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Zeus had given Echo, a mountain nymph, the task of entertaining his wife, Hera, so he could go "talk” to other women. Hera mistaking Echo as one of Zeus’s affections, cast a spell on her so she would repeat what was said to her. And, so Echo could never speak her own words again. Narcissus was a handsome young man who had a mother that constantly complimented him. Narcissus’s mother told him he was handsome so much that he thought he was the most attractive person who ever lived. Narcissus never loved anyone else because he thought he deserved someone as attractive as himself. So anytime someone loved him he would reject them because he thought he deserved it. He hunted and got separated from his group. Echo was walking in the same forest. When Echo saw Narcissus she immediately fell in love with him. Anyone who saw narcissus immediately fell in love with him. Echo was not able to talk to Narcissus because of Hera’s curse. So, Echo followed Narcissus around the woods. When Narcissus called for his hunting party, Echo jumped out and tried to talk to him. However, she was unable to because of Hera’s curse. Echo jumped towards Narcissus, but Narcissus decided he would rather die than love a wood nymph. Echo was very upset because of being rejected, so she ran and hid in a cave. Echo did not eat or sleep, so after a while she withered away to just her voice. That's why we have echos. Later the goddess of revenge, Nemesis, punished Narcissus for only loving himself and not loving Echo. Narcissus’s punishment was to look at his reflection in a pool. Narcissus fell in love with his own reflection because for the first time he saw someone as attractive as himself, himself. The pool was near the cave where Echo had died. After he died he turned into the flower which shares his name.

Noah and Emmett

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Atalanta was banished to the woods by her father at a young age, so she grew up and became a huntress. Later on the Oracle told her to avoid marriage, so Atalanta had become skeptical of marrying someone. She then reunited with her father and he accepted her but says she should marry. Knowing that she is very fast, she told her father that anyone who could beat her in a foot race would be worthy of being married to her. Many people tried to beat her but none succeeded. Hippomenes was supposed to be a judge in the race, but when he saw her he wanted to enter the race. He knew that he would not be able to beat Atlanta, so he got three golden apples from Aphrodite. Aphrodite gave him these apples because she didn’t like people who didn’t want to get married. When it was time to race, he threw them on the ground next to her and she got distracted by the apples and stopped to pick them up. When she picked them up, Hippomenes would get more ahead of her each time. This resulted in Hippomenes winning the race over Atalanta. She was forced to marry him. Unfortunately, Hippomenes forgot to thank Aphrodite for the apples and Hippomenes and Atalanta had inappropriate interactions in her temple, which resulted in them being transformed into lions by Aphrodite, to pull her cart.

Lily Wolfley
Kailey O'Brien

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There was a wedding reception on Mount Olympus for Peleus and Thetis. Everyone was invited but Elis, the god of discord. She came anyways with a golden apple which was a prize for beauty and threw it into the reception. Hera, Athena and Aphrodite wanted the golden apple. This began the judgement of Paris when Zeus let Paris judge their beauty. The three goddesses were bribing Paris but Aphrodite offered him the most beautiful women on Earth, Helen, and he chose Aphrodite. Helen was married to the king of Sparta, Menelaus. She chose Menelaus among her suitors from all over Greece. When Menelaus was absent Helen was said to have fled Sparta with Paris, son of King Priam of Troy. Other accounts say that she was abducted by Paris because he fell in love with her and took her to Troy. No one knows for sure what happened, if she was abducted by Paris or went willingly with him to Troy. In result of the Judgement of Paris and Helen leaving Sparta to Troy with Paris it started the Trojan war between the Greeks and Troy.

Catherine Mattson

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Pyramus and Thisbe were two lovers that lived next door to each other.  However, they were forbidden by their parents to marry because of a rivalry between the two families.  A wall connected the homes of the two lovers, and they were able to talk of their love for each other through the cracks in the wall.  One day, Pyramus and Thisbe arranged to meet under a mulberry tree and state their feelings for one another.  Thisbe arrived at the tree first, and when she saw a lion with a bloody mouth from a fresh kill, she ran away, leaving behind her veil.  When Pyramus arrived at the tree and saw the torn, bloody veil, he assumed that the lion had killed Thisbe.  Devastated, he commited suicide with his sword, unable to live with his pain.  When he stabbed himself, blood splashed onto the white fruits of the mulberry tree, turning them dark red.  When Thisbe returned to the mulberry tree, she saw the dead body of Pyramus, and also committed suicide with the same sword.  The gods then decided to permanently change the color of the mulberry fruit to red to tribute the two lovers.

Jason Wyant
Josh Cary

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Psyche was a princess so beautiful that the goddess Venus became jealous of her. Mortals were comparing Psyche's beauty to Venus’s and she became very angry. In revenge, she told her son Cupid to make Psyche fall in love with a monster. Cupid was so surprised by Psyche’s beauty that he accidentally shot himself and fell deeply in love with her. Soon he only visits her at night to make sure no one can see him, including Psyche. One night Psyche disobeys his orders and looks at him, and then loses him. She then goes on a search for Cupid and Venus throws many cruel and difficult tasks on her. Cupid can no longer bear to watch his true love suffering so he goes to the gods and pleads their case. The gods then make Psyche immortal and then Cupid and Psyche get married in heaven.

Hannah Dunn
Samantha McCann

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Ulysses and Penelope were married, but then Ulysses was called to go fight in the Trojan War.  While he is gone, many suitors try to win over Penelope.  No one knew if he was dead or missing, so there was a chance Penelope’s husband may never return.  She denies these suitors over and over using tricks.  She says she is weaving a burial shroud for Ulysses’s father and that she will choose a suitor when it is done.  However, every night she unravels it so that it is never finished.  This worked for three years until a servant discovers what Penelope is doing and tells the suitors.  Penelope is then forced to appear in front of them.  She is conflicted on what to do.  Part of her wants Artemis to kill her, and another part wants to choose a suitor to marry.  Soon, a beggar shows up who is actually Ulysses in disguise.  At this point, Penelope tells the men that whoever can shoot an arrow through twelve axe heads with Ulysses’s bow can marry her.  She knows that no one will be able to do this.  Then, when it is Ulysses’s turn, he successfully shoots the arrow and proceeds to kill the rest of the men.  Penelope is not yet sure that it is him, so she asks a servant to move a bed in their home, but knows that it cannot be moved because one of the legs is a live olive tree, something only Ulysses knows.  He objects with that reason, and Penelope knows it is him.  Ulysses had been away for twenty years.

Andrew Semo and Ava Robinson

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Hero was a beautiful virgin priestess of Aphrodite who lived in Sestos. One day there was a festival that was hosted by Leander, who lived in Abydos. At this festival, both Hero and Leander fell in love. However, the two were not allowed to marry because Hero was a virgin priestess (who weren't allowed to marry) so they had to meet in secret. Every night Leander would swim across the Hellespont (today the Dardanelles) to Hero’s tower, being led by a candle in her window. Then, one stormy night, the light from Hero’s candle went out and Leander lost his way. Leander then drowned in the freezing cold water. The next morning, Hero found his body on the shore and drowned herself by jumping off her tower.

By: Karl Guenther and Jacob Matteson

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Jupiter and Mercury, wondering if there was good left in the world, went down to Earth, and started to search for good people. They knocked on many houses asking for a place to eat and sleep. They finally came to a poor house and were welcomed in. The hosts were very kind to the guests and were going to kill their only goose for them to eat. Jupiter and Mercury revealed themselves and punished the town for not being hospitable, but were willing to grant them one wish. Baucis and Philemon didn’t wish to be gods or for unlimited wealth, only to be able to be together forever. The gods granted this wish and one day, as Baucis and Philemon were on a walk, they started to transform into trees, their branches intertwining, allowing them to be together forever. The myth symbolizes Baucis and Philemon as one trunk with two different trees as a symbol of eternal love.

Carson Mazurkiewicz and Nathan Wojciechowski

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The son of Prometheus is Deucalion and Pyrrha is his wife. When Zeus said that he was going to destroy humanity with a huge flood, Deucalion built an ark. When Zeus flooded the earth, Deucalion and Pyrrha lasted the flood but they were lonely. They landed on Mount Parnassus. Hermes, unable to watch their sadness, told them “throw the bones of their mother behind them over their shoulders” to renew the human race. They were puzzled at first by this riddle. Then Deucalion correctly interpreted that their mother was Mother Earth and that rocks were her bones. They threw rocks behind them and the rocks thrown by Deucalion became men and the ones thrown by Pyrrha became women. After this they reigned as king and queen.

By Aiden Morris and Jon Carlson

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Apollo was the god of archery, music, and dance. Daphne was a nymph and the daughter of a river god, Peneus. Apollo, after defeating the Python, thought he was so great after this victory and mocked the god of love, Eros, because he is also skilled with arrows. Apollo said that Eros should leave war-like weapons to mighty gods and in retaliation, Eros fired two arrows. One arrow hit Apollo, which was the golden arrow of love and made him fall in love with Daphne. The other arrow hit Daphne, which  was a lead arrow and made her hate Apollo. Daphne was determined to remain unmarried for the rest of her life. Apollo, who was under Eros' spell, followed Daphne and Daphne kept rejecting him. Daphne pleaded for help from her father. Because Apollo was a god and was untouchable, Peneus turned Daphne into a laurel tree. Apollo, who was still in love, was not deterred by this transformation and made the laurel tree sacred. Then, he cut off some laurel branches and wore them as a crown because he would love her forever and would have a piece of her for forever.
By: Rachel Bibler and Angie DiMaria