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Chaos – the immeasurable abyss. Erebus and Night/Nyx/ Nox. Sounds like a Great Party. Nemesis was the goddess of revenge awarding to each individual the fate which his actions deserve. Charon the Ferryman was the grim old boatman who ferried souls across the River Styx to the Underworld. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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CHAOS – THE IMMEASURABLE
ABYSS
Erebus and Night/Nyx/Nox
Sounds like a Great Party§ Nemesis was the goddess of revenge awarding to each individual the fate which his
actions deserve.§ Charon the Ferryman was the grim old boatman who ferried souls across the River
Styx to the Underworld.§ Hecate was the goddess of witchcraft, spectres and was called the the ‘Queen of
Ghosts.’§ Hypnos was the God of sleep who brought nightmares.§ Eris was the goddess of quarrels, feuds and disagreements.§ Oizys personified distress, worry and anxiety.§ Momus, the twin of Oizys and the evil-spirited god of blame and unfair criticism.§ Geras personified loathsome old age.§ Lyssa was the goddess of mad rage and frenzy.§ Epiphron was the god of caution and frugality.§ Morpheus was a a winged daemon, the god of dreams and father of the Oneiroi, the
gods of dreams.§ Moros was the god of impending doom.§ Thanatos was a god of Death who was hated as the enemy of mankind, whose hard
heart knew no pity.
Charon
Love, Light and Day
Earth and Heaven
Gaea and Ouranos
100 Hand Fifty Heads / Cyclops
Cronus/Saturn and Rhea/Ops
Zeus
Tartarus
Tartarus (cool image)
Prometheus
Pandora
The Races of Man
According to Fortune and Time Magazine
Deucalion and Pyrrha – forethought and afterthought live on
Eros and Psyche
To “the Underworld and Back” for Love
Soul MatesPsyche = Soul Personified
Pyramus and Thisbe – Early Greek Tragedy (Ovid – Roman Poet: 43 BCE to 17 CE)
Aristotle – Poetics and Greek Tragedy – Origins – 384-322 BCE
Orpheus and Eurydice = Willing Suspension of Disbelief
Pygmalion and Galatea
Alpheus and Arethusa – Misogyny? of Ancient Greece or Just Part of the Times? History, Expectations, Physical Powers, Emotions
Hubris – Early Greek Tragedy Continued
Bellerophon: Pros as Hero
Potentially the son of Poseidon. (134) No fear of peril/danger. (134) Great ambition – tame mythical Pegasus. (135) Receives help from Athena – golden bridle.
(135) Angers some important person who wants to
harm him: King Proteus (135); the hero will later slay the king of course.
Conquers /Kills the Chimaera and two groups of mighty warriors. (137).
Bellerophon vs. the Chimaera
Bellerophon: Cons as Hero
Has “thoughts to great for man.” – Irony (137)
Hubris – ride Pegasus to Olympus and take his place with the immortals. (137)
Faces a tragic conclusion to his life. (137)
“Pride Before the Fall” – “Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.” –
Proverbs 16:18
Perseus and Medusa – What Makes a Hero?
Theseus and the Minotaur
Hercules and the Lion of Nemea
Besides their Great Conquests…Tragedy
Bellerophon “wanders alone, devouring his own soul…until he died.” (137)
Theseus banishes and curses his son Hippolytus, resulting in his son’s death. Theseus is banished by Athens and slain by a king. (157-158)
Hercules is bent on revenge constantly…slays King Eurytus – later creates his own funeral pyre out of guilt for many things. (171)
Perseus? Slays his grandfather, but he is happy apparently. (148)
Bottom Line:
They have powers above us and like us. They show us the way: what we can strive to become at our best.
They have good and bad traits like all of us. They are personable and human in their shortcomings and suffering.
Video Myth: Theseus and the Minotaur