Prometheus was wise and challenged Zeus by bringing fire to mankind. As punishment, Zeus had Prometheus bound and pecked by vultures. He was eventually freed by Heracles. Pandora was created by Zeus as punishment for mankind. She was given many gifts and a mysterious box that, when opened, released diseases and plagues. Phaethon borrowed his father Apollo's sun chariot but lost control and set the earth on fire, forcing Zeus to kill him with a thunderbolt.

1. Prometheus
Domain: Forethought; Fire bringer, The God protector of
man kind
Parents: Lapetus & Themis
Summary: Prometheus was very wise, and was alays up for a
challenge. He knew that Zeus did not like open questions, so he
asked him about the concept of introducing or bringing fire to man.
Zeus was firm about not doing so, but Prometheus went behind his
back and showed fire to man. Zeus in change was furious and took
him to the summit of a tall mountain and bound him with
(Hephaestus‟s) chains and let vultures soar above him and peck at
him. Prometheus was finally released when a brave Heracles struck
the chains and slayed the vultures.
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2. Pandora
Domain: Pandora was gifted of all things
Parents: Pandora did not have any biological parents, she was made
from a statue of clay, and they gave it life.
Summary: Pandora was meant to be a punishment for man. Zeus
made the Gods to give her gifts; thus she was gifted of all things that
the Gods had taught her. Pandora was also given to Prometheus‟
brother, Epimetheus, as a gift or reconcile for the tragedy of his
brother. Hera finally gave Pandora a golden box, which was
instructed to Pandora to never be opened. One night Pandora
couldn‟t stand seeing that luring box there, so she buried it in her
garden. That night she woke up and went out to her garden;
curiosity (which was Hera‟s gift to Pandora) got the best of her and
she finally opened the mysterious box. Out came out strange small
creatures that were diseases; she was quick to close the box and kept
one last creature in the box, the worst of all. Therefore the
punishment that Zeus had originally planned out, had finally came
true.
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3. Phaethon
Domain: None; “The Shining One”
Parents: Apollo & Clymene
Summary: One day there were two boys, Phaethon and Epaphus. Phaethon
was son of Apollo and Epaphus was son of Zeus. They argued over who was
best, based on their fathers powers and talents. Epaphus said that father Zeus
taught him all sorts of things such as throwing a lightning bolt; Phaethon
envied Epaphus, so Phaethon lied about his father Apollo teaching him how
to ride the golden chariot w/ sun horses. He made up lies about proving to
Epaphus that his father did indeed teach him and allows him to use his
chariot. Eventually, Phaethon headed to see his father (that he had never met)
he was taken by one of Apollo‟s sun hawks. There, Phaethon told his father
about his dilemma and Apollo promised to help. So Phaethon was able to ride
his chariot, but Phaethon disobeyed his father and flew lower all had caught
fire. Zeus saw this, and he hurled one of his thunderbolts and the boy was
killed; Heliads would not stop crying in grief. To end it all, since that day no
one is allowed to ride the chariot except for Apollo himself.
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4. Orpheus
Domain: None; Greatest Mortal Musician
Parents: Apollo & Calliope
Summary: Orpheus grew up into music; Apollo gave him a golden lyre and
his mother gave him verses for him to sing. He grew to be a poet and a
musician so good, that people didn‟t not know about him. He would play for
all the animals and set them in a trance type mode; he would play it to the
fisherman to attract fish, but the fisherman would fall into the „trance‟ as
well. As he grew older he got better and better, he would not only play for
animals, but for trees and humans would follow him as well. One woman
would always be there listening to his voice & lyre – her name was Eurydice;
Orpheus and she married. They lived happily ever after for a year and a day.
One day people went after Eurydice, because they had not heard Orpheus
play his lyre and rumors spread; Eurydice ran into snakes and died. Orpheus
saw her and knew she couldn‟t stay dead; he had to do something, so he did.
He „tranced‟ everyone/everything and made his way to the gates and
Tartarus, walked in and talked to Hades about his dead wife and wanted her
back. Hades eventually agreed under the condition he takes her back and does
not look back. But the gullible Orpheus looked bad and her darling Eurydice
had disappeared.
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5. Narcissus & Echo
Domain: None; Narcissus was the most handsome boy in the entire world. Echo was
beautiful as well and a dryad river/wood nymph
Parents: unknown
Summary: Echo was the most beautiful water and woods nymph, she was the most
adored, and people liked listening to her stories and her singing. Echo was a favorite of
Aphrodite, as she would gossip to Aphrodite about what was going on in love, (whom
loved whom); Aphrodite promised Echo any favor she pleased. One day as Echo was
walking through the woods, Narcissus, the most handsome man on earth, was also lost &
meandering the woods. Narcissus was looking for the right woman for him, as he was to
„handsome‟ for any woman to love him. That same day Zeus was in the woods flirting
with a river nymph, Echo saw this and told Zeus she would surely tell Aphrodite. But
Echo saw something afar, it was the o so jealous, Hera spying on Zeus and wanting to
catch him in the act. But Echo stopped and went up to Hera to distract her & she told
Hera that Zeus had been looking for her, & to search for him in Olympus. Once Hera left,
Zeus thanked Echo and gave her a blue sapphire ring. Soon enough, Hera realized what
was happening and punished the poor Echo; she could only say the last two words she
was told before. And so, the Narcissus came along the beautiful Echo, he tried talking to
her but he saw how she was „saying stupid things‟ and pushed her away. So the innocent
Echo prayed for Aphrodite to make Narcissus fall in love with her. Aphrodite did more
than that, she punished Narcissus for being so ignorant-- From that day on, Narcissus
stays near a river, begging for Echo to come out and love him, the way Echo loved him.
You can still hear the „echo‟ of the river to this day.
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6. Eros & Psyche
Domain: None; Eros was Aphrodite‟s son & Psyche was a princess
Parents: Eros: Aphrodite Psyche: daughter of a king
Summary: There was once a beautiful princess named Psyche, she was so gorgeous that
Aphrodite started to envy her and raged with jealousy. She wanted to punish the young
princess, so she sent out her son, Eros, to prick her with his love arrows. Aphrodite
instructed him to strike her, when she is sleeping, in order for her to wake up to
someone/something ugly, and miserable. So, out went Eros as his mother instructed – but
as he was about to take his aim, she awoke, the startled Eros somehow ended up
scratching himself with the dart. He felt the „sweet poison‟ rush through his veins, for he
had only hit others, never himself; Eros felt the love, he saw the girl as the most
important thing to him now. Eros returned to Olympus with the news to his Mother, she
was furious and sent a curse for Psyche; Eros was upset and told his mother he would not
shoot arrows unless he have the girl and the curse was removed. The princess was still
sorrow and she had not yet found a husband. So her parents decided to take her up to a
mountain, and from there the winds blew her to a courtyard; She awoke to find herself
alone, she has „invisible servants‟ and her husband was also „invisible‟. Her sister came
to visit, but all they did was criticize her and fill her mind with ludicrous ideas, Psyche so
longed for her husband. One night she got a lamp and lit it with oil and went to where her
husband sleeps, she saw Eros, the god; as she leaned over to give him a kiss, he was
awakening by the dripping hot oil. He woke up and told Psyche he cannot love her, for
she does not believe in love herself. Legends remain about what happened next; she was
turned into an owl, she turned into a bat. . .
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7. Arion
Domain: None;
Parents: Poseidon & A Naiad
Summary: Arion was son of Poseidon, he was outgoing and adventurous
and very brave. His father gave him a golden lyre on his 20th
birthday,
he learned to play; He was who taught Apollo how to play the lyre.
Although a Oracle told him to not travel by ship, for it will not return
you home, he did so anyways. He traveled to Italy, went to a festival and
played his music and song; he enjoyed himself. He took the first ship
back to Corinth and forgot all about the prophecy. But on the vessel, the
captain stole his jewels and swore to kill him; Arion was quick to pull
out his lyre and play it. And out cam the dolphins who took him ashore,
they loved his music. Once at shore, Arion told the king there about the
Capatin and his crew; they were hung. All of Arion‟s life he sang and
played his lyre, when he died, Apollo put him in the sky along with the
dolphin, as constellations in the beautiful night sky
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