By Richelle Mills B2
I have been forbidden to speak of these events for ten thousand years, but now the great goddess Aphrodite has loosened my lips. I feel her allowing me to tell you, and you alone all that has happened. I saw all the events, I heard the words spoken, for I, Aglaia, was there.
Aphrodite is a lot like her father Zeus, falling in and out of love almost daily. She spent most of her time on earth, doing whatever pleased her, mostly playing with the hearts of men. She roamed in and out of men’s lives cursing most of them, she had a nasty temper.
She was having so much fun on earth she was neglecting her duties on Mount.
Olympus. as a result the other gods and goddess's were getting quite annoyed by her. They always had to look after her children for she had many at that time and she was too busy
to notice much of anything. On one occasion she was sitting in her favorite chair on
Mount Olympus eating grapes, she saw a handsome traveler named Kallias, she fell in love with him. A few months later a golden basket floated down from Mount.
Olympus landing in Kallias's hands. In the basket was a beautiful baby boy, there was a note attached to the side of the basket, it read:
"My Dear Kallias,
This is your son his name is Courastus. If you try to give him back to me I'll turn you into some thing quite horrid.
However, bring Courastus to my temple when he‘s 18 years old he could make a fabulous hero. No, this is not a Joke, he is your son.
Lots of love,
~Aphrodite
So, now Kallias had a son to raise. He decided that he would build a home near mount.
Olympus so the goddess Aphrodite could see her son whenever she wished. As, courastus grew his mother went on being an annoyance to the gods and creating chaos for the mortals.
The great Goddess Aphrodite has just informed me that I must share three important events that took place during the 18 years she was waiting for her son to be delivered to her...
The first is told of a man by the name of Mattheias who was a priest in Aphrodite’s temple. Mattheias was a power hungry man, one day while he was talking a nap a spirit of Hades whispered in Mattheais's ear and filled his head with talk of ‘being worshiped as a god’ and ‘how the gods would
never find out’ of
coarse Matthias loved the idea. So, he began to preach. He taught the people that Aphrodite wanted them to worship him instead of her, and the people believed him. They showered him with gifts and praises. As soon as found out she (being completely furious) flew from Mount.
Olympus straight to Mattheais’s house. Aphrodite found him praying fervently for her forgiveness. She, hearing his prayer, was moved with compassion. So, she decided to turn Him into a tall skinny green bug (now referred to as the praying mantis) that permanently had his hands in the worshiping position. But, instead of being in that form for the rest of his life, he would stay that way until one of her children freed him. Just to make sure he would never do anything disobedient again she punished him a little bit more so that his children would all have the hideous form that he was cursed with.
The second event is about a beautiful woman named Thekilia. This young woman was the most beautiful in all of
Greece. Most of the times when a women is beautiful on the outside she is more beautiful in the inside (like psyche), But this was not the case with Thekilia. Thekilia was praised for her beauty her whole life so as a result she was spoiled rotten and pretty much thought the word revolved around her. She flaunted her beauty saying she was more beautiful than Aphrodite. This caused Aphrodite to be angry with Thekilia. She came to Thekilia as an old wise woman telling her that if she would do five tasks then Thekilia could marry an old but rich prince far away. But Thekilia spat in the old woman’s face saying she would rather die. Aphrodite was furious at the girls behavior after all she was trying to peaceful remove her. Aphrodite changed into her true form, and Thekilia recognized her mistake started to beg for the goddess’s forgiveness, but it was too late. Aphrodite turned Thekilia into a blood red flower with sharp thorns (the flower for her beauty and the thorns for the sharpness of her heart), otherwise known as the “Rose”.
She told Thekilia that she would remain a rose until one of her many children sets her free, but all Thekilia’s children would be roses.
The third and last of the event’s is told of a man that is named Theodius. Theodius was the richest man in all of
Greece, he was hated and envied by both men and women. He never spent his money he only worked for more. He didn’t care who he hurt, cheated or stole from all he cared about was getting more money. Worshipers of Aphrodite came to her temple and prayed that she would punish Theodius. Aphrodite decided she would help the people of
Greece by getting rid of Theodius and teaching him a lesson. So she tied him in white fluffiness from the carpet of Mount.
Olympus and sent him into the sky where he hung for days, the pain was so unbearable for Theodius that he began to weep. He wept so much, lakes and rivers were formed and the plants and animals received water. Aphrodite decided she would keep him there until one of her children set him free.
The 18 years were through so Kallias sent Courastus to his mother’s temple. When he got there his mother told him that she wanted him to free the three people she had cursed, and if he did than he wouldn’t have to work another day in his life. He was so excited that he started right away. Before he left his mother told him where the three were telling him he had to set them free in a specific order. First he had to free Mattheias, then Thekilia, and Theodius last. So, he set on his way. He came across Mattheias and then he realized he didn’t know how to free him so he began to pray to his mother. He looked up and noticed that a white bird was sitting right by him he locked eyes with the bird and the bird hopped over to him and dropped a piece of paper and a plum in his hand. The piece of paper told him to bite half the plum then give the other half to Mattheias. Mattheias ate the other half quickly then in a matter of seconds was human again. Mattheias and courastus part shortly after the transformation, and courastus go’s on and finds Thekilia, he begins to pray to his mother and he feels her whisper in his hear that Thekilia must fall in love and her love has to love her as well, then she will be human again. Courastus sat by Thekilia’s rosebush wondering what he was going to do. When Cupid notices a young man sitting by a rosebush and thought how funny it would be if they fell in love. So he took out his arrows and struck Thekilia and courastus and they fell in love and instantly Thekilia was released from her curse. Cupid was disappointed, but decided he’d search for a laugh elsewhere. Courastus and Thekilia stayed together and looked for Theodius. They wondered on to a cliff and saw a man hanging in the cloud. Luckily the cloud was flowing towards them. When the cloud reached Thekilia and Courastus they new the man in the cloud was Theodius. They both began to pray to Aphrodite, wondering what they should do. Writing began to appear in the dirt next to them, it said that first they had to teach the clouds how to get rain then they could untie Theodius. They taught the clouds that they take water from the earth and then give it back to it. After they taught the clouds they untied Theodius. Theodius was so grateful that he gave all his money to Courastus and Thekilia, and went on serving people for the rest of his life. Courastus and Thekilia lived a long happy life together, where they never had to work again.
