Phaethon and his father

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Phaethon and his father
Note the horses on the left.
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Chariot of the Sun
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18th Century Illustration of Phaethons fall and
the mourning of his sisters.
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Another conception of Phaethons fall. This
illustration shows two scenes from the storyat
right, Phaethon going to visit his father, and at
left, his fall from the chariot.
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The line at the top is Latin for Fall of
Phaethon.
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Rubens, 17th Century Painting of Phaethons
fall.
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Jove Callisto in Arcady
Diana orders Callisto out of her group.
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Rubens, 17th Century, the revelation of
Callistos pregnancy
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Callistos son, Arcas comes across her in the
woods and prepares to kill her.
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Ursa Major Callistos constellation
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Ursa Minor Callistos son, Arcas
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Further tales from Ovid, Book 2

• Apollo and Coronis - the Ravens story
• Minerva (Pallas) and Erichthonius and the
  daughters of Cecrops Herse, Pandrosos, Aglauros
  the Crows story
• Chiron and daughter, Ocyrhoe
• Mercury and Battus
• Mercury and the daughters of Cecrops
• House of Envy

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Stories of the daughters of Cecrops Aglauros
betrayal of Minervas trust, Mercurys desire for
Herse and efforts to get Aglauros to serve as
go-between, and Minervas punishment of Aglauros,
after a visit to the House of EnvySee
http//homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Envy.htmlfor
summary and such depictions as that of Envy,
below.
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Apollo and Coronis

• The great English poet Geoffry Chaucer borrowed
  this story for his Canterbury Tales, although
  he changed the bird from Ovids raven to a crow.
  Check out Chaucers version, which also features
  animal wisdom at
• http//www.artandpopularculture.com/Manciple27s_t
  ale.
• Ovid had his own crow story of course that goes
  along with
• the Ravens tale.

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Minerva and the daughters of Cecrops Ovids
crow story

• Although Crow made a mistake in telling Minerva
  about the girls betrayal of her trust, ancients
  thought, in general, that the crow was an
  intelligent bird.

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Chiron and his daughter

• Chiron was a wise and learned centaur, tutor to
  many of the ancient Greek mythic heroes.

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Landscape with Mercury and Battus , Jacob
Pynas (1592-1656)
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Ovid now takes us to the Asian coast with
Mercuryto ancient Phoenicia
Note the location of the city of Sidon on the
coast of Phoenicia in the lower right of the map,
at the east end of the Mediterranean Sea. Here
Mercury goes to herd cattle to the shoreline to
set the scene for Joves abduction of Europa.
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The abduction of Europa by Jove in the form of a
bull.
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Other depictions of Europas abduction.
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Rubens treatment of this myth.
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Jove carried Europa to Crete, where she gave
birth to his son, Minos, who became the King of
Crete. More about Minos later in Ovid, Book 7.
Europas destination.
Where Europa was seized.