ARACHNE: we went into great detail about this one in class, it is extremely hard to summarize it in one sentence; hubris always ends in destruction!
NIOBE: A mother is a little too boastful of her kids and loses all 14 of them before turning into stone.
LATONA & THE LYCAIN PEASANTS: Artemis and Apollo's mother wants nothing more than a drink from a lake and turns the selfish withholders to frogs.
MARSYAS: A satyr gets cocky with Apollo and turns into a stream.
PELOPS: The famous boy that Tantalas tried to feed to the God has a spot of ivory in his shoulder.TEREUS, PROCNE, PHILOMELA: Two sisters feed the son to the adulterous king and all three take flight.
BOREAS & ORITHYIA: The wind of the north takes the mortal girl for his bride and gains two sons who make their own mythology with Jason.
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