Phaethon and his father Note the horses on the left.
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Transcript of Phaethon and his father Note the horses on the left.
Another conception of Phaethon’s fall. This illustration shows two scenes from the story—at right, Phaethon going to visit his father, and at left, his fall from the chariot.
•Apollo and Coronis - the Raven’s story
•Minerva (Pallas) and Erichthonius and the daughters of Cecrops – Herse, Pandrosos, Aglauros – the Crow’s story
•Chiron and daughter, Ocyrhoe
•Mercury and Battus
•Mercury and the daughters of Cecrops
•House of Envy
Further tales from Ovid, Book 2:
Stories of the daughters of Cecrops: Aglauros’ betrayal of Minerva’s trust, Mercury’s desire for Herse and efforts to get
Aglauros to serve as go-between, and Minerva’s punishment of Aglauros, after a visit to the House of EnvySee http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Envy.htmlfor summary and such depictions as that of Envy, below.
Apollo and Coronis
The great English poet Geoffry Chaucer borrowed this story for his “Canterbury Tales”, although he changed the bird from Ovid’s raven to a crow. Check out Chaucer’s version, which also features ‘animal wisdom’ at
http://www.artandpopularculture.com/Manciple%27s_tale.
Ovid had his own crow story of course that goes along with
the Raven’s tale.
Minerva and the daughters of Cecrops – Ovid’s crow story
Although Crow made a mistake in telling Minerva about the girls’ betrayal of her trust, ancients thought, in general, that the crow was an intelligent bird.
Chiron and his daughter
Chiron was a wise and learned centaur, tutor to many of the ancient Greek mythic heroes.
Ovid now takes us to the Asian coast with Mercury—to ancient Phoenicia
Note the location of the city of Sidon on the coast of Phoenicia in the lower right of the map, at the east end of the Mediterranean Sea.
Here Mercury goes to herd cattle to the shoreline to set the scene for Jove’s abduction of Europa.