Pomona and

Vertumnus
 About this
Pomona and template
Vertumnus

Pomona was a Roman divinity, not Greek. She cared

only for fruits and orchards, and delighted in everything
and anything that belonged to the gardener’s art.
She cut herself off from men so that they couldn’t woo
her.
 Pomona and Vertumnus

Vertumnus, another Roman divinity,

was in love with her but only able to
enter her presence in disguise.
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 Pomona and Vertumnus

One day he went to her as an old woman, saying that

she should accept Vertumnus, instead of rejecting him.
The old woman also pointed out that Venus hated har-
hearted maidens. Lastly she said, “Be warned, and yield
to your true lover.”
 Pomona and Vertumnus

With that he dropped his disguise and she

yielded to him.
From then on her orchards had two
gardeners
 Brief Myths
(Arranged Alphabetically)
 Amalthea

• In one Story, Amalthea is a Goat. Her milk was used to

feed Zues when he was a baby.
• In another story, she is the owner of the goat.
• She is associated with the Cornucopia, or Horn of
Plenty.
• The Cornucopia was always filed with food and drink.
• In latin mythology, Cornucopia was the horn of the
river god Achelous, which had broken off in a battle
with Zeus.
 Amalthea

• In one Story, Amalthea is a Goat. Her milk was used to

feed Zues when he was a baby.
• In another story, she is the owner of the goat.
• She is associated with the Cornucopia, or Horn of
Plenty.
• The Cornucopia was always filed with food and drink.
• In latin mythology, Cornucopia was the horn of the
river god Achelous, which had broken off in a battle
with Zeus.
 The Amazons

• The Amazons were a group of fierce, man-

hating women warriors
• There are many more statues and portraits of
them than there are poems.
• They invaded Lycia, Phrygia, and Attica
• Theseus Kidnapped their Queen. They
attempted to rescue her, but they were
unable to defeat Theseus
• They fought against the Greeks during the
Trojan war.
 Amymone

• Amymone was a Danaid

• While fetching water, a satyr chased her
• She was saved by Poseidon, who was in love with her.
• To honor her, he made a spring and named it for her
 Antiope

• Antiope was the mother to two of Zeus’ sons,

Zethus and Amphion
• They were raised by a herdsman after Antiope
abandoned them because she feared Zeus
• The ruler of thebes, Lycus, and his eife, Dirce,
Treated Antiope very Cruelly, and shewent
into hiding.
• She found her sons who decided to seek
revenge for their mother. They killed Lycus
and tied Dirce’s hair to a bull, so that she
would be dragged and killed.
 Arachne

• Arachne was a peasant and a skilled weaver. She

claimed that her work was even superior to the
goddess Minerva’s, who was known for her weaving.
• Minerva was angered by this and challenged
Arachne to a contest.
• At the same time, both fininshed beautiful cloths.
• Minerva Cut up Arachne’s work in a fit of rage and
beat the girl
• Embarrassed and angry, Arachne hanged herslef
• Feeling sorry, Minerva then changed her into a spider
 Arion

• Arion was a real person. He was a poet who lived

about 700 b.c.
• His poems have not been passed down, and little is
known about him.
• The only story about Arion concerns his escape from
sailors he was sailing with on his return to Corinth after
participating in a music contest in Sicily.
• He had won the contest, and the sailors attacked
him, hoping to steal his prize.
• He asked to play one song before he died. The
sailors granted his wish, and as he finished the song,
he escaped into the sea and was saved by dolphins.
 Aristaeus

• Aristaeus was a beekeeper.

• When all of his bees were struck dead by a disease,
his mother, the water nymph Cyrene, told him to seek
advice from the sea god Proteus.
• He had to capture and hold Proteus in order to get
the information from him. This was a difficult task
because Proteus could change shape and took many
horrible forms.
• Aristaeus succeeded, and Proteus told him to make
a sacrifice and leave it in its place.
• Nine days later, he returned and found a swarm of
bees.
• The bees were never sick again.
 Aurora and Tithonus

• Aurora was Goddess of the Dawn. Tithonus was her

husband.
• Aurora wished for her husband to be immortal.
However, she did not wish for him to stay young.
• He aged and withered away, but could not die.
• Aurora locked him in a room where he lay, his mind
gone.
• Tithonus grew so small that she turned him into a
grasshopper.
• They had a son Memnon, who died fighting in the
Trojan War. A statue was erected to him in Egypt, and
when the morning light hit it, a twanging sound could
be heard. .
 Biton and Cleobis

• Biton and Cleobis were the sons of

Cydippe.
• They dragged their mother in a cart to
Argos, so she could see a beautiful
statue.
• Their thankful mother prayed to Hera
upon their arrival that she would reward
them with “the best gift in her power.”
• She gave the exhausted boys death.
 Callisto

• Callisto was the daughter of Lycaon, who was turned into a wolf
for serving human flesh to Zeus.
• Zeus fell in love with her.
• The jealous Hera turned her into a bear shortly after her son was
born. She attempted to arrange it so that the son would
unknowingly kill his mother while hunting.
• Zeus made her into a constellation, the Great Bear.
• Her son was eventually put next to her, the Lesser Bear.
• Hera convinced Poseidon to ban them from ever setting into the
ocean.
• They are the only constellations that do not drop below the
horizon.
 Chiron

• Chiron was a centaur.

• He was the only immortal centaur, but died.
• He was known for his wisdom and taught many
famous Greeks, including Achilles.
• Hercules was visiting another centaur and coaxed
him into opening a jar of wine that belonged to all the
centaurs.
• The other centaurs smelled the wine and came
rushing.
• Hercules fought them off, and in doing so, wounded
Chiron.
• Chiron was in great pain. Zeus pitied him and allowed
him to die.
 Clytie

• Clytie fell in love with the Sun God and spent

her days sitting and watching him.
• The Sun God had no interest in Clytie.
• She was turned into the sunflower, which
always faces the sun.
 Dryope

• Dryope was playing in a pool with her son and

sister, Iole.
• She plucked lotus blossoms from a tree, only
to discover that the tree was the nymph, Lotus,
and she had caused her harm.
• She was then turned into a tree.
• She asked that her son be brought to play in
the trees shade and to warn him never to pick
flowers because it may be a god or goddess
in disguise.
 Epimenides

• As a boy, he went out looking for his lost

sheep.
• He fell into a deep sleep that lasted 57 years.
• Upon awakening, he continued his search,
unaware of the time that had passed.
• He purified Athens of a plague. He refused the
large sum of money offered as a reward. He
wanted only friendship between Athens and
his home, Cnossos.
 Ericthonius

• He was also called Erechtheus.

• He was the son of Hephaestus and raised by Athena.
• He was half-man and half-serpent.
• Athena put Ericthonius in a chest, gave it to the 3
daughters of Cecrops, and forbade them to open it.
• They opened it anyway, and Athena drove them mad
as a punishment. They committed suicide by jumping
from the Acropolis.
• Erichthonius became King of Athens.
 Hero and Leander

• Hero and Leander were lovers who lived on

opposite shores.
• Every night, Leander swam to see Hero,
guided by a light. Some say it was a
lighthouse, and some say it was a torch lit by
Hero.
• One night, the light went out, and Leander
drowned.
• Hero found his body the next morning and
killed herself.
 Hyades

• They were the daughters of Atlas.

• The Pleiades were their half-sisters.
• There were six of them. They cared for the
baby Dionysus, and as a reward, were turned
into stars by Zeus.
• They were supposed to bring rain, since they
set during the rainy season, which was early
May and November.
 Ibycus and The Cranes

• Ibycus was a poet who lived about 550 B.C.

• As he lay dying after being attacked by robbers near
Corinth, he asked a flock of cranes flying overheard
to avenge him.
• The cranes flew over a theater where a play was
being performed.
• A man exclaimed that the cranes were there on
behalf of Ibycus, identifying himself as one of the
robbers.
• The others were then discovered, and they were all
killed for their crime.
 Leto

• Leto was the daughter of two Titans.

• She became pregnant with two of Zeus’s children.
Zeus abandoned her, fearing Hera.
• No place would allow her to give birth there because
they too were afraid of Hera’s wrath.
• She was welcomed by Delos, a small, rocky island
floating in the sea.
• Once Leto set foot on it, four pillars appeared and
attached it to the seafloor.
• Artemis and Apollo were born there. Years later,
Apollo’s temple stood here, and Delos became
renowned.
 Linus

• Linus was the son of Apollo and Psamathe.

• His mother abandoned him, and he was
brought up by shepherds.
• As a youth, he was torn apart by dogs.
• “Ailinon!” was a Greek word similar to “alas!”
and meant “woe for Linus.”
• Apollo had another son named Linus who
was
• killed while attempting to teach Hercules.
 Marpessa

• Marpessa fell in love with Idas, who of the

Argonauts.
• Apollo fell in love with her also.
• Idas and Apollo were prepared to fight with
her, but
• Zeus stepped in and told her to pick.
• She picked Idas, since she knew Apollo
would not be faithful to her.
 Marsyas

• Marsyas was a satyr, who found the flute after

Athena threw it away because it disfigured
her face.
• He challenged Apollo to a contest.
• After Apollo won, he whipped Marsyas.
 Melampus

• Melampus saved two baby snakes who then

licked his ears, giving him the power to
understand animals.
• He was captured. In his prison, he heard
worms say a roof beam would soon fall.
• He asked to be moved, and when what he
said came true, he was released and
rewarded.
 Merope

• Merope’s husband and two of her sons were

killed in a rebellion.
• Her third son, Aepytus, was hidden in
Arcadia.
• She married Polyphontes.
• Aepytus returned, pretending to be his own
murderer.
• Polyphontes treated him very kindly, while
Merope planned her revenge on him.
• She discovered he was really her son, and
the two killed Polyphontes and made Aepytus
the King.
 The Myrmidons

• Zeus fell in love with Aegina, whose son, Aeacus,

ruled over the island named for her.
• Hera was jealous and sent a plague which destroyed
all the people.
• Aeacus prayed to Zeus for help. He saw a colony of
ants and asked Zeus to turn them into people.
• He heard thunder and that night, dreamt that his
prayer came true.
• In the morning, a huge group of men were
approaching the palace, swearing their loyalty to
him.
• There men were created from the ants and called the
Myrmidons. Like ants, they were hard-working and
vigilant.
 Nisus and Scylla

• Nisus was King of Megara. He had a purple lock of hair which as

long as it was on his head, protected the city from harm.
• Minos tried to attack the city. Scylla fell in love with him, and in
an attempt to win his heart, cut the purple lock and brought it to
him.
• Minos spurned her and conquered the city.
• Nisus was turned into an eagle by the gods to save him from the
attack.
• As Minos left, Scylla jumped in the water and grabbed hold of
the boat.
• The eagle swooped down upon her, forcing her to let go.
• She too was turned into a bird because her sin was one of love.
 Orion

• Orion was very beautiful and a great hunter.

• He fell in love with King Oenopion’s daughter and cleared her
home island of Chios of wild animals for her.
• While drunk, he offended his fiancée.
• Dionysus put him into a deep sleep, and Oenopion blinded him.
• He traveled east to gaze upon the rising sun and restore his
sight.
• He sought revenge on Oenopion, but could not find him.
• He lived as Artemis’s huntsmen. He made one of the gods angry
and was killed.
• He became a constellation.
 THE PLEIADES

• They were 7 daughters of Atlas.

• Orion relentlessly pursued them. Zeus
saved them by turning them into stars.
• One was the mother of Hermes, and
one was the mother of the founder of
the Trojan race.
• Only six of the stars are easily seen.
 Rhoecus

• Rhoecus saved an oak tree that was about to topple, and in

doing so, also saved a dryad’s live.
• She offered him an award. He asked for her love.
• She told him that she would send a bee to tell him her wishes.
• Rhoecus disregarded the bee when it came and swatted it
away.
• The dryad was angry and blinded him.