Friday, October 1, 2010

Book III

Actaeon- A hunter who sees the goddess Diana naked, soon becomes the hunted.

Semele- ANOTHER of Jove's mistresses persuaded by Juno to Jove to "embrace Saturnia" which leads to her bolted death but her unborn child is taked and kept safe in Jove's thigh.

Tiresias- The man/woman who decides the sex of Baccus (Semele's kin)  to be man, Juno gets mad (surprise surprise) and Jove lessens his punishment to be making him blind but with the power to see into the future.

Narcissus & Echo- The "Brad Pitt" of the time not interested in Echo who dies of a broken heart but is still heard in the mountains due to Juno's curse.

Pentheus- He who questions Baccus strays away and tries to spy only to end up sparagmos by his Theban women.

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