Chapter 17, The Return from Troy Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♠ Stesichoros, Iliou Persis 205 PMG – Poetae Melici Graeci, pp. 205-6, ed. D. L. Page. Oxford 1962. ♦ Paris, Louvre F122: Attic black-figure eye cup with armed Aineias fleeing Troy, carrying his father Anchises on his back and accompanied by his son Askanios, whose legs are … Continue reading Aineias (page 715, with art)
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A B C D E G H I K L M N O P R S T W Z Zeus, Munich, Antikensammlungen 596 There are two kinds of searches possible for this web site. The first type, which is comprehensive, involves just entering a mythological character’s name in the search box over the left menu … Continue reading Subject tags for mythological characters
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Chapter 3: Olympos, the Underworld, and Minor Divinities Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♠ Pindar, Pythian 4.119 The divine centaur called me by the name Jason. Greek Text ♠ Pindar fr 166 SM – Pindarus 2, p. 121, ed. B. Snell and H. Maehler. Leipzig 1975. When the Centaurs knew the man-taming … Continue reading Minor Divinities (page 144, with art)
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Chapter 2: The Olympians Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♠ Homer, Iliad 18.203-4 but Achilles, dear to Zeus, roused him, and round about his mighty shoulders Athene flung her tasselled aegis. Greek Text ♠ Homer, Iliad 24.20-21 and with the golden aegis he covered him wholly, that Achilles might not tear his body as … Continue reading The Children of Zeus: Athena (page 85, with art)
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Chapter 1: The Early Gods Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♠ ApB 2.4.3 – Apollodoros, Bibliotheke (Library) Athena inserted the Gorgon’s head in the middle of her shield. But it is alleged by some that Medusa was beheaded for Athena’s sake; and they say that the Gorgon was fain to match herself with … Continue reading Gaia and Pontos (page 21, with art)
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Chapter 1: The Early Gods Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♠ Hesiod, Theogony 274-83 and the Gorgons who dwell beyond glorious Ocean in the frontier land towards Night where are the clear-voiced Hesperides, Sthenno, and Euryale, and Medusa who suffered a woeful fate: she was mortal, but the two were undying and … Continue reading Gaia and Pontos (page 20)
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