The Three Mythology Of Ovid's Myths

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In this text there are three Ovid’s myths explicated in the light of Freud’s thesis about sublimation. According to Freud it means that the energy related to sexual desire redirects in the form of another mental process. This Freud’s thesis can be found in all three myths of Ovid. In the further parts of the text there will be short analysis of all three. The first myth is about Apollo and Daphne. In this myth Ovid describes Cupid’s revenge in the way that he sends two arrows. One arrow is tipped with gold and is designed to make people fall in love. The other one is tipped with lead and does the opposite. Cupid shoots Apollo with the first one, the one tipped with gold and Apollo falls in love with a nymph called Daphne. The other one that is tipped with lead strikes a nymph Daphne and she feels contrary. It can be assumed that the plot of the myth is consider with Apollo’s chase over Daphne. Apollo has sexual desire toward Daphne and she feels the opposite. At the moment Apollo almost catches her she turns into a laurel tree. Then Apollo makes himself a laurel crown and decorates his bow and lyre with its leaves. This is how Ovid interprets this: Apollo whispered, "Daphne, Who cannot be my wife must be the seal, The sign of all I own, immortal leaf Twined in my hair as hers, and by this sign My constant love, my honour shall be shown: When Roman captains home from victory Ride with the Legions of Capitoline, Their heads will shine with laurels and wherever The Augustus