CYBELES AND ATIS
GREEK MYTHOLOGY
Greek mythology is the set of myths and
legends belonging to the culture of Ancient
Greece, which deal with their gods and
heroes, the nature of the world, the origins and
meaning of their own cults and ritual
practices. They were part of the religion of
Ancient Greece, which basically had the
Olympian gods as its object of worship.
Modern researchers turn to and study myths in
an attempt to shed light on the religious and
political institutions of ancient Greece and its
civilization, as well as to better understand the
nature of myth creation itself.
ARISTEO
Cybele was the Latin name of a goddess native to
Phrygia, in Asia Minor. She was a goddess of nature
and fertility venerated in Rome as the Great Mother, a
very ancient and widely worshiped power, tender and
loving, whose fertility is inexhaustible, comparable, to
a greater extent, with the fertility of a woman.
ORPHEUS
Calliope, the muse of heroic poetry, had two loves, one
was Eagro, king of Thrace, and the other was Apollo.
They both slept with her, and the fruit of their union
was Orpheus; Eagro gave him life, and Apollo his
wonderful gifts. From a very young age, Orpheus was a
devoted follower of Dionysus, as befitted a good
Thracian, adept at magic and all kinds of wisdom;
When he reached adulthood, he received the lyre from
Apollo and became such an excellent musician that he
had no rival among mortals.
Aristaeus was the fruit of the loves of Apollo and the
nymph Cyrene, daughter of Hipseus (the son of the
river Peneus) and a naiad, Creusa, daughter of Gaia.
Cyrene was a huntress and when Apollo first saw her,
she was fighting hand to hand, one-handed and
unarmed, with a lion. His admiration for the young
woman's courage turned into passionate love, and
snatching her away, he took her in his golden chariot
from Mount Pelion to the district of Africa that bears
his name.
MIDAS AND SILENUM
Midas, king of Phrygia in Asia Minor, captured Silenus
at a spring near Macedonia. He achieved this by mixing
wine in the waters of the fountain, and thus making
Silenus drunk; Being brought into the presence of
Midas, he spoke about the vanity of worldly riches, and
told the king that the best destiny for man is not to be
born at all, and the second most important is to die as
quickly as possible after having been born. born
 POLYPHEMUS AND GALATEA
Polyphemus, the Cyclops son of Poseidon, fell in love
with Galatea, one of the Nereids, daughters of Nereus.
Polyphemus tried to win his favor with love songs and
other methods suggested by his very low intelligence.
The cheerful and mocking nymph did not return his
love; she provoked and ridiculed him, encouraging his
hopes with kind words, but rejecting him. Although his
attitude toward the Cyclops' loving grief became less
harsh, Polyphemus was never able to obtain his favors.
DAFNIS
Daphnis was a Sicilian shepherd, born from the union
of Hermes with a nymph. From a very young age, he
wanted nothing to do with love, until Aphrodite
punished him by inspiring him with an insatiable
longing for the nymph Pimplea. She reciprocated his
love, but was kidnapped by Litierses, king of Phrygia;
To rescue her, Daphnis proposed to Litierses a
competition in the harvest.
BAUCIS AND PHILEMON
“SAINT
Baucis and Philemon were an elderly couple from Phrygia,
who were extremely poor. When Zeus and Hermes,
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disguised as wanderers, toured Phrygia, they had looked in
vain for a lodging in the area, since its inhabitants did not
know hospitality, and were only friendly welcomed by
Baucis and Philemon, in their humble cabin. Then, Zeus
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decided to flood the entire region of Phrygia, to punish its
hostile inhabitants, but he saved Baucis and Philemon. As
a reward for his kindness, the gods gave him a wonderful
temple in place of his poor hut, and they were made priests
to care for it as long as they lived.
TOPIC : “GREEK
MYTHOLOGIES ”
ALPHEUS AND ARETUSA
Arethusa was a naiad from the Sicilian forest of Syracuse, ADVISER:
and one of Artemis's favorite nymphs. One day, while he  JUAN ELIAS CALDAS
was bathing in a stream that belonged to Alpheus, the
river-god of Elis, he appeared and declared his love for
him. Arethusa fled and Artemis turned her into a stream of
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water and granted her the power to flow under the ocean
until she reached the island of Ortygia, where the goddess  AMBROSIO HERMOZA
transformed her into a fountain. But Alpheus chased her MILAGROS
along the bottom of the sea where he himself became a
river whose waters joined with those of the source.
COURSE: “HISTORY”
GRADE: “1st Secondary”
2019