For the main ideas, I want it to be fun. There are centuries worth of stories between the gods and this would be a fun way to explain the goddesses thoughts and points of views. I do not have an overarching theme.
1. Aphrodite
This will be a tale about her love triangle. It is very drama filled.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hephaestus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_(mythology)
2. Hera
This will be a tale about her anger towards all of Zeus's mistresses. He was never faithful and that made her look bad so she would strike out against the girls. I think that it would be set in a way that the other goddess's are doing an intervention type of scenario.
https://www.theoi.com/Olympios/Hera.html
https://www.theoi.com/Olympios/Zeus.html
3. Persephone
There are many sides to this story. I want the main story to be through her and how she feels about her mother agreeing to her half a year in hell (literally).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persephone
https://www.ancient.eu/persephone/#:~:text=Persephone%20(aka%20Kore)%20was%20the,all%20forms%20of%20Greek%20art.
I want to tell this story as a third party but with the camera breaks where each character gets to talk. I think it is important to give each of them a time to tell "their side" because it adds to the drama. But, I do not think I am going to overlap the stories. Many of the characters will be in multiple stories, but they do not overlap in the story line.
Hey Brynlee, I am doing something similar with my storybook project! I am taking all of the "lover scorned" type of stories and retelling them in the high school setting. Seeing as most of these Greek Gods and Goddesses' relationships seem like they would be high school drama. I like how you are focusing on the women of mythology. I am sort of doing that too! I am very interested to see what you end up doing with this project. I can't wait to read it!
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