![]() ![]() Her marriage to Ceyx was bliss-too happy, in fact. This myth reiterates how tradition-and male aspirations-took precedence over female wishes, whatever they may or may not be.Īlcyone was the daughter of Aeolus, king of the winds. He threw a coin at her, and she picked it up and read, "I swear by the temple of Artemis that I shall marry Acontius." By saying it aloud, she was obligated to marry him. Heck, the myths involving Zeus alone would make War and Peace look like a friggin' abstract! Acontius and CydippeĪcontius was a young man from Chios who, at a festival at Delos, fell in love with the Athenian Cydippe. Again, not all of the stories of amour were included, but rather a selected group that I feel are representative of Greek mythology. However, requests for tales of love are among my most numerous, so I have decided to share a few of my favorites. I consider myself one of the most stoic, antagonistic, anti-"love" wenches on the face of this planet. However, love was vital to the scheme of existence, and the Greeks felt they had to pay homage to it.but not necessarily revere it. ![]() Love was extremely important-and hurtful, deadly, and destructive. Aphrodite really had no important festivals, and her favorite consort was Ares, god of war. ![]()
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