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The one about soul mates [Primeval man] could walk upright as men now do, backwards or forwards as he pleased, and he could also roll over and over at a great pace, turning on his four hands and four feet, eight in all, like tumblers going over and over with their legs in the air; this was when he wanted to run fast …Terrible was their might and strength, and the thoughts of their hearts were great, and they made an attack upon the gods ... Doubt reigned in the celestial councils. Should they kill them and annihilate the race with thunderbolts, as they had done the giants, then there would be an end of the sacrifices and worship which men offered to them; but, on the other hand, the gods could not suffer their insolence to be unrestrained. At last, after a good deal of reflection, Zeus discovered a way. He said: 'I have a plan which will humble their pride and improve their manners; men shall continue to exist, but I will cut them in two and then they will be diminished in strength and increased in numbers; this will have the advantage of making them more profitable to us. They shall walk upright on two legs, and if they continue insolent and will not be quiet, I will split them again and they shall hop about on a single leg.'
—Aristophanes, Plato’s Symposium
The Trojan War offers the background for much of both Greek and Roman literature. When Paris handed Aphrodite the reward, the apple of discord, he started the chain of events that led to the annihilation of his homeland Troy, which, in turn, led to the voyage of Aeneas and the founding of Rome.
I like Persephone. Can't really explain why but I've always loved it, and the name. Also, Echo & Narcissus.
Prometheus, the only god that challenged Zeus' power and the bringer of fire to mankind.
OHHHHHH my god. That's dead weird. Same two as mee! I answered then saw yours :L
The tale of Narcissus and echo is one of them and the one about the pomegranate
The one with nacissus. Where he talls in love with his reflection.
mine is aphrodite being like irrisistible
HERCULES..., the only I know lol...
The Odyssey. :]
