Monday, October 18, 2010

Books 1-4

Book One
4 Ages: Jove defeats Saturn bringing about the age of silver, resulting in the creation of the universe.

Creation: Unraveling of a god into nature resulting in the sky, sand, and sea.

Apollo/Diaphne: Apollo gone love sick searches for a nypme, is fooled and unable to cure himself of love's wound.

Aeschylus: Incest and murder by women, but Hypermestra spares her providing husband.
                                           Unraveling of the universe.
Book Two
Phaethon: Helios, being an honest father respects his sons wish to take out the pimpin' chariot and there is hell to pay.

Callisto: Seduced by Jove for her beauty and is transformed with her son into the Big/Little Bear constellations.

Apollo/Coronis: Coronis is killed by Apollo who does not even shed a tear.

Ocyrhoe: Healer of the world is struck by Jove's thunderbolt metamorphosing from god-human-god.

Mercury: Steals Apollo's cattle and Aglauros is morphed into marble creating the city of Athena.

Europa and Jove: Named a continent after her but not before she is raped.
                                                          Phaethon
Book Three
Cadmus: Slays a slippery, slithering serpent, and creates Thebes.

Semele: Implodes upon seeing Zeus's heiny.

Tiresias: Blinded for admitting women enjoy sex than their counterpart.

Narcissus/Echo: A woman falls in love with her voice and a male with his looks, surprised?

Pentheus: Born from dragon teeth, spies on woman out of envy, and deserves his death.
Book Four
Daughters of Minyas: Telling their story to pass time, naw, let's run away.

Pyramus: Love-Thisbe

Arcisus: Truth is always hiding in the shadows.

Perseus/Medusa: Basis of heroic epics slays a snake, woman head all in the name of love.
                                                   The slain Medusa.

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