The Legends Of Ovids Metamorphoses Book III

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The Legends of Ovid's Metamorphoses Book III
Grade Level 12 English By Bri Phillips
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Overview

• Audience
• 12th Graders
• Subject-English
• Middle Class School
• Upper Level English Class

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• Environment
• In a computer lab
• Individually
• In a quiet lab, perhaps reserved lab

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• Objective
• Take notes on books summarized
• Answer questions
• Receive a 90

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Orientation

• Ovids Metamorphoses is a famous, classic,
  widely, world known Epic Poem.
• It is an equivalent to the previously studied
  Paradise Lost.
• ENJOY

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• The title Metamorphoses, is itself a Greek word,
  meaning Transformations.

• Ovids Metamorphoses is one of the most
  important sources for our knowledge of Greek and
  Roman MythologyOvid is often our only source for
  these ancient stories.

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Characters

• Greek to Ovid
• Zeus to Jove
• Artemis to Diana
• Apollo to the archer god
• Dionysus to Bacchus

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Quotes

• Varied as only verse can be when it comes from a
  poet with a virtually perfect ear.
• -Whitney J. Oats, The New York Times Book Review
• Ovid, whom I have always avoided, has suddenly
  become in my mind one of the first-rate Roman
  poets
• -Robinson Jeffers

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Cadmus

• Cadmus was sent out by his father to find his
  kidnapped sister. He went to the oracle Apollo
  because he knew the god Jove had hidden his
  sister well. He went to build a new home. After
  trouble with a cow and a snake, Athene came down
  upon him. He was told to sow the snakes teeth
  into the ground. From the ground emerged men who
  battled. The remaining five formed peace and that
  is how Thebes was brought about.

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Actaeon

• Cadmus made his family in the new thriving city
  of Thebes. Cadmus grandson Actaeon was the first
  trouble he saw in Thebes. Goddess, Diana was
  bathing and Actaeon accidentally saw her. She
  turned him into a deer for having seen her naked
  and he was killed by animals. His death was all
  that satisfied Diana.

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Semele

• Semele was Cadmus daughter. She had conceived
  Joves child. Semele was tricked by jealous Juno
  and asked Jove for a favor. He agreed. Juno told
  Semele to have Jove appear to her in all his
  glory as a god. This way Semele knew he was the
  father. Jove had to follow through, but his power
  killed Semele. He took the fetus from her and
  grew it to term in his thigh. The child, Bacchus,
  was raised by Semeles sister. Then Bacchus was
  given to the Nymphs of Nysa.

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Pop Quiz

• Which story did a battle take place?
• Cadmus
• Actaeon
• Semele

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• Hint The battle lead to the development of a
  city.

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Tiresias

• Juno and Jove were talking of whether love was
  better for men or women. So they asked an old
  man by the name of Tiresias who had hit snakes
  changing his gender. Born a man, he was changed
  to a woman and after he hit the snakes again he
  was made back into a man. Tiresias and Jove
  agreed it was better for women. Juno blinded
  Tiresias, but Jove gave him prophecy.

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Echo and Narcissus

• Tiresias prophesized that Narcissus life would
  be long and happy as long as he never knew
  himself. The nymph, Echo, fell in love with him,
  but Juno had taken her voice except to echo.
  Narcissus objected to Echos love. Narcissus
  continued to reject those who loved him, and one
  of them wished Narcissus would feel the
  unattainable love too. He fell in love with his
  reflection and when he realized what it was he
  died leaving behind the flower, narcissus, not a
  body.

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Pentheus and Bacchus

• Pentheus was unsure of Tiresias gift. Tiresias
  said he would disrespect Bacchus power and that
  his own family would rip him up. He tried to
  prove Bacchus was not a real god. Acoetes, who
  stood up for Bacchus, was sent to prison by
  Pentheus. He was magically set free and Bacchus
  cult killed Pentheus. The cult included his
  family and had gone mad because of Bacchus, who
  had them see Pentheus as a boar.

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Pop Quiz

• Which story did someone change from man to woman?
• Tiresias
• Echo and Narcissus
• Pentheus and Bacchus

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• Hint This person was given prophecy by Jove.

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Quiz (Keep track of the number you answer
correctly on the first try.)

• In which story was Thebes founded?
• Semele
• Cadmus
• Actaeon

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• Hint Thebes was founded when men emerged from
  snakes teeth on the ground.

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Quiz

• What did Narcissus love?
• Flowers
• Echo
• Himself

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• Hint This ultimately killed him.

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Quiz

• Why was Diana satisfied in Actaeons death?
• He cheated on her.
• They had relations.
• He saw her naked.

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• Hint Think back to what Diana was doing in the
  story.

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Quiz

• Cadmus seeked whom for help?
• Tiresias
• Apollo
• His father

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• Hint The person was an oracle.

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Quiz

• What animal was Actaeon turned into?
• Deer
• Wolf
• Bear

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• Hint The animal was killed.

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• Who did Jove have a child with, and what was the
  childs name?
• Juno, Bacchus
• Semele, Juno
• Semele, Bacchus

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• Hint Someone tricked the mother of this baby.

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• Which is not true of Tiresias?
• He was given prophecy.
• He sided with Juno in the argument.
• He was a man, changed into a woman,
• and back to a man again.

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• Hint The answer to Part twos Pop Quiz will help
  you answer this question.

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Quiz

• Tiresias prophesized that Narcissus life would be
  long and happy as long as he
• Loved Echo
• Never fell in love
• Never knew himself

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• Hint Echo did love Narcissus.

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Quiz

• 9. What did Pentheus try to prove?
• Acoetes was cruel.
• Bacchus was not a real god.
• Tiresias was a valid prophet.

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• Hint He may have believed more than one of
  these, but he only tried to prove one.

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Quiz

• What is not true of Bacchus cult?
• They had gone mad because of Pentheus.
• They killed Pentheus.
• They included Pentheus family.

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Try Again

• Hint Think about what the answer to the last
  question was.

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Debrief

• 9-10 Correct GREAT JOB!
• 6-8 Correct Good job. Read a bit more and take
  the quiz again.
• 0-5 Correct Reread the stories before taking the
  quiz again.

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References

• http//www.bookrags.com/notes/met/sum/htm
• www.google.com
• Gregory, Horace, The Metamorphoses Ovid. The
  Viking Press, Inc., 2001.
• http//www.mythfolklore.net/3043mythfolklore/readi
  ng/ovid/background.htm
• www.webwinds.com