List of recorded inscriptions in ancient Greek mythology

Inscriptions are an important documentary tool for understanding the history, culture and society of the ancient world. Besides the uncovered multitude of inscriptions which are now displayed in the museums there are a few examples of mythological inscriptions recounted by ancient authors. These are examples of early writing in Greek mythology recorded by ancient authors such as Homer, Herodotus, Apollodorus, Plutarch, Hyginus, Pliny and others.
Examples of writing in Greek mythology
* One of the earliest appearances of writing tablets in written Greek appears in Homer. An Homeric example in which writing is referred to the narrated tale of Bellerophon (Iliad vi.155-203) which introduces the trope of the , with its message sealed within the folded tablets: "Kill the bearer of this".
* Hyginus recounts of a letter presumably sent to Palamedes from Priam but in fact written by Odysseus. The letter was found and the Greeks accused Palamedes of being a traitor
* Apollodorus says that when the Greeks built the Trojan Horse they engraved an inscription on the horse reading:
:: "For their return home, the Greeks dedicate this offering to Athena".
*In Iphigenia in Tauris, the playwright by Euripides, Iphigenia, the daughter of Agamemnon enters from the temple carrying a letter saying: "Here are the many folds of the tablet, strangers" and then adds "I am afraid that when the one who is going to take this tablet to Argos leaves this land, he will put aside my letter as worth nothing.

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