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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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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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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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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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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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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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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