Group D: Catherine Cargill, William Grice, Amy Lehain, Isabelle Welch by Gloria Visintini https://padlet.com/mlxgv/prcsv9uz6h7w Contemporary Myth-Making: Group Project en-us 2018-02-13 12:02:36 UTC 2024-11-21 21:42:23 UTC hello@padlet.com Ideas https://padlet.com/mlxgv/prcsv9uz6h7w/wish/294301892 Rap Battle
Singing Comp
'The Real Housewives of Troy’
The Apprentice
The Great British Bake Off]]> 2018-10-18 12:39:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mlxgv/prcsv9uz6h7w/wish/294301892 https://www.theawl.com/2015/04/episodes-of-eating-children-in-ancient-greece-ranked-in-order-of-unreasonableness/ https://padlet.com/mlxgv/prcsv9uz6h7w/wish/294304650 2018-10-18 12:45:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mlxgv/prcsv9uz6h7w/wish/294304650 https://padlet.com/mlxgv/prcsv9uz6h7w/wish/294305989 https://youtu.be/xOHNyCleOEM]]> 2018-10-18 12:48:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mlxgv/prcsv9uz6h7w/wish/294305989 'The Real Housewives of Olympus' cc17342 https://padlet.com/mlxgv/prcsv9uz6h7w/wish/295026290 Plot: A few of the different 'wives' and goddess are meeting for Helen of Troys hen party (maybe her or another person from a myth??) There are a few group scenes full of awkward small talk with cut aways  to each of the women making funny/catty etc comments about the others all relating to their myths;
For example; Athena talking about all the drama that goes on in the marriage of Zeus and Hera. 
The video ends with a small fight breaking out between two of the women at the party whilst the others watch in shock/enjoyment.

OR

Same thing but its the gods of Olympus and could be funnier if its the men acting catty instead of the women.]]> 2018-10-19 23:24:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mlxgv/prcsv9uz6h7w/wish/295026290 Dragons Den: Contest for Athens https://padlet.com/mlxgv/prcsv9uz6h7w/wish/295924034 (from Amy!)

Summary of Myth: http://www.greek-gods.info/greek-gods/poseidon/stories/poseidon-athena-contest/

Idea:
Cecrops (half-snake king of Athens), sitting at a table. Poseidon enters with a fancy bottle of water,  and poster board. Presents his water. Cecrops tastes it - too salty! 
Side camera: Athena, rolling her eyes or something.
Main: Athena enters. Puts a jar of olives and bottle of olive oil on the table. 
Athena Wins.]]> 2018-10-23 13:23:52 UTC https://padlet.com/mlxgv/prcsv9uz6h7w/wish/295924034 https://padlet.com/mlxgv/prcsv9uz6h7w/wish/295930021 2018-10-23 13:33:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mlxgv/prcsv9uz6h7w/wish/295930021 Storyboard Part 1/2 al17321 https://padlet.com/mlxgv/prcsv9uz6h7w/wish/304412502 2018-11-14 17:03:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mlxgv/prcsv9uz6h7w/wish/304412502 storyboard part 2/2 al17321 https://padlet.com/mlxgv/prcsv9uz6h7w/wish/304412989 2018-11-14 17:04:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mlxgv/prcsv9uz6h7w/wish/304412989 Some Ancient Sources for the Myth! al17321 https://padlet.com/mlxgv/prcsv9uz6h7w/wish/307412002 Plato, Menexenus 237c (trans. Fowler) :
"Our country [Athens] is deserving of praise, not only from us but from all men, on many grounds, but first and foremost because she is god-beloved. The strife of the gods who contended over her [i.e. Athena and Poseidon] and their judgement testify to the truth of our statement."

Apollodorus, The Library Book 3: (https://www-loebclassics-com.bris.idm.oclc.org/view/apollodorus_mythographer-library/1921/pb_LCL122.77.xml?result=17&rskey=ICEuM3)
"Cecrops, a son of the soil, with a body compounded of man and serpent, was the first king of Attica, and the country which was formerly called Acte he named Cecropia after himself. In his time, they say, the gods resolved to take possession of cities in which each of them should receive his own peculiar worship. So Poseidon was the first that came to Attica, and with a blow of his trident on the middle of the acropolis, he produced a sea which they now call Erechtheis. After him came Athena, and, having called on Cecrops to witness her act of taking possession, she planted an olive-tree, which is still shown in the Pandrosium. But when the two strove for possession of the country, Zeus parted them and appointed arbiters, not, as some have affirmed, Cecrops and Cranaus, nor yet Erysichthon, but the twelve gods. And in accordance with their verdict the country was adjudged to Athena, because Cecrops bore witness that she had been the first to plant the olive. Athena, therefore, called the city Athens after herself, and Poseidon in hot anger flooded the Thriasian plain and laid Attica under the sea."

Pausanius (Roman writer): Description of Greece.
1. 24. 5 :
"As you enter the temple that they name the Parthenon . . . the rear pediment represent the contest for the land between Athena and Poseidon."
1. 27. 1 :
'About the olive tree (at the acropolis) they have nothing to say except that it was testimony the goddess produced when she contended for their land. Legend also says that when the Persians fired Athens the olive was burnt down, but on the very day it was burnt it grew again to the height of two cubits."

In Virgils version of the myth (Georgics), Poseidon didn't give water, but a horse.
]]> 2018-11-24 16:27:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mlxgv/prcsv9uz6h7w/wish/307412002 Cast. cc17342 https://padlet.com/mlxgv/prcsv9uz6h7w/wish/307723164 William: King Cercops
Isabelle: Athena
Poseidon: Miki
Narrator: ? 


Filming Requirements. 
Lift, Sofa, Tables, Chairs.
An empty classroom maybe.
Sofa in the ASS. Props; Water and Olives.]]> 2018-11-26 12:19:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mlxgv/prcsv9uz6h7w/wish/307723164 Logo 1 al17321 https://padlet.com/mlxgv/prcsv9uz6h7w/wish/309154706 2018-11-29 07:15:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mlxgv/prcsv9uz6h7w/wish/309154706 Logo 2 al17321 https://padlet.com/mlxgv/prcsv9uz6h7w/wish/309158685 2018-11-29 07:39:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mlxgv/prcsv9uz6h7w/wish/309158685 Script. cc17342 https://padlet.com/mlxgv/prcsv9uz6h7w/wish/309214766 Guys, I've written the script and I'll upload it here. We can discuss it in the session if you think there is anything you would like to change.
If everyone could look over the script overnight we'd really like to film Friday afternoon if possible so we have a decent amount of time to edit before submission.]]> 2018-11-29 11:19:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mlxgv/prcsv9uz6h7w/wish/309214766 Summary: What needs to be in it al17321 https://padlet.com/mlxgv/prcsv9uz6h7w/wish/309266698 - why we chose the idea (to do it as a modern/dragons den - modern pitch vs ancient 'pitch')
- what literary sources were
- why we chose the myth/ that version of the myth (i.e. In Virgil Poseidon presents a horse, but not as amusing as the idea of giving sea water - or as practical for the project)]]> 2018-11-29 13:43:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mlxgv/prcsv9uz6h7w/wish/309266698 ‘To become a myth, a story must be retold often enough to be familiar to many, if not most, members of a community over several generations; and as a result, it carries a certain authority.’Doherty’s proposed requirement for an account to be categorised as a myth, rather than simply a story, creates numerous issues for modern re-writings of myth. In an attempt to reduce, if not eliminate, this barrier to our modern re-writing of Athena and Poseidon’s contest for the patronage of Athens, we placed our re-writing in the context of TV show that is almost certainly familiar to intergenerational groups in the United Kingdom: Dragons Den. We hope that the familiarity of the show will give our myth a certain authority that it would otherwise lack. As is the nature of myths, there is was ‘single authoritative version’ for which to base a modern re-writing on. One major disparity in different versions of the myth is the gift that Poseidon presents. For example, in Virgil’s version he Poseidon presents a horse, whereas in numerous other accounts, Poseidon offered a stream of salty water created by jabbing his trident into the earth. We choose to evoke the latter detail, as having Poseidon presents a bottle of salty water was more humours, and therefore inline with the comical tone of our re-writing. The underwhelming, unimpressive nature of the salty water, despite Poseidon’s comprehensive pitch, also served to justify Athena’s victory. In contrast, a horse would perhaps appear more impressive than olive oil, largely due to its imposing size, undermining her victory. This choice also served a practical purpose as (obviously) it was easier to obtain water than a horse for our film. https://padlet.com/mlxgv/prcsv9uz6h7w/wish/310172338

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