Mythology

Love Stories

Myths of Love and Romance1. Pyramus and Thisbe (Edith Hamilton’s Mythology)

2. Orpheus and Eurydice (Edith Hamilton’s Mythology)

3. Ceyx and Alcyone (Edith Hamilton’s Mythology)

4. Pygmalion and Galatea (Edith Hamilton’s Mythology)

5. Baucis and Philemon (Edith Hamilton’s Mythology)

6. Endymion (Edith Hamilton’s Mythology)

7. Daphne (Edith Hamilton’s Mythology)

8. Alpheus and Arethusa (Edith Hamilton’s Mythology)

9. Echo and Narcissus (Myths and Legends from Ancient

Greece and Around the World)

creative tasks1.Choose two myths. Maintain the conflict and characters but

rewrite the plot so that the ending is completely different. If the end is tragic, make it blissful—or vice versa.

2.Choose two different myths. Select a theme song for each (naming title and author of song). Explain why this song fits the myth’s focus and meaning.

3.Choose two different myths. What contemporary television show (a sitcom, a reality show, a drama—preferably one you watch and know well) could this myth appear in? Explain how you would incorporate this myth into the show. How would you update the characters and the plot to fit the show?

4.Choose two different myths. Draw a storyboard that illustrates the main events of the story in no more than six frames. You need to choose the most important events, and use dialogue and captions.