Stories of LoveStories of Love

Orpheus and EuridiceOrpheus and Euridice

Ceyx and AlcyoneCeyx and Alcyone

Pygmalion and GalateaPygmalion and Galatea

Orpheus and EuridiceOrpheus and Euridice

Characters:Characters: Orpheus-the greatest Orpheus-the greatest

musician who fell in musician who fell in love with Euridicelove with Euridice

Euridice-the wood Euridice-the wood nymph who fell in love nymph who fell in love with Orpheuswith Orpheus

PlotPlot

Orpheus was a Orpheus was a musician who can musician who can move anything with move anything with his musichis music

While in the forest, he While in the forest, he saw Euridice and fell saw Euridice and fell in love with herin love with her

After they got After they got married, Euridice was married, Euridice was bitten by a snake and bitten by a snake and dieddied

Orpheus went to the Orpheus went to the underworld and asked underworld and asked for Euridice’s soulfor Euridice’s soul

Orpheus moved Hades Orpheus moved Hades and Persephone with his and Persephone with his music and Hades granted music and Hades granted his wish with the his wish with the condition that he must not condition that he must not look backlook back

He tried but nearing the He tried but nearing the upperworld he looked upperworld he looked back and saw Euridice back and saw Euridice being pulled back to the being pulled back to the underworldunderworld

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The story happened in the town of ThraceThe story happened in the town of Thrace

ThemeTheme

The importance of The importance of trust and faithtrust and faith

The lengths that a The lengths that a man would go man would go through for his lovethrough for his love

Love story doesn’t Love story doesn’t always end in a always end in a happy endinghappy ending

Ceyx and AlcyoneCeyx and Alcyone

Characters:Characters: Ceyx- the son of Lucifer Ceyx- the son of Lucifer

and husband of Alcyoneand husband of Alcyone Alcyone-daughter of the Alcyone-daughter of the

wind and wife of Ceyxwind and wife of Ceyx Hera-goddess of Hera-goddess of

marriagemarriage Iris-god of dreamIris-god of dream Morpheus-son of Iris and Morpheus-son of Iris and

appeared to Alcyone as appeared to Alcyone as her husbandher husband

PlotPlot Ceyx had a dream and he Ceyx had a dream and he

wanted to travel to Delphi wanted to travel to Delphi to visit the oracle but to to visit the oracle but to do that he needed to do that he needed to travel by boattravel by boat

Alcyone asked him not to Alcyone asked him not to go for the sea is go for the sea is unforgivable that time and unforgivable that time and she’s afraid that he would she’s afraid that he would die in a shipwreckdie in a shipwreck

Ceyx is travelled on and Ceyx is travelled on and met his death by the seamet his death by the sea

Alcyone left at home Alcyone left at home prayed fervently to Hera prayed fervently to Hera for her husband’s safety for her husband’s safety not knowing that he was not knowing that he was already deadalready dead

Hera felt sorry for her and Hera felt sorry for her and asked Iris to appear to asked Iris to appear to her in a dream and tell her in a dream and tell her about her husband’s her about her husband’s deathdeath

Iris asked his son to do Iris asked his son to do the job and appeared the job and appeared before her in a dreambefore her in a dream

Alcyone realized her Alcyone realized her husband was dead and husband was dead and saw his body by the sea, saw his body by the sea, not wanting to live not wanting to live anymore, she jumped anymore, she jumped only to be turned into a only to be turned into a bird the same with Ceyx bird the same with Ceyx and they lived happily as and they lived happily as birds in lovebirds in love

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the city of Trachisthe city of Trachis

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Love is eternal and Love is eternal and can take many forms can take many forms

Pygmalion and GalateaPygmalion and Galatea

Characters:Characters: Pygmalion-a sculptor who Pygmalion-a sculptor who

fell in love with his own fell in love with his own workwork

Galatea-the work of art of Galatea-the work of art of Pygmalion who became Pygmalion who became humanhuman

Aphrodite-the goddess of Aphrodite-the goddess of lovelove

PlotPlot Pygmalion was a sculptor Pygmalion was a sculptor

who hated women and who hated women and said that he would never said that he would never fall in lovefall in love

One day, created a One day, created a woman made of ivory and woman made of ivory and realized that it was realized that it was perfect so he named it perfect so he named it GalateaGalatea

He fell in love with He fell in love with Galatea and prayed Galatea and prayed to Aphrodite for herto Aphrodite for her

Aphrodite granted his Aphrodite granted his wish and when he wish and when he came home and came home and kissed Galatea’s kissed Galatea’s hand, she became hand, she became alivealive

They lived happily They lived happily ever afterever after

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This story took place in CyprusThis story took place in Cyprus

ThemeTheme Love knows no Love knows no

boundariesboundaries The consequence of The consequence of

falling in love with an falling in love with an inanimate objectinanimate object