Athamas

Within the fourth book of The Metamorphoses of Ovid, the story of Athamas and Ino presents a wary warning about the wrath of the gods through a tale of madness. Juno, angered by the joy and prosperity of Ino and her husband Athamas, along with the prospect of being “denied the force to right a wrong”, uses the assistance of the Furies in the “wasteland” of Hell to drive the two prideful beings to the brink of insanity and cause them to kill Ino herself and their two sons, Learchus and Melicerta (126)

King Athamas grew tired of his wife Nephele and remarried to princess Ino. Ino schemed to kill Nephele’s son Phrixus for his inheritance by forcing him into self-sacrifice, so Nephele prayed for help. Phrixus escaped with a golden fleece, involved in Phrixus’s sacrifice, and Phrixus gifted it to King Aetes. Back in Greece, Phrixus’s uncle lost his power to his nephew Pelias, but the uncle’s son Jason planned to recover the throne. Phrixus agreed to give up power to Jason if Jason managed to retrieve

rescued Helle and Prixhos,son and daughter of king Athamas and his first wife Nephele , and took them to the land of Colchis. Jealous of Nephele and Athamas having children, she wished to kill them, so she induced a famine in one on the cities, falsified a message from Oracle of Delhi in witch she says that Prixhos must be sacrificed in order for famine to stop. Her plan should have been successful if there wasn't for the Aries, who stopped Athamas from killing

21. Mark of Cain- After Cain killed his brother Abel out of jealousy, Cain began to fear for his life. God decided to protect Cain, putting a mark on him. The mark was a sign that anyone who killed Cain would suffer terribly. Therefore, it did not completely shield him from harm; it only signified a worse ending for anyone who tried to kill him. This story is significant because it shows that God forgives; Cain killed his own brother Abel, but God didn’t punish him for it. He helped him out instead

V. The Quest for the Golden Fleece: A Greek king, Athamas was tired of his first wife, Nephele. He sends her off and marries a princess, Ino. Nephele is worried for her two children’s safety especially Phrixus. She believed that Ino would kill her children so her own son would inherit the throne. In order for Phrixus to die, Ino takes all the seed-corns so there would be no harvest. She convinces an oracle to tell Athamas that no seed-corn will ever grow until Phrixus is scarified. The people, fearing

he had struck her with. After Zeus had killed her, he recovered his son. He was worshiped between the time of 1500-100BC. He’s often referred to as Bacchus. After the birth of Dionysus, Zeus entrusted him to Hermes, who then took him to Ino and Athamas, and told them to bring Dionysus up as if he was a girl. Zeus’s wife

Once upon a time… all starting in Greece, Phrixus and Helle, the son and daughter of King Athamas, the king of Boeotia, were to be taken away to Colchis by a golden ram which belonged to Zeus, the king of the gods. Unfortunately, on the way Helle had fallen into the ocean of Hellespontus and died. That only left Phrixus who made it to Colchis and was greeted by King Aeetes, who sacrificed the ram and had the fleece hung. Later he was told by an oracle that if he lost the fleece, he would lose the

course, thought he had succeeded in seducing Hera but quickly found out that he had actually impregnated Nephele. Ixion was punished for attempting to steal Zeus’s wife, and Nephele gave birth to the first centaur. She later had two more children with Athamas, another king, who tried to have the children killed. She came to Hera for help in saving them, so Hera sent a golden ram to aid the children in their escape. Unfortunately, one of the children fell off the ram’s back and died, however, the other

helpfulness to citizen readers when Pentheus won't listen to reason in Book 3. Pentheus tries to persuade his family and others not to worship Bacchus. No one is convinced, but Pentheus stands firm. Ovid describes Pentheus’ state “His grandfather and Athamas and all His courtiers tried upbraided him and tried to stop him, but in vain. Their words Of warning whetted him and his wild rage, Stung by restraint, increased; endeavours to Control him made thongs worse.

Dionysus, in some cultures, has become synonymous with rebirth, as it is thought he perished with his mother, though Zeus brought him back to life. He gave the child to Ino, Semele’s sister, to raise. Hera found the child and cursed Ino’s husband, Athamas, with insanity. Dionysus’ life was in danger and Zeus took the child to the nymphs at Mount Nysa. Silenus, the son of Pan, took Dionysus under his wing, and became his mentor and friend. Silenus shows up in many depictions with Dionysus in