Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Ovid Book XIII

AJAX & ACHILLE'S ARMOR:     Ajax says that he single handedly defeated the Trojans and deserves glory.

ULYSSES & ACHILLE'S ARMOR:    Odysseus is much more humble in his plea for keeping the armor.
AJAX:    After losing the armor he kills himself with his won sword and Hyacinth appears.
THE FALL OF TROY:     The war is over and as the men get killed the women are drug away by the Greeks.
POLYMESTOR & POLYDORUS:     The King was supposed to hide Priam's son but instead cuts his throat after the war has ended.
POLYXENA:     Achille's shade makes the virgin his sacrifice and she is murdered to appease.
POLYXENA & HECUBA:    The poor mother is left with no sons or daughters and taken captive.
HECUBA, POLYDORUS & POLYMESTOR:     When she learns of her son's death she rips out the lying King's eyes and begins to howl with despair.
AURORA & MEMNON:     The deities son dies and is turned into Memnonides while she continuously weeps and creates dew.
THE VOYAGE OF AENEAS:     One boat of refugees flees Troy in an attempt to  be spared.

THE DAUGHTERS OF ANIUS:      Daughter's trying to flee are turned to white doves.
THE DAUGHTERS OF ORION:     Therses sends Anius a cup with an engraving of how the daughter's sacrificed themselves to save their city from plague.
THE VOYAGE OF AENEAS:       The men sail all over the place and eventually end up at Messina's sands.
GALATEA & ACIS:    A beautiful women is coveted by the Cyclops who kills her husband who then became a river god.
CLAUCUS & SCYLLA:     A monstrous sea god tells his story to a prospective love who breaks his heart by running away in fear.

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