Group Presentations 2nd day

Group #4

• Live music
• Golden Bough reading
• Hercules (Cornucopia)
• Feast--song "Unwritten"; Psalm 100
• Dry, no rain, too hot!
• Henderson the Rain King
• Synchronocity: Two events coming together by chance
• Possible Test Questions

1. What movie did Dr. Sexson mention we see related to the presentation? Answer: Oh Brother Where Art Thou
2. What was reffered to in the presentation? Answer: Golden Bough, Henderson the Rain King, Bible, Hercules and Aculous, and Apocalypse
3. What were the names of the three songs sung during the presentation? Answer: Rain, Rain, Go Away; Unwritten, Dancing for Rain
4. How did they come up with the topic of rain for their presentation? Answer: Golden Bough quote
5. What is significant about Counting Crows and this presentation? Answer: They have a song that mentions Henderson the Rain King.
6. When did he learn to play the guitar? Answer: 8 years ago
7. Why is the song Unwritten significant in this presentation? Answer: Gives a feeling of rain
8. Why did they use a blue sheet to represent the rain? Answer: It was easy and inexpensive (low budget)
9. How many times did they rehearse this presentation? Answer: 3 times

Group #5

• Skit
• "The Life of John (the college student)"
• Barbarians--Philistines
• Roomates ruin his Mythologies book
• "The way to win over a girl is to text her 15 minutes later and act like you don't care"
• Old beggar comes up to John and begs for money; he refuses
• "There are no boring books. Just boring people"
• "Books give life meaning" and "Don't let jealousy get the best of you"
• Girls dancing
• NO MAN
• Possible Test Questions

1. What does the buff guy do for a living? Answer: he sells Kirby vaccuums

Group #6

• MYTHOPOLY!!!
• Cool game pieces
• Daphne, Narcissus, Trojan Horse, Bear, Arachne, Sickness (Swan)
• Dr. Sexson's face was in the center
• Possible Test Questions

1. What happens when you land on FREE PARKING? Answer: You get a bag of gold coins
2. In the game Mythopoly, what is jail? Answer: Hades/Hell
3. Why isn't there a winner? Answer: The beginning is the end and the end is the beginning.

Group Presentations 1st day

Group #1

• Double Mythology
• Categories: The Golden Bough, Henderson the Rain King, Myth and Reality, Ovid's Deities, and Blogs
• Possible Test Questions

1. What was the final question in Double Mythology? Answer: Draw Dr. Sexson and quote him.

Group #2

• Game
• Random slides
• Give clues and act some out
• Possible Test Questions

1. What is the modern version of Pan and Apollo? Answer: Tenacious D
2. What scene was acted out by Katie and Seth? Answer: Perseus and Madussa

Group #3

• Woman falls in love with a snowman
• Boys are all bad
• They scratch themselves and party too much
• John Madden answered prayer
• Snow boy turns into real boy
• Possible Test Questions

1. What substance did they use besides ivory? Answer: Snow
2. Who was the deity to grant her wish? Answer: John Madden (famous football coach/announcer)

Class Notes 11/18/10

AJAX and ACHILLES' ARMOR

• All stand up
• two guys try to get us on their side
• fight over Achilles' armor
• Throw it off the ship

AEOLUS, ULYSSES, CIRCE

• See home
• Men rip bag open
• The wind blows them off course
• Someone gets eaten
• Boats sink but Ulysses' boat
• Go to castle and drink brew
• Turn into pigs
• One guy tells Ulysses
• Ulysses goes to castle and gets magic
• Lady gives them brew, but nothing happens
• They get married
• Men turn back
• Leave one year later

CYPARISSUS

• Cyparissus shot his own deer
• Wishes to mourn forever
• Turns into Cypariss tree
• Sap is like tears on tree

ALCMENA

• Jove seduces Alcmena
• She is pregnant
• Juno makes birth go longer
• Boy is named Heracles
• Last mortal Jove seduces

IPHIS and IANTHE

• Poor couple; wants to kill girl
• Goddess Icis comes to her in sleep
• Gives birth to a girl
• Raises girl as a boy
• Wants to get married to a woman
• Iphis is turned into a man by gods at their wedding

DIOMEDES

• Tells story of way back from Trojan War
• Big storms--gods are mad
• Goddesses turn men into birds
• Can't go to war because of story

ROMULUS

• Twin, raised by she-wolf
• Romulus rules city of Rome
• Jove creates giant storm
• They turn into deity together

ERICSCYTHON

• Unbeliever--didn't respect gods
• Chopped down sacred tree of Ceres
• She cursed him with eternal hunger
• Sold daughter into slavery
• She shape-shifts out of slavery
• Sells her again
• Finally he eats himself

ACHELOUS and HERCULES

• Famous painting
• Both fight for Dianira
• Achelous turns into man, snake, and bull
• Hercules rips horn off
• Achelous turns into river

CEYX and ALCYONE

• Married, he wants to leave
• She doesn't want him to go
• He dies at sea
• Juno sends messenger to tell of his death
• She goes to sea and finds his body
• They both turn into birds

KIND MITUS

• Man was arrested for public intoxication
• Big party
• Asks for everything he touches turn to gold
• Food turns to gold
• Repents
• Goes to river to get rid of curse
• Lines banks of river with gold
• Pan brags he is a better player than Apollo
• Mitus votes against Apollo
• Has donkey ears
• Stylist whispers "Mitus has ass's ears" under rock
• When wind blows by river, you can hear the reads sing "Mitus has ass's ears"

Henderson the Rain King

"Persons who consulted the oracle of Faunus had to be chaste, to eat no flesh, and to wear no rings" Page 283.

I have finally gotten my book. What a crazy process that was. I ordered over a month ago and it was put on backorder. They said it wouldn't be here for another couple of weeks. I decided to cancel my order and overnight it. I got here Monday. I have been reading it and to be honest, I am not a huge fan of the main character. He seems to be a spoiled rich guy with a bad attitude. He drinks too much, has affairs, abusive, not a very good friend, not a good father, and is incredibly self-centered. I hope his character learns a big lesson in the end.

Class Notes 11/18/10

"Persons who consulted the oracle of Faunus had to be chaste, to eat no flesh, and to wear no rings". (Page 283)

IPHIGENIA

• Agamemnon is on his way to Troy
• Decides to sacrifice Iphigenia to goddess
• Diana takes pity
• Replaces Iphigenia with stag and lets them continue

POLYXENA

• Only person who knows of Achilles' weakness
• Killed by Achilles' son in front of mother.

SYBYL OF CUMAE

• Tells of Trojan War
• Before go to underworld, find Golden Bough
• Make offering to Diana
• Go to underworld
• ******Golden Bough=Ticket to underworld

ORPHEUS and EURYDICE

• They get married
• She gets bit by snake and dies
• He plays instrument to get her back
• Plays so beautiful, gets wife back
• looks back at her, she disappears
• They tear him apart while he sings the saddest part

ATALANTA and HIPPOCENES

• Atalanta is a very fast runner
• Challenges to race or husband
• If he wins, they get married; if he loses, he dies.
• Venus gives Hippocenes magic apples.
• He wins and they get married.
• Venus gets upset for no Thank You card
• They turn into lions

PAN and SYRINX

• Pan falls in love with Syrinx
• She turns into reed at river
• He breaks reeds and puts into panpipe she she will always be with him

MEDEA

• Gets sent to get Golden Flees
• Jason is challenged by Medea's father
• Medea loves Jason
• Chellenge to overcome bulls and dragon
• She distracts her father by killing her brother
• Jason gives flees to his father
• Medea gets angry and kills everyone including Jason's wife

ALTHAEA and MELEAGER

• Mom heard son will live as long as wood in fire
• grabs wood out of fire
• Atalanta is upset, throws wood in fire
• kills brother, then kills herself

CYNUS

• Son of Ares, handsome, cruel
• Tries to kill Hercules
• Ares tried to stop him
• Athena tries to stop Ares
• Hercules struck Cynus
• Gave sickness to Cynus
• *******Turned into swan

THESEUS and ACHELOUS

• They have a sleepover
• They tell stories

DEATH OF ACHILLES

• Was held by heal and dipped into River Styx
• Mother hid Achilles by dressing him like a girl
• Achilles fascinated by armor, went to war
• Fight over a woman
• He killed Hector and drug him behind chariot
• Achilles got shot in heal and died

MINERVA, THE MUSES, PEGASUS

• Minerva gets sick of take care of people
• Muses had great fountain from Pegasus
• Blessed land and Pegasus
• ******Pegasus=Fountain Horse

PERSEUS and ANDROMEDA

• Andromeda is chained to rock
• Perseus falls in love with Andromeda
• He saves her, then get married

THE BACCHANT/MAENAD

• Follower of Dyanessus
• Get drunk and be somebody
• Go hunting--anything that moves
• ****"Mad Women of Dyannesus"

CEPHALUSS and PROCRICE

• Face has been changed
• Goes to wife, tries to seduce her
• She doesn't give in
• He reveals he isn't a sexy stranger
• He is her husband
• She goes away
• Comes back, make up
• Gives him a gift
• Nymph goes to wife and says husband been unfaithful
• He throws sharp thing and stabs wife and kills her

ECHO and NARCISSIS

• Will he live to old age?
• Unless he notices himself
• Echo falls in love with him
• He dies and turns into flower

FALL OF TROY

• War started from goddesses
• Judges Aphrodite to be pretties of all
• Gives prettiest award away for apple
• They want Helen back, so war begins
• Gods were upset wot they would never make it home

GALLATIA and AXIS

• Gallatia--sea nymphs
• Man sings song to her
• Realizes she is with Axis
• Takes mountain and throws at Axis
• Axis becomes River God

PERSEUS and ATLAS

• Perseus (son of Jove)
• They get in fight about land
• Atlas wins
• Perseus shows Atlas Madussa's head
• Atlas turns to stone

CERCOPES

• Monkeys banned by Zeus
• Woman makes him work in dress
• Skirt gets ripped off
• Gets mad
• ***"Don't take life too serious" and "Don't be foolish like monkeys"

FOUNTAIN OF JANOS

• Juno unlocked gate
• Tried to overflow water to keep them safe from bad guys
• Many people died
• Both ruled together