Individual Presentations

Ross did his presentation on Socrates and his immortal presence. His goal was to gain greater knowledge and virtue, and he proved that there is more than one way to gain immortality. And, there is a bit of Socrates present in the psyche of every modern person.
Ross's Recipe for Socrates:
1 c. Plato
1 T. ARistotle
1 t. Xenophon
a pinch of Aristophanes
and everything taken with a grain of salt

Sarah talked about women being carried away, which included Persephone, Europa, Psyche, Agave, and herself.

Doug's presentation was on Pythagoras. The transformation that occurs is with the reader. Pythagoras' section is the capstone of what the Metamorposes is all about and what man could hope to be. Doug doesn't consider himself a religious guy, but the idea of reincarnation has made him think a little. Now he won't be able to eat his chickens. And, PETA is kind of a modern Pythagoras - both have the same higher goal.

Katey related her life to "All that is past possesses the present." She is able to connect to more with the more stories she hears and people she meets. She is an advocate of love and peace; she's a daddy's girl like Athena; she deals with skeptics like Bacchus; her mom is Demeter, she is Persephone, and Montana is Hell (her mom doesn't get to see her much); she'll be a storyteller when she's a teacher; and she'll inspire people with her work when she is a journalist, and furthermore become immortal.

Tyler's paper is entitled "Love Will Tear Us Apart." He talked about two becoming one through love and how it destroys boundaries, as in Lysistrata. Egoism destroys love, and rape turns love upside down. There is love that is noble (true love) and love that is ugly (desire - treating someone as a possession). Lucius sow us how to properly love, which is a homecoming for humans. And through love, we become part of something bigger.

Carly presented on the collective unconscious - that which exists prior to experience. She was relieved to find out that there is an explanation for why it seems like whatever she is reading or listening to at the time coincides with what is happening in her life. We all share a common history and experience. "All things change but never die." - Ovid
synchronicity - Jung's term

Dustin also connected his own experiences last Saturday to "All that is past..." He wrote a story about everything he did and how it related to stories that we've read, which included Lysistrata - his roommate and his girlfriend, Dionysus, imbibing and becoming the Golden Ass - doing things in front of people he normally wouldn't do, and the Symposium where he had a deep, drunken conversation about love with his friend.

Cassie talked about the many rapes of Zeus. Just to name a few: Alcimene, Danae, Europa, Io, Leta, Leto, Maia, Ganymede, and Calisto. Supposedly there are 150 total escapades.