Comparing The Story 'Ceyx And Alcyone'

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The story “Ceyx and Alcyone” it tells of a loving couple named Ceyx and Alcyone who promised to never part each other, until one day Ceyx left on a journey where he died. Each day Alcyone knit him a robe, but became hopeless and prayed to the dream Gods for the truth, where she saw his death. The next day she came to the water and found his body, when they both became birds who flew off, showing that when love is true it will be forever.
In the story of “Pygmalion and Galatea” it tells of a young sculptor named Pygmalion who hated women and vowed to never marry a women. He created a sculpture that would be the prettiest women anyone has seen, but the Goddess Venus wanted to help him find love. He quickly fell in love and learned that never

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