Transcript Nightingales

(Mt. Olympus)
Greek flag
• son of Calliope and either Apollo or
Oeagrus (orpheus)
• wife was Eurydice
• Greatest musician and poet of Greek myth
• His lyre’s music could charm living things as
well as inanimate objects (Orpheus)
• was an Argonaut; they were the heroes who
sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece
(Orpheus)
• of Thracian descent
(Orpheus)
• There is no exact truth as to how he died, but some say that
Orpheus was torn to pieces by the Thracian women and that the
God Dionysus had asked them to do it.
•His body and lyre were thrown into the river Hebrus and floated
down to Lesbos. The Muses collected his limbs and buried them
at the foot of Mt. Olympus in Libethra.
•It is said that the nightingales sing sweeter at the grave of
Orpheus than in any other place in the world (Orpheus)
(MythologyWeb).
•The Nightingale’s origin is the Greek city of Libethra
(Favorite)
•Libethra had received an oracle mentioning the
bones of Orpheus which said that when the sun
should see his bones, the city would be
destroyed by a boar.
• one day by accident the urn containing
Orpheus’ bones fell and broke, exposing the
bones.
(Bulfinch)
•that same night came a heavy rain, and the river
Sys (the boar), one of the torrents about
Olympus, destroyed the walls of Libethra,
drowning everything (Orpheus).
• Because his wife Eurydice was killed by
a serpent, Orpheus went to the
Underworld to ask Hades if he would
allow her to return to the world of the
living. Hades allowed it under one
condition: that Orpheus not look back as
he was bringing her to the surface.
Unfortunately, before they reached the
surface, he looked back (Orpheus).
•Philomela was raped by Tereus, her
brother-in-law. he also cut out her
tongue. She told the story to her sister,
Procne, by weaving it into a tapestry.
Because procne killed the child she had
had with Tereus, he tried to kill the two
sisters. All three were changed into
birds. Procne was changed into the first
nightingale (Itys).
Orpheus losing Eurydice
(MythologyWeb)
Links to Other Myths and
Stories Continued
• Aedon and Polytechnos (a married couple) thought they were
more in love than Zeus and Hera, which made the gods angry
•Hera caused rivalry between them making them compete as to
which of them would finish his work first and agreeing that the
victor would be given a servant by the defeated.
• Polytechnos lost and went to Pandaraeus, aedon’s father, to
get Chelidon, Aedon’s sister, who was to be her servant, but
Polytechnos raped her and shaved her head.
•Chelidon became Aedon’s servant, but Aedon recognized who
she was one day when she overheard Chelidon complaining .
•They fled to Pandareus. Polytechnos chased after them, but
was smeared with honey by Pandareus’ men so that the flies
tormented him. Zeus turned them all into birds: according to
some, Aedon and Chelidon were turned into nightingales
(Dictionary).
(Print)
• Sometimes the names “Procne” and “Philomela” are
used in literature to refer to a nightingale, even
though only the first is really correct (Itys).
•The Valley of the Nightingale is a place for nature
lovers.
•“Poets, bards, singers, and their works are usually
referred to as nightingales” (Nightingale).
• There is a species of wren called Trogiodytes
aedon, who was turned into a nightingale
House Wren
(Yankee)
• In some regions and areas the nightingales
were considered to be good omens, but in
others they were thought to announce deaths
(nightingale).
• The nightingale, who sang of love, was also a
connection between love and death.
• It was believed to never sleep and to sing all
night long.
•They were thought to be immortal and could
never be saddened; its song never changed
(Nightingale).
Works Cited
Antique Maps and Prints. Jan. 13 2004. <http://www.oldprints.co.uk/prints/birds/images/87981.htm>.
Brown, Phillip J. “Orpheus.” Belinus Press. 19 Feb. 2003. Phillip J. Brown. 13 Jan. 2004.
<http://www.belinus.co.uk/mythology/Orpheus.htm>.
Bulfinch, Thomas. “The Age of Fable.” Bulfinch’s Mythology. 2003. Bob Fisher. 13Jan. 2004.
<http://www.bulfinch.org/fables/bull24.html>.
Bulfinch, Thomas. “Orpheus and Eurydice.” Mythology Web. 9 Jan. 2004.
<http://www.mythology.com/orpheuseurydice.html>.
Bulfinch’s Mythology. 2003. Bob Fisher. 14 Jan. 2004.
<http://www.bulfinch.org/fables/graphics/orpheus.gif>.
“Favorite Birds of Saudi Arabia.” Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics. 2001.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at Washington University. 10 Jan.
2004. <http://biochem.wustl.edu/~herr/birds.html>.
Hunter, James. “Orpheus.” Encyclopedia Mythica. 2003. M.F. Lindemans. 9 Jan. 2004.
<http://www.pantheon.org/articles/o/orpheus.html>.
“Orpheus.” California State University Northridge. 3 Oct. 1996. J.P. Adams. 9 Jan. 2004.
<http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/orpheus.html>.
Parada, Carlos. “Orpheus.” Greek Mythology Link. 2003. Carlos Parada. 10 Jan. 2004.
<http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Orpheus.htm>.
Parada, Carlos. “Dictionary.” Greek Mythology Link. 2003. Carlos Parada. 11 Jan. 2004.
<http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/001ShortEntries/SECerambus.html>.
Works Cited Continued
Renaud, C. “Dion.” Carthage. Carthage College. 13 Jan. 2004.
<http://www2.carthage.edu/outis/dion2.html>.
ter Huume, Suzanne. “Nightingale.” The Animal Files. Suzanne ter Huume. 11 Jan.
2004. <http://www.dierinbeeld.nl/animal_files/birds/nightingale/index.html>.
Tucker, Suzetta. “The Bestiary.” Christian Legends and Stories. 1998. Suzetta Tucker.
<http://ww2.netnitco.net/users/legend01/nighting.htm>.
Wikipedia. 9 Jan. 2004. <http://www.4reference.net/encyclopedias/wikipedia/Itys.html.>.
Yankee Gardner. Yankee Harvest, LLC. 12 Jan. 2004.
<http://www.yankeegardener.com/birds/house1.htm>.