Ceyx- The king of Thessaly and the son of Lucifer, the light-

bearer. He is also the husband of Alcyone

Alcyone- The daughter of Aeolus, King if the Winds. Also the

wife of Alcyone.

Somnus- The God of Sleep

Iris- The Rainbow Goddess and the messenger of the Gods.

Morpheus- The son of the God of Sleep and a shapeshifter.

Ceyx and Alcyone

were lovers who

always wanted to be

by each others side.

However one day,

Ceyx had to make a

long, dangerous

journey and leave

Alcyone behind.

On the day of the

voyage Ceyx and

Alcyone said a tearful

farewell.

On the voyage, the ship

hit a terrible hurricane

Everybody died as the

ship sank beneath the

waves.

Meanwhile, Alcyone was praying every night to the gods for Ceyx’s safe return, unaware that he was dead.

Juno was touched by her prayers for one who had been dead so long.

She sent her messenger, Iris, to wake Somnus, the God of Sleep.

Iris reported to

Somnus what Juno

wanted him to do

Somnus sent his son,

Morpheus to create a

dream for Alcyone.

Morpheus went to Alcyone’s house and turned into Ceyx.

He convinced her in a dream that Ceyx was dead.

When Alcyone woke up she knew that he was dead and wanted to kill herself to join him

The next day Alcyone went to the waterfront and saw her husband’s body

She longed to be with Ceyx, so the gods turned them both into birds.

The significance of this myth is that when

two people love each other and are truly

devoted to each other, not even death

can separate them.

Pygmalion- Gifted young sculptor of Cyprus, woman-hater

Venus- Goddess of passionate love Galatea- Pygmalion’s creation and love

Pygmalion vowed never to marry

He created a statue and fell in love with it.

He obsessed himself with it, but became sad it wasn’t real.

Pygmalion prayed to Venus at her feast that he would find a women like his statue

Venus answered his prayers; when he went back home his statue was alive.

The significance of this myth is that true

love conquers all, and love can overcome

any obstacle.

Jupiter- The king of all gods Mercury- The messenger of the gods Baucis and Philemnon- A poor couple that

lived in Phrygia

Jupiter and Mercury went down to Earth(disguised as humans) to test the hospitality of people

Everybody rejected and insulted them, except one couple.

Zeus and Mercury disguised as humans

Only one poor couple, Baucis and Philemnon, accepted the gods into their home .

The couple eventually realized the guests were gods.

The gods drowned the rest of the city, while making the couple’s house a grand temple.

The gods granted them their wish that they’d die together and be the priests of Jupiter’s temple.

They lived cozily and they eventually both turned into a single tree instead of dying.

The significance of the myth is that it is

extremely important to be hospitable;

and the Greeks/Romans honored

hospitality greatly.