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==Mythology==
1) Creation of the World
A) Summary
-Chaos existed
-From Chaos sprung forth Night and Erebus
-From Erebus/Night came Love
-Love created Light and Day
-Earth appeared
-Mother Earth/Father Heaven appeared
-From Earth/Heaven came the Cyclopes
-Then came the Titans
-Cronus(Titan) rebelled against Heaven
-Cronus injured Heaven from blood came the Giants and the Furies
-Cronus became master of Universe with sister/queen Rhea
-Cronus and Rhea had Zeus, Rhea hid Zeus on Crete
-Terrible war broke out between Zeus and Cronus
-Zeus won with help of Prometheus
-Punished Titans, Atlas had to hold the Heaven away from Earth
-Monster named Typhon rose to try to kill Zeus, Zeus used Thunderbolt
-Giants rebelled, w/ help of Hercules Zeus won again
-Gods told Prometheus and Epimetheus to make Man
-Epimetheus gave all the good qualities to the animals
-Epimetheus asked Prometheus to help him in his mistake
-Prometheus made man upright and gave man fire
-Zeus angered, created the ultimate evil, Pandora, First Woman
-Pandora released plagues, sorrow, and mischief
-Hope was the only thing left
B)Conclusions
-Taught very vaguely the beginning of the world
-Showed that the Greeks accepted this on faith alone
-Women were seen as prognosticators of evil
-Greeks were creative in there descriptions of the past
2) The Cyclops Polyphemus
A) Summary
-After the Great War between Cronus and Zeus all monsters were destroyed
except the Cyclops
-Zeus gave them their own land
-Odysseus landed and took advantage of Polyphemus's bounty
-Polyphemus was angered and devoured some
-Odysseus and crew took a long timber and gouged out Polyphemus's eye
-They escaped leaving him all alone and blind
B)Conclusions
-Explain why monsters, such as the Cyclops, were not seen
-Basic tale of tyranny being overcome by the good-hearted
3) Cupid & Psyche
A) Summary
-Psyche was envied by Venus
-Venus made Cupid make Psyche fall in love with the vilest thing
-Cupid saw Psyche and shot himself
-No man favored Psyche anymore, father found that he must take
her to a cliff
-Cupid whisked her away to a grand palace
-Psyche didn't know it was Cupid as her lover
-Sisters were jealous, planned for Psyche to kill Cupid
-Psyche about to kill Cupid when she realizes that he is Cupid
-Oil from lamp burns Cupid and he wakes up and runs away
-Psyche sad for what she has done and goes to Venus to beg
-Venus assigns her hard tasks which Psyche completes
-Cupid comes back and falls back in love w/ her
-Psyche and Cupid are married and Psyche is made a god
B)Conclusions
-Trust very important even then
-Jealousy though powerful, is less powerful than true love
3) Pygmalion & Galatea
A) Summary
-Pygmalion is a sculptor that hated women
-He started working on a statue of a woman
-The more he worked on it the more he loved it
-He was madly in love with it
-Venus noticed this and granted it life
-Galatea and Pygmalion got married
B) Conclusions
-If you believe in something enough it might come true
-True love is in the most strangest of places
4) Phaethon
A) Summary
-Phaethon went to Helios the sun god
-He asked if he was his son
-Helios said yes and granted him anything he wanted
-Phaethon said he wanted to drive the sun
-Helios reluctantly yielded
-Phaethon lost control and threatened to set the world ablaze
-Zeus struck him dead
B) Conclusions
-Such is the price for extremity
-Consider the consequences before devoting to a promise
5) Perseus
A) Summary
-An oracle told Acrisius that his grandson would kill him
-He put his daughter in a underground house
-Zeus came and Danae was pregnant, having Perseus
-Perseus and his mother (Danae) were put in a wooden chest and set out to sea
-Landed on island, found by Dictys, the fisherman
-Ruler of the island fell in love with Danae and hated Perseus
-Polydectes (Ruler) sent Perseus to kill Medusa
-Hermes gave a sword
-Pallas Athena gave polished bronze shield
-Hyperboreans gave winged sandals, magic wallet, invisible cap
-Went and slew Medusa
-On his way back he rescued Andromeda
-Took head back to Polydectes, he turns to stone
-Perseus makes Dictys king
-Perseus, Andromeda, and Danae went back to Greece
-Perseus was in a discus throwing competition and the discus killed Acrisius
B) Conclusions
-Fate is inescapable, as Acrisius learned
-Good will triumph over evil
6) Theseus
A) Summary
-Theseus went to Athens to claim his birthright
-Medea (Evil Woman) jealous of the son attempted to poison
-Theseus drew out sword and king dashed the cup out of his hand
-Prince of Minos was killed and King ordered Athens to send 7 Girls/ 7 Boys
-They would be sacrificed to the Minotaur
-Theseus offered to be one of the 14
-King Minos's daughter fell in love with Theseus and gave him a ball of string
-Theseus went into the Labyrinth and pummeled the Minotaur to death
-His father waiting for the white sail, saw the black and killed himself
B) Conclusion
-Intelligence coupled with Strength is good
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