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Book Name Story Metamorphosis
Book Name Story Metamorphosis
STORY An unknown god separates fire, air, water and earth, then adds gods, animals, plants. "rometheus made humans from #la!$ &eu#alion ("rometheus) son* and his wife "!rrha sur+i+e flood. Themis: Throw ,ehind !ou the ,ones of the great mother. -tones soften into humans. Agenor)s son Cadmus must find Europa. &elphi# Ora#le: follow heifer, found /oeotia where she rests. This transpires. 0iant snake kills men seeking water for 1o+e)s li,ations. Cadmus a+enges friends. 2nknown 3oi#e: Cadmus, wh! stare at dead snake$ 4 5ou, too, will ,e a snake at whom men ga6e. 7iner+a appears: plant the snakes teeth. arriors appear, fight until fi+e men remain, help Cadmus found The,es. In the ,eginning, men were #reated from rain4stimulated mushrooms. 99m!th otherwise unknown::
Metamorphosis CREATION: orld CREATION: %umans CREATION: %umans CREATION: %umans CREATION: %umans
1uno +isits plague on #it! of Aegina: thi#k darkness, stifling heat, pestilent wind, poison water, snakes. %umans suffer fier! ,reath, swollen tongues, tender skin, rampant fe+er, ,urning thirst. ;ing Ae#us asks 1o+e to restore his people or strike him dead. <ightning and thunder. Ae#us CREATION: %umans sees ants filing up an oak tree, asks 1o+e for that man! #iti6ens. Ae#us dreams of oak tree, ants ,e#oming humans. On waking, men enter Aegina (7!rmidons* and hail ;ing Ae#us. Ae#us thanks 1o+e and #alls his new #iti6ens =7!rmidons> ?m!rme@ means antA. Repulsed ,! sins of Cerastes and "ropoetides, "!gmalion withdraws, fashions and falls in lo+e with i+or! woman 4 kisses it, talks to it, pra!s to CREATION: %umans gods for a woman like it. 3enus animates "!gmalion)s statue. -he ,ears "!gmalion a daughter ("aphos* who then ,ears a son (Cinr!as*. ("!gmalion* CREATION: %umans Orion)s +irgin daughters #ommit sui#ide in order to sa+e The,es from a plague. Crom their ashes, two !ouths arise D (Coronae* An Etrus#an farmer sees a #lod mo+ing ,! itself, taking on a human form, then speaking of things that are to #ome. Nati+es #all that Augur CREATION: %umans (Tages* FTages). 0old (eternal spring* 4 -il+er (four seasons* 4 /ron6e (#ruelt!* 4 Iron (war*. TI7E: Cour Ages 3enus: Cupid, one4third of the world is still not ours 4 ,ut wh! should Tartarus elude our laws$ Cupid shoots "luto who rapes and a,du#ts "roserpina. Ceres, finding daughter)s girdle in C!ane)s pool, makes land infertile. Nereid Arethusa: Ceres, while flowing underground I saw unhapp! "roserpina in Tartarus. Ceres pleads with 1o+e: "roserpina #an return if she has not taken food 4 ,ut "roserpina has eaten se+en pomegranate seeds. Compromise: "roserpina di+ides !ear ,etween mother and hus,and. TI7E: -easons
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Tantalus #uts son "elops into pie#es and makes a stew for the gods. Ceres 4 grie+ing for "roserpina 4 unwittingl! eats the left shoulder. The other TI7E: Resurre#tion gods sense the plot. "elops is rituall! reassem,led and ,rought ,a#k to life, re#ei+ing an i+or! left shoulder from %ephaestus. 1ason to 7edea: please take some portion of the !ears I shall li+e and, sin#e I am still !oung, assign that share to m! dear father Aeson. 7edea TI7E: ReHu+enation does ,etter: gathers her,s in dragon #hariot, ,uilds altars, sa#rifi#es ,la#k sheep 4 1ason left untou#hed, Aeson reHu+enated. "retending to flee domesti# Iuarrels, 7edea seeks refuge in "elias) pala#e. "elias) daughters ,eg 7edea to reHu+enate him. 7edea ,leeds and FreHu+enates) ram. 7i@ing powerless potion for "elias, 7edea gets daughters to ,leed him ,ut 4 una,le to wat#h 4 the! #ut ,lindl!, kill "elias. TI7E: ReHu+enation (failed* 7edea flees in dragon #hariot, later killing 1ason)s new wife Creusa (,urning dress* and 1ason)s two #hildren. 7edea es#apes, marries Athenian Aegeus. hen %er#ules was taken to the sk! as a deit!, he marries 1uno)s daughter %e,e and asked her to reHu+enate his nephew Iolaus. 0ranted. TI7E: ReHu+enation -nake ,ites Eur!di#e)s ankle, killing her. %us,and Orpheus +isits underworld, singing: "luto, !ou felt the pull of lo+e when !ou a,du#ted "roserpina 4 please reknit the se+ered threads, restore the life, undone too Iui#kl!, of Eur!di#e. Tantalus stops #hasing wa+es, +ultures stop TI7E: Resurre#tion (failed* pre!ing on Tit!us) li+er, -is!phus sits upon stone, Curies weep ... and "luto #onsents, adding that Orpheus must not look ,a#k. The! head to the surfa#e ,ut, longing to see her, Orpheus ga6es ,a#k at Eur!di#e. <ost. Orpheus goes to pine on the peak of Rhodope ... Apollo offers -!,il an!thing she wants in return for se@. -he #onsents and asks for longe+it! of life D ,ut forgets to ask for !outh. -i,!l: I shall TI7E: 1BBB !ears of aging ,e#ome in+isi,le, and through m! +oi#e alone I shall ,e known. %ippol!tus reHe#ts ad+an#es of "haedra (step4mother* so she tells Theseus (his father, her hus,and* that %ippol!tus tried to rape her. Theseus sides with "haedra and ,anishes %ippol!tus. Torn apart when his #hariot loses a wheel, &iana resurre#ts %ippol!tus as 3ir,ius. 1o+e: Caesar)s son will ,e the ,est a+enger of his father)s murder 4 =all hospita,le pla#es on the earth will lie ,eneath his swa!> D 1uno dri+es white heifer to Eg!pt. 1o+e takes pit! and turns heifer ,a#k into Io. <ater, Io is deified ,! the Eg!ptians D TI7E: Resurre#tion TI7E: Cuture 0O&-: Isis
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-emele Ino ' Athamus 7nemos!ne Aeolus) &aughter %er#ules 0an!mede A#is and 0alatea 0lau#us Aeneas) -hips Aeneas Romulus Caesar Callisto ' Ar#as Theseus ' Ariadne /attus Aglauros Ino)s friends O1 Atlas "hineus "ol!de#tes %aemus Rhodope Asteria Cinr!as Nio,e "itanian &ragon Ci+e Naiads "erimele <i#has
1o+e impregnates -emele. 1uno (as old woman*: ask for all 1o+e)s for#e and splendor. 1o+e swears on -t!@ to gi+e -emele what she desires. -emele: !our full for#e. Remorse. The flash of for#e so hea+enl! #remates -emele. 1o+e sows foetus in thigh, fathers twi#e4,orn /a##hus.
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1uno hates Cadmus) daughter Ino for her /a##hi# de+otion. 1uno +isits underworld, in+oking Tisiphone (Cur!* who throws putrid snakes at Ino 0O&-: <eu#othea (Ino* ' and her hus,and Athamas. Insane, Athamas mistakes his own famil! for lioness and #u,s, smashing son <aer#hus) head against a ro#k. Crom "alaemon (7eli#erta* grief or poison, Ino Humps off #liff with remaining son 7eli#erta. 3enus asks Neptune to transform them into sea deities ... 1o+e (as shepherd* sedu#es Titaness of memor! 7nemos!ne for nine nights and fathers the nine 7uses D Neptune (as ,ull* fathers Aeolus and /oeotus ,! Arne (wind god Aeolus) daughter*. &esmontes ,linds Arne, Neptune restores +ision. /a,,ling Rumour. &eianira Iuestions %er#ules, unwittingl! sends Flo+e) tuni# (%!dra +enom* to re+i+e passion. Agon!, p!re ?"hilo#tetesA D 1o+e (as eagle* snat#hes TroHan ,o! 0an!mede into hea+en. Now, the ,o!s prepares 1o+e)s ne#tar, fills his #ups D 0O&-: Nine 7uses (7ousai* 0O&-: Aeolus, /oeotus 0O&-: %er#ules 0O&-: 1o+e)s #up4,earer
-ea n!mph 0alatea lo+es A#is. C!#lops "ol!phemus lo+es 0alatea, singing: !ou are smoother than the seashells polished ,! un#easing wa+es, more wel#ome than the sun in winter or than shade in summer D !et are more trea#herous than wa+es and deafer than the sea 4 wh! do !ou lo+e 0O&-: Ri+er god A#is that A#is o+er me$ Cinding them together, "ol!phemus throws mountain at A#is, ,ur!ing him. 0alatea restores A#is ... Cisherman 0lau#us sho#ked to witness his #at#h swim from grass! land ,a#k into the sea. 0lau#us #hews the grass, di+es into o#ean D Aeneas marries <atinus) daughter whose e@4fian#L Turnus de#lares war on Aeneas. Turnus tries to ,urn Aeneas) pine4framed ships ,ut D 2pon Aeneas) death, 3enus persuades 1o+e to deif! him D ar ,etween Romans and sa,ines. hen pea#e is esta,lished, Romulus ,rings ,oth people under one law and is deified D Caesar was a triumphant militar! leader and a great statesman, ,ut most importantl! he fathered our Augustus. /efore Caesar)s murder, there were signs 4 lurid sunlight, ,lood in rain, mourning owls, weeping statues, woods emitting #hants. Caesar murdered, deified ... Ar#as, now almost si@teen, is out hunting and is pre+ented from unwittingl! killing his mother (Callisto the ,ear* ,! 1o+e D Theseus lea+es Crete with Ariadne onl! to a,andon her on Na@os. /a##hus transforms her D /attus spots 7er#ur! #raftil! hiding Apollo)s untended herd. 7er#ur! ,u!s /attus) silen#e with one of the #ows. 7er#ur! then returns in disguise and offers /attus a #ow and a ,ull if he re+eals wherea,outs of herd. /attus spills the ,eans and angers 7er#ur! ... 0O&-: -ea god 0lau#us 0O&-: Naiads 0O&-: Aeneas 0O&-: Romulus 0O&-: Caesar -TAR: 0reat /ear, <ittle /ear -TAR: Corona -TONE: -tatue (7an*
7er#ur! falls for Athenian girl %erse, ,ut her sister Aglauros denies him a##ess. 7iner+a asks En+! to fill Aglauros with Healous! at her sister)s -TONE: -tatue ( oman* happiness. Aglauros sits at %erse)s threshold to keep 7er#ur! out, ,ut is slowl! transformed D In grief, Ino)s female friends #urse 1uno, ,eat their ,reasts, tear their hair, and tr! to leap into the sea. 1uno transforms them D -TONE: -tatue ( oman* Atlas 4 worried ,! the prophes! that a #hild of 1o+e would despoil his golden apples of %esperides 4 refused to let "erseus rest on his land. -TONE: 7ountain (Atlas* "erseus retaliates ,! showing him 7edusa)s se+ered head. 0reat Atlas now ,e#ame a mountain4mass D Andromeda)s e@4fian#L "hineus disrupts her wedding #ele,rations with "erseus. Car#i#al fight ensues: lan#es pier#e #ou#hes, groins, noses, mouthsP slipping on ,loodP ,owl4smashed fa#eP se+ered head rolls a#ross floor 4 still #ursing 4 into altar fireP ,ard sta,,ed in head drags d!ing fingers o+er l!re strings. "erseus petrifies "hineus and MBB of his men with 7edusa)s head ... ,ut also his friend A#onteus ... %arsh, impla#a,le "ol!de#tes dou,ts that "erseus has slain 7edusa, so "erseus shows "ol!de#tes the proof D 3ain ;ing %aemus #ompared himself and wife Rhodope to 1o+e and 1uno, who were offended and transformed %aemus D 3ain ;ing %aemus #ompared himself and wife Rhodope to 1o+e and 1uno, who were offended and transformed Rhodope D 1o+e (as eagle* pursues Asteria, Titan goddess of falling stars. Clings herself (as Iuail* into Aegean -ea, ,e#oming Ort!gia ?&elosA. Cinr!as ,oasts re#klessl! of daughters) ,eaut! and 1uno #hanges them into mar,le temple steps. Cinr!as falls on steps, weeping. -TONE: -tatue (7an* -TONE: -tatue (7an* -TONE: 7ountain (/alkan* -TONE: 7ountain (Rhodope* -TONE: Island (&elos* -TONE: 7ar,le temple steps
The,an Nio,e: m! fourteen #hildren render <atona (<eto* pra#ti#all! #hildless. <atona to her son Apollo and daughter &iana: Nio,e)s tongue is -TONE: The eeping Ro#k like that of her father, Tantalus 4 profane. Apollo shoots Nio,e)s se+en sons dead. Nio,e: e+en in m! miser!, I still #laim +i#tor!Q &iana kills si@ (in 7ount -ip!lus, Turke!* daughters. Nio,e pra!s for her final sur+i+ing daughter to ,e spared, ,ut the one for whom she pra!ed met death. Nio,e weeps ... The =&rakon "itanios> was a dragon4snake turned to stone ,! the gods in the region of "itane, Anatolia. Ci+e Naiads in+ite rural gods to their festal dan#e ,ut forget to ask ri+er god A#helous, who transforms the Naiads D A#helous rapes "erimele whose furious father %ippodomas hurls her off a #liff to drown. A#helous ,egs Neptune to sa+e her D &!ing %er#ules threw <i#has 4 the messenger who unknowingl! ga+e him Nissus) poison Flo+e) tuni# 4 out into the Eu,oean D -TONE: &ragon -TONE: Island (E#hinades* -TONE: Island ("erimele* -TONE: <i#has stone
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Olenus ' <ethaea The "ropoetides ;ing 7idas -#!lla Iphis ' Ana@arete 7!#elus i#ked orld
%ippo#rene C!ane Arethusa 7ars!as %!rie /!,lis Aurora -!rin@ Nar#issus "!ramus ' This,e <eu#othoe Cl!tie Cer,erus) -la+er <otis %!a#inthus Adonis 7entha AHa@ &aphne %eliades /au#is ' "hilemon
Olenus and <ethaea li+e on 7ount Ida. <ethaea: I am more ,eautiful than an! goddess. "etrified, and Olenus #hooses to ,e with her D -TONE: Ro#ks at Ida In C!prus, the "ropoetides de#lare that 3enus is not a goddess and ,e#ome the first prostitutes. 3enus ensures the! #an ,lush no more D -TONE: -tatue ( oman* 7idas finds -ilenus whose pupil 4 /a##hus 4 grants a wish: Fgolden tou#h). 7idas re#ogni6es his sin. /a##hus e@plains how to wash it awa! D -TONE: 0old -TONE: Ro#k of -#illa /efore the #oming of Aeneas, -#!lla is transformed D (Cala,ria* %um,le Iphis lo+es no,le Ana@arete. In pride and #ruelt! she reHe#ts him. Iphis hangs himself. Ana@arete, heart hard as stone, #hanges D -TONE: -tatue ( oman* In a dream, 7!#elus is told ,! %er#ules to lea+e Argos and found Croton. The punishment for lea+ing Argos is death. 7!#elus is #aught, ,ut -TONE: "e,,les #hange %er#ules inter+enes, #hanging the Hur!)s guilt!4+ote ,la#k pe,,les into inno#ent4+ote white pe,,les. 7!#elus is freed, founds Croton. #olour 1o+e and 1uno flood the world to rid it of sa#rilegious humans. ATER: The Clood ATER: -pring of 7iner+a +isits the +irgin 7uses on the slopes of 7ount %eli#on. "egasus) hard hoof had hit the ground there and ,rought forth water D %ippo#rene C!ane 4 who had tried to pre+ent the rape of "roserpina 4 is so distraught that she dissol+es into the +er! pool of whi#h she had ,een the ATER: "ool of C!ane presiding deit!: =at last, #lear water flows through C!ane)s weakened +eins, and there is nothing left that one #an grasp.> Arethusa ,athes in the Alpheus, then gets #hased ,! the ri+er god. Arethusa #ries =&iana, sa+e meQ> &iana wraps Arethusa in a #loud, turning her into water. Alpheus thinks he might mingle with her, so &iana #ra#ks a #hasm and Arethusa4as4water flows awa! ... ATER: -pring of Arethusa
-at!r 7ars!as #hallenges Apollo to flute #ontest and loses: =his skin is fla!ed of all his form, and he is ,ut one woundP upon all sides, his ,lood ATER: Ri+er 7ars!as pours downP his sinews #an ,e seenP his pulsing +eins glow with no +eil of skin.> The Earth gathers up Caun and -at!rs) tears ... %!rie, C!gnus) mother, is unaware of son)s transformation and thinks him dead. -he dissol+es in tears, #hanging into D ATER: <ake %!rie 7eander)s daughter C!anee gi+es ,irth to twins: female /!,lis lusts after male Caunus. /!,lis rationali6es lust ,! thinking of di+ine in#estuous ATER: -pring of /!,lis marriages (-aturnROpP Teth!sRO#eanusP 1o+eR1uno*. -igned lo+e letter. Curious, Caunus flees. /!,lis pursues, laments ... =E+en to this da!, the goddess ?AuroraA still sheds tears for her dear son ?7emnonA: the dew she s#atters on the world at dawn.> ATER: &ew "an #hases -!rin@ who asks water n!mphs for help D "<ANT: 7arsh Reeds Ri+er god Cephisus rapes <iriope who ,ears Nar#issus. <iriope: = ill m! son li+e to see old age$> Tiresias: =5es, if he ne+er knows himself.> "<ANT: Nar#issus Nar#issus lo+es refle#tion ?=I want that whi#h I desire to stand apart from m! own self.>A Ignores E#ho, dies, now ga6es into -t!@. "!ramus and This,e, kept apart ,! their parents, arrange to meet at Ninus) tom,. This,e flees from a lioness who mauls and ,loodies her shawl. "<ANT: "urple 7ul,err! "!ramus finds shawl and #ommits sui#ide. This,e finds his ,od! and #ommits sui#ide. /lood soaks ground D 7ars and 3enus ha+e affair. -un tells 3ul#an who makes ,ron6e mesh, traps them. Other gods gather and laugh. Re+engeful 3enus makes -un "<ANT: Crankin#ense fall for <eu#othoe who is ,uried ali+e ,! father Or#hamus after ,eing tipped off ,! the -un)s wife Cl!tie. -un transforms <eu#othoe ... The -un)s wife Cl!tie, Healous and unlo+ed, wastes awa! and turns into a flower that follows the path of the -un a#ross the sk! D "<ANT: %eliotropium "<ANT: A#onitum (wolf)s As %er#ules dragged Cer,erus from Tartarus in #hains of adamant, the hound)s sla+er spra!ed the green fields and ,e#ame a poison plant. ,ane* =On#e, lewd "riapus was in hot pursuit of <otis, and in order to es#ape, the n!mph had #hanged into this plant.> "<ANT: <otus Apollo and %!a#inthus undress, anoint ,odies with oli+e oil, #ompete in throwing dis#us. Apollo a##identall! kills %!a#inthus. /lood tri#kles D"<ANT: %!a#inth Cupid a##identall! pri#ks mother 3enus with arrow. -he lo+es Adonis. %unting, ,oar gores Adonis) groin. 3enus mourns (7!rrha)s re+enge*. "<ANT: Anemone 7entha is a,out to ,e sedu#ed ,! "luto when "ersephone inter+enes and #hanges 7entha into the pungentl! sweet4smelling mint. "<ANT: 7int After A#hilles) armour is awarded to 2l!sses, AHa@ #ommits sui#ide ,! sta,,ing himself in the #hest. here the ,lood falls, flowers grow D "<ANT: %!a#inth Apollo offends Cupid who shoots Apollo (gold arrow* and &aphne (lead arrow*. Chase. &aphne pra!s to father, ri+er god "eneus D TREE: <aurel "haethon)s mother Cl!mene grie+es, as do her daughters The %eliades. -lowl! en#ased in ,ark, attempts to pull them out draw ,lood D TREE: "oplar 1upiter and son 7er#ur! (as mortals* are refused shelter at a thousand houses ,efore ,eing hospita,l! re#ei+ed and treated ,! /au#is and her hus,and "hilemon. 0ood #heer, kind fa#es, sharing what little food the! ha+e D suddenl!, the wine ,owl replenishes itself. 0ods re+eal themsel+es, flood +illage, transform /au#is and "hilemon)s hum,le hut into a temple, and grant a wish. F e want to ser+e as !our priests and TREE: Oak and <inden a+oid mourning ,! d!ing together at the same time.) ish granted. One da! the old #ouple ,id farewell to ea#h other as the! are slowl! transformed ...
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&r!ope C!parissus 7!rrha ' Cinr!as Thra#ian omen Apulian -hepherd Romulus) spear Argus C!gnus Corni@ N!#timene hite Ra+en Ino)s friends OM As#alaphus "ierides Oenoe Antigone of Tro! Tereus, "ro#ne ' "hilomela Tereus "hilomela "ro#ne Ceram,us Com,e C!gnus 2nknown 7onar#hs /otres "eriphas "hene Arne Nisus ' -#!lla Nisus ' -#!lla &aedalus ' "erdi@ 7eleager)s -isters
Apollo rapes &r!ope. -he marries Andraemon. %app!. "i#king garlands to offer n!mphs, &r!ope pi#ks lotus. /lood drips, penalt! follows D %igh noon on a torrid summer da!. C!parissus laun#hes Ha+elin and a##identall! kills ,elo+ed stag. "ra!s to god: let me mourn fore+er D
7!rrha lusts after father Cinr!as. Agoni6ed, 7!rrha)s sui#ide is pre+ented ,! nurse who suspe#ts dark se#ret. &uring Ceres) feast, hus,ands and wi+es separate for nine da!s. Nurse, finding Cinr!as drunk and lonel!: a !oung girl wants !ou. Cor se+eral nights there is in#estuous union. TREE: 7!rrh Cinr!as dis#o+ers de#eption, seeks to kill 7!rrha. "regnant, 7!rrha es#apes. =<est I, in m! life, profane the li+ing and, in death, profane the dead, do ,anish me from ,oth these realmsP transform me, and den! ,oth life and death to me.> /ears Adonis during #hange ... /a##hus punishes the Thra#ian women for their #rime against Orpheus ,! transforming them D An Aoulian shepherd taunts and mo#ks n!mphs. %e is transformed into a tree whose harsh ,erries ,ear the tra#e of his rude words D Romulus) spear shaft fi@ed in ground upon the "alatine, #hanges into tree D 1uno ,egs to ha+e white heifer as gift then gets 1BB4e!ed Argus to guard it. Io writes message in sand. Cather Ina#hus (ri+er god* reads it and grie+es. 1o+e send 7er#ur! to sing Argus to sleep. 7er#ur! then kills sleeping Argus. 1uno sets Argus) 1BB e!es on pea#o#k)s tail. "haethon)s friend C!gnus laments at the roots of trees (The %eliades* D Coroneus) daughter Corni@ #hased ,! Neptune. Corni@ pleas to +irgin goddess 7iner+a for help D N!#timene has se@ with her father Epopeus and is transformed ,! 7iner+a D hite ra+en tells Apollo that his lo+er Coronis is unfaithful. Apollo kills Coronis in anger, then regrets his a#t. Curious at ra+en D In grief, Ino)s female friends #urse 1uno, ,eat their ,reasts, tear their hair, and tr! to leap into the sea. 1uno transforms them D As#alaphus 4 the sole witness of "roserpina eating the se+en "omegranate seeds 4 is punished ,! Ceres D The nine daughters of "ierus #hallenge 7uses to a singing #ontest. -houting insults as the! lose, the "ierides are transformed D Impious "!gm! woman Oenoe is #hanged into a #rane ,! 1uno who then makes "!gmies start a war against #ranes. Antigone of Tro! dares #ompare herself to 1uno, and is #hanged into a stork =#ompelled, with #lattering ,eak D to applaud herself.> TREE: Oak TREE: wild oli+e tree TREE: Cornel /IR&: "ea#o#k tail feathers /IR&: -wans /IR&: Crow /IR&: Owl /IR&: /la#k ra+en /IR&: -ea ,irds /IR&: -#ree#h4owl /IR&: 7agpie /IR&: Crane /IR&: -tork
Tereus sa+es Athens from ,ar,arians. ;ing "andion gi+es him daughter "ro#ne. -on It!s ,orn. Ci+e !ears pass. "ro#ne wants to see sister. Tereus Hourne!s to get "hilomela, ,ut =O gods, how dark the night that rules men)s minds.> /a#k home, Tereus lo#ks "hilomela in hut, rapes /IR&: see individual entries her, se+ers tongue, rapes her. Tereus to "ro#ne: "hilomela is dead. One !ear passes. 7ute "hilomela wea+es stor!, gets #loth deli+ered to "ro#ne (=mouth is ,lo#ked ,! grief.>* "ro#ne res#ues "hilomela. The! dress for /a##hian feast, slaughter It!s, feed him to Tereus. Chase ensues. Tereus 4 a man alwa!s read! to atta#k 4 #hases "ro#ne and "hilomela and is transformed into a war4like #reature D "hilomela 4 deep in grief, full of mourning 4 flees from Tereus and is transformed into a #reature of sad song D "ro#ne 4 after sa+ing her sister "hilomela 4 flees from Tereus and is transformed D Ceram,us, on 7ount Othr!s, es#apes from the F&eu#alion deluge) ,! means of wings, whi#h he re#ei+es from the n!mphs. =Com,e D es#aped her son)s death4dealing ,lades: she flew awa! on fluttering wings.> 99m!th otherwise unknown:: "h!lius performs three tasks ,ut refuses to deli+er tamed ,ull to C!gnus. -#orned, throws himself off #liff, transformed D =<atona)s sa#red isle, Calaurea, whose king and Iueen were transformed into ,irds.> 99m!th otherwise unknown:: Eumeles #ra#ks son /otres on head for treating sa#rifi#ial lam, impiousl!. As /otres la!s d!ing, Eumeles pra!s to Apollo D 1ealous 1o+e wants to kill widel! worshipped ;ing "eriphas, ,ut Apollo inter+enes and suggests a transformation D "opular ;ing "eriphas) wife "hene is transformed ,! 1o+e, following Apollo)s suggestion D -a#rilegiousl! ,etra!ed her nati+e Isle of "aros for gold, Arne was transformed D Europa)s son ;ing 7inos atta#ks #it! of Al#athous where ;ing Nisus reigns with daughter -#!lla. -#!lla falls for ,esieging 7inos, #uts off her father)s power4endowing purple hair as gift for 7inos. Repulsed, 7inos ends war and lea+es. Nisus is transformed ... -#!lla, pursuing 7inos) fleeing ship, is transformed D &aedalus takes nephew "erdi@ under his #harge, ,ut ,e#omes +er! Healous when the 1M !ear old ,o! in+ents the saw and a pair of #ompasses. &aedalus pushes "erdi@ from the sa#red #itadel of 7iner+a who 4 fa+ouring in+enti+eness 4 transforms the ,o! mid4flight ... 7eleager)s grie+ing sisters are transformed ,! &iana D /IR&: %oopoe /IR&: Nightingale /IR&: -wallow /IR&: /ird /IR&: /ird /IR&: -wans /IR&: /ird /IR&: /ird /IR&: Eagle /IR&: Ospre! /IR&: 1a#kdaw /IR&: Ospre! /IR&: #iris (sea ,ird* /IR&: "artridge /IR&: 0uinea4fowl
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&aedalion Ce!@ ' Al#!one Aesa#us C!gnus ' A#hilles Caenus "eri#l!menus 7emnon Anius) &aughters "i#us ' Canens A#mon Town of Ardea <!#aon Io Callisto O#!rhoe
&aedalion)s daughter Chione has 1BB suitors. 7er#ur! and Apollo rape her. Twins 4 shrewd Autol!#us (from 7er#ur!*, musi#al "hilammon (from Apollo*. Chione: FI surpass &iana.) &iana shoots Chione in tongue, dead. &aedalion goes mad and leaps from #liff. Apollo pities him ... Ce!@: I must +isit Apollo)s ora#le at Clarus. Al#!one: =it is the sea that haunts me> 4 if we sail together, at least we #an die together. Ce!@ refuses. Ce!@, drowning in a storm, ,ids wa+es to take his ,od! home. 1uno asks Iris to ask -leep who sends 7orpheus to re+eal truth to Al#!one in a dream. Ne@t morning, Al#!one sees Ce!@)s ,od! floating in the sea. -he flies a#ross sea. 2pon a kiss, Ce!@, too, transforms ... %e#tor)s ,rother Aesa#us shuns town for solitar! mountain slopes. %e lo+es n!mph %esperie. One da!, Aesa#us #hases her and she suffers a mortal snake ,ite. ra#ked with grief and guilt, Aesa#us throws himself off a #liff ,ut Thetis takes pit! D A#hilles 4 una,le to wound C!gnus ,e#ause of his impenetra,le skin 4 strangles him with his own #hinstrap. Neptune transforms C!gnus D In <apith and Centaur /attle, Centaurs #rush impenetra,le Caenus (e@4Caenis* under thrown tree trunks. %e emerges, transformed D Tlepolemus: Nestor, wh! don)t !ou speak of m! father %er#ules) role in the <apith and Centaur /attle$ Nestor: ,e#ause I hate %er#ules 4 he killed m! 11 ,rothers, in#luding "eri#l!menus who had transformed himself into a ,ird in order to fight !our father Aurora sees son 7emnon, defending his un#le "riam)s #ause, killed ,! A#hilles. 0rie+ing, she asks 1o+e to grant some honour on dead son. 1o+e #onsents: smoke rises from 7emnon)s p!re, forms into two fier#e flo#ks of ,la#k ,irds who kill ea#h other and fall ,a#k into 7emnon)s ashes ... /a##hus gi+es four daughters of Anius a power ,e!ond their deepest pra!ers 4 an!thing the! tou#h is turned to wheat or wine or oli+e oil. Agamemnon a,du#ts them so that the! #an feed the 0reek fleet. Two daughters es#ape. On ,eing re#aptured, the! pra! for /a##hus) help ...
/IR&: %awk /IR&: %al#!on /IR&: 7erganser (di+ing ,ird* /IR&: -wans /IR&: 0olden ,ird /IR&: Eagle /IR&: 7emnonides /IR&: snow4white do+es oodpe#ker
-aturn)s son "i#us lo+es musi#al n!mph, 1anus) daughter Canens 4 =with her song she used to mo+e the woods, the stonesP on hearing her, wild ,easts grew meek, long ri+ers sta!ed their flow to listen, wandering ,irds would halt their #ourse.> Cir#e falls in lo+e with "i#us and enti#es him /IR&: with a phantom ,oar during a hunting trip. "i#us reHe#ts Cir#e, who e@#laims: =5ou won)t return to Canens an!more> ... After ra6ing Tro!, 7iner+a and 3enus rage against 0reeks. /itter A#mon: we ha+e suffered the worst, 3enus #an)t outdo what she)s alread! done. rong. A#mon and man! of his #omrades are transformed D As Turnus fell, so did the town of Ardea. Crom the town)s ashes, a ,ird flew up D <!#aon tries to feed human flesh to 1o+e, then plans to test his di+init! ,! tr!ing to murder him D 1o+e rapes Io then hides the fa#t ,! transforming her D 1o+e (as &iana* ,efriends then rapes <!#aon)s daughter Callisto. Nine months later, the goddess of +irginit! &iana ,anishes Callisto who gi+es ,irth to Ar#as. 1uno then punishes Callisto D Apollo pulls his un,orn #hild Aes#ulapius from Coronis) #orpse. Apollo asks #entaur Chiron to ,e foster4father. Chiron)s daughter O#!rhoe re+eals to her father that he will forsake his immortalit! to ,e spared the pain of a serpent)s poison. Cor this transgression ... Cadmus and %armon! (daughter of 7ars and 3enus* ha+e man! #hildren and grand#hildren. 0randson A#taeon and friends hunt 4 =the mountain slopes were stained with ,lood> 4 then take a rest from the midda! heat. In gro+e of 0argaphia, A#taeon sees &iana naked. Transformed into a stag, hunted and killed ,! his own hounds. ?=1uno neither ,lamed nor #leared &iana: she was simpl! glad to hear that now Agenor)s house had met disaster. The rage that &iana)s ri+al had pro+oked was aimed at all who shared Europa)s ,lood.>A Opheltes a,du#ts ,o! (/a##hus*, leads mutin! against #aptain A#oetes. The ship stands still mid4sea, i+! twines around the mast, and phantom tigers and l!n@es surround the ,o!. The terrori6ed men leap o+er,oard, ,e#oming fish. A#oetes Hoins /a##hus) #ult ...
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The 7in!ades 4 Arsippe, <eu#onoe, Al#ithoe 4 shun a /a##hi# festi+al in order to wea+e at home. A sudden sound of drums and flutes, the room ANI7A<: /ats steeped in sweet perfume, their wo+en works turn into grape+ines. The 7in!ades turn into lo+ers of twilight D orld4wear! Cadmus: =That serpent I transfi@ed when we first #ame from -idon D was he a sa#red serpent$ If the god)s intent in all the! ha+e infli#ted is re+enge for that, then ma! I, too, ,e#ome a snake.> Cadmus and %armon! slither awa! together, transformed ... "erseus flies o+er <i,!a #arr!ing 7edusa)s se+ered head. The drops of ,lood that fall on <i,!an sand transform D Neptune (as ,ird* sedu#es and rapes 7edusa in 7iner+a)s temple. Outraged, 7iner+a gi+es her snake4hair and petrif!ing ugliness D An unnamed ,o! laughs at Ceres for drinking ,arle! water too Iui#kl!. -he throws the drink in his fa#e, spe#kling him with grains D Ceres gi+es dragon #hariot to Triptolemus, asking him to spread seeds in man! lands. En+ious <!n#us tries to kill him D ANI7A<: -nake ANI7A<: -nake ANI7A< (partial*: -nake ANI7A<: -tarr! newt ANI7A<: <!n@
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Ara#hne <!#ian "easants Coan omen 7aera Cephisus) 0randson /a##hus) -on 0alanthis The Cerastes Atalanta ' %ippomenes ;ing 7idas %e#u,a
7iner+a (as old woman* asks Ara#hne to admit superiorit! of 7iner+a)s wea+ing. Ara#hne s#offs, 7iner+a re+eals herself and the! fa#e off. 7iner+a wea+es great gods and punishment of impiet!, Ara#hne wea+es a #atalogue of rape. Ara#hne)s work is flawless. Enraged, 7iner+a tears ANI7A<: -pider Ara#hne)s tapestr! and hits Ara#hne in the head with a shuttle. Ara#hne hangs herself. Transformed ... <atona 4 ,anished ,! 1uno 4 gi+es ,irth to Apollo and &iana on floating island of &elos. Es#aping 1uno)s wrath, the #ome to <!#ia and start drinking from a pool. The <!#ian peasants o,He#t and deli,eratel! mudd! the water. Enraged <atona transforms them ... =The #it! of Eur!p!lus, where women sprouted horns> 4 The Coan women ,e#oming #ows. 99m!th otherwise unknown:: 7aera is transformed into a dog. 99m!th otherwise unknown, ,ut see Calasso pp. KB41:: Cephisus) grandson transformed ,! Apollo. 99m!th otherwise unknown:: /a##hus) son steals a #alf and is prote#ted ,! his father who #hanges the #alf into a stag. 99m!th otherwise unknown:: /earing 1o+e)s %er#ules, Al#mene is kept in la,our for a week ,! 1uno and <u#ina (#hild4,earing goddess*. -er+ant 0alanthis helps, ,ut D In C!prus, the Cerastes slaughter their guests. 3enus almost deserts her C!prus, ,ut de#ides instead to transform those wi#ked women D ANI7A<: Crog ANI7A<: Cow ANI7A<: &og ANI7A<: -ea4#alf ANI7A<: -tag ANI7A<: easel ANI7A<: /ull
Ora#le ad+ises Atalanta to a+oid marriage so she #hallenges suitor to ra#e: !ou win, we marr!P !ou lose, !ou die. 7an! fail. 3enus gi+es ANI7A<: <ions ?C!,ele)s %ippomenes three golden apples with whi#h to distra#t Atalanta. %ippomenes ,eats Atalanta ,ut fails to thank 3enus. One da!, outside a temple ChariotA for C!,ele (the 7other of the 0ods*, 3enus triggers lust in %ippomenes for Atalanta. The! dese#rate shrine, in#ur C!,ele)s wrath ... ANI7A< (partial*: &onke! 7idas misHudges musi# #ontest ,etween "an (pipes* and Apollo (l!re*. Apollo #annot suffer the stupid king, so he gi+es 7idas donke! ears. ears %e#u,a: e+en dead, A#hilles ruins m! famil!. -taggers to shore, sees son "ol!dorus) floating #orpse. ReIuests pri+ate talk with "ol!mestor. ANI7A<: %ound Tears him lim, from lim,. Cren6ied %e#u,a loses form, =her horrid howling was to haunt the foreign skies a,o+e the %ellespont.> 0lau#us: Cir#e, I lo+e -#!lla 4 =let !our sa#red lips entran#e her heart.> Cir#e: No, ,e#ause I lo+e !ou. 0lau#us: =0reen foliage will ,lossom in the sea, the seaweed sprout upon the highest peaks, ,efore m! lo+e for -#!lla suffers #hange.> ReHe#ted, Cir#e turns her rage on -#!lla: =she ANI7A< (partial*: &og s#atters +enom drawn from dreadful roots and, three4times4nine4times, murmurs an o,s#ure and tangled ma6e of words, a la,!rinth 4 the magi# words that issue from her lips.> %orrid ,arking dogs grow out of -#!lla)s waist ... 1o+e 4 hating =people so dishonest, fruitless, ,ase> 4 transforms the Cer#opes, taking spee#h and lea+ing them mere =s#rannel #hatter> D 2l!sses 4 C!#lops, Aeolus wind, <aestr!gonians, Cir#e4pigs4%ermes4mol! D "i#us) men a##use Cir#e of her #rime then #laim their ruler ,a#k. Angr! Cir#e)s magi#: forest leaps, soil groans, trees grow pale, grass ,lood4 stained, thin shades of the silent dead flitting a,out. "i#us) men transformed D hen Cipus sees 4 refle#ted in the wa+es 4 horns upon his head, he #onsults a di+iner and is told that he will ,e kingP ,ut rather than ,e#oming king and destro!ing the Repu,li#an #onstitution, Cipus ,anishes himself. "lague in Rome. &elphi# Ora#le tells Romans to seek Apollo)s son, Aes#ulapius of Epidaurus. Aes#ulapius +isits Romans in their dreams, sa!ing that he will appear as a god4si6ed serpent. This he does, and is transported on Roman ship from Epidaurus ,a#k to Rome. In Rome, Aes#ulapius takes on his godl! form again and puts an end to grief and pestilen#e. 1o+e (as white ,ull* a,du#ts Europa from "hoeni#ia (for further details, see Calasso p.8*. In Crete, she ,ears him three sons: 7inos, -arpedon and Rhadamanth!s. 1o+e (as fire* impregnates Aegina (daughter of ri+er god Asopus* who gi+es ,irth to Ae#us. The island is renamed Aegina, too. 1o+e (as sat!r* rapes as Antiope who ,irths Amphion (later, Nio,e)s hus,and* and Tethus 4 the two sons later #onstru#t The,e)s walls. 1o+e (as swan* impregnates <eda on same night as hus,and T!ndareus. Two eggs laid. One egg !ields Castor and "ollu@. 1o+e (as swan* impregnates <eda on same night as hus,and T!ndareus. Two eggs laid. One egg !ields %elen and Cl!temnestra. 1o+e (as shower of gold* impregnates &anae, who had ,een lo#ked in ,ron6e room ,! father A#risius. 1o+e (as spe#kled snake* sedu#es "roserpina who then ,ears him a son, godling Tagreus. "hoe,us Apollo (as shepherd* sedu#es Isse (Amphissa* whose son, Agreus, ,e#ame king of Eu,oia. -aturn (as horse* impregnates "hil!ra who ,irths #entaur Chiron (a great healer, astrologer, respe#ted ora#le and re+ered tea#her.* Neptune (as dolphin* sedu#es &eu#alion)s daughter 7elantho, who ,ears him a son #alled &elphus. ANI7A<: 7onke! ANI7A<: "ig ANI7A<: 3arious wild ,easts ANI7A< (partial*: -nake ANI7A<: -nake /IRT%: 7inos, -arpedon, Radamanth!s /IRT%: Ae#us /IRT%: Antiope, Tethus /IRT%: Castor, "ollu@ /IRT%: %elen, Cl!temnestra /IRT%: "erseus /IRT%: Tagreus /IRT%: Agreus /IRT%: Chiron /IRT%: &elphus
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Neptune (as stallion* pursues Ceres (as mare goddess*, ,egetting &espoina (Eleusian goddess* and Arion (immortal talking horse.* /IRT%: &espoina, Arion Neptune (as Epineus* sedu#es Iphimedeia, fathers Otus and Ephialtes 4 the Aloadae 4 who sta#k mountains and tr! to storm gods. /IRT%: Otus, Ephialtes "roteus to Thetis (goddess of the wa+es*: !our son will outdo his father)s deeds. orried, lustful 1o+e sends grandson "eleus in his stead. Thetis /IRT%: A#hilles es#apes rape ,! shape4shifting (,ird4tree4tigress*. "eleus pra!s, "roteus answers: tie her up and rape her. Thetis ,ears A#hilles. The,an Tiresias strikes two snakes in forest and ,e#omes woman. Eight autumns later she strikes same snakes and ,e#omes man. 1o+e: most pleasure in lo+e$ Tiresias: oman. Enraged 1uno ,linds Tiresias, ,ut 1o+e grants him power of prophe#!. ho has 0EN&ER: -wit#hing 0EN&ER: 7erging 0EN&ER: -wit#hing 0EN&ER: -wit#hing 0EN&ER: &isguise CREAT2RE: Chr!saor, "egasus CREAT2RE: -irens CREAT2RE: 0olden ram
<ustful -alma#is di+es into pool, gra,s %ermaphroditus 4 =O gods, do grant m! plea: ma! no da! dawn that sunders him from me, or me from him.> 0ods merge twining ,odies. %ermaphroditus asks parents (%ermes and Aphrodite* to infe#t -alma#is) Countain with enfee,ling power. <igdus tells wife Telethusa: if ,a,! is female, we kill it. En#ouraged ,! Isis, Telethusa makes <igdus ,elie+e daughter Iphis is male. Now 1., Iphis Iphis fa#es arranged marriage with ,lond Ianthe. The girls fall in lo+e. Isis transforms Iphis into !oung man, delighting mother and her new son ... Caenis R Caenus Neptune rapes Caenis, then grants wish 4 Fsomething to pre+ent me ,eing raped again). Transformed into man with impenetra,le skin. "omona, in lo+e with gardening, reHe#ts all suitors. 3ertumnus (as old woman* tells her stor! of Iphis and Ana@arete. No response. /ut when he "omona ' 3ertumnus returns to his godl! form, 3ertumnus finds he does not ha+e to take "omona ,! for#e 4 =lo+e had pier#ed her through> and she !ields ... 7edusa "erseus steals e!e from 0raeae, rea#hes 0orgon)s house, hides ,ehind shield, ,eheads 7edusa. Crom 7edusa)s ,lood spring D
A#helous) &aughters A#helous) daughters 4 friends of "roserpina 4 pra! to ,e a,le to glide a,o+e the sea and look for her. Ceres grants wish D Theophane Neptune (as ram* a,du#ts Theophane, turns her into sheep and fathers the winged ram with the golden flee#e. /oreas 4 god of North ind 4 a,du#ts and marries Orith!ia who then gi+es ,irth to the winged /oreads (who will later sa+e "hineus from the /oreas ' Orith!ia CREAT2RE-: Tetes, Calais %arpies*. "haethon +isits father "hoe,us (-un* who promises him an! gift he desires. "haethon wants #hariot. Regretting promise, "hoe,us anoints son)s "haethon fa#e with ointment. "haethon #annot #ontrol #hariot: s#orpion #onstellation, #louds dr!, mountains s#or#hed, forests #at#h fire, #ities ,urn, <i,!a &EAT%: killed ,! 1o+e turned to desert, ,ea#hes melt, soil #ra#ks, seas ,oil. 7other Earth pleads with 1o+e, god of the lightning ,olt ... E#ho "entheus "!reneus Tel#hines Crom!onian -ow "eriphetes "ro#rustes Cer#!on -inis -#iron Cephalis ' "ro#ris E#ho prote#ts 1o+e ,! talking to and distra#ting 1uno. 1uno punishes E#ho, who now =Hust repeats the final part of what she has heard>. E#ho lo+es Nar#issus, ,ut #annot speak first. E#hoing his words, she fades awa!. E#hoes =#hoir of grief> at Nar#issus) death. Tiresias to "entheus (Cadmus) grandson*: if !ou don)t worship that new god /a##hus, !ou will ,e torn into a thousand parts. "entheus 4 hating this =wine4in#ited madness> 4 imprisons /a##hus) priest A#oetes. "entheus is torn apart at /a##hian ritual. ;ing "!reneus offers 7uses shelter from storm. Attempts rape. 7uses fl! awa!. In pursuit, "!reneus leaps from tower D The Tel#hines so frightened people with their formida,le magi# that 1o+e gets Neptune to plunge them fore+er under the sea. At Crom!on (underworld entran#e*, Theseus kills the enormous Crom!onian -ow. At Epidaurus (underworld entran#e*, Theseus turns ta,les on "eriphetes ,! #lu,,ing him to death and stealing his stout staff. At Erineus (underworld entran#e*, Theseus turns ta,les on "ro#rustes ,! #utting off his feet and head so he will fit iron ,ed. At Eleusis (underworld entran#e*, Theseus turns ta,les on Cer#!on ,! defeating him at wrestling then murdering him. At Isthmus (underworld entran#e*, Theseus turns ta,les on -inis ,! tearing him apart using two ,ent pine trees. At 7egara (underworld entran#e*, Theseus turns ta,les on -#iron ,! pushing him off a #liff. &EAT%: ,! grie+ing &EAT%: ,! sparagmos &EAT%: ,! falling &EAT%: ,! water &EAT%: killed ,! Theseus &EAT%: killed ,! Theseus &EAT%: killed ,! Theseus &EAT%: killed ,! Theseus &EAT%: killed ,! Theseus &EAT%: killed ,! Theseus
0oddess Aurora a,du#ts Cephalis ,ut returns him upon seeing his lo+e for wife "ro#ris, warning =5ou will regret !our lo!alt!.> orried Cephalis (disguised ,! Aurora* tests "ro#ris. -he fails. In shame, "ro#ris ,e#omes follower of &iana. Repairing marriage, "ro#ris gi+es Cephalis &EAT%: ,! mistaken identit! the Ha+elin she re#ei+ed from &iana. One da!, Cephalis #alls for #ooling Faura) ,ut someone mishears this as FAura) and reports him. 1ealous "ro#ris, sp!ing from ,ush, is mistaken for an animal and killed ,! Cephalis using the 1a+elin. Cretan ;ing 7inos orders &aedalus to ,uild ma6e to #on#eal 7inotaur. 7inos) daughter Ariadne gi+es thread to Theseus so he #an es#ape ma6e. Theseus kills 7inotaur, follows thread, and gets ,a#k out of la,!rinth. &EAT%: killed ,! Theseus
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anting to es#ape ;ing 7inos) Crete, &aedalus makes wings and warns son I#arus not to fl! too high. Cisherman, shepherd, and peasant wat#h &EAT%: ,! falling them fl! o+erhead. I#arus flies too high, wa@ melts, feathers fall, plummets to death D
7eleager)s mother Althea is told ,! three Cates that son will li+e as long as a #ertain log does not ,urn. Caledonian ;ing Oenus offers sa#rifi#es to Ceres, /a##hus, 7iner+a D ,ut forgets &iana, who sends a huge ,oar in re+enge. Car#i#al hunt: E#hion hits maple trunk, 1ason o+ershoots, 7opsus) Ha+elin tip falls off, Nestor pole4+aults to safet!, Telamon trips o+er root, hound is lan#ed. Cinall!, Atalanta wounds ,oar and 7eleager &EAT%: ,! fire 4 who finishes the Ho, 4 rewards her with spoils of the kill. Other hunters protest. Cight. 7eleager kills "le@ippus (un#le* and To@eus. Curious Althea a+enges her ,rothers, #alling Cates as witnesses ,efore ,urning prote#ti+e log. As son 7eleager dies in Caledonian wood, mother Althea sta,s herself ... Er!si#hthon profanes Ceres) gro+e ,! #utting down oak 4 despite it speaking, ,leeding 4 killing a dr!ad n!mph in the pro#ess. Ceres asks Camine to +isit sleeping Er!si#hthon who, grinding his teeth on air, dreams of feasting. 2pon waking, he suffers un,eara,le hunger: =the more he eats, &EAT%: ,! famine the more he wants ... food #alls for food.> %e eats awa! fortune then sells daughter 7estra as sla+e. 7estra pra!s to Neptune who ,estows gift of shape4shifting. &is#o+ering this, Er!si#hthon repeatedl! sells her into sla+er!. E+entuall!, Er!si#hthon eats himself ... Centaur Nessus will Fhelp) %er#ules and ,ride &eianira o+er ri+er. A,du#tion. %er#ules shoots Nessus who, d!ing, gi+es &eianira Flo+e) tuni#. &EAT%: killed ,! %er#ules Thra#ian women throw ro#ks at Apollo)s poet Orpheus who prote#ts self ,! #harming the ro#ks with his songs. The women drown out his musi# &EAT%: killed ,! Thra#ian and tear his ,od! apart. Animals, ,irds, stones, forests, ri+ers lament. Orpheus) shade des#ends to underworld, reHoins Eur!di#e. omen "eleus deli,eratel! kills "samathe)s son "ho#us with Iuoit. "eleus e@iled, and "samathe sends wolf to harass his flo#ks until he repents. &EAT%: killed ,! "eleus Centaurs disrupt <apith ;ing "irithous and %ippodameia)s wedding #ele,rations. Car#i#al fight ensues: a,du#tion, +at4smashed fa#e, popped &EAT%: in #om,at e!es, #rushed ,! thrown altar, ,rains ,eaten to water! gruel, flaming ,rand thrust into mouth, guts hang from tree, slipping on innards ... Neptune to Apollo: we ,uilt Tro!)s walls, the +er! walls a,out to fall under #ruel A#hilles) might. -o Apollo helps "aris, guiding his arrow D &EAT%: killed ,! "aris -#!lla takes re+enge on Cir#e ,! snat#hing up her ,elo+ed 2l!sses) men. &EAT%: killed ,! -#!lla &ido, Uueen of Carthage, #ommits sui#ide after Aeneas lea+es D &EAT%: ,! sui#ide -ear#hing for "i#us, Canens mourns and wanders a#ross the +alle!s and peaks D =she dissol+es and slowl! +anishes into thin air> D &EAT%: ,! grie+ing Apollo shoots massi+e "!thon. Counds #ommemorati+e #ontest (,o@ing, running, #hariot ra#ing* 4 The "!thian 0ames. 7!th Cassiope ,oasts that she is more ,eautiful than the Nereids, and is punished ,! ha+ing her daughter Andromeda tied to a ro#k and offered as a 7!th sa#rifi#e to a sea dragon. "erseus makes deal with Cassiope and her hus,and Cepheus, kills dragon, weds Andromeda. 1o+e (as hus,and Amphitr!on* takes Al#mene)s +irginit! on ,ridal night. Amphitr!on sets Al#mene on p!re. 1o+e Iuen#hes flames. 7!th "hoe,us Apollo (as #ountr!man* rapes someone. 99m!th otherwise unknown:: 7!th "hoe,us Apollo (as hawk* rapes someone. 99m!th otherwise unknown:: 7!th "hoe,us Apollo (as lion* rapes someone. 99m!th otherwise unknown:: 7!th /a##hus (with false grapes* sedu#es Erigone in her father I#arius) house. 7!th 1ason demands golden flee#e from ;ing Aeetes who sets three #hallenges: tame fire4,reathing o@en, sur+i+e warriors ,orn of snake)s teeth, 7!th make dragon sleep. 1ason +ows to wed 7edea in return for help. Challenges met. 1ason lea+es with flee#e D and 7edea. 7enephron was an Ar#adian, said to ha+e li+ed in in#estuous inter#ourse with his mother /lias and his daughter C!llene. 7!th ;ing Aegeus fathers ,ut ne+er meets Theseus. -on returns to Athens. Aegeus) wife 7edea tries to poison Theseus with A#onitum, ,ut Aegeus 7!th re#ogni6es the sign em,ossed upon the i+or! hilt of Theseus) sword. 7edea es#apes in #loud. Athens #ele,rates. A#helous fights %er#ules o+er the right to wed &eianira. -hape4shifting from ri+er god to snake to ,ull, A#helous finall! loses a horn D 7!th
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Er!si#hthon Nessus Orpheus "eleus ' "ho#us <apiths ' Centaurs A#hilles 2l!sses) 7en &ido Canens "!thon Andromeda Al#mena 2nknown 3i#tim 2nknown 3i#tim 2nknown 3i#tim Erigone 1ason ' 7edea 7enephron Aegeus ' Theseus A#helous