entity_id,source_id,evidence_type,source_note ENT_ACHILLES,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 3.13.8; Epitome 3-5; birth from Thetis and Peleus; early life; Trojan War career ENT_ADONIS_HERO,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,"Apollodorus, Library/Epitome (the standard mythographic compendium of the Greek heroes)." ENT_ADRASTEIA,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,"Apollodorus, Library 1.1.6-7 (Adrasteia nurses the infant Zeus)." ENT_ADRASTEIA_NYMPH,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,"Apollodorus, Library (genealogy of the nymph)." ENT_AEACUS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 3.12.6; son of Zeus and Aegina; king of the Myrmidons; father of Peleus and Telamon; judge of the dead ENT_AEACUS_HERO,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,"Apollodorus, Library/Epitome (the standard mythographic compendium of the Greek heroes)." ENT_AEGINA,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,"Apollodorus, Library (genealogy of the nymph)." ENT_AEGLE_HESPERID,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,"Apollodorus, Library 2.5.11 (the named Hesperides: Aigle, Erytheia, Hesperia, Arethusa)." ENT_AENEAS_GREEK_RECEPTION,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,"Apollodorus, Library/Epitome (the standard mythographic compendium of the Greek heroes)." ENT_AJAX,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library Epitome 5.4-7; Ajax at Troy; the judgment of the arms; his madness and suicide ENT_AMPHITRITE,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 1.2.7; daughter of Nereus; wife of Poseidon; queen of the sea; mother of Triton ENT_APHRODITE,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 1.3.1; born from Ouranos's severed genitals cast into the sea (Hesiodic version); Library accounts of the Trojan War genealogy ENT_APOLLO,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,"Library 1.3.2, 1.4.1-2; birth on Delos; slaying of Python; his loves and offspring" ENT_ARES,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 1.3.1; son of Zeus and Hera; father of Eros in some traditions; Otus and Ephialtes story ENT_ARETHUSA_HESPERID,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,"Apollodorus, Library 2.5.11 (the named Hesperides: Aigle, Erytheia, Hesperia, Arethusa)." ENT_ARISTAEUS_HERO,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,"Apollodorus, Library/Epitome (the standard mythographic compendium of the Greek heroes)." ENT_ARTEMIS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 1.4.1; twin of Apollo; huntress; Actaeon myth; Iphigenia ENT_ASCALAPHUS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,Apollodorus 1.5.3: reveals that Persephone ate the pomegranate; cf. Ovid Met. 5.534-550. ENT_ASCLEPIUS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 3.10.3-4; son of Apollo and Coronis; raised by Chiron; learns healing; raises the dead; killed by Zeus with a thunderbolt; later deified ENT_ASCLEPIUS_HERO,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 3.10.3-4; see ENT_ASCLEPIUS; his mortal hero career before deification ENT_ASTERIA,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 1.2.4; daughter of Coeus and Phoebe; transformed into the island Delos (or a quail); mother of Hecate by Perses ENT_ASTRAEUS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,"Library 1.2.4; Titan; husband of Eos; father of Zephyrus, Boreas, Notus, and the stars" ENT_ATALANTA,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 3.9.2; the footrace; Library 1.8.2 (Calydonian Boar); her marriage and transformation into a lion ENT_ATHENA,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 1.3.6; born from Zeus's head fully armed; contest with Poseidon for Athens ENT_ATLAS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,"Library 1.2.3, 2.5.11; holds up the sky as his punishment; Heracles temporarily takes his burden in the Hesperides labor" ENT_BELLEROPHON,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 2.3.1-2; Chimera slaying; riding Pegasus; his attempted flight to Olympus ENT_CADMUS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,"Library 3.1.1, 3.4.1-2; foundation of Thebes; sowing the dragon's teeth; transformation into a serpent" ENT_CASSANDRA,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,"Apollodorus 3.12.5: Apollo's gift of prophecy, made unpersuasive when she refused him." ENT_CASTOR,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 3.11.1-2; Dioscuri; Castor as horse-tamer; their death and alternate immortality ENT_CECROPS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,"Apollodorus, Library/Epitome (the standard mythographic compendium of the Greek heroes)." ENT_CERBERUS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 2.5.12; Heracles' twelfth labor; brought from the underworld; described as three-headed (50-headed in some versions) ENT_CETO,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 1.2.6; daughter of Pontus; wife of Phorcys; mother of Gorgons and Graeae ENT_CHAOS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,"Library 1.1.1; the first principle from which Gaia, Tartarus, and Eros arise" ENT_CHARON,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library mentions Charon in underworld context; the ferryman of the dead who takes souls across the Styx ENT_CHIMERA,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,"Library 2.3.1; killed by Bellerophon; lion's head, goat's body, dragon's tail; daughter of Typhon and Echidna" ENT_COEUS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,"Library 1.1.3, 1.2.2; Titan; husband of Phoebe; father of Leto and Asteria" ENT_CRIUS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,"Library 1.1.3; Titan; father of Astraeus, Pallas, Perses by Eurybia" ENT_CRONUS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 1.1.3-1.2.1; castrates Ouranos; swallows his children; overthrown by Zeus in the Titanomachy ENT_CYLLENE,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,"Apollodorus 3.8.1: the nymph Kyllene, wife of Pelasgus." ENT_CYRENE,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,"Apollodorus, Library (genealogy of the nymph)." ENT_DEMETER,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,"Library 1.5.1-3; abduction of Persephone, famine, and the Eleusinian Mysteries foundation" ENT_DIOMEDES,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,"Apollodorus, Library/Epitome (the standard mythographic compendium of the Greek heroes)." ENT_DIONE,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 1.3.1; Titaness or Oceanid; in Apollodorus mother of Dionysus in some accounts ENT_DIONYSUS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,"Library 3.4.3, 3.5.1-3; twice-born from Zeus and Semele; wanderings; driven mad by Hera; conquest of India; introduction of the vine" ENT_EOS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,"Library 1.2.2, 1.2.4; daughter of Hyperion and Theia; Dawn goddess; mother of the winds; abductions of Eos including Tithonus and Orion" ENT_EPIMETHEUS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,"Library 1.2.3, 1.7.2; son of Iapetus; brother of Prometheus; accepts Pandora" ENT_EREBUS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 1.1.1; primordial darkness; coupled with Nyx to produce Aether and Hemera ENT_ERECHTHEUS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,"Apollodorus, Library/Epitome (the standard mythographic compendium of the Greek heroes)." ENT_EROS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 1.1.1-2; Eros as son of Ares and Aphrodite; the love deity in the heroic genealogies ENT_EROS_PRIMORDIAL,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 1.1.1; primordial Eros among the first entities; the creative generative principle that moves the first gods ENT_ERYTHEIA_HESPERID,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,"Apollodorus, Library 2.5.11 (the named Hesperides: Aigle, Erytheia, Hesperia, Arethusa)." ENT_GAIA,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,"Library 1.1.1-2; the primordial earth; mother of Ouranos, Pontus, Titans, Cyclopes, Hecatonchires, Giants, and Typhon" ENT_GALATEA,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library references the Cyclops Polyphemus's love for Galatea the Nereid (though the full story is in Theocritus) ENT_GERYON,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,"Apollodorus 2.5.10: the three-bodied Geryon, slain in the tenth labour." ENT_GORGYRA,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,Apollodorus 1.5.3: mother of Ascalaphus by Acheron (a variant of Orphne). ENT_HADES,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 1.1.5; received dominion of the underworld after the lottery; abduction of Persephone; his dog Cerberus ENT_HECATE,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 1.2.4; daughter of Perses and Asteria; dwells in underworld; companion of Persephone in the abduction myth ENT_HECTOR,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,"Apollodorus, Library/Epitome (the standard mythographic compendium of the Greek heroes)." ENT_HELEN,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,"Apollodorus, Library/Epitome (the standard mythographic compendium of the Greek heroes)." ENT_HELIOS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 1.2.2; son of Hyperion and Theia; the sun-god who sees all; his cattle on Thrinakia ENT_HEPHAESTUS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 1.3.5; thrown from Olympus by Hera or Zeus; forges armor; Lemnos cult; marriage to Aphrodite ENT_HERA,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,"Library 1.1.5, 1.3.1; daughter of Kronos; wife of Zeus; pursuer of Heracles" ENT_HERACLES,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 2.4.8-2.7.8; the twelve labors and complete heroic career; the fullest ancient systematic account ENT_HERMES,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 3.10.2; son of Zeus and Maia; inventor of the lyre; psychopomp function; role in the Trojan cycle ENT_HESPERIA_HESPERID,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,"Apollodorus, Library 2.5.11 (the named Hesperides: Aigle, Erytheia, Hesperia, Arethusa)." ENT_HESTIA,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 1.1.5; firstborn of Kronos; yielded her seat on Olympus to Dionysus (later tradition) ENT_HIPPOLYTUS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,"Apollodorus, Library/Epitome (the standard mythographic compendium of the Greek heroes)." ENT_HYACINTHUS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,"Apollodorus, Library/Epitome (the standard mythographic compendium of the Greek heroes)." ENT_HYDRA,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,"Apollodorus 2.5.2: the Lernaean Hydra, slain in the second labour of Heracles." ENT_HYPERION,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,"Library 1.1.3, 1.2.2; Titan of the sun; father of Helios, Selene, Eos by Theia" ENT_IAPETUS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,"Library 1.1.3, 1.2.3; Titan; father of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, Menoetius by Clymene" ENT_IDAIA,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,"Apollodorus, Library (genealogy of the nymph)." ENT_INO_LEUCOTHEA,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 3.4.3; daughter of Cadmus; raises the infant Dionysus; driven mad by Hera; leaps into the sea and becomes Leucothea ENT_ION,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,"Apollodorus, Library/Epitome (the standard mythographic compendium of the Greek heroes)." ENT_IPHIGENIA,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,"Apollodorus, Library/Epitome (the standard mythographic compendium of the Greek heroes)." ENT_JASON,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 1.9.16-27; the Argonautica; voyage to Colchis; Medea; the Golden Fleece ENT_KRONOS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 1.1.3; see ENT_CRONUS ENT_LETO,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,"Library 1.2.2, 1.4.1; daughter of Coeus and Phoebe; mother of Apollo and Artemis by Zeus; Hera persecutes her during her wandering birth-journey" ENT_LEUCOTHEA,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 3.4.3; see ENT_INO_LEUCOTHEA; the sea-goddess form of Ino ENT_MACHAON,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 3.10.8; son of Asclepius; healer at Troy; his role in treating wounded heroes ENT_MARSYAS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,"Apollodorus, Library 1.4.2 (Marsyas and his contest with Apollo)." ENT_MEDEA,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 1.9.24-28; her role in the Argonautica; flight with Jason; murder of children ENT_MEDUSA,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 2.4.2-3; slain by Perseus; her head turns beholders to stone; her blood spawns Chrysaor and Pegasus ENT_MELAMPUS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,"Apollodorus 1.9.11: serpents lick his ears, granting him prophecy." ENT_MELEAGER,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 1.8.2-3; the Calydonian Boar Hunt; the fire-brand and his death; the fullest account of the Meleager myth ENT_MELIA,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,"Apollodorus 2.1.1: the Oceanid Melia, consort of Inachus." ENT_MEMNON,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,"Apollodorus, Library/Epitome (the standard mythographic compendium of the Greek heroes)." ENT_MENELAUS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,"Apollodorus, Library/Epitome (the standard mythographic compendium of the Greek heroes)." ENT_MINOS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 3.1.2; son of Zeus and Europa; king of Crete; judge of the dead in the underworld ENT_MINOS_HERO,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,"Apollodorus, Library/Epitome (the standard mythographic compendium of the Greek heroes)." ENT_MINOTAUR,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,"Apollodorus 3.1.4: born of Pasiphae and the bull (Asterius, ""the Minotaur""); slain by Theseus, Epitome 1.8." ENT_MNEMOSYNE,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 1.3.1; mother of the nine Muses by Zeus; Titan memory goddess ENT_MOPSUS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,"Apollodorus, Library/Epitome (the standard mythographic compendium of the Greek heroes)." ENT_NEMEAN_LION,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 2.5.1; Heracles' first labor; offspring of Typhon and Echidna ENT_NEREUS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 1.2.7; son of Pontus and Gaia; the Old Man of the Sea; the Nereids are his fifty daughters ENT_NYX,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,"Library 1.1.1; primordial Night; among the first entities; mother of Thanatos, Hypnos, and Eris" ENT_OCEANUS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 1.1.3; Titan; the cosmic river; husband of Tethys; father of Oceanids and river gods ENT_ODYSSEUS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library Epitome 7; the returns from Troy; the systematic account of Odysseus after the Iliad ENT_OENOMAUS,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,direct attestation,"Apollodorus, Library/Epitome (the standard mythographic compendium of the Greek heroes)." ENT_ORESTES,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library Epitome 6.14-28; avenges Agamemnon; kills Clytemnestra; trial at Athens; purification