Mythological Allusions
Alex Dale Per.6 9/11/12 Alex Dale Per.6 9/11/12 MYTHOLOGICAL ALLUSIONS: APHRODITE/VENUS: Aphrodite was the Greek goddess of beauty, love, pleasure and procreation. Her Roman equivalent is the goddess Venus. *models of beauty and love APOLLO: Greek god of light and the sun, truth and prophecy, healing, plague, music, poetry, and more. *to be in association with Apollo means to be a physically perfect male. ARCADIA: A mountainous region in Greece which was inhabited (and supposedly the birthplace) by Pan, the god of the forrest, as well as his dyrads, nymphs, other spirits of nature, and shepherds. *refers to a vision of farming/raising livestock and harmony with nature, or a utopia.