and at one time they had been handmaids to Demeter's gallant Daughter [Persephone], before she was married, and sung to her in chorus. But now, half human and half bird in form, they spent their time watching fo
15 The Sirens Far out in the sea there was an island,on the rocky edge of which lived three Sirens,the three sisters of magic song.Half human and half bird,the Siren sisters sat in a field of flowers,singing in voices that excited the hearts of men.The attractive songs were so sweet...
But now, half human and half bird in form, they spent their time watching for ships from a height that overlooked their excellent harbour."Strabo, Geography 6. 1 . 5 (trans. Jones) (Greek geographer C1st B.C. to C1st A.D.) : "Because the country round about Hipponion [in ...
these half-bird, half-woman creatures had a job that was the stuff of nightmares: abducting and tormenting criminals who had dared to defy divine laws. They had a unique talent for creating chaos, leaving nothing but destruction in their wake. ...
which was created by Pegasus after he struck Helicon with his hoof; Triton is a child of Poseidon, he's half human, half fish... Triton stopped the great flood by blowing into a conch shell and parting the waters. Amphitrite is the goddess of the sea and the wife of Poseidon and the...
Tell a story focused on the half-bird, half-woman harpies from Greek myth. Where did they originate from? Why were they cursing and tormenting King Phineus before the winged sons of Boreas interceded? Develop a coming-of-age story focused on the early life of Achilles and his fate as ...
Hera andAphrodite. The 4 goddesses were enraged when they found out about this. However three of the goddesses (Athena, Artemis and Aphrodite) decided to let Hera handle the situation. Hera, therefore, turned Gerana into a crane bird and she decreed that birds who were Gerana's descendant wi...
Study Deucalion and Pyrrha. Learn about the ancient Greek flood myth and read about how Deucalion, son of Prometheus, and his wife Pyrrha of...
Half man half horse Savage Gorgons 3 monstrous women; 2 immortal 1 mortal Medusa is the mortal gorgon Graiae 3 monstrous women who share one eye Live on the far bank of ocean Sirens Part women and part swan 3 of these Sings to sailors so they lose reason, crash their ship, and watch...
The myth of the bird Nyx, for example, explains the creation of the world from the void: Nyx sat on an egg until it hatched and the halves became Earth and the sky. To explain why both good and evil exist in the world, the Greeks had the story of Pandora: The supreme Greek god ...