1. Earliest HeroesEarliest Heroes
Prometheus and IoPrometheus and Io
EuropaEuropa
PolyphemusPolyphemus
Flower MythsFlower Myths

2. Prometheus and IoPrometheus and Io
 Characters:Characters:
 Prometheus-the wisePrometheus-the wise
titan that wastitan that was
punished by Zeus forpunished by Zeus for
helping the mankindhelping the mankind
 Io – the lover of ZeusIo – the lover of Zeus
that was turned into athat was turned into a
cow in order tocow in order to
escape the wrath ofescape the wrath of
HeraHera

3. PlotPlot
 Prometheus was tied to aPrometheus was tied to a
rock and everyday a crowrock and everyday a crow
would eat his liverwould eat his liver
 Io was a lady turned intoIo was a lady turned into
a cow in order to escapea cow in order to escape
from Hera and wasfrom Hera and was
destined to travel to adestined to travel to a
great distancegreat distance

4.  She was very miserableShe was very miserable
because of her fate andbecause of her fate and
on her way she meton her way she met
PrometheusPrometheus
 Prometheus felt sorry forPrometheus felt sorry for
Io that he told her aboutIo that he told her about
her bright future and howher bright future and how
the greatest hero ofthe greatest hero of
Greece will be herGreece will be her
descendantdescendant

5. SettingsSettings
 The rocky side of theThe rocky side of the
sea wheresea where
Prometheus wasPrometheus was
boundbound

6. ThemeTheme
 Life’s journey andLife’s journey and
experiences doesn’texperiences doesn’t
recognize therecognize the
physical attribute ofphysical attribute of
an individualan individual
 Whatever happensWhatever happens
there is always hopethere is always hope
 The value ofThe value of
sympathysympathy

7. EuropaEuropa
 Characters:Characters:
 Europa-the maidenEuropa-the maiden
that Zeus fell in lovethat Zeus fell in love
withwith
 Zeus- the god ofZeus- the god of
lightning who fell inlightning who fell in
love with Europalove with Europa

8. PlotPlot
 Zeus was looking downZeus was looking down
from heaven whenfrom heaven when
Aphrodite struck him withAphrodite struck him with
an arrow and he fell inan arrow and he fell in
love with the maidenlove with the maiden
named Europanamed Europa
 While Europa was withWhile Europa was with
the other maidens, Zeusthe other maidens, Zeus
appeared to her in theappeared to her in the
image of a golden bullimage of a golden bull

9.  Europa rode the bullEuropa rode the bull
through the ocean andthrough the ocean and
though it was very fast,though it was very fast,
Europa didn’t feel scaredEuropa didn’t feel scared
for she knew that shefor she knew that she
was in the presence of awas in the presence of a
godgod
 Europa lived happily andEuropa lived happily and
has never suffered fromhas never suffered from
Hera’s wrathHera’s wrath

10. SettingsSettings
 Mount Olympus where Zeus was residingMount Olympus where Zeus was residing
 The fields where Zeus appeared beforeThe fields where Zeus appeared before
EuropaEuropa
 The ocean that the lovers travelledThe ocean that the lovers travelled

11. ThemeTheme
 Good things come toGood things come to
people who put theirpeople who put their
trust in the divinitytrust in the divinity

12. PolyphemusPolyphemus
 Characters:Characters:
 Polyphemus-a cyclopPolyphemus-a cyclop
who was cruel andwho was cruel and
bloodthirstybloodthirsty
 Odysseus- the hero ofOdysseus- the hero of
the Odyssey thatthe Odyssey that
outsmartedoutsmarted
PolyphemusPolyphemus

13. PlotPlot
 Odysseus and hisOdysseus and his
men decided to stopmen decided to stop
by an island to restby an island to rest
while travelling acrosswhile travelling across
the seathe sea
 The cave theyThe cave they
decided to crash indecided to crash in
was owned bywas owned by
Polyphemus whoPolyphemus who
doesn’t appreciatedoesn’t appreciate
guestsguests

14.  He eats one of theHe eats one of the
men at night andmen at night and
decided another mandecided another man
everytime.everytime.
 Odysseus outsmartedOdysseus outsmarted
the cyclops bythe cyclops by
blinding it and usingblinding it and using
the sheep as coversthe sheep as covers
in order to escape thein order to escape the
islandisland

15. SettingsSettings
 Cave by the sea thatCave by the sea that
is owned by theis owned by the
cyclopscyclops

16. ThemeTheme
 The value of beingThe value of being
able to think on yourable to think on your
feetfeet
 Brute force andBrute force and
strength doesn’tstrength doesn’t
guarantee victoryguarantee victory
 The person who usesThe person who uses
his head and tacticshis head and tactics
would usually comewould usually come
out victoriousout victorious

17. Flower MythsFlower Myths

18. NarcissusNarcissus
 Characters:Characters:
 Narcissus- theNarcissus- the
handsome youth whohandsome youth who
fell in love withfell in love with
himselfhimself
 Echo-the nymph whoEcho-the nymph who
fell in love withfell in love with
Narcissus and whoNarcissus and who
was punished by onlywas punished by only
repeating words thatrepeating words that
are already utteredare already uttered

19. PlotPlot
 Narcissus was veryNarcissus was very
handsome and yet he refusedhandsome and yet he refused
to fell in love with anyone.to fell in love with anyone.
 One of the brokenheartedOne of the brokenhearted
maiden prayed for him to fallmaiden prayed for him to fall
in love with himselfin love with himself

20.  He saw his reflection byHe saw his reflection by
the river and fell in lovethe river and fell in love
with himself. He fell intowith himself. He fell into
the river and drownedthe river and drowned
 Echo was nymph who wasEcho was nymph who was
in love with Narcissus whoin love with Narcissus who
was helpless to warnwas helpless to warn
Narcissus because sheNarcissus because she
can only repeat words.can only repeat words.
 From the river whereFrom the river where
Narcissus fell, a flowerNarcissus fell, a flower
bloomedbloomed

21. SettingsSettings
 By the field and byBy the field and by
the riverthe river

22. ThemeTheme
 The inability to loveThe inability to love
was of worse fatewas of worse fate
 Vanity is dangerousVanity is dangerous

23. HyacinthHyacinth
 Characters:Characters:
 Apollo-god of truth,Apollo-god of truth,
music and sunmusic and sun
 Hyacinth-a mortalHyacinth-a mortal
friend of Apollofriend of Apollo

24. PlotPlot
 Apollo and Hyacinth wereApollo and Hyacinth were
playing discuss when theplaying discuss when the
west wind blew thewest wind blew the
discuss and it struckdiscuss and it struck
Hyacinth in the headHyacinth in the head
resulting in his deathresulting in his death
 Apollo was filled with griefApollo was filled with grief
and from the blood of hisand from the blood of his
friend sprung a flowerfriend sprung a flower
which he namedwhich he named
HyacinthusHyacinthus

25. SettingsSettings
 By the fieldBy the field

26. ThemeTheme
 Love is how we stayLove is how we stay
alive long after we arealive long after we are
gonegone
 Death is inevitableDeath is inevitable

27. AdonisAdonis
 CharacterCharacter
 Adonis- theAdonis- the
handsome youth whohandsome youth who
was loved bywas loved by
Aphrodite and wasAphrodite and was
accidentally killed byaccidentally killed by
a beara bear
 Aphrodite-goddess ofAphrodite-goddess of
lovelove

28. PlotPlot
 Adonis was loved byAdonis was loved by
Aphrodite and wasAphrodite and was
usually under theusually under the
guidance of Aphroditeguidance of Aphrodite
 One day, whileOne day, while
hunting he camehunting he came
across a bear whoacross a bear who
attacked himattacked him

29.  Aphrodite was tooAphrodite was too
late and no matterlate and no matter
how much shehow much she
begged Hades, hebegged Hades, he
wouldn’t bring Adoniswouldn’t bring Adonis
back to life.back to life.
 From Adonis blood,From Adonis blood,
sprang a flowersprang a flower

30. ThemeTheme
 Love is eternalLove is eternal
 Death ends a life not a relationshipDeath ends a life not a relationship
 Even gods cannot defy deathEven gods cannot defy death