Gods' love, not corresponded love.
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Tema: Mythology
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Competència en Comunicació Lingüística
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Espanya > Cultura Clàssica > 2n ESO > Continuïtat del patrimoni cultural. Mitologia i religió
Enunciat
Telesilla was a lyrical poet from the year 510 BC, who created the Telesillean metre and led the Battle of Sepeia against Cleomenes I, and she saved the city of Argos; claimed for equality and public participation of women in Argos and gave rise to the Hybristika festival.
Read the parthenium, written in order to be interpreted by a choir of virgin girls, in which the love between Artemis and the river Alpheus:
ἁ δ᾽ Ἁρτεμις, ὦ κόραι,
φεύγοισα τὸν Ἀλφεόν…
Hephaestion, Enchiridion, 11, 2.
Translation:
Artemis, girls,
escaping from Alpheus…
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telesila
1- In groups of 4 people, look up for information about the chapter about unrequited love between Artemis and Alpheus, and about the myth of Apollo and Daphne.
2- Create a family tree of the Olympic gods.
Observacions i context
Lyrical poetess, creator of the Telesillean metre and fighting leader against Cleomenes I in the Battle of Sepeia; she claimed equality and female public participation in the city of Argos.
The figure and work of Telesilla links with the female members of the lyrical movement in Continental Greece: Myrtis, Praxilla of Sicyon, Corinna of Tanagra, Erinna of Telos, Anyte, Sappho of Lesbos, Moero and Nossis.
Descripció
Based on the preserved parthenium of Telesilla, we will explore the myth of Artemis and Alpheus as unrequited love; we will analyse toxic relationships and we will compare it with the myth of Apollo (twin brother of Artemis) and Daphne. We will create a family tree of the Olympic gods.