Chapter 4 Eliade...

Near the end of this chapter Eliade said something that really caught my eye. She said, "In short, even without a visible apocalyptic destruction, this world, the old world, is symbolically abolished and the paradisal World of the origin is established in its place." (P. 72) I think the point that Eliade is trying to get at is; even though we don't see our world ending, our Earth is ever changing whether for a greater good, or evil. Through every day trials and tribulations our Earth is changing and millions of new ideas are coming into to play everyday. We are evolving creatures and our ideas and viewpoints are constantly going to keep evolving. This place is not static it is very fluid. And while we probably won't see anything of an apocalypse the world is ever changing into our view of what a paradisal world is. We shape it around our beliefs so in the end, we will all live in our own paradisal worlds.

Book 13 sentences...

Ajax - One so powerful but only the blade that had slain so many, could kill him.

The Fall of Troy - After a ten year war you have to be broken up when you lose and your city is burnt to a crisp, right?

Polyxena - Who would want their mother to see the death of themselves? Certainly not I.

Polyxena & Hecuba - A mother weeping is more powerful sentiment than any mortal can come up with.

Aurora & Memnon - You think Jove is going to bring Memnon's body back to life but instead turned him into birds called Memnonides.

Book 12 sentences...

Rumor - Be careful what you say, you never know who could be listening.

Death of Achilles - Neptune gives orders to Apollo to slay Achilles, this is to avenge his son Hector's death, which Apollo agrees to do and kills Achilles with an arrow.

Hercules & Periclymenus - Don't fly into the sky when someone has a bow and arrow because they can shoot you right down and fall to your death.

Iphigenia - When ever someone gives an oracle for a fight, you know you are in for a long ride.

Book 11 sentences...

Orpheus - Watch out for a crazy pack of woman, they might be on the prowl to tear you from limb to limb.

The Bacchantes - One thing that Ovid loves to turn people into in the metamorphoses, is trees.

Pelus & Thetis - Could one be mightier than the great Jove himself?

Ceyx - More places should the land of Trachin, so nice, warm, and welcoming.

The Wolf - This story reminds me of men going off to a war, with the servant saying what had gone wrong, then Ceyx's wife saying goodbye to him begging him to stay, and then the massacre by the wolf.

Book ten sentences...

Pygmalion - A dream girl that turns from stone to flesh and has a happy ending, what else could you ask for in a story?

Birth of Adonis - Could you imagine a tree giving actual birth whether to another tree or human?

Venus & Adonis - Cupid one day pokes his mom with a magic arrow, she is so drawn to Adonis, she can not escape the thought, and finally wondering through woods she finally gets him and tells him not to mess with big beasts.

The fate of Adonis - Should have listened to Venus and would have had no trouble, but than again this is Ovid of course.

Cyparissus - Anyone ready for Thanksgiving?

Bad day..

When in class they other day sexson was talking about James's blog and upon reading further into it, this is also my view point on bad days. I believe that bad days are in the eye of the beholder. It is your choice, everyday, when you wake up if you are going to have a good or bad day. It is already predetermined by yourself. Your mind has already made the decision. Once this decision is made it is irreversible, since it is so hard to convince your brain otherwise. 

If you go into a day thinking that it is just going to be a bad day because of a girl, work, homework, or just stressed out. Of course you are going to have a bad day because you have already made the decision in your mind that today is going to be bad. This is why I believe everyone needs to look at everyday like a blank canvas. You are the paintbrush and you choose what to put on that canvas for the day. It can either be a bright and beautiful or dark and gloomy all depending on how your outlook of the day is going. 

So each and every day look at it as a new page in a book, where you can determine everything that happens. Your life is not predetermined book, you can write the pages to your story:)

Book nine sentences...

Achelous & Hercules - Boys will be boys, especially when it is for the love a girl.

Hercules, Deianira, Nessus - All three come to a raging river, Hercules says he will swim across, Nessus says that he will take Deianira on his back, upon reaching the other side Hercules sees he has been betrayed, and avenges this by killing Nessus with an arrow.

Alcmena - Child birth + magic spells + olden times = graphic story.

Iolaus - The age old question of eternal youth, is of course answered in this great book of Ovid's.

Dryope - Why do bad things happen to good people?