Reading Notes: Ovid's Metamorphoses, Part B
Ovid's Metamorphoses Translated by Tony Kline (2000).
Echo
Characters: Bacchus, Echo, Narcissus, Tiresias, Jupiter, Juno
Plot: Bacchus born twice, once when taken from womb, once when taken from thigh of Jupiter. Debate of who enjoys love more between Jupiter and Juno, asks Tiresias for opinion. Saturnia was upset with his judgement. Echo sees Narcissus and falls in love. Juno curses Echo to only repeat what is last spoken. Echo followed Narcissus, he calls out and she responds with what she can embraces him and he runs from her. She still loves him and eventually, she is just a voice, her bones turned to stone
Narcissus
Characters: Narcissus, Rhamnusia
Plot: Narcissus falls in love with himself. He is in pain because he loves himself "cruelly". Prays for his sadness to go away and is turned into a flower. Echo and Narcissus say goodbye
Pyramus and Thisbe
Characters: Pyramus, Thisbe, Aurora
Plot: Pyramus and Thisbe were neighbors and eventually fell in love. Their parents didn't want them to get married and had to keep their love hidden. Hole in between houses which allowed them to speak. They made a plan to escape their houses where they could be together. At the meeting spot was a creature and Thisbe hid leaving her veil behind which Pyramus saw and though Thisbe had bee killed. Pyramus kills himself and Thisbe finds him, kills herself
Mars and Venus
Characters: Vulcan, Venus, Mars
Plot: Vulcan thinks Venus and Mars are having an affair and plots his revenge creating a snare. They were caught together and shown to the gods.
Perseus and Andromeda
Characters: Perseus, Andromeda, Jupiter, Danae, Titan, Aeolus
Plot: Perseus killed medusa and was traveling with her head. Perseus asks for refuge by Atlas, he says no, offers medusas head, Atlas turns into a Mountain. Jupiter order punishment of Andromeda for what her mother did, Perseus offers to save her/marry her because he risked his life.
Perseus and Medusa
Characters: Perseus, Andromeda, Cassiopeia, Cepheus,
Plot: Perseus fights a sea serpent and wins. Andromeda is released, lays out the head of Medusa to tell his story. Sacrifices objects to three gods.
Echo
Characters: Bacchus, Echo, Narcissus, Tiresias, Jupiter, Juno
Plot: Bacchus born twice, once when taken from womb, once when taken from thigh of Jupiter. Debate of who enjoys love more between Jupiter and Juno, asks Tiresias for opinion. Saturnia was upset with his judgement. Echo sees Narcissus and falls in love. Juno curses Echo to only repeat what is last spoken. Echo followed Narcissus, he calls out and she responds with what she can embraces him and he runs from her. She still loves him and eventually, she is just a voice, her bones turned to stone
Narcissus
Characters: Narcissus, Rhamnusia
Plot: Narcissus falls in love with himself. He is in pain because he loves himself "cruelly". Prays for his sadness to go away and is turned into a flower. Echo and Narcissus say goodbye
Pyramus and Thisbe
Characters: Pyramus, Thisbe, Aurora
Plot: Pyramus and Thisbe were neighbors and eventually fell in love. Their parents didn't want them to get married and had to keep their love hidden. Hole in between houses which allowed them to speak. They made a plan to escape their houses where they could be together. At the meeting spot was a creature and Thisbe hid leaving her veil behind which Pyramus saw and though Thisbe had bee killed. Pyramus kills himself and Thisbe finds him, kills herself
Mars and Venus
Characters: Vulcan, Venus, Mars
Plot: Vulcan thinks Venus and Mars are having an affair and plots his revenge creating a snare. They were caught together and shown to the gods.
Perseus and Andromeda
Characters: Perseus, Andromeda, Jupiter, Danae, Titan, Aeolus
Plot: Perseus killed medusa and was traveling with her head. Perseus asks for refuge by Atlas, he says no, offers medusas head, Atlas turns into a Mountain. Jupiter order punishment of Andromeda for what her mother did, Perseus offers to save her/marry her because he risked his life.
Perseus and Medusa
Characters: Perseus, Andromeda, Cassiopeia, Cepheus,
Plot: Perseus fights a sea serpent and wins. Andromeda is released, lays out the head of Medusa to tell his story. Sacrifices objects to three gods.
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