Summary of Ovid’s Apollo and Daphne
Apollo, a great archer, was very conceited, and one day he saw Eros, a fellow archer. Eros was the sun of Aphrodite, and his arrows were know for either making their target falling love, or hate the idea of love. Apollo, being the conceited fellow that he was, insulted Eros saying that his arrows did not make a difference, and that a little guy like Eros couldn’t even hit his target. Eros was very insulted and struck Apollo with the gold tipped arrow (which made him lust), and shot a young girl Daphne with the lead tipped arrow (which made her reject love). Apollo was enthralled with Daphne and chased after her relentlessly, but Daphne continually ran away from him. Daphne’s father was Ladon, the river god. She could not run away any longer and pleaded with her father to save her. He heard her cry and turned her into a laurel tree on the bank of the river. Her feet took root in the ground, her arms were the branches, and her hair turned into leaves. Apollo came upon the tree and saw how beautiful it was. He decided that if he could not have the girl, he would have a tree of his own, and he clung to the tree and never let go.
Great job on the summary, Marissa. You described it very succinctly.
ReplyDeleteHmmm... it's a rather weird story, if you ask me. But then, what Greek myths aren't weird... not to mention just plain false. It's fascinating to me that men could ever be deceived by such foolishness. But that just shows human depravity, I guess...
So, would you call Apollo a tree-hugger? :)
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o, yes. Apollo is most definitely "green" =)
ReplyDeletenice work Rissie!
goood job i love it you did a great job but he did not clung to the tree he took the branches and weaved it into a wreath from him to wear on his head and said all winners and champions will wear your leaves upon their head
ReplyDeleteYou guys officially have issues and obviously don't have a life if you're sitting on your computer typing about some woman who has trees for hands, and the only reason I'm on this is because it's my sisters art homework. I'm assuming this isn't your art 'homework' that you are doing research for, but instead a means to spend your endless time.
ReplyDeletethat is totally uncalled for!!!!!!!!!! this is classic mythology and if you had enough sense in your head to know that people make their living interpreting these myths. You have no right to say this. AT ALL. btw, im sure that the only reason you are on here is for your sisters "homework".
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