Monday, December 8, 2014

Ovid Book 12: My Big Fat Greek/Roman Myth Wedding

Caenis, a young maiden, goes for a stroll on desolate seashore, where Neptune rapes her. Afterward, he grants her a wish. She asks to be changed into a man, so that she will not be raped again. Neptune turns her into Caeneus, a great warrior. Caeneus attends the wedding celebration of Pirithous, son of Ixion, and beautiful Hippodame. At this wedding, centaurs appear and start making a mess of things. A huge fight ensues and there are people dying everywhere. It is just about as crazy of a fight as any other scene in Ovid's work. 


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