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Some Classical Myths of Greece and Rome
  • The Creation
  • Hermes the Baby Rascal            
  • The Rape of Persephone            
  • The Gorgon’s Head                      


The Creation

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Starring Zeus, Cronus, Ouranos, Gaia & Metis

What happens when you castrate your father, take control of the universe, lock up your brothers, marry your sister, eat your children, can't tell the difference between a rock and a god, vomit your children, and fight a ten-year battle with your children?  Find out in "The Creation."



Hermes the Baby Rascal

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Starring Hermes, Apollo, Zeus, Maia & Silenus

Hermes was a crafty rascal from the day he was born.  He invents a musical instrument, talks, kills animals, makes the first sacrifice, can logically argue, lies, invents another musical instrument, walks, and steals, and he isn't even one day old.



The Rape of Persephone

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Starring Demeter, Hades, Persephone, Zeus & Metanira

Raped in the pits of the underworld by her uncle and allowed by her father.  What a crazy family Persephone has.



The Gorgon's Head

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Starring Perseus, Medusa, Andromeda, Athena & Zeus

How will the young hero Perseus slay a monster with snakes for hair, wings, and scaly skin that he can't even look at without being turned to stone?



 


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