Pyrenese - Pyrenese was a very cruel king, one day it started to rain and asked a handful of ladies to take shelter at his house, once the skies cleared he said they couldn't leave, but they resisted and flew away with their wings, he thought he could follow them and fly but instead just jumped off his roof and killed himself.
The Pierides - 9 sisters challenge the Godesses of Thespia to a sing off with the the Muses judging, they lose and start to insult the Muses which take great offense to this, and turn the sisters into magpies.
Arethusa and Alpheus - After a day of hunting Arethusa decided to take a bath in a river, while doing this Alpheus tries to nab her but she flees and he follows, Arethusa prays to the Gods to help her and they send a cloud over her, pretty soon she is turned into a spring and seeps into the underworld, so Alpheus could not find her.
Triptolemus and Lyncus - Triptolemus was sent by Ceres to spread fertile seed across the land in her chariot in the air, when he arrives at Scythia, Lyncus the king, asked how he got there and what he was doing, he was infuriated by Triptolemus's answer, and that night Lyncus tried to pierce his chest but was turned into a lynx by Ceres.
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