Thursday, November 18, 2010

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"

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