Greek and Roman Mythology
Greek and Roman Mythology
Greek and Roman Mythology
MYTHOLOGY
The Creation of Titans and Gods
Characters:
Chaos – the origin of everything. The one
who gave birth to Gaea,
Tartarus, and Eros.
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thology/the-beginnings-8212-creation
Eight brief tales of lovers
Characters:
Pyramus – a young beautiful man
Anagnorisis:
When their parents are against their relationship, but the couple
makes a way to see each other. They planned to meet at the mulberry
tree.
Eight brief tales of lovers
Tragic Flaw:
Pyramus thought that a lion killed Thisbe because he saw the cloak of
Thisbe with blood and tore apart, which is resulted in killing himself.
Thisbe went back to the three, and she saw his lover, she thought that
she was the reason why Pyramus died, so she also killed herself.
Eight brief tales of lovers
Point of View:
Third person point of view
Eight brief tales of lovers
Literary devices: Hyperbole
Every morning when the dawn put out the stars
Eight brief tales of lovers
Literary devices: Alliteration
• Sun sank into the sea
• She started back shuddering
Eight brief tales of lovers
Characters:
Orpheus – a demigod who has a gift in music
and plays a lyre, he is he son of Calliope, a
muse, and Oeagrus, the king of Thrace
As soon as she found out, she set out to the shore and found his body
washed up. She didn't want to live knowing her husband was dead,
but the gods were kind and gave her wings to fly over the sea instead
of sink.
Eight brief tales of lovers
Point of View:
Third person point of view
Eight brief tales of lovers
Literary Device: Hyperbole
Anagnorisis:
When Alpheus saw Arethusa, she was shocked and ran as fast as
she could. Alpheus, however, following her only because he
loved her. But she wanted none of him.
Eight brief tales of lovers
Tragic Flaw:
It was a long run, and Arethusa called to her goddess. Artemis
changed her into a spring of water.
Eight brief tales of lovers
Point of View:
Third person point of view
Eight brief tales of lovers
Literary Device: Simile
She like hunting like her mistress