Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Ovid Book V

PERSEUS & PHINEUS:       Andromeda's lover gets pissed that Perseus took her and attacks but he and hundreds of his men are turned to stone.
PROETUS:      A bad dude got his karma for kicking out his family.
POLYDECTES:      Another bad dude got what was coming to him for belittling Perseus.



MINERVA, THE MUSES, PEGASUS:       The stream from under Pegasus's hoof blesses the daughters.

PYRENEUS:    A cruel king tries to rape the sisters but in a blinded judgment falls to his death trying to follow them.
THE PIERIDES:     9 boastful sisters travel to The Muses and call them out for a contest.
TYPHOES:      The Pierides embellish the stories to make Typhoes and the other Giants seem victorious.
CERES & PROSERPINA:       Cere's daughter is taken by Pluto to be queen of the Underworld, but her father Zeus allows her to be shared between the two kingdoms.

ARETHUSA & ALPHEUS:        A nymph flees from the river-god and is turned into a stream so as not to be raped.
TRIPTOLEMUS & LYNCUS:     Trip is a servent of Ceres who is delivering good harvest but the king is envious and just as he is about to attack gets transformed into a lynx.
THE PIERIDES-AGAIN:       The sisters are sore losers are insult the Muses, who as a result turns them into magpies.

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