Mythology Notes 9/1

"The life of Helen marked a moment of precarious, fleeting equilibrium, when, thanks to the deceitful cunning of Zeus, necessity and beauty were superimposed the one over the other." (pp. 127). 


Mustos: Mystery
In Media: in the middle of the action.
Hubris: Arrogant
"These Things never happen, but are always."
"Children picking up our bones are not as quick as foxes."


Today we talked about the different abductions of different stories throughout the myths. One of the stories we talked about was the abduction of Persephone by Hades, God of the Underworld. It is said that he came out from under the earth on a golden chariot and stole her from the meadow that she was in. Another story would be Apollo trying to abduct Daphne; he was unable to abduct her because she had turned into a tree because she asked to be turned into something else. In Professor Sexson's words: "I might not have gotten the girl, but I got the tree!"


What we also learned today was about the nine different, beautiful Muses. Mnemosyne, is the mother of all the Muses. Her daughters were Clio, Euterpe, Thalia, Melpomeni, Terpsichore, Erato, Polymnia, Ourania and Calliope.


Memory is the mother of the Muses.


The Graces are the daughters of Zeus and Eurynome. The names of their daughters were Aglaia (or Splendor), Euphrosyne (or Festivity), and Thalia (or Rejoicing). They were the ultimate peace and happiness.