CLA204H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4-6: Philomela, Proserpina, Triptolemus
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3 daughters of minyas weave and tell stories instead of joining worship of bacchus. Story 1: pyramus and thisbe fall in love and run away because of their family feud. Thisbe sees a lion and runs, leaving her shawl. Pyramus sees the shawl, thinks a lion killed thisbe, and he stabs himself. Story 2: sun/helios tells vulcan/hephaistos that his wife venus/aphrodite is cheating on him with mars/ares. Story 3: salmacis wants hermaphroditus but he does not want her. Salmacis prays for the gods to make them one, and the gods make herm feminine (metamorphosis). Bacchus turns the 3 sisters into bats for not being part of the ritual of worship (metamorphosis) Juno hates cad(cid:373)us" daughter ino for worshipping bacchus, who she hates because he is a product of jupiter"s infidelity. Juno gets the furies to make her husband go insane and think his family are lions, and he kills one of his children.
