Although both are tragedies (kind of) and are both somewhat disturbing, it's cool how one's a typical story about a selfish guy, and the other is about love.
In 'Erysichthon', he decides to cut off a tree that is special to Ceres for his own. Well, he thought he wouldn't get punished, did he? Ceres ordered hunger to go to Erysichton, making him almost hungry to death. He ate all he food in the house, sold his family for more food, and in the end, ended up eating himself. The following quote sent chills down my spine, "Bon appetit." (Metamorphoses, p.40, Ceres)
I know it's kind of short and not that significant either, but I can just imagine with what kind of facial expression Ceres had when she said that. I don't know. Scary.
'Orpheus and Eurydice' is a very beautiful love story. Well, that's what I thought until Eurydice died of a snake bite. Orpheus goes to the underworld to get her back, and somehow manages to convince Hades and Persephone to give her back through his emotions expressed by his song. The only condition that she will be sent back alive, was that he was to not look at her as he went back above ground. Too bad miracles never happen. He looks back, Eurydice is sent back, and Orpheus is not allowed to go back in. Orpheus gets killed by these women who got angry at Orpheus for not being able to forget Eurydice and does nothing else. It was sad how Eurydice couldn't remember Orpheus in the end. Why does it seem that Greek mythology doesn't have any true happy ending stories?
Haha. Bon appetit.
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