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The Earliest Heroes

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Prometheus and Io

Elsie Russell's Prometheus

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Prometheus• A Titan, the son of Lepetus and Themis• A champion for mankind• Known for his intelligence• To whom Zeus gives the task of creating humans• Stole “fire” to mankind and thus was punished by

Zeus

Prometheus's Theft of Fire, Christian Griepenkerl (1839-1916)

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Prometheus & Epimetheus

• Brothers• Prometheus -- Forethought• Epimetheus -- Afterthought

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The Story Between Prometheus and Io• Punished by Zeus, Prometheus was bound to

the rocky peak on Caucasus. There, he met a strange visitor, Io.

• Prometheus recognized Io, comforted and pointed her to the distant future.

• It was Io’s descendant, Hercules, to whom Prometheus would owe his freedom.

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Prometheus Being Rescued by Hercules, by Christian Griepenkerl

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Europa

Abduction of Europa by Jean Baptiste Marie Pierre 1750

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The Story of Europa

• The goddess of Love and her son, Cupid, shot an arrow into Zeus’ heart.

• Zeus fell madly in love with Europa.• Zeus approached Europa as he changed into

the most beautiful bull in the world.• Zeus took Europa to Crete, where they

married and gave birth to many famous men.

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Europa is, by far, the most fortunate girl Zeus fell in love with.

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The Cyclops Polyphemus

• Pivotal role in Odyssey• the gigantic one-eyed

son of Poseidon and Thoosa, one of the Cyclopes.

• Another side of Polyphemus in the love story with Galatea.

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Polyphemus appeared as a gigantic monster in Odyssey

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Galatea and Polyphemus

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Acis, Galatea, and Polyphemus by François Perrier

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Flower Myths

• The flowers the come into being through the death of beautiful young men?

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Flower myths -- Narcissus

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Narcissus

• Narcissus is a scorner of love.

• The goddess of Love made him fall in love with his own reflection.

• “Echo” watched his death.

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Narcissus and Echo

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Narcissus’ death

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Flower myths -- Hyacinth

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Hyacinth

• Apollo’s dearest companion.• Hyacinth died in the contest with Apollo

competing discus throwing. (the discus hit Hyacinth’s head)

• It’s Apollo or the West Wind, Zephyr, that caused Hyacinth’s death?

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Apollo and Hyacinth’s Death

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Flower myths -- Adonis

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Adonis

• Aphrodite and Persephone both fell in love with him.

• Zeus decided that Adonis should spend half year with each goddess.

• Love hunting, and also died in the hunting of a boar.

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Aphrodite and Adonis

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The Death of Adonis

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Q&A

• Which word come into being to describe those who really adore themselves?

• Can you come up with any other examples of objects’ names come into being because of the deaths of related people?