Stories of LoveStories of LoveDaphneDaphne

Alpheus and ArethusaAlpheus and ArethusaBaucis and PhilemonBaucis and Philemon

EndymionEndymion

DaphneDaphne

Characters:Characters: Daphne-a nymph who Daphne-a nymph who

has captured the has captured the heart of Apolloheart of Apollo

Apollo-the god of truth Apollo-the god of truth and music who fell in and music who fell in love with Daphnelove with Daphne

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Apollo fell in love with Apollo fell in love with Daphne after Cupid Daphne after Cupid struck him with an struck him with an arrowarrow

He pursued Daphne He pursued Daphne but Daphne doesn’t but Daphne doesn’t fell the same wayfell the same way

She asked her She asked her father’s help to father’s help to escape Apollo and escape Apollo and she turned into Laurelshe turned into Laurel

Apollo picked the Apollo picked the laurel and decided to laurel and decided to make it his symbol make it his symbol since he cannot have since he cannot have Daphne for a wifeDaphne for a wife

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Across the forest in Across the forest in GreeceGreece

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Unrequited loveUnrequited love The consequences of The consequences of

being the receiving being the receiving end of crazy loveend of crazy love

Alpheus and ArethusaAlpheus and Arethusa

Alpheus- the god of Alpheus- the god of the river who fell in the river who fell in love with Arethusalove with Arethusa

Arethusa- a huntress Arethusa- a huntress who doesn’t believe in who doesn’t believe in love and marriagelove and marriage

Artemis- goddess of Artemis- goddess of the hunt who helped the hunt who helped ArethusaArethusa

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Arethusa was bathing in Arethusa was bathing in the river when Alpheus the river when Alpheus decided to pursue herdecided to pursue her

She run and asked She run and asked Artemis to help her Artemis to help her escape Alpheusescape Alpheus

Artemis felt sorry for Artemis felt sorry for her that Artemis her that Artemis turned her into a turned her into a springspring

It was said that It was said that Alpheus still visits Alpheus still visits Arethusa’s spring and Arethusa’s spring and that they are that they are connectedconnected

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The story happened The story happened in Syracuse, Sicily in Syracuse, Sicily where the spring of where the spring of Arethusa was locatedArethusa was located

ThemeTheme The role of women in The role of women in

the society where the society where their view of their view of independence is independence is frowned uponfrowned upon

The helplessness of The helplessness of mortals against mortals against divinitydivinity

Baucis and PhilemonBaucis and Philemon

Characters:Characters: Baucis and Philemon- Baucis and Philemon-

an old married couplean old married couple Zeus-god of lightningZeus-god of lightning Hermes- messenger Hermes- messenger

of the godsof the gods

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Zeus and Hermes Zeus and Hermes disguised themselves and disguised themselves and visited a village to see visited a village to see who will accept them as who will accept them as visitorsvisitors

The entire village closed The entire village closed their doors on them until their doors on them until they reached a simple they reached a simple shack where the old shack where the old couple livedcouple lived

Baucis and Philemon Baucis and Philemon accepted the visitors accepted the visitors with all their hearts with all their hearts and offered what they and offered what they could saying sorry for could saying sorry for not being able to give not being able to give moremore

The foods and drinks The foods and drinks were always full and were always full and they realized that their they realized that their guests were godsguests were gods

The gods punished The gods punished the entire village the entire village except for the couple except for the couple who were rewardedwho were rewarded

They asked to be They asked to be together until death together until death and it was grantedand it was granted

They lived a long life They lived a long life and turned into treesand turned into trees

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In a town where the In a town where the couple lived in an old couple lived in an old rustic cottagerustic cottage

ThemeTheme The value of The value of

generosity and generosity and hospitalityhospitality

The just gods who The just gods who rewarded the good rewarded the good and punished the badand punished the bad

Love is foreverLove is forever

EndymionEndymion

Characters:Characters: Endymion-the Endymion-the

handsome youth who handsome youth who was destined to sleep was destined to sleep foreverforever

Selene-the goddess Selene-the goddess of the moon who fell of the moon who fell in love with Endymionin love with Endymion

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Selene in the sky fell in Selene in the sky fell in love with the handsome love with the handsome prince named Endymion prince named Endymion

She kissed him and put She kissed him and put him in a deep slumber so him in a deep slumber so that she wouldn’t lose himthat she wouldn’t lose him

Endymion was asleep Endymion was asleep forever while Selene forever while Selene would always visit him full would always visit him full of longing for she never of longing for she never really have himreally have him

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Selfish love and Selfish love and consequences of consequences of obsessionobsession