Please find a web link to a "graphic" (visual) adaptation of a Greek myth. Briefly describe the graphic adaptation and include the link in your comment.
This adaptation is a picture of Prometheus' punishment from stealing the fire from the gods so he could give it to man as a gift for not giving them any characteristics. Prometheus created all living things and gave Epimetheus, his brother, the job of assigning characteristics to these living things. But, when Epimetheus is assigning characteristics, he forgets to give man one. Because of this, Prometheus steals fire from the gods to give to man. Zeus finds out and punishes Epimetheus, his punishment is to be chained up and get his liver eaten by an eagle that comes every day. His liver grows back every night after being eaten.
This is a comic strip of Prometheus in his punishment listening to all of what mankind has accomplished. The human is showing Prometheus how much he wants to do.
This comic strip shows how even in his imagination, prometheus has no hope for escaping his punishment. He realizes that even escaping in his dreams, escape is hopeless.
This is an adaptation of the myth of Prometheus. The myth's from was changed into a comic strip. In the myth the bird comes down to him to eat his liver everyday, and in this comic it shows the bird coming to him on his birthday. The bird tells him to blow out the candle and make a wish, and he wished that the bird does not eat his liver. This is ironic because that is what the bird has been doing since the day he was chained to the hill and that is why the bird was there.
This comic is an adaption of the myth of Prometheus. The myth is a short part of the whole myth. In the myth it shows the bird and Prometheus talking while the bird is eating his liver.
This comic strip is an adaptation of the Prometheus myth. The adaptation shows Prometheus tied to a rock, which was his punishment from the gods when Prometheus stole fire from them. It also shows a man talking to Prometheus and basically calling him an idiot.
This is a cartoon telling the sisyphus myth.( granted it's slightly different than the version from class, it still gets the message across) Sisiyphus thinks he is invincible and death cannot get to him, so the gods punish him by sending him to Hades with the punishment of pushing the rock up a hill.
This graphic adaptation is representing Zeus with his lightning bolt and his brothers and sisters as the other gods on top of Mount Olympus. I represents their power and their importance.
This comic strip is an adaptation of the sisyphus myth. In the comic, it depicts a man rolling a boulder labeled U.S. debt, up a hill. He says to his son that one day it will be his. No matter how many times we lower the debt in America it just seems to go back up. This is just like how the boulder fell down the hill every time sisyphus pushed it up.
For those of you who haven't posted a response yet, please consider finding a graphic adaptation that is NOT a comic strip. There are paintings, photographs, movies, videos, etc. to consider when thinking graphically.
Pandora's box is represented in the image above with an open box releasing a series of concerning images and word. The images include a skull, a creepy demon-type creature, and rats, while the words are some of the evils the box supposedly released into the world (war, disease, insanity, crime etc). But underneath all of the evils, you see a light, which represents hope, which you can tell because the light is clearly labeled 'hope'. This image shows that no matter what evils are unleashed in the world, hope remains.
The myth of Icarus and Daedalus is represented in the above image. Several boys, including Icarus, are flying on the wings, and one boy says to Icarus, "What's the matter, won't your daddy let you fly higher towards the sun?". Icarus looks annoyed, and we know he did fly closer, so it was supposed to be a lesson in peer pressure, but the artist used the Icarus myth as a base for that lesson.
This is an adaptation of Myth of Hades and Persephone. In the picture, it shows Hades kidnapping Persephone from her mother Demeter. It also says "Spring Held Hostage." This shows how the Greeks had blamed Hades for causing Demeter enough suffering to make the earth cold and dead. http://www.google.com/imgres?q=hades+and+persephone+graphic+novel&um=1&hl=en&rlz=1C1CHMD_enUS443US443&biw=1280&bih=923&tbm=isch&tbnid=IqI-m-5KgqFx0M:&imgrefurl=http://nutaybooks.blogspot.com/2010/08/great-price-for-467.html&docid=PWwUoIz-679PjM&itg=1&w=345&h=500&ei=Lu1vToWiAqaEsgKW3ula&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=1053&vpy=122&dur=2224&hovh=270&hovw=186&tx=65&ty=98&page=6&tbnh=165&tbnw=126&start=139&ndsp=28&ved=1t:429,r:13,s:139
The myth of Prometheus is adapted in this painting. It depicts his punishment. In the painting he is chained to a cliff and his innards are being eaten by a raven.
This myth of Sisyphus is created in a comic. It makes a statement saying that Sisyphus' head became to large and was the metaphorical boulder that he was forced to push up the hill.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CivDfBifsCY&feature=related Just a video of a stick-figure pushing a rock up a hill and then having the rock fall back on him which forces him to roll it back up again. I chose it because it was simple, interesting, and told the story that I wanted it to tell. I didn't bother choosing a comic, because it seemed like a hard thing to do at the time, and because choosing a video seemed so much easier.
This is a picture showing the Icarus myth. Proud Icarus is taking flight but going to close to the sun and his father is grieving because he can see his son's wings melting and even though he is about to fall to his death he still looks happy.
I chose a picture for the myth of Persephone and Demeter. This painting is of the moment when Persephone and Demeter are reunited. I like in this picture how the bottom is darker, and the top, near the sky, is lighter. In a way, this shading represents the way Persephone felt about staying in each place.
This cartoon shows a man pushing a huge dollar sign up a mountain. The cartoon is titled 'Pushing the Dollar Uphill". Just like the boulder that Sisyphus has to keep pushing up the hill, it is a struggle to get the value of the dollar to go uphill.
The picture shown in this graphic adaptation would be more modern related. In the picture you see Adam with his arms outstretched to an iPad. I know you're probably wondering what this relates to. Well in my opinion, this relates to the myth of Tantalus. In that myth, Tantalus was chained to a tree, neck-deep underwater, and couldn't reach the fruit in his grasp. In relation to Adam, he's sitting on a rock that he looks like he's about to fall off of; the iPad is in his grasp, but he just can't reach it. I also believe the adaptation part to this composition is that Adam is longing for newer technology of some sort and it just happens to be an iPad. I mean think about the possible vastness of technology today if Adam had an iPad.
This is a really cool AMV-ish adaptation of the Daedalus and Icarus myth with a good song called Mad World (even though it's a cover and it sounds really different from the original). It is set in a "steampunk" world where Daedalus and Icarus are trapped in a large building rather than a labyrinth. Instead of wings, it shows Daedalus drawing sketches and building hot air balloons, because it fits with the steampunk theme. They then set off towards the sun in the hot air balloons. But Icarus flies too close to the sun and his balloon bursts. Daedalus watches in horror as his son plummets to the ground.
The graphic adaptation I chose is a Sand Sculpture adaptation of Icarus. You can see Icarus, with his wings, standing outside of the labyrinth before taking off.
I personally think that this, and all, sand sculptures are incredibly cool!
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=prometheus&um=1&hl=en&safe=active&client=safari&rls=en&biw=1132&bih=547&tbm=isch&tbnid=ff7vf0gA9g0tjM:&imgrefurl=http://prometheuscomic.wordpress.com/category/ive-got-tomorrows-comic/&docid=rT4w-cLLpPX6-M&w=734&h=307&ei=AchvTtXMII79sQLxpsXJCQ&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=376&page=4&tbnh=60&tbnw=144&start=59&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:7,s:59&tx=53&ty=31
ReplyDeleteThis adaptation is a picture of Prometheus' punishment from stealing the fire from the gods so he could give it to man as a gift for not giving them any characteristics. Prometheus created all living things and gave Epimetheus, his brother, the job of assigning characteristics to these living things. But, when Epimetheus is assigning characteristics, he forgets to give man one. Because of this, Prometheus steals fire from the gods to give to man. Zeus finds out and punishes Epimetheus, his punishment is to be chained up and get his liver eaten by an eagle that comes every day. His liver grows back every night after being eaten.
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=Prometheus+comic+strip&hl=en&safe=active&client=safari&sa=X&rls=en&biw=1280&bih=702&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=U6vML9lLa8MsDM:&imgrefurl=http://prometheuscomic.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/draw-a-comic-strip/&docid=vILsTedtRSHzgM&w=734&h=307&ei=mMpvTvH2GIrEsQKrybHaCQ&zoom=1
ReplyDeleteThis is a comic strip of Prometheus in his punishment listening to all of what mankind has accomplished. The human is showing Prometheus how much he wants to do.
http://prometheuscomic.wordpress.com/2011/07/06/going-for-broke/
ReplyDeleteThis comic strip shows how even in his imagination, prometheus has no hope for escaping his punishment. He realizes that even escaping in his dreams, escape is hopeless.
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://prometheuscomic.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/prometheus-wish-hasnt-come-true.jpg&imgrefurl=http://prometheuscomic.wordpress.com/the-whole-prometheus-enchilada/&usg=__wFdH7wenZgBYySgujEGST9XKKVo=&h=307&w=734&sz=89&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=8i77NyVKYcBMkM:&tbnh=71&tbnw=169&ei=08pvTt6IGo_RiALoytjpBg&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=315&page=1&ndsp=19&ved=1t:429,r:7,s:0&tx=129&ty=18
ReplyDeleteThis is an adaptation of the myth of Prometheus. The myth's from was changed into a comic strip. In the myth the bird comes down to him to eat his liver everyday, and in this comic it shows the bird coming to him on his birthday. The bird tells him to blow out the candle and make a wish, and he wished that the bird does not eat his liver. This is ironic because that is what the bird has been doing since the day he was chained to the hill and that is why the bird was there.
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=comic+strip+of+a+myth&um=1&hl=en&client=safari&sa=N&rls=en&biw=1239&bih=873&tbm=isch&tbnid=HPVGSDDqdYge3M:&imgrefurl=http://www.wildhunt.org/archives/2008_10_01_archive.html&docid=mcc3XfXftk_sCM&w=379&h=534&ei=S9pvTszNHsrlsQKezazGCQ&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=455&page=1&tbnh=183&tbnw=128&start=0&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:0&tx=34&ty=144
ReplyDeleteThis comic is an adaption of the myth of Prometheus. The myth is a short part of the whole myth. In the myth it shows the bird and Prometheus talking while the bird is eating his liver.
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=greek+comic+strips&num=10&hl=en&gbv=2&biw=1083&bih=572&tbm=isch&tbnid=U6vML9lLa8MsDM:&imgrefurl=http://prometheuscomic.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/draw-a-comic-strip/&docid=vILsTedtRSHzgM&w=734&h=307&ei=gt5vTrO1L6-BsgKIufnxCQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=324&vpy=150&dur=3989&hovh=145&hovw=347&tx=191&ty=85&sqi=2&page=1&tbnh=84&tbnw=201&start=0&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0
ReplyDeleteThis comic strip is an adaptation of the Prometheus myth. The adaptation shows Prometheus tied to a rock, which was his punishment from the gods when Prometheus stole fire from them. It also shows a man talking to Prometheus and basically calling him an idiot.
http://mythology.bolchazy.com/wordpress/?tag=sisyphus
ReplyDeleteThis is a cartoon telling the sisyphus myth.( granted it's slightly different than the version from class, it still gets the message across) Sisiyphus thinks he is invincible and death cannot get to him, so the gods punish him by sending him to Hades with the punishment of pushing the rock up a hill.
http://www.eso-garden.com/index.php?/weblog/C36/
ReplyDeleteThis graphic adaptation is representing Zeus with his lightning bolt and his brothers and sisters as the other gods on top of Mount Olympus. I represents their power and their importance.
http://terrellaftermath.com/Cartoon%20Archive/July%20Archive/SuitSisyphus3WebCR.jpg
ReplyDeleteThis comic strip is an adaptation of the sisyphus myth. In the comic, it depicts a man rolling a boulder labeled U.S. debt, up a hill. He says to his son that one day it will be his. No matter how many times we lower the debt in America it just seems to go back up. This is just like how the boulder fell down the hill every time sisyphus pushed it up.
For those of you who haven't posted a response yet, please consider finding a graphic adaptation that is NOT a comic strip. There are paintings, photographs, movies, videos, etc. to consider when thinking graphically.
ReplyDeletehttp://jessicalesleywilkinson.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/pandoras_box.jpg
ReplyDeletePandora's box is represented in the image above with an open box releasing a series of concerning images and word. The images include a skull, a creepy demon-type creature, and rats, while the words are some of the evils the box supposedly released into the world (war, disease, insanity, crime etc). But underneath all of the evils, you see a light, which represents hope, which you can tell because the light is clearly labeled 'hope'. This image shows that no matter what evils are unleashed in the world, hope remains.
http://zingology.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/icarus.jpg
ReplyDeleteThe myth of Icarus and Daedalus is represented in the above image. Several boys, including Icarus, are flying on the wings, and one boy says to Icarus, "What's the matter, won't your daddy let you fly higher towards the sun?". Icarus looks annoyed, and we know he did fly closer, so it was supposed to be a lesson in peer pressure, but the artist used the Icarus myth as a base for that lesson.
This is an adaptation of Myth of Hades and Persephone. In the picture, it shows Hades kidnapping Persephone from her mother Demeter. It also says "Spring Held Hostage." This shows how the Greeks had blamed Hades for causing Demeter enough suffering to make the earth cold and dead.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.google.com/imgres?q=hades+and+persephone+graphic+novel&um=1&hl=en&rlz=1C1CHMD_enUS443US443&biw=1280&bih=923&tbm=isch&tbnid=IqI-m-5KgqFx0M:&imgrefurl=http://nutaybooks.blogspot.com/2010/08/great-price-for-467.html&docid=PWwUoIz-679PjM&itg=1&w=345&h=500&ei=Lu1vToWiAqaEsgKW3ula&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=1053&vpy=122&dur=2224&hovh=270&hovw=186&tx=65&ty=98&page=6&tbnh=165&tbnw=126&start=139&ndsp=28&ved=1t:429,r:13,s:139
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=prometheus&num=10&um=1&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&biw=1267&bih=643&tbm=isch&tbnid=u0uOrUCdxF6wJM:&imgrefurl=http://www.pathguy.com/promethe.htm&docid=pGRQYDVUJ3LnIM&w=1135&h=943&ei=we1vTqjfH4TpqgH6uYzmCw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=596&vpy=136&dur=2666&hovh=205&hovw=246&tx=102&ty=129&sqi=2&page=1&tbnh=130&tbnw=147&start=0&ndsp=23&ved=1t:429,r:4,s:0
ReplyDeleteThe myth of Prometheus is adapted in this painting. It depicts his punishment. In the painting he is chained to a cliff and his innards are being eaten by a raven.
http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/storage/sisyphus_cartoon.jpg
ReplyDeleteThis myth of Sisyphus is created in a comic. It makes a statement saying that Sisyphus' head became to large and was the metaphorical boulder that he was forced to push up the hill.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CivDfBifsCY&feature=related
ReplyDeleteJust a video of a stick-figure pushing a rock up a hill and then having the rock fall back on him which forces him to roll it back up again. I chose it because it was simple, interesting, and told the story that I wanted it to tell. I didn't bother choosing a comic, because it seemed like a hard thing to do at the time, and because choosing a video seemed so much easier.
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=graphic+adaptation+of+icarus+myth&um=1&hl=en&client=safari&sa=N&rls=en&biw=1217&bih=625&tbm=isch&tbnid=uOjiJSaOEgRvRM:&imgrefurl=http://shirlsazynski.com/category/art/painting/&docid=x3AwZtZ9KUIJKM&w=500&h=768&ei=QPVvTpizEIGHsgLKsJnrCQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=1012&vpy=194&dur=2306&hovh=278&hovw=181&tx=129&ty=142&page=4&tbnh=111&tbnw=70&start=66&ndsp=23&ved=1t:429,r:22,s:66
ReplyDeleteThis is a picture showing the Icarus myth. Proud Icarus is taking flight but going to close to the sun and his father is grieving because he can see his son's wings melting and even though he is about to fall to his death he still looks happy.
http://paganinstitute.org/T/2goddesses.html
ReplyDeleteI chose a picture for the myth of Persephone and Demeter. This painting is of the moment when Persephone and Demeter are reunited. I like in this picture how the bottom is darker, and the top, near the sky, is lighter. In a way, this shading represents the way Persephone felt about staying in each place.
http://www.cartoonstock.com/cartoonview.asp?start=2&search=main&catref=jfa3070&MA_Artist=&MA_Category=&ANDkeyword=Sisyphus&ORkeyword=&TITLEkeyword=&NEGATIVEkeyword=
ReplyDeleteThis cartoon shows a man pushing a huge dollar sign up a mountain. The cartoon is titled 'Pushing the Dollar Uphill". Just like the boulder that Sisyphus has to keep pushing up the hill, it is a struggle to get the value of the dollar to go uphill.
http://zingology.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/icarus.jpg
ReplyDeleteThis cartoon shows three boys with wings flying around Icarus teasing him saying, "Whats the matter? Won't your daddy let you fly close to the son?"
http://www.pindelski.org/Blog/Adam_Sistine.jpg
ReplyDeleteThe picture shown in this graphic adaptation would be more modern related. In the picture you see Adam with his arms outstretched to an iPad. I know you're probably wondering what this relates to. Well in my opinion, this relates to the myth of Tantalus. In that myth, Tantalus was chained to a tree, neck-deep underwater, and couldn't reach the fruit in his grasp. In relation to Adam, he's sitting on a rock that he looks like he's about to fall off of; the iPad is in his grasp, but he just can't reach it. I also believe the adaptation part to this composition is that Adam is longing for newer technology of some sort and it just happens to be an iPad. I mean think about the possible vastness of technology today if Adam had an iPad.
http://www.maicar.com/GML/000Images/pim/prometheus1-3805.jpg
ReplyDeletethis picture is showing that even though Prometheus did wrong and the eagle had a right o eat his liver everyday, he can still be helped.
http://tinyurl.com/6kptqcl
ReplyDeleteThis is a really cool AMV-ish adaptation of the Daedalus and Icarus myth with a good song called Mad World (even though it's a cover and it sounds really different from the original). It is set in a "steampunk" world where Daedalus and Icarus are trapped in a large building rather than a labyrinth. Instead of wings, it shows Daedalus drawing sketches and building hot air balloons, because it fits with the steampunk theme. They then set off towards the sun in the hot air balloons. But Icarus flies too close to the sun and his balloon bursts. Daedalus watches in horror as his son plummets to the ground.
http://ph.cdn.photos.upi.com/slideshow/full/584a46fdc2238dc15e005f34eba32672/World-Champion-Sand-Sculpture-Championships_10.jpg
ReplyDeleteThe graphic adaptation I chose is a Sand Sculpture adaptation of Icarus. You can see Icarus, with his wings, standing outside of the labyrinth before taking off.
I personally think that this, and all, sand sculptures are incredibly cool!
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=greek+myth+cartoon&um=1&hl=en&safe=active&biw=1263&bih=702&tbm=isch&tbnid=bSEWYU2LDQQ6zM:&imgrefurl=http://www.zeusgreece.com/tag/zeus-greek-mythology/&docid=VCK8wGBSy5tCKM&w=350&h=350&ei=luhwTtftKsi0sQLRrMXzCQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=599&vpy=365&dur=2960&hovh=225&hovw=225&tx=129&ty=199&page=1&tbnh=148&tbnw=167&start=0&ndsp=17&ved=1t:429,r:14,s:0
ReplyDeleteThis picture depicts Zeus as the ruler of the gods in my opinion. And how he has a lot of power compared to other gods and goddesses