Earliest Heroes Earliest Heroes Prometheus and Io Prometheus and Io Europa Europa Polyphemus Polyphemus Flower Myths Flower Myths
Aug 12, 2015
Earliest HeroesEarliest Heroes
Prometheus and IoPrometheus and Io
EuropaEuropa
PolyphemusPolyphemus
Flower MythsFlower Myths
Prometheus and IoPrometheus and Io
Characters:Characters: Prometheus-the Prometheus-the
wise titan that was wise titan that was punished by Zeus punished by Zeus for helping the for helping the mankindmankind
Io – the lover of Io – the lover of Zeus that was Zeus that was turned into a cow turned into a cow in order to escape in order to escape the wrath of Herathe wrath of Hera
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Prometheus was tied Prometheus was tied to a rock and to a rock and everyday a crow everyday a crow would eat his liverwould eat his liver
Io was a lady turned Io was a lady turned into a cow in order to into a cow in order to escape from Hera and escape from Hera and was destined to travel was destined to travel to a great distanceto a great distance
She was very She was very miserable because of miserable because of her fate and on her her fate and on her way she met way she met PrometheusPrometheus
Prometheus felt sorry Prometheus felt sorry for Io that he told her for Io that he told her about her bright future about her bright future and how the greatest and how the greatest hero of Greece will be hero of Greece will be her descendanther descendant
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The rocky side of The rocky side of the sea where the sea where Prometheus was Prometheus was boundbound
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Life’s journey and Life’s journey and experiences doesn’t experiences doesn’t recognize the recognize the physical attribute of physical attribute of an individualan individual
Whatever happens Whatever happens there is always hopethere is always hope
The value of The value of sympathysympathy
EuropaEuropa
Characters:Characters: Europa-the maiden Europa-the maiden
that Zeus fell in that Zeus fell in love withlove with
Zeus- the god of Zeus- the god of lightning who fell in lightning who fell in love with Europalove with Europa
PlotPlot Zeus was looking Zeus was looking
down from heaven down from heaven when Aphrodite struck when Aphrodite struck him with an arrow and him with an arrow and he fell in love with the he fell in love with the maiden named Europamaiden named Europa
While Europa was with While Europa was with the other maidens, the other maidens, Zeus appeared to her Zeus appeared to her in the image of a in the image of a golden bullgolden bull
Europa rode the bull Europa rode the bull through the ocean and through the ocean and though it was very though it was very fast, Europa didn’t feel fast, Europa didn’t feel scared for she knew scared for she knew that she was in the that she was in the presence of a godpresence of a god
Europa lived happily Europa lived happily and has never and has never suffered from Hera’s suffered from Hera’s wrathwrath
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Mount Olympus where Zeus was Mount Olympus where Zeus was residingresiding
The fields where Zeus appeared The fields where Zeus appeared before Europabefore Europa
The ocean that the lovers travelledThe ocean that the lovers travelled
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Good things come Good things come to people who put to people who put their trust in the their trust in the divinitydivinity
PolyphemusPolyphemus
Characters:Characters: Polyphemus-a Polyphemus-a
cyclop who was cyclop who was cruel and cruel and bloodthirstybloodthirsty
Odysseus- the hero Odysseus- the hero of the Odyssey that of the Odyssey that outsmarted outsmarted PolyphemusPolyphemus
PlotPlot Odysseus and his Odysseus and his
men decided to men decided to stop by an island to stop by an island to rest while travelling rest while travelling across the seaacross the sea
The cave they The cave they decided to crash in decided to crash in was owned by was owned by Polyphemus who Polyphemus who doesn’t appreciate doesn’t appreciate guestsguests
He eats one of the He eats one of the men at night and men at night and decided another decided another man everytime.man everytime.
Odysseus Odysseus outsmarted the outsmarted the cyclops by blinding cyclops by blinding it and using the it and using the sheep as covers in sheep as covers in order to escape the order to escape the islandisland
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Cave by the sea Cave by the sea that is owned by that is owned by the cyclopsthe cyclops
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The value of being The value of being able to think on able to think on your feetyour feet
Brute force and Brute force and strength doesn’t strength doesn’t guarantee victoryguarantee victory
The person who The person who uses his head and uses his head and tactics would tactics would usually come out usually come out victoriousvictorious
Flower MythsFlower Myths
NarcissusNarcissus Characters:Characters: Narcissus- the Narcissus- the
handsome youth handsome youth who fell in love with who fell in love with himselfhimself
Echo-the nymph Echo-the nymph who fell in love with who fell in love with Narcissus and who Narcissus and who was punished by was punished by only repeating words only repeating words that are already that are already uttereduttered
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Narcissus was very Narcissus was very handsome and yet he handsome and yet he refused to fell in love with refused to fell in love with anyone.anyone.
One of the brokenhearted One of the brokenhearted maiden prayed for him to maiden prayed for him to fall in love with himselffall in love with himself
He saw his reflection He saw his reflection by the river and fell in by the river and fell in love with himself. He love with himself. He fell into the river and fell into the river and drowneddrowned
Echo was nymph who Echo was nymph who was in love with was in love with Narcissus who was Narcissus who was helpless to warn helpless to warn Narcissus because she Narcissus because she can only repeat words.can only repeat words.
From the river where From the river where Narcissus fell, a flower Narcissus fell, a flower bloomedbloomed
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the riverthe river
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The inability to love The inability to love was of worse fatewas of worse fate
Vanity is Vanity is dangerousdangerous
HyacinthHyacinth
Characters:Characters: Apollo-god of truth, Apollo-god of truth,
music and sunmusic and sun Hyacinth-a mortal Hyacinth-a mortal
friend of Apollofriend of Apollo
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Apollo and Hyacinth Apollo and Hyacinth were playing discuss were playing discuss when the west wind when the west wind blew the discuss and it blew the discuss and it struck Hyacinth in the struck Hyacinth in the head resulting in his head resulting in his deathdeath
Apollo was filled with Apollo was filled with grief and from the grief and from the blood of his friend blood of his friend sprung a flower which sprung a flower which he named Hyacinthus he named Hyacinthus
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By the fieldBy the field
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Love is how we Love is how we stay alive long stay alive long after we are goneafter we are gone
Death is inevitableDeath is inevitable
AdonisAdonis
CharacterCharacter Adonis- the Adonis- the
handsome youth handsome youth who was loved by who was loved by Aphrodite and was Aphrodite and was accidentally killed accidentally killed by a bearby a bear
Aphrodite-goddess Aphrodite-goddess of loveof love
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Adonis was loved Adonis was loved by Aphrodite and by Aphrodite and was usually under was usually under the guidance of the guidance of AphroditeAphrodite
One day, while One day, while hunting he came hunting he came across a bear who across a bear who attacked himattacked him
Aphrodite was too Aphrodite was too late and no matter late and no matter how much she how much she begged Hades, he begged Hades, he wouldn’t bring wouldn’t bring Adonis back to life.Adonis back to life.
From Adonis blood, From Adonis blood, sprang a flowersprang a flower
ThemeTheme Love is eternalLove is eternal Death ends a life not a relationshipDeath ends a life not a relationship Even gods cannot defy deathEven gods cannot defy death