a woman’s sense enjoys all ten in full.’ For this Hera was angry and blinded him, but Zeus gave him the seer’s power.

The Melampodia
Apollo kills Amphilochus at Soli.

The Melampodia · 📍 [[Soli]]

Amphilochus Apollo

But Hesiod says that Amphilochus was killed by Apollo at Soli.

Aegimius
Peleus prevented Thetis from throwing Achilles into the cauldron.

Aegimius

Thetis Peleus Achilles

And that after many had perished Peleus was annoyed, and prevented her from throwing Achilles into the cauldron.

Aegimius
Many of Thetis and Peleus’s children perished in the cauldron.

Aegimius

Thetis Peleus

Thetis used to throw the children she had by Peleus into a cauldron of water, because she wished to learn where they were mortal.... ....And that after many had perished

Aegimius
Zeus seduced Io while she was serving as Hera’s priestess.

Aegimius

Io Zeus

While she was holding the office of priestess of Hera, Zeus seduced her

Aegimius
Zeus changed Io into a white cow after Hera discovered them.

Aegimius

Io Zeus

being discovered by Hera, touched the girl and changed her into a white cow

Aegimius
Zeus named the island Euboea after Io, who had become a cow.

Aegimius · 📍 [[Abantis]] · then

Zeus Io

but Zeus then called it Euboea after the cow

Aegimius
Hera set Argus to watch Io.

Aegimius

Hera Io Argus

And (Hera) set a watcher upon her (Io), great and strong Argus

Aegimius
Hermes slew Argus, Io’s herdsman.

Aegimius

Hermes Argus

According to Hesiod’s tale he (Hermes) slew (Argus) the herdsman of Io.

Doubtful Fragments · Fragments 1–10
Zeus took away Athamas’s sense.

Doubtful Fragments · Fragments 1–10

Zeus Athamas

Zeus took away sense from the heart of Athamas.

Doubtful Fragments · Fragments 1–10
Leto bore Phoebus Apollo.

Doubtful Fragments · Fragments 1–10 · 📍 [[Delos]]

Apollo Leto

Phoebus Apollo with the golden sword, whom Leto bare.

Doubtful Fragments · Fragments 1–10
Telemon slew Melanippe.

Doubtful Fragments · Fragments 1–10

Telemon Melanippe

Telemon never sated with battle first brought light to our comrades by slaying blameless Melanippe

Homeric Hymn I · To Dionysus
Zeus gave birth to Dionysus secretly from Hera.

Homeric Hymn I · To Dionysus

Zeus Dionysus

The Father of men and gods gave you birth remote from men and secretly from white-armed Hera.

Homeric Hymn I · To Dionysus
Zeus ordained that mortals sacrifice hecatombs at the feasts every three years.

Homeric Hymn I · To Dionysus

Zeus

So spake wise Zeus and ordained it with a nod.

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 1
Zeus gave Persephone to Hades, who seized her and carried her away against her will.

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 1 · 📍 [[plain of Nysa]]

Zeus Hades Persephone

the lord, Host of Many, with his immortal horses sprang out upon her—the Son of Cronos, He who has many names .

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 1
Demeter heard Persephone's cry and began searching for her.

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 1

Demeter Persephone

and her queenly mother heard her.

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 1
Demeter wandered the earth searching for Persephone without eating or drinking.

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 1 · for nine days

Demeter

Then for nine days queenly Deo wandered over the earth with flaming torches in her hands, so grieved that she never tasted ambrosia and the sweet draught of nectar, nor sprinkled her body with water.

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 1
Hecate met Demeter and told her what she had heard of Persephone's abduction.

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 1 · when the tenth enlightening dawn had come

Demeter Hecate

But when the tenth enlightening dawn had come, Hecate, with a torch in her hands, met her, and spoke to her and told her news:

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 1
Helios revealed that Zeus gave Persephone to Hades, who seized her and took her to his realm.

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 1

Demeter Helios Zeus Hades Persephone

None other of the deathless gods is to blame, but only cloud-gathering Zeus who gave her to Hades, her father’s brother, to be called his buxom wife. And Hades seized her and took her loudly crying in his chariot down to his realm of mist and gloom.

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 1
Angered with Zeus, Demeter avoided the gathering of the gods and Olympus.

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 1 · 📍 [[high Olympus]] · thereafter

Demeter Zeus

and thereafter she was so angered with the dark-clouded Son of Cronos that she avoided the gathering of the gods and high Olympus

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 1
Demeter, disguised as an old woman, came to Celeus's house in Eleusis.

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 1 · 📍 Eleusis · a long while

Demeter Celeus

until she came to the house of wise Celeus who then was lord of fragrant Eleusis.

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 2
Metaneira asked Demeter to nurse Demophoon, and Demeter agreed.

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 2 · 📍 [[palace]]

Metaneira Demeter Demophoon

Gladly will I take the boy to my breast, as you bid me, and will nurse him.

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 2
Demeter secretly tried to make Demophoon immortal, but Metaneira discovered her at night.

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 2 · 📍 [[palace]] · by day

Demeter Demophoon Metaneira

And she would have made him deathless and unageing, had not well-girded Metaneira in her heedlessness kept watch by night from her sweet-smelling chamber and spied.

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 2
Demeter revealed that Metaneira's interruption had cost Demophoon immortality, though he would retain lasting honour.

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 2 · 📍 [[palace]]

Demeter Metaneira Demophoon

I would have made your dear son deathless and unageing all his days and would have bestowed on him everlasting honour, but now he can in no way escape death and the fates. Yet shall unfailing honour always rest upon him

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 2
Demeter identified herself and commanded the people to build her a temple and altar, promising to teach her rites.

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 2

Demeter Metaneira

Lo! I am that Demeter who has share of honour and is the greatest help and cause of joy to the undying gods and mortal men. But now, let all the people build me a great temple and an altar below it

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 2
After hearing what happened, Celeus summoned the people and ordered them to build Demeter a temple and altar.

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 2 · as soon as dawn began to show

Celeus Demeter

So Celeus called the countless people to an assembly and bade them make a goodly temple for rich-haired Demeter and an altar upon the rising hillock.

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 3
Demeter withheld the seed, causing a dreadful year of famine for mankind.

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 3

Demeter

Then she caused a most dreadful and cruel year for mankind over the all-nourishing earth: the ground would not make the seed sprout, for rich-crowned Demeter kept it hid.

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 3
Demeter refused the gods’ gifts and vowed to withhold fruit until she saw Persephone.

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 3 · 📍 Eleusis

Demeter

for she vowed that she would never set foot on fragrant Olympus nor let fruit spring out of the ground, until she beheld with her eyes her own fair-faced daughter.

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 3
Hades secretly gave Persephone pomegranate seed to eat, ensuring she could not remain with Demeter continually.

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 3 · 📍 [[Erebus]]

Hades Persephone

But he on his part secretly gave her sweet pomegranate seed to eat, taking care for himself that she might not remain continually with grave, dark-robed Demeter.

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 3
Hades carried Persephone off beneath the earth in his golden chariot.

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 3

Hades Persephone

That I plucked in my joy; but the earth parted beneath, and there the strong lord, the Host of Many, sprang forth and in his golden chariot he bore me away, all unwilling, beneath the earth:

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 3
Demeter declared that Persephone must spend one third of each year below and two thirds with her and the gods.

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 3

Demeter Persephone

if you have tasted food, you must go back again beneath the secret places of the earth, there to dwell a third part of the seasons every year: yet for the two parts you shall be with me and the other deathless gods.

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 3
Hecate became Persephone’s minister and companion.

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 3 · from that time

Hecate Persephone

and from that time the lady Hecate was minister and companion to Persephone.

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 4
Zeus agreed that Persephone would spend one third of the year in darkness and two thirds with Demeter and the gods.

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 4 · for the third part of the circling year

Zeus Demeter Persephone

and agreed that her daughter should go down for the third part of the circling year to darkness and gloom, but for the two parts should live with her mother and the other deathless gods.

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 4
Zeus summoned Demeter to join the gods and promised her the rights she chose among them.

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 4

Zeus Demeter

for far-seeing Zeus the loud-thunderer calls you to join the families of the gods, and has promised to give you what rights you please among the deathless gods

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 4
Demeter made fruit spring up across the lands, restoring the earth’s fertility.

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 4 · straightway

Demeter

So spake Rhea. And rich-crowned Demeter did not refuse but straightway made fruit to spring up from the rich lands, so that the whole wide earth was laden with leaves and flowers.

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 4
Demeter taught the kings her rites and mysteries.

Homeric Hymn II · To Demeter · Part 4

Demeter

she showed the conduct of her rites and taught them all her mysteries

Homeric Hymn III · To Delian Apollo
Zeus welcomes Apollo as his son and gives him nectar.

Homeric Hymn III · To Delian Apollo

Zeus Apollo

the Father gives him nectar in a golden cup welcoming his dear son

Homeric Hymn III · To Delian Apollo
Leto gives birth to Apollo on Delos.

Homeric Hymn III · To Delian Apollo · 📍 [[Delos]]

Leto Apollo

And as soon as Eilithyia the goddess of sore travail set foot on Delos, the pains of birth seized Leto, and she longed to bring forth; so she cast her arms about a palm tree and kneeled on the soft meadow while the earth laughed for joy beneath. Then the child leaped forth to the light

Homeric Hymn III · To Delian Apollo
Leto gives birth to Artemis on Ortygia.

Homeric Hymn III · To Delian Apollo · 📍 [[Ortygia]]

Leto Artemis

her in Ortygia, and him in rocky Delos

Homeric Hymn III · To Delian Apollo
Leto swears Apollo will establish his altar and precinct on Delos.

Homeric Hymn III · To Delian Apollo

Leto Apollo

surely Phoebus shall have here his fragrant altar and precinct, and you he shall honour above all.

Homeric Hymn III · To Delian Apollo
Hera keeps Eilithyia from Leto to delay her labor.

Homeric Hymn III · To Delian Apollo · 📍 [[Olympus]]

Hera Eilithyia Leto

Only Eilithyia, goddess of sore travail, had not heard of Leto’s trouble, for she sat on the top of Olympus beneath golden clouds by white-armed Hera’s contriving, who kept her close through envy

Homeric Hymn III · To Delian Apollo
Eilithyia arrives on Delos, and Leto's labor begins.

Homeric Hymn III · To Delian Apollo · 📍 [[Delos]]

Eilithyia Leto

And as soon as Eilithyia the goddess of sore travail set foot on Delos, the pains of birth seized Leto

Homeric Hymn III · To Delian Apollo
Apollo declares that the lyre and bow will be dear to him and that he will reveal Zeus's will.

Homeric Hymn III · To Delian Apollo

Apollo

The lyre and the curved bow shall ever be dear to me, and I will declare to men the unfailing will of Zeus

Homeric Hymn III · To Delian Apollo
Apollo chooses Delos as his dwelling, and the island rejoices.

Homeric Hymn III · To Delian Apollo · 📍 [[Delos]]

Apollo Delos

for joy because the god chose her above the islands and shore to make his dwelling in her

Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 1
Apollo joins the gathering of the gods and plays his lyre among them.

Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 1 · 📍 [[Olympus]]

Apollo

Thence, swift as thought, he speeds from earth to Olympus, to the house of Zeus, to join the gathering of the other gods

Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 1
Apollo is described as wooing the daughter of Azan alongside several named rivals.

Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 1

Apollo the daughter of Azan (Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 1) Ischys Elatius Phorbas Triops Ereutheus Leucippus the wife of Leucippus (Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 1)

Shall I sing of you as wooer and in the fields of love, how you went wooing the daughter of Azan along with god-like Ischys the son of well-horsed Elatius, or with Phorbas sprung from Triops, or with Ereutheus, or with Leucippus and the wife of Leucippus.... ((LACUNA)) ....you on foot, he with his chariot, yet he fell not short of Triops.

Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 1
Apollo lays out the foundations of a temple at Telphusa, but Telphusa persuades him to build elsewhere.

Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 1 · 📍 [[Telphusa]]

Apollo

So said Phoebus Apollo, and laid out all the foundations throughout, wide and very long. But when Telphusa saw this, she was angry in heart and spoke

Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 1
Apollo chooses Crisa as the site for his temple and oracle.

Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 1 · 📍 [[Crisa]]

Apollo

There the lord Phoebus Apollo resolved to make his lovely temple

Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 1
Trophonius and Agamedes, sons of Erginus, lay a stone footing for Apollo’s temple.

Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 1 · 📍 [[Crisa]]

Apollo Trophonius Agamedes Erginus

and upon these the sons of Erginus, Trophonius and Agamedes, dear to the deathless gods, laid a footing of stone.

Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 1
Apollo kills the she-dragon with his bow.

Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 1 · 📍 [[Crisa]]

Apollo the she-dragon (Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 1)

there with his strong bow the lord, the son of Zeus, killed the bloated, great she-dragon

Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 1
The she-dragon receives Typhaon from Hera and brings him up to plague mankind.

Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 1 · once

the she-dragon (Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 1) Hera Typhaon

She it was who once received from gold-throned Hera and brought up fell, cruel Typhaon to be a plague to men.

Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 1
Hera becomes angry when Zeus gives birth to Athena without her.

Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 1 · Once on a time

Hera Zeus Athena

Once on a time Hera bare him because she was angry with father Zeus, when the Son of Cronos bare all-glorious Athena in his head.

Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 1
Hera casts Hephaestus out, and he falls into the sea.

Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 1

Hera Hephaestus

whom I myself took in my hands and cast out so that he fell in the great sea.

Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 1
Thetis, daughter of Nereus, takes in and cares for Hephaestus.

Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 1 · 📍 [[the great sea]]

Thetis Hephaestus Nereus

But silver-shod Thetis the daughter of Nereus took and cared for him with her sisters

Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 1
Hera declares she will bear a son without violating her marriage bond with Zeus.

Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 1 · hereafter

Hera Zeus

Beware now lest I devise some evil thing for you hereafter: yes, now I will contrive that a son be born me to be foremost among the undying gods—and that without casting shame on the holy bond of wedlock between you and me.

Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 2
Hera stayed away from Zeus’s bed and temples rather than joining him in counsel.

Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 2 · for a full year

Hera Zeus

And thereafter she never came to the bed of wise Zeus for a full year, not to sit in her carved chair as aforetime to plan wise counsel for him, but stayed in her temples where many pray

Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 2
Hera bore Typhaon, a monstrous plague to men.

Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 2 · when the months and days were fulfilled and the seasons duly came on

Hera Typhaon

she bare one neither like the gods nor mortal men, fell, cruel Typhaon, to be a plague to men.

Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 2
Hera gave Typhaon to the dragoness, who received him.

Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 2 · Straightway

Hera Typhaon

Straightway large-eyed queenly Hera took him and bringing one evil thing to another such, gave him to the dragoness; and she received him.

Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 2
Apollo killed the dragoness with an arrow, and she died at Pytho.

Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 2 · 📍 [[Pytho]]

Apollo

until the lord Apollo, who deals death from afar, shot a strong arrow at her. Then she, rent with bitter pangs, lay drawing great gasps for breath and rolling about that place.

Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 2
Apollo’s killing of the monster gave Pytho its name and Apollo the name Pythian.

Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 2 · 📍 [[Pytho]]

Apollo

wherefore the place is now called Pytho, and men call the lord Apollo by another name, Pythian; because on that spot the power of piercing Helios made the monster rot away.

Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 2
Apollo buried Telphusa’s streams beneath a crag and made an altar nearby.

Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 2 · 📍 [[Telphusa]]

Apollo

and pushed over upon her a crag with a shower of rocks, hiding her streams: and he made himself an altar in a wooded grove very near the clear-flowing stream.

Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 2
Apollo brought a ship of Cretan men to Crisa to serve as his ministers in sacrifice.

Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 2 · 📍 [[Crisa]]

Apollo

Then Phoebus Apollo pondered in his heart what men he should bring in to be his ministers in sacrifice and to serve him in rocky Pytho.

Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 3
Apollo brought the Cretans to Pytho to keep his temple and serve its visitors.

Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 3 · 📍 [[Pytho]]

Apollo the Cretans

here you shall keep my rich temple that is greatly honoured among men

Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 3
Apollo established the Cretans as guardians of his temple and interpreters of his will.

Homeric Hymn III · To Pythian Apollo · Part 3 · 📍 [[Pytho]]

Apollo the Cretans

But guard you my temple and receive the tribes of men that gather to this place, and especially show mortal men my will

Homeric Hymn IV · To Hermes · Part 1
Maia gave birth to Hermes, the son of Zeus.

Homeric Hymn IV · To Hermes · Part 1 · when she was joined in love with Zeus

Hermes Zeus Maia

And when the purpose of great Zeus was fixed in heaven, she was delivered and a notable thing was come to pass. For then she bare a son, of many shifts, blandly cunning, a robber, a cattle driver, a bringer of dreams, a watcher by night, a thief at the gates, one who was soon to show forth wonderful deeds among the deathless gods.

Homeric Hymn IV · To Hermes · Part 1
Hermes took a tortoise and made it into a lyre.

Homeric Hymn IV · To Hermes · Part 1 · 📍 [[the courtyard gate]]

Hermes

For it was Hermes who first made the tortoise a singer.

Homeric Hymn IV · To Hermes · Part 1
Hermes stole fifty of Apollo’s cattle and drove them away.

Homeric Hymn IV · To Hermes · Part 1 · 📍 [[Pieria]] · in the evening

Hermes Apollo

Of these the Son of Maia, the sharp-eyed slayer of Argus then cut off from the herd fifty loud-lowing kine, and drove them straggling-wise across a sandy place

Homeric Hymn IV · To Hermes · Part 1
Hermes slaughtered two cows and prepared their meat.

Homeric Hymn IV · To Hermes · Part 1 · 📍 [[Alpheus]] · while bright Selene, daughter of the lord Pallas, Megamedes’ son, had just climbed her watch-post

Hermes

And while the strength of glorious Hephaestus was beginning to kindle the fire, he dragged out two lowing, horned cows close to the fire; for great strength was with him. He threw them both panting upon their backs on the ground, and rolled them on their sides, bending their necks over , and pierced their vital chord.

Homeric Hymn IV · To Hermes · Part 1
Hermes invented fire-sticks and fire.

Homeric Hymn IV · To Hermes · Part 1

Hermes

For it was Hermes who first invented fire-sticks and fire.

Homeric Hymn IV · To Hermes · Part 2
Apollo identifies Hermes as the thief of his cattle from the tracks and an omen.

Homeric Hymn IV · To Hermes · Part 2

Hermes Apollo

So said the old man. And when Apollo heard this report, he went yet more quickly on his way, and presently, seeing a long-winged bird, he knew at once by that omen that thief was the child of Zeus the son of Cronos.

Homeric Hymn IV · To Hermes · Part 2
Apollo finds Hermes in Maia’s cave and demands that he reveal where the cattle are.

Homeric Hymn IV · To Hermes · Part 2

Hermes Apollo Maia

Now when the Son of Zeus and Maia saw Apollo in a rage about his cattle, he snuggled down in his fragrant swaddling-clothes; and as wood-ash covers over the deep embers of tree-stumps, so Hermes cuddled himself up when he saw the Far-Shooter.

Homeric Hymn IV · To Hermes · Part 2
Apollo picks up Hermes, but drops him after Hermes sneezes.

Homeric Hymn IV · To Hermes · Part 2

Hermes Apollo

So said Phoebus Apollo, and took the child and began to carry him. But at that moment the strong Slayer of Argus had his plan, and, while Apollo held him in his hands, sent forth an omen, a hard-worked belly-serf, a rude messenger, and sneezed directly after. And when Apollo heard it, he dropped glorious Hermes out of his hands on the ground:

Homeric Hymn IV · To Hermes · Part 3
Hermes stole Apollo’s cows and drove them toward Pylos.

Homeric Hymn IV · To Hermes · Part 3 · 📍 [[Pylos]] · in the evening

Hermes Apollo

He stole away my cows from their meadow and drove them off in the evening along the shore of the loud-roaring sea, making straight for Pylos.

Homeric Hymn IV · To Hermes · Part 3
Apollo brought Hermes before Zeus and accused him of stealing the cows.

Homeric Hymn IV · To Hermes · Part 3 · 📍 [[Olympus]]

Hermes Apollo

Soon they came, these lovely children of Zeus, to the top of fragrant Olympus, to their father, the Son of Cronos; for there were the scales of judgement set for them both.

Homeric Hymn IV · To Hermes · Part 3
Hermes denied stealing Apollo’s cows before Zeus.

Homeric Hymn IV · To Hermes · Part 3 · 📍 [[Olympus]]

Hermes Apollo

Believe my tale (for you claim to be my own father), that I did not drive his cows to my house—so may I prosper—nor crossed the threshold: this I say truly.

Homeric Hymn IV · To Hermes · Part 3
Zeus ordered Hermes and Apollo to search together for the cattle.

Homeric Hymn IV · To Hermes · Part 3 · 📍 [[Olympus]]

Zeus Hermes Apollo

And he bade them both to be of one mind and search for the cattle, and guiding Hermes to lead the way and, without mischievousness of heart, to show the place where now he had hidden the strong cattle.

Homeric Hymn IV · To Hermes · Part 3
Hermes led Apollo to the cave where he had hidden the cattle.

Homeric Hymn IV · To Hermes · Part 3 · 📍 [[Pylos]]

Hermes Apollo

Now while Hermes went to the cave in the rock and began to drive out the strong cattle, the son of Leto, looking aside, saw the cowhides on the sheer rock.

Homeric Hymn IV · To Hermes · Part 3
Hermes’s lyre playing delighted Apollo and softened their quarrel.

Homeric Hymn IV · To Hermes · Part 3

Hermes Apollo

And Phoebus Apollo laughed for joy; for the sweet throb of the marvellous music went to his heart, and a soft longing took hold on his soul as he listened.

Homeric Hymn IV · To Hermes · Part 3
Apollo promised Hermes renown among the gods and glorious gifts.

Homeric Hymn IV · To Hermes · Part 3

Apollo Hermes

For now you shall have renown among the deathless gods, you and your mother also. This I will declare to you exactly: by this shaft of cornel wood I will surely make you a leader renowned among the deathless gods, and fortunate, and will give you glorious gifts and will not deceive you from first to last.

Homeric Hymn IV · To Hermes · Part 4
Hermes gave Apollo the lyre, and Apollo gave Hermes his shining whip and appointed him keeper of herds.

Homeric Hymn IV · To Hermes · Part 4 · When Hermes had said this

Hermes Apollo

When Hermes had said this, he held out the lyre: and Phoebus Apollo took it, and readily put his shining whip in Hermes’ hand, and ordained him keeper of herds.

Homeric Hymn IV · To Hermes · Part 4
Zeus made Hermes and Apollo friends.

Homeric Hymn IV · To Hermes · Part 4 · 📍 [[Olympus]] · Then

Zeus Hermes Apollo

Then wise Zeus was glad and made them both friends.

Homeric Hymn IV · To Hermes · Part 4
Hermes promised not to steal Apollo’s possessions, and Apollo swore to love Hermes above all others.

Homeric Hymn IV · To Hermes · Part 4

Hermes Apollo

Then Maia’s son nodded his head and promised that he would never steal anything of all the Far-shooter possessed, and would never go near his strong house; but Apollo, son of Leto, swore to be fellow and friend to Hermes, vowing that he would love no other among the immortals, neither god nor man sprung from Zeus, better than Hermes:

Homeric Hymn IV · To Hermes · Part 4
Apollo promised Hermes a golden staff that would protect him and help him accomplish tasks.

Homeric Hymn IV · To Hermes · Part 4

Apollo Hermes

Moreover, I will give you a splendid staff of riches and wealth: it is of gold, with three branches, and will keep you scatheless, accomplishing every task, whether of words or deeds that are good, which I claim to know through the utterance of Zeus.

Homeric Hymn IV · To Hermes · Part 4
Apollo gave Hermes the sisters who teach divination and instructed him to consult them.

Homeric Hymn IV · To Hermes · Part 4 · 📍 [[Parnassus]]

Apollo Hermes

These, then, I give you; enquire of them strictly and delight your heart: and if you should teach any mortal so to do, often will he hear your response—if he have good fortune.

Homeric Hymn IV · To Hermes · Part 4
Zeus appointed Hermes lord over omen birds, several kinds of animals, flocks, and the messenger to Hades.

Homeric Hymn IV · To Hermes · Part 4

Zeus Hermes

So he spake. And from heaven father Zeus himself gave confirmation to his words, and commanded that glorious Hermes should be lord over all birds of omen and grim-eyed lions, and boars with gleaming tusks, and over dogs and all flocks that the wide earth nourishes, and over all sheep; also that he only should be the appointed messenger to Hades, who, though he takes no gift, shall give him no mean prize.

Homeric Hymn V · To Aphrodite · Part 1
Hestia refused Poseidon and Apollo when they sought to wed her.

Homeric Hymn V · To Aphrodite · Part 1

Poseidon Apollo Hestia

But she was wholly unwilling, nay, stubbornly refused;

Homeric Hymn V · To Aphrodite · Part 1
Hestia swore to remain a maiden all her days.

Homeric Hymn V · To Aphrodite · Part 1

Hestia Zeus

she, that fair goddess, sware a great oath which has in truth been fulfilled, that she would be a maiden all her days.

Homeric Hymn V · To Aphrodite · Part 1
Zeus granted Hestia high honour and a place in the house instead of marriage.

Homeric Hymn V · To Aphrodite · Part 1

Zeus Hestia

So Zeus the Father gave her an high honour instead of marriage, and she has her place in the midst of the house and has the richest portion.

Homeric Hymn V · To Aphrodite · Part 1
Zeus caused Aphrodite to desire love with a mortal man.

Homeric Hymn V · To Aphrodite · Part 1

Zeus Aphrodite

But upon Aphrodite herself Zeus cast sweet desire to be joined in love with a mortal man

Homeric Hymn V · To Aphrodite · Part 1
Aphrodite saw Anchises tending cattle and fell in love with him.

Homeric Hymn V · To Aphrodite · Part 1 · 📍 [[many-fountained Ida]] · at that time

Aphrodite Anchises

Therefore, when laughter-loving Aphrodite saw him, she loved him, and terribly desire seized her in her heart.

Homeric Hymn V · To Aphrodite · Part 1
Aphrodite appeared before Anchises disguised as a maiden.

Homeric Hymn V · To Aphrodite · Part 1 · 📍 [[many-fountained Ida]]

Aphrodite Anchises

And Aphrodite, the daughter of Zeus stood before him, being like a pure maiden in height and mien

Homeric Hymn V · To Aphrodite · Part 1
Anchises was seized with love for Aphrodite.

Homeric Hymn V · To Aphrodite · Part 1

Aphrodite Anchises

And Anchises was seized with love

Homeric Hymn V · To Aphrodite · Part 1
Aphrodite told Anchises that Hermes had said she would be his wife and bear his children.

Homeric Hymn V · To Aphrodite · Part 1

Aphrodite Anchises

And he said that I should be called the wedded wife of Anchises, and should bear you goodly children.

Homeric Hymn V · To Aphrodite · Part 2
Anchises lay with Aphrodite, not knowing she was an immortal goddess.

Homeric Hymn V · To Aphrodite · Part 2

Anchises Aphrodite

Then by the will of the gods and destiny he lay with her, a mortal man with an immortal goddess, not clearly knowing what he did.

Homeric Hymn V · To Aphrodite · Part 2
Aphrodite revealed that Anchises would have a son named Aeneas who would reign among the Trojans.

Homeric Hymn V · To Aphrodite · Part 2

Aphrodite Anchises Aeneas

You need fear no harm from me nor from the other blessed ones, for you are dear to the gods: and you shall have a dear son who shall reign among the Trojans, and children’s children after him, springing up continually. His name shall be Aeneas

Homeric Hymn V · To Aphrodite · Part 2
Zeus carried off Ganymedes to serve as cupbearer among the gods.

Homeric Hymn V · To Aphrodite · Part 2 · 📍 [[the house of Zeus]]

Zeus Ganymedes Tros

Verily wise Zeus carried off golden-haired Ganymedes because of his beauty, to be amongst the Deathless Ones and pour drink for the gods in the house of Zeus

Homeric Hymn V · To Aphrodite · Part 2
Zeus gave Tros horses as recompense for the loss of his son.

Homeric Hymn V · To Aphrodite · Part 2

Zeus Tros

until Zeus pitied him and gave him high-stepping horses such as carry the immortals as recompense for his son. These he gave him as a gift.

Homeric Hymn V · To Aphrodite · Part 2
Zeus's messenger told Tros that Ganymedes would be deathless and ageless.

Homeric Hymn V · To Aphrodite · Part 2

Zeus Tros Ganymedes

And at the command of Zeus, the Guide, the slayer of Argus, told him all, and how his son would be deathless and unageing, even as the gods.

Homeric Hymn V · To Aphrodite · Part 2
Eos asked Zeus to make Tithonus immortal, and Zeus granted her wish.

Homeric Hymn V · To Aphrodite · Part 2

Eos Tithonus Zeus

And she went to ask the dark-clouded Son of Cronos that he should be deathless and live eternally; and Zeus bowed his head to her prayer and fulfilled her desire.

Homeric Hymn V · To Aphrodite · Part 2
Eos kept Tithonus from her bed as age overtook him, though she continued to care for him.

Homeric Hymn V · To Aphrodite · Part 2 · 📍 [[by the streams of Ocean]]

Eos Tithonus

But when the first grey hairs began to ripple from his comely head and noble chin, queenly Eos kept away from his bed, though she cherished him in her house and nourished him with food and ambrosia and gave him rich clothing.

Homeric Hymn V · To Aphrodite · Part 2
Eos shut Tithonus in a room when old age left him unable to move.

Homeric Hymn V · To Aphrodite · Part 2

Eos Tithonus

she laid him in a room and put to the shining doors.

Homeric Hymn V · To Aphrodite · Part 2
Aphrodite told Anchises to keep their union secret and then departed.

Homeric Hymn V · To Aphrodite · Part 2 · 📍 [[windy heaven]]

Aphrodite Anchises Aeneas

Now I have told you all. Take heed: refrain and name me not, but have regard to the anger of the gods.’ When the goddess had so spoken, she soared up to windy heaven.

Homeric Hymn VI · To Aphrodite
Aphrodite arrived in Cyprus, where the Hours welcomed and clothed her.

Homeric Hymn VI · To Aphrodite · 📍 [[Cyprus]]

Aphrodite Hours

There the moist breath of the western wind wafted her over the waves of the loud-moaning sea in soft foam, and there the gold-filleted Hours welcomed her joyously. They clothed her with heavenly garments:

Homeric Hymn VI · To Aphrodite
The gods welcomed Aphrodite and each wished to take her as his wife.

Homeric Hymn VI · To Aphrodite

Aphrodite gods

And when they had fully decked her, they brought her to the gods, who welcomed her when they saw her, giving her their hands. Each one of them prayed that he might lead her home to be his wedded wife

Homeric Hymn VII · To Dionysus
Dionysus appeared on a headland by the shore, seeming like a stripling.

Homeric Hymn VII · To Dionysus

Dionysus

how he appeared on a jutting headland by the shore of the fruitless sea, seeming like a stripling

Homeric Hymn VII · To Dionysus
Tyrsenian pirates seized Dionysus and put him aboard their ship.

Homeric Hymn VII · To Dionysus

Dionysus

When they saw him they made signs to one another and sprang out quickly, and seizing him straightway, put him on board their ship exultingly

Homeric Hymn VII · To Dionysus
Dionysus's bonds would not hold him and fell away from his hands and feet.

Homeric Hymn VII · To Dionysus

Dionysus

They sought to bind him with rude bonds, but the bonds would not hold him, and the withes fell far away from his hands and feet

Homeric Hymn VII · To Dionysus
Wine, a vine, ivy, and garlands miraculously appeared throughout the ship.

Homeric Hymn VII · To Dionysus

Dionysus

First of all sweet, fragrant wine ran streaming throughout all the black ship and a heavenly smell arose

Homeric Hymn VII · To Dionysus
Dionysus transformed into a lion and a bear aboard the ship.

Homeric Hymn VII · To Dionysus

Dionysus

But the god changed into a dreadful lion there on the ship, in the bows, and roared loudly: amidships also he showed his wonders and created a shaggy bear

Homeric Hymn VII · To Dionysus
Dionysus seized the ship's master as a lion, and the master was killed.

Homeric Hymn VII · To Dionysus

Dionysus

until suddenly the lion sprang upon the master and seized him

Homeric Hymn VII · To Dionysus
The sailors leapt overboard and were changed into dolphins.

Homeric Hymn VII · To Dionysus

Dionysus

and when the sailors saw it they leapt out overboard one and all into the bright sea, escaping from a miserable fate, and were changed into dolphins

Homeric Hymn VII · To Dionysus
Dionysus spared the helmsman and made him happy.

Homeric Hymn VII · To Dionysus

Dionysus

But on the helmsman Dionysus had mercy and held him back and made him altogether happy

Homeric Hymn IX · To Artemis
Artemis was fostered with Apollo.

Homeric Hymn IX · To Artemis

Artemis Apollo

who was fostered with Apollo.

Homeric Hymn X · To Aphrodite
Aphrodite was born in Cyprus.

Homeric Hymn X · To Aphrodite · 📍 [[Cyprus]]

Aphrodite

Of Cytherea, born in Cyprus

Homeric Hymn XI · To Athena
Pallas Athene saves the people as they go out to war and come back.

Homeric Hymn XI · To Athena

Athena

It is she who saves the people as they go out to war and come back.

Homeric Hymn XII · To Hera
Rhea gave birth to Hera.

Homeric Hymn XII · To Hera

Rhea Hera

whom Rhea bare.

Homeric Hymn XV · To Heracles the Lion-hearted
Alcmena gave birth to Heracles, who is identified as Zeus’s son.

Homeric Hymn XV · To Heracles the Lion-hearted · 📍 [[Thebes]]

Heracles Alcmena Zeus

Alcmena bare him in Thebes, the city of lovely dances, when the dark-clouded Son of Cronos had lain with her.

Homeric Hymn XV · To Heracles the Lion-hearted
Heracles lives on Olympus and has Hebe as his wife.

Homeric Hymn XV · To Heracles the Lion-hearted · 📍 [[Olympus]] · now

Heracles Hebe

but now he lives happily in the glorious home of snowy Olympus, and has neat-ankled Hebe for his wife.

Homeric Hymn XVI · To Asclepius
Coronis gave birth to Asclepius.

Homeric Hymn XVI · To Asclepius · 📍 [[the Dotian plain]]

Coronis Asclepius

In the Dotian plain fair Coronis, daughter of King Phlegyas, bare him, a great joy to men, a soother of cruel pangs.

Homeric Hymn XVII · To the Dioscuri
Leda bore Castor and Polydeuces after Zeus bent her to his will.

Homeric Hymn XVII · To the Dioscuri · 📍 [[Taygetus]]

Leda Castor Polydeuces Zeus

Beneath the heights of Taygetus stately Leda bare them, when the dark-clouded Son of Cronos had privily bent her to his will.

Homeric Hymn XVIII · To Hermes
Hermes was born to Maia and Zeus.

Homeric Hymn XVIII · To Hermes

Hermes Maia Zeus

He was born of Maia, the daughter of Atlas, when she had made with Zeus,—a shy goddess she.

Homeric Hymn XVIII · To Hermes
Zeus lay with Maia in secret while Hera slept.

Homeric Hymn XVIII · To Hermes · at dead of night

Zeus Maia

the Son of Cronos used to lie with the rich-tressed nymph at dead of night, while white-armed Hera lay bound in sweet sleep: and neither deathless god nor mortal man knew it.

Homeric Hymn XIX · To Pan
Hermes married the rich-tressed daughter of Dryops.

Homeric Hymn XIX · To Pan · 📍 [[Arcadia]]

Hermes the rich-tressed daughter of Dryops (Homeric Hymn XIX · To Pan)

there fell on him and waxed strong melting desire to wed the rich-tressed daughter of Dryops, and there he brought about the merry marriage.

Homeric Hymn XIX · To Pan
Hermes and the daughter of Dryops had a son, Pan.

Homeric Hymn XIX · To Pan · from his birth

Pan Hermes the rich-tressed daughter of Dryops (Homeric Hymn XIX · To Pan)

And in the house she bare Hermes a dear son who from his birth was marvellous to look upon, with goat’s feet and two horns—a noisy, merry-laughing child.

Homeric Hymn XIX · To Pan
Hermes carried Pan to the gods and showed him to them.

Homeric Hymn XIX · To Pan · Then

Pan Hermes

And he went quickly to the abodes of the deathless gods, carrying the son wrapped in warm skins of mountain hares, and set him down beside Zeus and showed him to the rest of the gods.

Homeric Hymn XIX · To Pan
The gods named the boy Pan.

Homeric Hymn XIX · To Pan

Pan

and they called the boy Pan because he delighted all their hearts.

Homeric Hymn XX · To Hephaestus
Hephaestus and Athene taught men crafts, enabling them to live peacefully in their own houses.

Homeric Hymn XX · To Hephaestus

Hephaestus Athena men

With bright-eyed Athene he taught men glorious gifts throughout the world,—men who before used to dwell in caves in the mountains like wild beasts. But now that they have learned crafts through Hephaestus the famed worker, easily they live a peaceful life in their own houses the whole year round.

Homeric Hymn XXII · To Poseidon
The gods allotted Poseidon a two-fold office as tamer of horses and saviour of ships.

Homeric Hymn XXII · To Poseidon

the gods Poseidon

A two-fold office the gods allotted you, O Shaker of the Earth, to be a tamer of horses and a saviour of ships!

Homeric Hymn XXVI · To Dionysus
The Nymphs fostered and nurtured Dionysus as he grew up.

Homeric Hymn XXVI · To Dionysus · 📍 [[Nysa]]

Dionysus Nymphs

The rich-haired Nymphs received him in their bosoms from the lord his father and fostered and nurtured him carefully in the dells of Nysa

Homeric Hymn XXVII · To Artemis
Artemis is Apollo’s own sister.

Homeric Hymn XXVII · To Artemis

Artemis Apollo

own sister to Apollo with the golden sword.

Homeric Hymn XXVII · To Artemis
Leto bore Artemis and Apollo, children supreme among the immortals.

Homeric Hymn XXVII · To Artemis

Leto Artemis Apollo

singing how neat-ankled Leto bare children supreme among the immortals both in thought and in deed.

Homeric Hymn XXVIII · To Athena
Zeus bore Athena from his head, and she sprang forth arrayed in warlike arms.

Homeric Hymn XXVIII · To Athena

Zeus Athena

From his awful head wise Zeus himself bare her arrayed in warlike arms of flashing gold, and awe seized all the gods as they gazed. But Athena sprang quickly from the immortal head

Homeric Hymn XXVIII · To Athena
The bright Son of Hyperion stopped his swift-footed horses.

Homeric Hymn XXVIII · To Athena · a long while

Helios

the bright Son of Hyperion stopped his swift-footed horses a long while

Homeric Hymn XXVIII · To Athena
Athena stripped the heavenly armour from her immortal shoulders.

Homeric Hymn XXVIII · To Athena

Athena

until the maiden Pallas Athene had stripped the heavenly armour from her immortal shoulders

Homeric Hymn XXIX · To Hestia
Hestia gained an everlasting abode and the highest honour.

Homeric Hymn XXIX · To Hestia

Hestia

you have gained an everlasting abode and highest honour

Homeric Hymn XXXI · To Helios
Hyperion married Euryphaessa.

Homeric Hymn XXXI · To Helios

Hyperion Euryphaessa

For Hyperion wedded glorious Euryphaessa, his own sister

Homeric Hymn XXXI · To Helios
Euryphaessa gave birth to Eos, Selene, and Helios.

Homeric Hymn XXXI · To Helios

Hyperion Euryphaessa Eos Selene Helios

who bare him lovely children, rosy-armed Eos and rich-tressed Selene and tireless Helios

Homeric Hymn XXXII · To Selene
Selene bore Pandia after conceiving her with Zeus.

Homeric Hymn XXXII · To Selene · Once

Selene Zeus Pandia

Once the Son of Cronos was joined with her in love; and she conceived and bare a daughter Pandia, exceeding lovely amongst the deathless gods.

Homeric Hymn XXXIII · To the Dioscuri
Leda bore Castor and Polydeuces beneath Taygetus.

Homeric Hymn XXXIII · To the Dioscuri · 📍 [[Taygetus]]

Leda Castor Polydeuces

When Leda had lain with the dark-clouded Son of Cronos, she bare them beneath the peak of the great hill Taygetus,—children who are delivers of men on earth and of swift-going ships when stormy gales rage over the ruthless sea.

Homeric Hymn XXXIII · To the Dioscuri
Castor and Polydeuces calmed the winds and waves, delivering ships from peril.

Homeric Hymn XXXIII · To the Dioscuri

Castor Polydeuces

Forthwith they allay the blasts of the cruel winds and still the waves upon the surface of the white sea: fair signs are they and deliverance from toil.

Homer’s Epigrams
Zeus begot Hermus, described as a divine stream.

Homer’s Epigrams

Zeus Hermus

divine stream, eddying Hermus, whom deathless Zeus begot.

Homer’s Epigrams
Midas lay buried beneath the bronze maiden’s tomb.

Homer’s Epigrams

Midas

ever remaining on this mournful tomb, I tell the passer-by that Midas here lies buried.

The War of the Titans
Heaven and Earth united and produced three hundred-handed sons and three Cyclopes.

The War of the Titans

Heaven Earth

The fabled union of Heaven and Earth, by which they make three hundred-handed sons and three Cyclopes to be born to him.

The War of the Titans
Heaven was stated to be the son of Aether.

The War of the Titans

Aether Heaven

According to the writer of the War of the Titans Heaven was the son of Aether.

The War of the Titans
Aegaeon was born to Earth and Sea.

The War of the Titans

Earth Sea Aegaeon

Eumelus says that Aegaeon was the son of Earth and Sea

The War of the Titans
Aegaeon became an ally of the Titans.

The War of the Titans

Aegaeon

having his dwelling in the sea, was an ally of the Titans.

The War of the Titans
Cronos lay with Philyra, and Cheiron was born as a centaur.

The War of the Titans

Cronos Philyra Cheiron

Cronos took the shape of a horse and lay with Philyra, the daughter of Ocean. Through this cause Cheiron was born a centaur

The War of the Titans
Chariclo was Cheiron's wife.

The War of the Titans

Cheiron Chariclo

his wife was Chariclo.

The Story of Oedipus
The Sphinx killed Haemon.

The Story of Oedipus

Sphinx Haemon

(she killed) noble Haemon, the dear son of blameless Creon, the comeliest and loveliest of boys.

The Thebaid
Oedipus cursed his sons to never divide his goods in brotherhood and to suffer continual war.

The Thebaid

[[Oedipus]] Polyneices the other son of Oedipus (The Thebaid)

great misery fell on his heart, and he straight-way called down bitter curses there in the presence of both his sons. And the avenging Fury of the gods failed not to hear him as he prayed that they might never divide their father’s goods in loving brotherhood, but that war and fighting might be ever the portion of them both.

The Thebaid
Oedipus prayed that each son would die by his brother’s hand.

The Thebaid

[[Oedipus]] Polyneices the other son of Oedipus (The Thebaid)

So he prayed to Zeus the king and the other deathless gods that each might fall by his brother’s hand and go down into the house of Hades.

The Thebaid
Adrastus fled from Thebes wearing miserable garments and took black-maned Areion with him.

The Thebaid · 📍 [[Thebes]]

Adrastus

Adrastus fled from Thebes ‘wearing miserable garments, and took black-maned Areion with him.’

The Thebaid
Oeneus married Periboea, the daughter of Hipponous.

The Thebaid

Oeneus Periboea

Oeneus married Periboea the daughter of Hipponous.

The Thebaid
After Olenus was stormed, Oeneus received Periboea as a prize.

The Thebaid · 📍 [[Olenus]]

Oeneus Periboea

when Olenus had been stormed, Oeneus received her as a prize.

The Thebaid
Asphodicus killed Parthenopaeus in the battle against the Argives, according to the Thebans.

The Thebaid

Asphodicus [[Parthenopaeus]]

This Asphodicus killed Parthenopaeus the son of Talaus in the battle against the Argives, as the Thebans say

The Thebaid
Periclymenus killed Parthenopaeus, according to the account of his death in the Thebaid.

The Thebaid

Periclymenus [[Parthenopaeus]]

that part of the Thebais which tells of the death of Parthenopaeus says that it was Periclymenus who killed him.

The Epigoni
Cephalus accidentally killed his wife Procris.

The Epigoni

Cephalus Procris

had accidentally killed his wife Procris

The Epigoni
The Cadmeans purified Cephalus of the homicide.

The Epigoni

Cephalus

being purified of the homicide by the Cadmeans

The Epigoni
The Epigoni sent Manto to Delphi as a first fruit of their spoil.

The Epigoni · 📍 [[Delphi]]

Manto

Manto the daughter of Teiresias was sent to Delphi by the Epigoni as a first fruit of their spoil

The Epigoni
Manto met Rhacius in accordance with Apollo’s oracle.

The Epigoni

Manto Rhacius

in accordance with an oracle of Apollo she went out and met Rhacius, the son of Lebes, a Mycenaean by race

The Epigoni
Manto married Rhacius.

The Epigoni

Manto Rhacius

This man she married

The Epigoni
Manto came to Colophon and wept over the destruction of her country.

The Epigoni · 📍 [[Colophon]]

Manto

coming to Colophon, was there much cast down and wept over the destruction of her country

The Cypria · Part 1
Zeus plans with Themis to bring about the Trojan war.

The Cypria · Part 1

Zeus

Zeus plans with Themis to bring about the Trojan war.

The Cypria · Part 1
Peleus and Thetis marry.

The Cypria · Part 1

Peleus Thetis

Strife arrives while the gods are feasting at the marriage of Peleus

The Cypria · Part 1
Alexandrus chooses Aphrodite after being lured by the promise of marriage with Helen.

The Cypria · Part 1 · 📍 [[Mount Ida]]

Alexandrus Helen

Alexandrus, lured by his promised marriage with Helen, decides in favour of Aphrodite.

The Cypria · Part 1
Helen and Alexandrus unite, take treasures aboard, and sail away together.

The Cypria · Part 1 · 📍 [[Sparta]] · by night

Helen Alexandrus

Meanwhile, Aphrodite brings Helen and Alexandrus together, and they, after their union, put very great treasures on board and sail away by night.

The Cypria · Part 1
Alexandrus celebrates his marriage with Helen.

The Cypria · Part 1 · 📍 [[Troy]]

Helen Alexandrus

From there he sailed to Troy and celebrated his marriage with Helen.

The Cypria · Part 1
Castor is killed by Idas while stealing cattle.

The Cypria · Part 1

Castor

Castor was killed by Idas

The Cypria · Part 1
Zeus grants Castor and Polydeuces immortality every other day.

The Cypria · Part 1

Zeus Castor Polydeuces

Zeus gave them immortality every other day.

The Cypria · Part 1
Epopeus is utterly destroyed after seducing the daughter of Lycus.

The Cypria · Part 1

[[Epopeus]] the daughter of Lycus (The Cypria · Part 1)

Epopeus was utterly destroyed after seducing the daughter of Lycus

The Cypria · Part 1
Odysseus is detected feigning madness when Telemachus is seized for punishment.

The Cypria · Part 1 · 📍 [[Hellas]]

Odysseus Telemachus

detecting Odysseus when he pretends to be mad, not wishing to join the expedition, by seizing his son Telemachus for punishment

The Cypria · Part 1
Achilles marries Deidameia, the daughter of Lycomedes.

The Cypria · Part 1 · 📍 [[Scyros]]

Achilles Deidameia

Achilles first puts in at Scyros and married Deidameia, the daughter of Lycomedes

The Cypria · Part 1
Agamemnon shoots a stag and boasts that he surpasses Artemis, prompting her to prevent the Greeks from sailing.

The Cypria · Part 1

Agamemnon

Agamemnon, while at the chase, shot a stag and boasted that he surpassed even Artemis. At this the goddess was so angry that she sent stormy winds and prevented them from sailing.

The Cypria · Part 1
Achilles kills Cycnus and drives the Trojans back.

The Cypria · Part 1 · 📍 [[Ilium]]

Achilles Cycnus son of Poseidon

Achilles then kills Cycnus, the son of Poseidon, and drives the Trojans back.

The Cypria · Part 1
Nemesis gives birth to Helen after being joined in love with Zeus by force.

The Cypria · Part 1

Nemesis Zeus Helen

Rich-tressed Nemesis once gave her birth when she had been joined in love with Zeus the king of the gods by harsh violence.

The Cypria · Part 1
Helen takes Pleisthenes with her to Cyprus.

The Cypria · Part 1 · 📍 [[Cyprus]]

Helen Pleisthenes son of Helen

Helen’s third child was) Pleisthenes and that she took him with her to Cyprus

The Cypria · Part 1
Helen bears Aganus, Alexandrus’s child.

The Cypria · Part 1

Helen Aganus

the child she bore Alexandrus was Aganus.

The Cypria · Part 2
Idas killed Castor with a spear.

The Cypria · Part 2

Idas Castor

Castor was killed with a spear shot by Idas the son of Aphareus.

The Cypria · Part 2
Palamedes drowned while fishing, and Diomedes and Odysseus caused his death.

The Cypria · Part 2

Palamedes Diomedes Odysseus

Palamedes was drowned when he had gone out fishing, and that it was Diomedes and Odysseus who caused his death.

The Aethiopis
Penthesileia comes to aid the Trojans.

The Aethiopis

Penthesileia

The Amazon Penthesileia, the daughter of Ares and of Thracian race, comes to aid the Trojans

The Aethiopis
Achilles kills Penthesileia, and the Trojans bury her.

The Aethiopis

Penthesileia Achilles

is killed by Achilles and buried by the Trojans.

The Aethiopis
Memnon comes to help the Trojans.

The Aethiopis

Memnon

Then Memnon, the son of Eos, wearing armour made by Hephaestus, comes to help the Trojans

The Aethiopis
Achilles kills Memnon in battle.

The Aethiopis

Memnon Achilles

Memnon by Achilles.

The Aethiopis
Eos obtains immortality from Zeus and bestows it upon Memnon.

The Aethiopis

Eos Memnon

Eos then obtains of Zeus and bestows upon her son immortality

The Aethiopis
Paris and Apollo kill Achilles.

The Aethiopis

Achilles

is killed by Paris and Apollo.

The Aethiopis
Thetis takes Achilles from the pyre and transports him to the White Island.

The Aethiopis · 📍 [[the White Island]]

Thetis Achilles

while Thetis, arriving with the Muses and her sisters, bewails her son, whom she afterwards catches away from the pyre and transports to the White Island.

The Little Iliad
The arms of Achilles are adjudged, and Odysseus gains them.

The Little Iliad

Achilles

The adjudging of the arms of Achilles takes place, and Odysseus, by the contriving of Athena, gains them.

The Little Iliad
Deiphobus marries Helen.

The Little Iliad · After this

Deiphobus Helen

After this Deiphobus marries Helen

The Little Iliad
Neoptolemus kills Eurypylus.

The Little Iliad

Eurypylus Neoptolemus

Eurypylus the son of Telephus arrives to aid the Trojans, shows his prowess and is killed by Neoptolemus.

The Little Iliad
Eurypylus kills Machaon.

The Little Iliad

Machaon Eurypylus

The writer of the epic Little Iliad says that Machaon was killed by Eurypylus, the son of Telephus.

The Little Iliad
Eurypylus son of Euaemon kills Axion, Priam’s son.

The Little Iliad

Axion Eurypylus son of Euaemon

Lescheos says that Axion was the son of Priam and was slain by Eurypylus, the son of Euaemon.

The Little Iliad
Neoptolemus drags Priam from the altar and kills him.

The Little Iliad

Priam Neoptolemus

Priam was not killed at the heart of Zeus Herceius, but was dragged away from the altar and destroyed off hand by Neoptolemus at the doors of the house

The Little Iliad
The Achaean chiefs give Andromache to Neoptolemus.

The Little Iliad

Andromache Neoptolemus

And Neoptolemus chose out Andromache, Hector’s well-girded wife, and the chiefs of all the Achaeans gave her to him to hold requiting him with a welcome prize.

The Little Iliad
Neoptolemus puts Aeneas aboard his ships as a prize.

The Little Iliad

Aeneas Neoptolemus Anchises

And he put Aeneas, the famous son of horse-taming Anchises, on board his sea-faring ships, a prize surpassing those of all the Danaans.

The Sack of Ilium
Two serpents appeared and destroyed Laocoon and one of his sons.

The Sack of Ilium · at this very time

Laocoon Laocoon's unnamed son

But at this very time two serpents appeared and destroyed Laocoon and one of his two sons

The Sack of Ilium
Aias faced a Greek decision to stone him, then escaped by taking refuge at Athena’s altar.

The Sack of Ilium · 📍 [[the altar of Athena]]

Locrian Aias Ileus

The Greeks are so enraged that they determine to stone Aias, who only escapes from the danger threatening him by taking refuge at the altar of Athena.

The Sack of Ilium
Demophon and Acamas found Aethra and took her with them.

The Sack of Ilium · 📍 [[Ilium]] · Lastly

Demophon Acamas Theseus

Demophon and Acamas find Aethra and take her with them.

The Sack of Ilium
Zeus gave Dardanus a Palladium, which remained in Ilium until the city was taken.

The Sack of Ilium · 📍 [[Ilium]]

Dardanus Zeus

According to Arctinus, one Palladium was given to Dardanus by Zeus, and this was in Ilium until the city was taken.

The Sack of Ilium
The famous Earth-Shaker gave Machaon and Podaleirius gifts that made each more glorious than the other.

The Sack of Ilium

the famous Earth-Shaker Machaon Podaleirius

For their father the famous Earth-Shaker gave both of them gifts, making each more glorious than the other.

The Returns
Antiope betrayed Themiscyra because she was in love with Theseus.

The Returns · 📍 [[Themiscyra]]

Antiope Theseus

but Antiope, being in love with Theseus who was with Heracles on this expedition, betrayed the place.

The Returns
Telemachus married Circe.

The Returns · afterwards

Telemachus Circe

says that Telemachus afterwards married Circe

The Returns
Telegonus married Penelope.

The Returns · afterwards

Telegonus Penelope

while Telegonus the son of Circe correspondingly married Penelope.

The Telegony
Odysseus marries Callidice, queen of the Thesprotians.

The Telegony · 📍 [[Thesprotis]]

Odysseus Callidice

then goes to Thesprotis where he marries Callidice, queen of the Thesprotians.

The Telegony
After Callidice dies, Polypoetes succeeds to the kingdom.

The Telegony · After the death of Callidice

Callidice Polypoetes

After the death of Callidice Polypoetes, the son of Odysseus, succeeds to the kingdom

The Telegony
Telegonus unwittingly kills Odysseus while defending his country.

The Telegony · 📍 [[Ithaca]]

Odysseus Telegonus

Odysseus comes out to defend his country, but is killed by his son unwittingly.

The Telegony
Telegonus transports Odysseus’s body, Penelope, and Telemachus to his mother’s island.

The Telegony · on learning his mistake

Telegonus Odysseus Penelope Telemachus

Telegonus, on learning his mistake, transports his father’s body with Penelope and Telemachus to his mother’s island

The Telegony
Circe makes Odysseus, Penelope, Telemachus, and Telegonus immortal.

The Telegony

Circe Odysseus Penelope Telemachus Telegonus

where Circe makes them immortal

The Telegony
Telegonus marries Penelope.

The Telegony

Telegonus Penelope

and Telegonus marries Penelope

The Telegony
Telemachus marries Circe.

The Telegony

Telemachus Circe

and Telemachus Circe.

The Taking of Oechalia
Heracles sacked Oechalia for Iole’s sake.

The Taking of Oechalia · 📍 [[Oechalia]]

Heracles Eurytus Iole

Eurytus and his daughter Iole, for whose sake Heracles sacked Oechalia.

The Taking of Oechalia
Medea poisoned Creon, who ruled Corinth.

The Taking of Oechalia · 📍 [[Corinth]] · while Medea was living in Corinth

[[Medea]] Creon

while Medea was living in Corinth, she poisoned Creon, who was ruler of the city at that time

The Taking of Oechalia
Medea fled to Athens, fearing Creon’s friends and kinsfolk.

The Taking of Oechalia · 📍 [[Athens]]

[[Medea]]

because she feared his friends and kinsfolk, fled to Athens.

The Taking of Oechalia
Medea left her young sons at Hera’s altar, trusting their father to protect them.

The Taking of Oechalia · 📍 [[altar of Hera Acraea]]

[[Medea]]

since her sons were too young to go along with her, she left them at the altar of Hera Acraea, thinking that their father would see to their safety.

The Taking of Oechalia
Creon’s relatives killed Medea’s sons.

The Taking of Oechalia

But the relatives of Creon killed them

The Phocais
Homer composed the Lesser Iliad and the Phocais while living with Thestorides.

The Phocais

Homer

While living with Thestorides, Homer composed the Lesser Iliad and the Phocais;

The Margites
Pigres wrote the Margites and the Battle of the Frogs and Mice.

The Margites

Pigres

He also wrote the Margites attributed to Homer and the Battle of the Frogs and Mice.

The Cercopes
The Cercopes were turned to stone for trying to deceive Zeus.

The Cercopes

Passalus Acmon Zeus

These Cercopes were sons of Theia and Ocean, and are said to have been turned to stone for trying to deceive Zeus.

The Battle of Frogs and Mice · Part 1
After Crumb-snatcher's death, the Mice assembled and prepared to go to war against the Frogs.

The Battle of Frogs and Mice · Part 1 · 📍 [[the house of Bread-nibbler]] · towards dawn

Bread-nibbler Crumb-snatcher

And when they heard of his fate, all the Mice were seized with fierce anger, and bade their heralds summon the people to assemble towards dawn at the house of Bread-nibbler, the father of hapless Crumb-snatcher who lay outstretched on the water face up, a lifeless corpse, and no longer near the bank, poor wretch, but floating in the midst of the deep. And when the Mice came in haste at dawn, Bread-nibbler stood up first, enraged at his son’s death, and thus he spoke.

The Battle of Frogs and Mice · Part 1
Pot-visitor delivered the Mice's declaration of war, and the Frogs began blaming Puff-jaw.

The Battle of Frogs and Mice · Part 1

Pot-visitor Puff-jaw

‘Frogs, the Mice have sent me with their threats against you, and bid you arm yourselves for war and battle; for they have seen Crumb-snatcher in the water whom your king Puff-jaw slew. Fight, then, as many of you as are warriors among the Frogs.’ With these words he explained the matter. So when this blameless speech came to their ears, the proud Frogs were disturbed in their hearts and began to blame Puff-jaw.

The Battle of Frogs and Mice · Part 2
Zeus asked Athena to aid the Mice, but she refused.

The Battle of Frogs and Mice · Part 2 · 📍 [[starry heaven]]

Zeus Athena

‘My daughter, will you go aid the Mice? For they all frolic about your temple continually, delighting in the fat of sacrifice and in all kinds of food.’ So then said the son of Cronos. But Athena answered him: ‘I would never go to help the Mice when they are hard pressed

The Battle of Frogs and Mice · Part 2
The gods agreed to Athena’s proposal to watch the fight rather than help either side.

The Battle of Frogs and Mice · Part 2 · 📍 [[heaven]]

Zeus Athena

Let us rather all amuse ourselves watching the fight from heaven.’ So said Athena. And the other gods agreed with her, and all went in a body to one place.

The Battle of Frogs and Mice · Part 2
Troglodyte killed the son of Mudman with a spear thrust to the breast.

The Battle of Frogs and Mice · Part 2

the son of Mudman

Next Troglodyte shot at the son of Mudman, and drove the strong spear deep into his breast; so he fell, and black death seized him and his spirit flitted forth from his mouth.

The Battle of Frogs and Mice · Part 2
Slice-snatcher’s son armed himself for war and threatened to destroy the Frogs.

The Battle of Frogs and Mice · Part 2 · 📍 [[the lake]]

Zeus Slice-snatcher the son of Slice-snatcher

This warrior threatened to destroy the race of Frogs utterly , and splitting a chestnut-husk into two parts along the joint, put the two hollow pieces as armour on his paws

The Battle of Frogs and Mice · Part 2
Zeus hurled a thunderbolt that frightened the Frogs and Mice alike.

The Battle of Frogs and Mice · Part 2

Zeus the Frogs the Mice

So said Hera: and the Son of Cronos cast a lurid thunderbolt: first he thundered and made great Olympus shake, and the cast the thunderbolt, the awful weapon of Zeus, tossing it lightly forth. Thus he frightened them all, Frogs and Mice alike, hurling his bolt upon them.

The Battle of Frogs and Mice · Part 2
Zeus sent helpers to aid the Frogs.

The Battle of Frogs and Mice · Part 2 · 📍 [[Olympus]] · then straightway

Zeus the Frogs

Only, the Son of Cronos, on Olympus, pitied the Frogs and then straightway sent them helpers.

The Battle of Frogs and Mice · Part 2
The Mice fled from the crab helpers, bringing the one-day war to an end.

The Battle of Frogs and Mice · Part 2 · 📍 [[the lake]] · Already the sun was set

the Mice the Frogs

Of these the Mice were all afraid and no longer stood up to them, but turned and fled. Already the sun was set, and so came the end of the one-day war.

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 1
Homer became blind and was thereafter called Homer.

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 1 · later

Homer

He was named Homer later, when he became blind, this being their usual epithet for such people.

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 1
Ganyctor celebrated funeral rites for his father Amphidamas.

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 1 · about the same time

Ganyctor Amphidamas

Now about the same time Ganyctor was celebrating the funeral rites of his father Amphidamas, king of Euboea

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 1
Hesiod won a contest of skill against Homer.

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 1 · 📍 [[Chalcis]] · at the same time

Homer Hesiod

it is said that after a wonderful contest between the two poets, Hesiod won in the following manner

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 1
The Pythia declared in a response to Hadrian that Homer was born in Ithaca to Telemachus and Epicasta, daughter of Nestor.

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 1 · in the time of Hadrian

Homer

the priestess delivered a response in hexameters after this fashion: ‘Do you ask me of the obscure race and country of the heavenly siren? Ithaca is his country, Telemachus his father, and Epicasta, Nestor’s daughter, the mother that bare him, a man by far the wisest of mortal kind.’

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 2
The Hellenes called for Homer to be crowned, but King Paneides awarded the crown to Hesiod.

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 2 · After these verses had been spoken

Homer Hesiod

After these verses had been spoken, all the Hellenes called for Homer to be crowned. But King Paneides bade each of them recite the finest passage from his own poems.

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 2
Hesiod won the contest and received a brazen tripod, which he dedicated to the Muses.

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 2

Hesiod

In this way, then, we are told, Hesiod gained the victory and received a brazen tripod which he dedicated to the Muses with this inscription:

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 2
The prophetess warned Hesiod that death awaited him in the pleasant grove of Nemean Zeus.

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 2 · 📍 [[Delphi]] · as he was approaching the temple

Hesiod

But beware of the pleasant grove of Nemean Zeus; for there death’s end is destined to befall you.

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 2
Hesiod stayed with Amphiphanes and Ganyetor, sons of Phegeus, unknowingly entering the place named in the oracle.

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 2 · 📍 [[Oenoe]]

Hesiod Amphiphanes Ganyetor Phegeus

and coming to Oenoe in Locris, he stayed with Amphiphanes and Ganyetor the sons of Phegeus, thus unconsciously fulfilling the oracle

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 2
Amphiphanes and Ganyetor killed Hesiod, suspecting him of seducing their sister, and cast his body into the sea.

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 2 · 📍 [[Oenoe]] · until

Hesiod Amphiphanes Ganyetor the sister of Amphiphanes and Ganyetor

until the young men, suspecting Hesiod of seducing their sister, killed him and cast his body into the sea which separates Achaea and Locris.

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 2
Dolphins brought Hesiod’s body to shore, where people recognized, mourned, and buried him.

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 2 · On the third day

Hesiod

On the third day, however, his body was brought to land by dolphins while some local feast of Ariadne was being held. Thereupon, all the people hurried to the shore, and recognized the body, lamented over it and buried it

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 2
Fearing their countrymen’s anger, the killers fled by boat toward Crete.

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 2

Amphiphanes Ganyetor

But these, fearing the anger of their countrymen, launched a fishing boat, and put out to sea for Crete

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 2
Zeus sank the fleeing brothers with a thunderbolt, according to Alcidamas.

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 2 · they had finished half their voyage

Amphiphanes Ganyetor Zeus

they had finished half their voyage when Zeus sank them with a thunderbolt, as Alcidamas states in his “Museum”.

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 2
Eratosthenes reports that Ctimenus and Antiphus, sons of Ganyetor, killed Hesiod.

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 2

Hesiod Ctimenus Antiphus Ganyetor

Eratosthenes, however, says in his “Hesiod” that Ctimenus and Antiphus, sons of Ganyetor, killed him for the reason already stated

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 2
Eratosthenes reports that Eurycles sacrificed Ctimenus and Antiphus to the gods of hospitality.

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 2

Ctimenus Antiphus

and were sacrificed by Eurycles the seer to the gods of hospitality.

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 2
Eratosthenes reports that Hesiod’s hosts’ sister hanged herself after being seduced.

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 2 · after she had been seduced

the sister of Amphiphanes and Ganyetor

He adds that the girl, sister of the above-named, hanged herself after she had been seduced

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 2
Eratosthenes reports that Demodes, a stranger travelling with Hesiod, seduced the girl.

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 2

the sister of Amphiphanes and Ganyetor Demodes

and that she was seduced by some stranger, Demodes by name, who was travelling with Hesiod

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 2
Eratosthenes reports that the brothers also killed Demodes.

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 2

Demodes Amphiphanes Ganyetor

and who was also killed by the brothers.

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 2
The men of Orchomenus removed Hesiod’s body and buried it in their country.

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 2 · 📍 Orchomenus · At a later time

Hesiod

At a later time the men of Orchomenus removed his body as they were directed by an oracle, and buried him in their own country

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 2
Xanthus and Gorgus commissioned Homer to compose an epitaph for their father Midas’s tomb.

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 2

Homer Xanthus Gorgus Midas

Now Xanthus and Gorgus, son of Midas the king, heard his epics and invited him to compose a epitaph for the tomb of their father

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 2
Xanthus and Gorgus gave Homer a silver bowl for his epitaph.

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 2 · For these verses

Xanthus Gorgus Homer

For these verses they gave him a silver bowl

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 2
Homer dedicated the silver bowl to Apollo.

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 2 · 📍 [[Delphi]]

Homer

which he dedicated to Apollo at Delphi with this inscription:

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 2
The Argives rewarded Homer with gifts and a statue, and decreed recurring sacrifices to him and a five-yearly sacrifice to Chios.

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 2 · 📍 Argos

Homer Diomedes Tydeus Oeneus Sthenelus Capaneus Eurypylus Mecisteus Talaus

This praise of their race by the most famous of all poets so exceedingly delighted the leading Argives, that they rewarded him with costly gifts and set up a brazen statue to him, decreeing that sacrifice should be offered to Homer daily, monthly, and yearly; and that another sacrifice should be sent to Chios every five years.

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 3
The Ionians made Homer a citizen of each of their states.

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 3 · 📍 [[Delos]]

Homer Ionians

When the hymn was ended, the Ionians made him a citizen of each one of their states

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 3
The Delians dedicated the poem on a whitened tablet in Artemis’s temple.

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 3 · 📍 [[Delos]]

Delians

the Delians wrote the poem on a whitened tablet and dedicated it in the temple of Artemis.

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 3
Homer died after slipping and falling.

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 3 · 📍 [[Ios]] · the third day after

Homer

he slipped in a clayey place and fell upon his side, and died, it is said, the third day after.

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 3
Homer was buried in Ios.

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 3 · 📍 [[Ios]]

Homer

He was buried in Ios

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