GREEK MYTHOLOGY PODCAST SCRIPT

R: Hi everyone and welcome to the Greek’s greatest love stories podcast!

I am Rieza, and we have Cheryl on the other line. Cheryl?
C: Good day everyone! I am Cheryl. Rieza and I is a second-year student
taking up bachelor of secondary education major in English.
Both: and we are your hosts!
R: We will be talking about the Greek love stories which is the flower myths
and the general theme of the eight brief tales of lovers. What are the flower
myths? To start, we have Cheryl to talk about one of the flower myths.
Cheryl?
C: Flower Myths are Narcissus, Hyacinth, and Adonis. They have Several
floral-origin myths tell how the narcissus, hyacinth, and blood-red anemone
flowers came into being.
Do you know about Narcissus? There are two stories of the narcissus. In the
first, Zeus creates it as a bait to help Hades kidnap Persephone. The second
and more famous tale concerns a handsome young man named Narcissus.
Self-obsessed, he constantly breaks the hearts of others enamored of his
beauty, including the nymph Echo—who could only repeat what was said to
her, hence the modern meaning of echo. Finally, the goddess Nemesis, who
is the personification of righteous anger, punishes Narcissus, allowing him to
love no one but himself. He dies gazing at his own face in a pool of water,
unable to break free from the sight. The nymphs who have loved him, create
a flower in his name. And that was the story of Narcissus.
R: Next, we’ll talk about the story of Hyancinth. Do you know who is
Hyacinth? Okay! So hyacinth is created when Apollo accidentally kills his
dear friend Hyacinth with a discus (in another version, jealous Zephyr, the
West Wind, caused it to strike Hyacinth). Apollo makes the flower as a
remembrance of his companion. The red anemone has a similar story.
The last flower myth was the story of Adonis. Adonis is a youth so handsome
that even the goddess of love, Aphrodite, is loved by everyone who sees
him. Persephone and Aphrodite share him until a boar gore him during a
hunt. Adonis goes forever to Persephone’s realm of the dead, and the red
anemone springs up where his blood hit the earth.
C: Wow! That was an interesting story! To move forward, I’ll be telling you
about the brief tales of lovers.
R: What is the general theme of the eight brief tales of lovers?
C: Alright! The eight brief tales of story was all about love that a person can
give to one another. It is where almost every single story of lovers doesn't
end up happily. Some stories just disappeared from their lovers and went to
other places as one of the creatures or one of our natures but some dies and
made their partners doubt where they are which led them to find and follow
them. Most of the love stories was spontaneous, lovers hated each other
first before they became lovers in the end. Each of the love stories portrays
unconditional love, unrequited love, and sacrificial love. It shows different
ideas about how love went to their story. Lovers could still be lovers even in
death or underworld.
R: Wonderful! There is a situation in the story that happened also in reality.
Right?
C: You’re right!
R: Now, what was the role of the Greek gods and goddesses to the stories?
C: That excites me!
R: The Greek gods and goddesses played a role in each of the stories. Gods
that rewards the good one and there are gods who punished.
C: Yes, that’s right Rieza! They had pray the gods for help and protection, because if
the gods were unhappy with someone, then they would punish them.

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