mythical examples that i don't know

• Amphiarus & Eriphyle

  • Eriphyle was bribed with a necklace to make her husband, the seer Amphiarus, take part in a raid on Thebes which she knew he would die in  
• Protesilaus & Laodemia 

  • They had just married before Protesilaus had to go and fight at Troy 
  • Protestilaus diedat Troy but was allowed to return to Laodemia for 3 hours 
  • After he had to return to the underworld Laodemia committed suicide
• Admetus & Alcestis 

  • Admetus had a deal with Apollo where, if he was dying, he could switch his place with someone else 
  • Alcestis volunteers to take his place 
• Capaneus & Evadne 

  • Capaneus killed by lightning 
  • Evadne threw herself onto his funeral pyre
• Jason leaving Medea 

  • Jason married the witch Medea who betrayed her own family to be with him
  • Jaso later left to marry a young princess 
  • Medea murdered her & Jason’s sons and then caused the deaths of the princess and her father 
• Phyllis 

  • Demophoon married Phyllis while on a visit to Thrace 
  • Demophoon had to return to his kingdom of Athens 
  • Phyllis returned 9 times to the shore to wait for his return 
• Stesichorus 

  • Greek poet who became blind after writing poems that condemned Helen 
  • Regained his sight after writing poems that praised Helen 
• Mortal lovers of goddesses 

  • Endymion - lover of Selene, moon goddess 
  • Cephalus - lover of Dawn 
  • Adonis - famous handsome lover of Venus 
  • Anchises - had an affair with Venus who bore Aeneas
• Andromache - dressed in cheap clothes 

  Tecmessa, Ajax’s wife - didn’t need to dress fancy as Ajax was a scruffy soldier
• Titus Tatius - joint king of the sabines with Romulus 
• Hercules & iole

  • Myth states Hercules sacked a city in order to gain iole 
  • Ovid changes the myth, claims that Hercules sacked a city, then saw iole and fell in love with her  
• Phrixus & Helle

  • Prior to Jason & the golden fleece the twins Phrixus & helle were hated by their stepmother Ino 
  • Ino bribed people to say an oracle stated that Phrixus had to be sacrificed 
  • Before being killed Phrixus & helle were saved by a golden ram sent by their mother
• Briseis - Trojan woman kept as a trophy by Achilles 
• Andromeda - chained to a rock as a sacrifice but saved by perseus 
• Women who slept with Zeus

  • Semele - mother of Dionysus who slept with Jupiter 
  • Leda - seduced by Jupiter disguised as a swan and was the mother of Helen 
  • Europa - abducted by Jupiter while he was in the form of a bull
• Muscians + a sculptor

  • Orpheus - famous musician who tried to retrieve his wife Eurydice from the underworld 
  • Amphion - built Thebes with his Lyre 
  • Arion - musician who enchanted dolphins to save him from capture 
  • Thamryas - mythical bard
  • Amoebus & Apelles - real musician and real sculptor 
• Danae - kept prisoner by her father who had a prophecy that his grandson would kill him. Zeus impregnated her anyway and she bore Perseus 
• Cassandra - cursed Trojan priestess
• Thais - real coutesan (rich prostitute)
• Argus - 100 eyed gaint 
• The Lemnians - these women killed their husbands due to them importing concubines to live with them
• Procis & Cephalus - Procis ends up being accidentally killed by Cephalus due to being insecure and gullible
• Atlanta & Milanion - Atlanta was an argonaut who would marry anyone who beat her in a race. Milanion beat her by distracting her with golden apples - stereotypically women like shiny things