Reading Notes
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| (Thesus and Minotaur in the Labyrinth) |
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- Reading the original version of the classic story of Icarus was fascinating because I had only heard of the part concerning Icarus himself and not all that lead up to his being trapped on the island, desperate to find a way out. An interesting spin on the story of Icarus could be to bring the situation to the 21st century and add a sci-fi element?
- Philemon and Baucis at first seems like a throw away story about an old village couple but the second part of the story showcases how loyalty and love to the gods can make commoners gods themselves. I could retell this story as a tall tale the current villagers, years after Philemon and Baucis' death, tell to their kids?
- An interesting thing to note is that the each of the stories come from a different storyteller which leads to a different tone, wording etc for each of the pieces. Maybe find a way to incorporate the idea of multiple storytellers into my own retelling?
- To be full of spite towards the gods, especially Ceres, the goddess of harvest, reminds of a teen rebelling against authority. Possibly use this train of thought to run with a different more comical approach to the first part of the story?
- Maybe utilizing the dying nymph within Ceres' oak tree as a different perspective could showcase the commoners silliness by seeing it through the gods' eyes?
- A fun note to possibly play with is that Fate does not allow Ceres and Famine to ever meet.... What would become of such a meeting and how could I use this to retell a story?
- Famine's description reminds me of the biblical four horsemen of the apocalypse, To compare the two would be a good twist to a classical story?
- Quite a gruesome ending to the story of Erysichthon, very Hannibal-esque? Could be a scary campfire story?
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All Notes are based off of Ovid's Metamorphoses III as translated in English by Tony Kline
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