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Proteus

Proteus. By: Mathew Morico. Who is Proteus?. A minor Sea God A prophet who dislikes sharing his powers A herdsman of the seals of Poseidon He could also transform into any animal he wanted . His Story.

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Proteus

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  1. Proteus By: Mathew Morico

  2. Who is Proteus? • A minor Sea God • A prophet who dislikes sharing his powers • A herdsman of the seals of Poseidon • He could also transform into any animal he wanted

  3. His Story • Proteus was associated with the islands of Lemnos and the island of Pharos. During the travels of the Trojan War hero Menelaus, he captures Proteus and forced him to prophesize the future. • Proteus knew every single sea in detail, and could shape-shift as well as tell the future, but rarely revealed the truth unless captured.

  4. Proteus’ Song • There is not a song correlated with Proteus himself, but at one point he burst into singing to himself: • “What should this ever-changing mouth confess? Of the tyrannies of never-ending transformation, Or of the anguish that accompanies one Who breathes without end in the mirthful company of bloated gods? Friend, if you tasted the darkness hiding in the depths Of this treacherous mass of water; If, I say, you had to keep these waves, This sea’s spewing fingers, As a wretched companion across the whole of time Then you would know. Nothing, nothing remains to be remembered. The waning paths of my memory have all but disappeared. Changing from one shape to another for all of eternity, I have forgotten my firstborn form, The voice that rang true from my once human lips. The brush of leaves on hands that had not yet relinquished death, Of human bodies bursting forth With the soft force of laughter. Is asking for mortality so great a gift that it cannot be given unto me? I beg you, friend in passing, let the winds blow Into your puffing sails, the mast upright; Guide the trenchant prow of your black ship Toward other seas, other horizons. Cast not your resourceful eyes on these oozing streams. Brood not on what you leave behind, This formless agony Whose wisdom undoes its every seeker.” • He is basically singing about his life and how he doesn’t like being immortal and how he doesn’t even remember what he was born as.

  5. Proteus Poems • There is not a specific Poem about Proteus himself, but there is a sub-genre of poems called Proteus Poems. A Proteus Poem goes hand in hand with himself as a shape shifter. The poem is created with the same words but in a different order each line. • For example: You can see Can you see See can you

  6. Fun Facts • Some stories refer to Proteus as the son of Poseidon • He carries a trident • Strongly dislikes telling the future, despite his gift • A Greek god but praised by Egyptians

  7. Bibliography • Theoi Project. "Proteus." theoi.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Sept. 2011.      <http://www.theoi.com/Pontios/Proteus.html >. • http://davidorr.cm/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/proteus1.jpg • "Anthropomorphism, Epithet, Eponym, Etiological tale, Myth, Pantheon."      Leopard OS Dictionary. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Sept. 2011. • Gill, N.S. "Birth of the Olympian Gods and Goddesses ." Ancient History. N.p.,      n.d. Web. 15 Sept. 2011. <http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/      grecoromanmyth1/a/OlympiansEmerge.htm>. • Greek Gods. "Proteus." Greek-gods. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Sept. 2011.      <http://www.greek-gods.info/ancient-greek-gods/proteus/>. • "Proteus bursts into song." Wordglitch. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Sept. 2011.      <http://www.wordglitch.com/?p=236>. • Higgins, Dick. Pattern poetry: Guide to an Unknown Literature. Google Books. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Sept. 2011. • "Neptune Base." Chromacity. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Sept. 2011.      <http://www.google.com/

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