Thursday, July 3, 2025

APOLLODORUS, THE LIBRARY

 Apollodorus, The Library (also called Bibliotheca)

Book 1
Part 1. Theogony: Birth of Zeus
The Moirai - The Goddesses of Fate

Part 4. Apollo & Artemis

Part 5. Demeter & Persephone
Note 1

Part 8. Oeneus, Meleager, Tydeus

Part 9. Sons of Aeolus, Melampus, Admetus, Pelias, Argonauts
The Myth of Sisyphus - The Man Who Deceived the Gods

Book 2

Part 4 Perseus, Sons of Perseus, Amphitryon, Birth of Heracles
The Adventures of Perseus

Part 5 & 6
Hercules - The Complete Story - Greek Mythology

Book 3
Part 1 Europa, Minos, Pasiphae

Part 5 Dionysus, Antiope, Amphion & Zethus, Oedipus
The Story of Oedipus

Part 16. Theseus
The Origin of Theseus 1/3
The Adventures of Theseus - 2/3

Epitome (Essentially Book 3 Cont.)
Part 1. Theseus Cont.
Theseus in the Minotaur's Labyrinth - 3/3

Part 2. Tantalus, Pelops, Atreus

Part 3. - 6. Trojan War

Part 7. Odyssey & Telegonia


Myths Not Mentioned in Apollodorus, The Library
King Midas And The Golden Touch (The Curse of Greed) - Ovid's Metamorphoses










Note 1:
Deucalion and Pyrrha had children of their own, the first of which was their son named Hellen (The ancient Greeks actually referred to themselves as Hellenes). Hellen then had three son's named Dorus, Xuthus, and Aeolus by a nymph Orseis. Each son was given a kingdom of their own. Aeolus married Enarete, daughter of Deimachus, and begat seven sons, Cretheus, Sisyphus, Athamas, Salmoneus, Deion, Magnes, Perieres, and five daughters, Canace, Alcyone, Pisidice, Calyce, Perimede

Note 2: 
Pandora only mentioned here. See Hesiod's Works and Days for story






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