Daphne 6/16 (Gwynn)
she feared getting involved w/ god/marrying
if involved w/ god -> would have to kill child, be exiled, or suffer wrath of othe rgods
Peneus (father) wanted her to marry
Apollo imagined her with nice hair/clothes
she saw him and ran away
realized she couldn’t escape
supplicated to father (river god) -> turned her into a laurel tree
Apollo said victors would be crowned with branches of tree

variations:
cupid - apollo taunted cupid for archery
Zeus changed her into a laurel

themes:
supplication
seduction (usually zeus successful, apollo not)

Orpheus and Eurydice (Sarah)
Musical Instruments
Hermes -> lyre -> Apollo
Orpheus = Apollo’s son?
OR his mother was the muse Caliope (sp?) and his father was Thracian prince
gift of music from his mother
he played comparably to the gods
sailed w/ Jason on the Argo
playing his lyre -> calmed when they were fighting, kept them from sailing towards the sirens
married Eurydice
she went to a meadow
got stung by a viper OR was fleeing from farmer who was trying to make advances on her
died
Orpheus wants to charm Hades and Persephone
Cerberus, Sisyphus, Furies, etc all charmed
convinced them to give her as long as he didn’t look back as they were going up
he exited, but she wasn’t out and she disappeared
OR forgot
OR couldn’t hear footsteps anymore
says a faint farewell
gods wouldn’t let him into the underworld again
roamed and played
band of mainads killed him bc he wouldn’t love another women
threw head into river
suicide first?
he washed up lesbian shores
Muses gathered his limbs/picked up head and buried him in tomb -> nightingales

themes: love, disobeying the gods

Baucis and Philomen
Zeus having ambrosia
goes w/ hermes to pose as mortals
phyrigia
see what hospitality is like
poor wayfarers
ask for food and shelter
all denied except baucis and philomen
couch and blanket
prepared meal: pork and cabbage stew with raddishes and eggs
put glass under table leg
vinegar-like wine (diluted)
gods pleased
refilled wine
baucis and philomen realized
apologized and attempted to catch goose
flooded the rest of the town
hut -> temple made of marble with gold roof
can have any wish
wished to be priests of temple and wanted to die together
years later said farewells
changed into a linden tree and oak tree with same trunk

differences: baucis and philomen was the last one before they gave up
used twigs from roof to heat stew
chasing goose

themes: hospitality, love

provender - animal fodder
dauntless (p 267) - fearless
blazoned (p 297) - publicly proclaim
redolent - suggestive of, fragrant
scrimp (p 356) - to be frugal, thrifty
vanguard - foremost part of army
bivouac(k) - forced camp
casque - helmet
staunch - steadfast, firm
cohorts (p 347) - comrade, entourage, peer group
aloof (p 358) - cool, distant
throes - violent spasm or pang
melee (p 298) - round of fighting
yoke - a piece of wood behind two animals backs to pull something

Pygmalion: sculptor on Cyprus, “woman-hater”
decided never to marry, said his art was enough for him
made a statue of a woman:
couldn’t stop thinking about what he disapproved of
OR wanted to show women up by creating the perfect woman and show their deficiencies to men
beautiful nothing/no one had ever existed like her
he fell in love bc she was so life-like
supreme achievement of art: “the art of concealing art”
women had their revenge
he kissed/caressed her, but she didn’t respond
pretended she was alive
gave gifts “real maidens love”:

rich robes

birds

flowers

tears of Phaëton’s sisters

Ovid’s Metamorphosis:
gifts: “shells and polished pebbles, little birds, and many-coloured flowers, lilies and tinted beads, and the Heliades’s amber tears, that drip from the trees”
also talks about jewelry

put her into bed and tucked her in
couldn’t keep pretending, gave up
Venus interested because he was something new/original
feast day for Venus on Cyprus where she first came onto land after rising out of the foam
snow-white heifers offered for her
many people with unrequited love
Pygmalion asked Venus if she could give him a maiden LIKE his statue
Venus knew what he really wanted
gave him a sign: flame on the alter leaped up 3 times
Pygmalion went home hopeful
caressed statue and thought it was warm
kissed and she turned human
Venus attended their wedding

Other version: waited for 9 full moons to pass

Pygmalion named her Galatea
had a son named Paphos who named Venus’ favorite city after himself

One version said they also had a daughter named Metharme

Themes:
unrequited love