Some of the oldest surviving references to human-fish hybrids seem to indicate that the first mermaid was actually a merman. With her reference I was suddenly . With those that I saw suffer: a brave vessel. [72], In 1700 English poet John Dryden published his translations of myths by Ovid, Homer, and Boccaccio in the volume Fables, Ancient and Modern. A beaten man, Myrrha persuaded Sardanapalus to place himself on a funeral pyre which she would ignite and subsequently leap onto - burning them both alive. Derived from Latin mirandus meaning "admirable, wonderful". A thing most brutish, I endow'd thy purposes Other interests include reading, writing and poetry. In reality, the Fiji mermaid was hoax, just the head and torso of a monkey sewn onto the tail of a fish. When Prospero's servant appears, Miranda is placed into a magically induced sleep. The Morrgan has also appeared in several comic book series, including Marvel Comicswhere she is depicted as a powerful goddess in the Celtic pantheonand The Wicked + The Divine. You may deny me, but Ill be your servant, Miranda's first interaction with Ferdinand was a revelation for her view on men besides Prospero. Comets [44], One of the earliest recordings of a play inspired by the myth of Myrrha is in the Antiquities of the Jews, written in 93 A.D. by the Roman-Jewish historian Flavius Josephus. The Roman names for them were Nona . She was also the inspiration for several species' scientific names and an asteroid. [46], Myrrha appears in the Divine Comedy poem Inferno by Dante Alighieri, where Dante sees her soul being punished in the eighth circle of Hell, in the tenth bolgia (ditch). Critics also argue that the language used by Miranda in this speech is out of character for her, given her lack of knowledge of the world that makes Caliban's behaviour so shocking, as well as the fact that her style of speaking strongly resembles Prospero's mannerisms. A sense of patriotism, nurtured through the poetry of Tennyson and the work of Shakespeare, stimulated many British artists, including Waterhouse. Occasionally, human souls play a role in the stories and legends of mythology. Much later, the Romans and Greeks adopted many of Ea's traits and applied them to their sea gods, Poseidon and Neptune. [19]. When the girl has been gripped by desire, she laments her humanity, for if she and her father were animals, there would be no bar to their union. Asteroids This painting, created in 1916 is an example of this, being a representation of The Tempest by William Shakespeare. The Paper Palace By Miranda Cowley Heller, A Place for Us By Fatima Farheen Mirza 2 Books Collection Set. She is also a central figure in her father's revenge, enabling Prospero to gain political prestige through her marriage to the Prince of Naples, Ferdinand. [85][86][87] In 1857 French engraver Gustave Dor made a series of illustrations to Dante's Divine Comedy, the depiction of Myrrha showing her in the eighth circle of Hell. Angered, Venus punished the mother by cursing Smyrna to fall in love with her father. [103], This article is about the Greek myth. Neill, Michael. In Roman mythology they were known as the Gratiae. Mars [15][16] The Metamorphoses show that Ovid was more interested in questioning how laws interfered with people's lives than writing epic tales like Virgil's Aeneid or Homer's Odyssey. Finally the daughter, Mary as Myrrha,[r] is described as an impious outcast from civilization, whose greatest sin was her disrupting the natural line of succession thereby breaking both natural as well as divine statutes which resulted in fundamental social confusion. Miranda's behaviour is typically seen as completely dictated by Prospero, from her interactions with Caliban to her ultimate decision to marry Ferdinand. [57], The tragedy Mirra by Vittorio Alfieri (written in 1786) is inspired by the story of Myrrha. She and Ferdinand take a few moments together to get acquainted and are quickly married. They live with their father in an isolated cave and because their mother is dead they decide to befuddle Lot's mind with wine and seduce him in order to keep the family alive through him. In shock, Smyrna gave birth prematurely to her child. Print. The concert was inspired by the myth of Myrrha in Ovid's Metamorphoses and includes excerpts from the volume that "move in and out of the music as though in a dream, or perhaps Myrrhas memory of the events that shaped her fate," as described by Kuster. Leininger also argues that Miranda's sexualisation is a weapon used against her by her father, stating that Prospero uses Caliban's attempted assault and Ferdinand's romantic overtures to marginalise her, simplifying her into a personification of chastity. You can find out more about Marta at her Instagram. - characters already, such as Heracles, (the strongest man on Earth) Zeus, (the God of the sky and king of the gods) Pegasus (a flying horse) and Hades (the god of the . Although the tale of Adonis has Semitic roots, it is uncertain where the myth of Myrrha emerged from, though it was probably from Cyprus. There's a ton of emphasis on the Greek Mythology characters and even some old . To be your fellow. Commenting on a Freudian analysis of the myth stating that Ovid "disconcertingly suggests that [father-lust] might be an unspoken universal of human experience". [14], However, Miranda can be interpreted as an allegory for the softer side of colonialism, portraying the more "missionary" aspect of colonisation attempts, in that she tries to educate Caliban instead of treating him as a sub-human citizen like her father seems keen to. During one of our conversations Miranda, Delia and Marlena's mother, Dawn referred to her daughters as The Three Graces. Menander was born in the Caucasus, but the . Could not abide to be with; therefore wast thou In her essay "What Nature Allows the Jealous Laws Forbid" literary critic Mary Aswell Doll compares the love between the two male protagonists of Annie Proulx' book Brokeback Mountain (1997) with the love Myrrha has for her father in Ovid's Metamorphoses. Print. On this Doll concludes that "Nature follows no laws. Thanks to it, we will be able to sustain and grow the Magazine. (inverse.com), Sailors tried to avoid mermaids. [66] Byron knew the story of the mythical Myrrha, if not directly through Ovid's Metamorphoses, then at least through Alfieri's Mirra, which he was familiar with. Lee notes the phonetic similarity of the names. [15] Still, Ovid distances himself in three steps from the horrifying story: First he does not tell the story himself, but has one of his in-story characters, Orpheus, sing it;[41] second, Ovid tells his audience not even to believe the story (cf. Caliban, whom she rejects, is shown to be a monstrous figure, while Ferdinandwhom she embracesis saved by her presence, her sympathy lightening the "baseness" of his given task. Summer Evening on Skagen Snderstrand by Peder Severin Kryer is a masterpiece of Danish Impressionism. He even insisted that he knew a guy who knew a guy who totally saw a mess of dead mermaids washed up on the shore one time. Lorie Leininger, discussed in the previous section, argues that Miranda is part of a group subjugated by colonialism due to her gender, but as far as direct connections to European colonisation overseas, Miranda does not connect directly to the majority of postcolonial analyses. Apollodorus[g] tells of three possible parentages for Adonis. In the painting we cant see Mirandas face, yet we can feel her sorrow. Smyrna had been driven mad[k] by desire for her father and did not want anybody else. ", "Alaleona: Mirra: Mazzola-Gavezzeni/ Gertseva/ Malagnini/ Ferrari/ Chorus and Orchestra of Radio France/ Valcuh", "New Music From American Composers Orchestra at Carnegie Hall", "Ovid Illustrated: The Reception of Ovid's Metamorphoses in Image and Text". The style may have been influenced by Platos dialogues. Being capable of all ill! Slights, Jessica. In the first he states that Cinyras arrived in Cyprus with a few followers and founded Paphos, and that he married Metharme, eventually becoming king of Cyprus through her family. Dryden turned to translation and infused these translations with political satire in response - the myth of Myrrha being one of these translations. The Tempest's second scene begins with Miranda, begging her father to spare the lives of the men at sea. Clear rating. The only inscription referring to Menander has been found in Bajaur, the tribal territory between the Swat and Kunar rivers, but large numbers of Menanders coins have been unearthed, mostly of silver and copper, attesting to both the duration of his reign and the flourishing commerce of his realm. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. The traits that make her the pinnacle of femininity are her innocence and vulnerability, and these traits allow her to be readily manipulated first by her father then Ferdinand. seven chapters represent a sustained historical and historiographic analysis of what Marvin designates 'the copy myth''the underpinnings of the belief that Roman ideal sculpture consisted by and large of copies of lost Greek works' (p. 4), while the last two chapters sketch an overviewbrilliant in its scope and . The word "frankincense" means "fine incense". According to legend, the aromatic exudings of the myrrh tree are Myrrha's tears. Miranda is unlike any other body in the Solar System. 105.1 (2008): 5082. Literary critic Anthony W. Lee notes in his essay "Dryden's Cinyras and Myrrha" that this translation, along with several others, can be interpreted as a subtle comment on the political scene of the late seventeenth-century England. Miranda is typically viewed as having believed herself to be subordinate towards her father. [91], Several metamorphosing insects' scientific names reference the myth. [20] Miranda is featured in the 2019 novella Miranda in Milan, which imagines the events after The Tempest. Miranda is the daughter of Prospero, another of the main characters of The Tempest. The sculpture was titled "Myrrha of the Post Industrial World" and depicted a nude woman sitting on a rectangular pedestal. Greek mythology, and its ancient stories of gods, goddesses, heroes and monsters, is one of the oldest and most influential groups of legends in human civilization. Ancient Indian writers indicate that he probably led expeditions into Rajputana and as far east along the Ganges (Ganga) River valley as Pataliputra (now Patna), in the present-day Indian state of Bihar. Staunton. The play deals with the revolt against the extravagant king and his relationship to his favourite slave Myrrha. Smyrna fled, but her father later caught up with her. Menander was born in the Caucasus, but the Greek biographer Plutarch calls him a king of Bactria, and the Greek geographer and historian Strabo includes him among the Bactrian Greeks who conquered more tribes than Alexander [the Great]. It is possible that he ruled over Bactria, and it has been suggested that he aided the Seleucid ruler Demetrius II Nicator against the Parthians. The suffering in this region is endless and unending. Pliny also mentioned a characteristic of mermaids that impacted their reputation well into modern times: that they were malicious and sought to drown humans by capsizing their ships. As a side effect, Doll notes, the metamorphosis also alters the idea of incest into something natural for the imagination to think about. We'll bet you've heard of some of the famous - and infamous! [28], In the Metamorphoses by Antoninus Liberalis, written somewhere in the 2nd or 3rd century A.D.,[29][i] the myth is set in Phoenicia, near Mount Lebanon. "[60] Audra Dibert Himes, in an essay entitled "Knew shame, and knew desire", notes a more subtle reference to Myrrha: Mathilda spends the last night before her fathers arrival in the woods, but as she returns home the next morning the trees seemingly attempt to encompass her. Her madness in Hell prevents even basic communication which attests to her being contemptuous of the social order in life. [84] In 1717 in London, a Latin-English edition of Metamorphoses was published, translated by Samuel Garth and with plates of French engraver Bernard Picart. The wheel engraved on some of Menanders coins is probably connected with Buddhism, and Plutarchs statement that when Menander died his earthly remains were divided equally among the cities of his kingdom and that monuments, possibly stupas (Buddhist commemorative monuments), were to be erected to enshrine them has been interpeted to indicate that he had probably become a Buddhist. [] In the cases of both Lot's daughters and Myrrha, the daughter's seduction of the father has to be covert. She is loving, kind, and compassionate as well as obedient to her father and is described as "perfect and peerless, created of every creature's best". Doll suggests that both Ovid's and Proulx' main concerns are civilization and its discontents and that their use of images of nature uncovers similar understandings of what is "natural" when it comes to who and how one should love. Her last appearance is in the play's final scene. To search this site, type your search word(s) in the Influential Roman scientist and naturalist Pliny the Elder basically invented the field of natural history with his attempt to catalog every animal in the world, the appropriately titled Natural History, but he played fast and loose with the facts. X. Updates? Took pains to make thee speak, taught thee each hour Nearly everything we know about this moon was learned from the Voyager 2 encounter in 1986. AEOLUS (Aiolos) The king of the winds. The three goddesses in Greek mythology that represent grace/elegance, charm/mirth and youth/beauty are collectively known as Charites. Some of these ridges have been referred to as "layer cakes" or "race tracks" due to their unusual appearance. She has been detained on an island, together with her father, Prospero, for almost twelve years. saving. The Infant Zeus Nurtured by the Goat Amalthea, by Nicolas Poussin [Public Domain] 1. Here King Thias, son of Belus and Orithyia,[j] had a daughter named Smyrna. Menander was probably the Indo-Greek king who was converted to Buddhism by the holy man Nagasena after a prolonged and intelligent discussion, which has been recorded in the Milinda-panha. Subway by Lily Furedi is a masterpiece of New Deal art that expresses the excitement of modern transportation. William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act 1, Scene 2. Miranda makes a very clear decision to seek out Ferdinand and offer her assistance, all the while worrying that her father will discover them. Sanchez, Melissa E. "Seduction and Service in The Tempest." [1], Over the centuries Myrrha, the girl, and myrrh, the fragrance, have been linked etymologically. [15] The myth of Myrrha and Cinyras is sung by Orpheus in the tenth book of Metamorphoses after he has told the myth of Pygmalion[d] and before he turns to the tale of Venus and Adonis. [7], In the Bible, myrrh is referenced as one of the most desirable fragrances, and though mentioned alongside frankincense, it is usually more expensive. Uranus When finished, the sculpture was 29 feet tall. In the 34th stanza Venus is lamenting because Adonis is ignoring her approaches and in her heart-ache she says "O, had thy mother borne so hard a mind, She had not brought forth thee, but died unkind. Despite this, it illustrates the exquisite and confidence skill of the artist. Miranda also contains fault canyons as deep as 12 miles (20 km) deep. Marta De La Iglesia Ramos is an undergraduate English philology student from Spain with a particular interest in Romanticism and Pre-Raphaelite era. [f] Afraid of death and tired of life, and pregnant as well, she begged the gods for a solution, and was transformed into the myrrh tree, with the sap thereof representing her tears. Among the scholars who recounted it are Apollodorus, Hyginus, and Antoninus Liberalis. The daughters at some point became victims of Aphrodite's wrath and had intercourse with foreigners,[h] ultimately dying in Egypt. Greek Mythology: Influence and Legacy Credit 3 HS - L4L Greek Mythology: Influence and Legacy (2019) Hubris Hubris is a recurring theme in Greek Mythology. Some of the best books related to Greek mythology include "The Song of Achilles," "Lore," and "Circe." Amazon; Bookshop; Alyssa Powell/Insider. Hence, bashful cunning, If not, Ill die your maid. While in plant form, Myrrha gives birth to Adonis. Critical interpretation of the myth has considered Myrrha's refusal of conventional sexual relations to have provoked her incest, with the ensuing transformation to tree as a silencing punishment. Rather than aberrant, the Ovidian characters come to feel exemplary". Want to Read. Since mermaids were such jerks, sea captains avoided areas where mermaids were known to live and worked with cartographers to create maps that noted mermaids' lairs as a warning to other sailors. C. myrrha grows in Ethiopia, Arabia, and Somalia. . She is not confined to social constructs as she did not grow up within a conventional society. Leninger, Lorrie Jerrell. Sign up and get your dose of art history delivered straight to your inbox! Lee suggests that this is a direct parallel to James who could have been counted as happier if he had not had his daughter, Mary, who betrayed him and usurped his monarchical position. [92] Libythea myrrha, the club beak, is a butterfly native to India. According to Ovid Pygmalion was Myrrha's great-grandfather: Pygmalion's daughter. Furness, Horace Howard. On the subject of Ovids writing about love Doll states: In Ovids work no love is "taboo" unless it arises out of a need for power and control. ), the greatest of the Indo-Greek kings and the one best known to Western and Indian classical authors. [citation needed], In Act I, Scene II, the lines spoken by Miranda to Caliban rebuking him for his ill-treatment of Prospero are frequently reassigned to Prospero. ""Noises,/Sounds and sweet airs": The Burden of Shakespeare's. One thing or other: when thou didst not, savage, In the play, Mirra falls in love with her father, Cinyras. cannot be escaped entirely - especially since Ovid's story of Myrrha's incest poses a potential reciprocal to the nightmare Byron invents for Sardanapalus, of sympathy with the son who is the object of his mother's 'incest'. If you have an interesting story about art to tell, send it to our Editor-in-chief Kate at [emailprotected] You might be the next here! IX. Much later, the Romans and Greeks adopted many of Ea's traits and applied them to their sea gods, Poseidon and Neptune. Like Byblis who fell in love with her brother, Myrrha is transformed and rendered voiceless making her unable to break the taboo of incest.[35]. (empireonline.com). [78] Though it was not the best musical piece, the jury praised Ravel's work for its "melodic charm" and "sincerity of dramatic sentiment". Dickson. The myth details the incestuous relationship between Myrrha and her father, Cinyras. The painting was included in the art exhibition "Captured Emotions: Baroque Painting in Bologna, 1575-1725" at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California which lasted from December 16, 2008 through May 3, 2009. Print. ), the greatest of the Indo-Greek kings and the one best known to Western and Indian classical authors. As the King of the gods and ruler of Mount Olympus, Zeus is one of the most beloved figures in Greek mythology. After discovering her identity, Cinyras draws his sword and pursues Myrrha. [52], In the poem Venus and Adonis, written by William Shakespeare in 1593 Venus refers to Adonis' mother. Furness, Horace Howard. Interstellar Space He elaborates no further on this statement. story follows Orpheus; who falls in love with beautiful Eurydice & journeys to underworld to bring her back to life. Adonis is the Hellenized form of the Phoenician word "adoni", meaning "my lord". In Greek mythology, Ceres, who appears in the masque of Act 4, is associated with the concept of rebirth, a return to life, a theme that a number of the . 7374. Lin Manuel Miranda Takes Sons Greek Myth Obsessed 2nd Grade Class To Hadestown Broadway - Lin Manuel Miranda took his son's 2nd-grade class to see Broadway musical hadestown . The plot of the movie carries a very deep and disturbing connection to the Greek mythology. Voyager 2 photo of Uranus' unusual moon Miranda, Voyager 2 close-up of Miranda showing surface details, Voyager 2 mosaic image of Miranda showing unique features, Voyager 2 close-up of Miranda showing the chevron feature, Voyager 2 close-up of Miranda showing steep cliffs, Voyager 2 close-up of the famous chevron feature. Other stories claimed that mermaids and mermen tried to climb aboard ships in the middle of the ocean, causing the ship to list to one side. Miranda's upbringing shapes her character and the view of the world around her. [15] The Metamorphoses is not narrated by Ovid,[c] but rather by the characters in the stories. Being the child of both a woman and a tree he is a split person. You will need to know the meaning of these words to master the skills in this . Himes suggests that the trees can be seen as a parallel to Ovids metamorphosed Myrrha. quote in "Ovid's version");[21] third, he has Orpheus congratulate Rome, Ovid's home town, for its being far away from the land where this story took place (Cyprus). Astronomers had expected this moon to show little or no history of internal activity, much like Jupiter's moon Callisto. Studies in Philology. In an act of bravery she challenges her father's wisdom, arguing that: "Had I been any god of power, I would / Have sunk the sea within the earth or ere / It should the good ship so have swallow'd and / The fraughting souls within her. [47][88], In 1690, Italian Baroque painter Marcantonio Franceschini depicted Myrrha as a tree while delivering Adonis in The Birth of Adonis. Dr. Krauth. Miranda Cowley Heller, Fatima Farheen Mirza (Goodreads Author) 3.69 avg rating 13 ratings. All three versions differ. But thy vile race, The illustration of Myrrha depicts Myrrha's deceiving her father as well as her fleeing from him. Doll remarks that the union of Cupid and Psyche is a metaphor for the union of love and soul. (hoaxes.org), Actress Daryl Hannah in Splash. Barnum's American Museum in New York displayed the so-called "Fiji mermaid," a small mummified corpse that the circus folks claimed was a real mermaid. Book review. [51] Here he compares Florence with "Myrrha, wicked and ungodly, yearning for the embrace of her father, Cinyras";[52] a metaphor, Claire Honess interprets as referring to the way Florence tries to "seduce" Pope Clement V away from Henry VII. [27], In his Fabulae, written around 1 A.D. Hyginus states that King Cinyras of Assyria had a daughter by his wife, Cenchreis. Your Weight on Other Planets. [8] Miranda's influence is what dulls the worst of her father's anger; Prospero cites her as being his reason for living after their initial banishment and he informs her that everything he does is "in care" of her. She concludes about Ovid and his version of Myrrha that: "What is perverted, for Ovid, is the use of sex as a power tool and the blind acceptance of sexual male power as a cultural norm. The earliest known mermaid legend involves the Assyrian fertility goddess Atargatis, who threw herself into a lake after accidentally killing her mortal lover and took the form of a fish, but only from the waist down, as "the waters [could] not conceal her divine beauty.". The nurse tries to make Myrrha suppress the infatuation, but later agrees to help Myrrha into her father's bed if she promises that she will not try to kill herself again. Published in 8 A.D. the Metamorphoses of Ovid has become one of the most influential poems by writers in Latin. A major branch of classical mythology, Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore.These stories concern the origin and nature of the world, the lives and activities of deities, heroes, and mythological creatures, and the origins and significance of the ancient Greeks' own cult and ritual practices. Sometime between 1948 and today, Christinas World evolved from a painting into an icon. [23], Over several verses, Ovid depicts the psychic struggle Myrrha faces between her sexual desire for her father and the social shame she would face for acting on it. Actress Glynis Johns as the title-role in the film Miranda, 1948. by. In his Bibliotheca, written around the 1st century B.C. Meanwhile, in eastern Europe, mermaids were said to be the ghosts of young women who died tragic deaths and lurked in and around bodies of water, entrancing hapless young men who would then be drowned by the spirits. Those lines are suggested as aimed at William III who invaded England from the Netherlands and whose presence Dryden describes as a curse or a punishment, according to Lee. [5] She is, furthermore, the only female character within a cast of strong male figures, and much of her interaction on stage is dominated by the male figures around her. The scene ends with their marriage, Miranda swearing she will be his servant if Ferdinand will not take her as his wife. B. Lippincott Company, 1892. Ed. It has been suggested that the taboo of incest marks the difference between culture and nature and that Ovid's version of Myrrha showed this. AEGAEUS (Aigaios) A god of violent sea-storms. It is not known exactly how many nights the affair lasted, but a source suggests only three nights. John Smith, the Englishman who helped settle Jamestown before he was saved by Pocahontas, had his own mermaid sighting off the coast of Newfoundland in 1614. This article is about the character from the Shakespearean play The Tempest. [62][63][64][65] The play has been interpreted as an autobiography, with Sardanapalus as Byron's alter ego, Zarina as Byron's wife Anne Isabella, and Myrrha as his mistress Teresa. Others pointed out that, as water creatures, they would be at home in the flood waters. A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: The tempest. The competition required that the candidates jumped through a series of academic hoops before entering the final where they were to compose a cantata on a prescribed text. There is some speculation that Miranda, along with her husband, Ferdinand, may be intended to represent Elizabeth Stuart and her new spouse, Elector Frederick V, as The Tempest was originally performed for the court of Elizabeth's father, King James, in celebration of the marriage.[1]. Subscribe to DailyArt Magazine newsletter, Victorian Feminists and Their Supernatural Powers, Painting of the Week: John William Waterhouse, The Lady of Shallot, Masterpiece Story: Summer Evening on Skagen Snderstrand by Peder Severin Kryer, Masterpiece Story: Christinas World by Andrew Wyeth. She was banished to the Island along with her father at the age of three, and in the subsequent twelve years has lived with her father and their slave, Caliban, as her only company. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. [59] In chapter 4, Mathilda makes a direct allusion: "I chanced to say that I thought Myrrha the best of Alfieri's tragedies. Jupiter Miranda has no detectable atmosphere and no magnetic field. Then he tells her that he is in love with her, and, when she refuses him, he commits suicide. Contemporary Literature. Mariana herself comes from Greece and believes that the tragedies in her life might be because of Persephone, the goddess of death. See also Wikipedia's categories of Greek goddesses, Greek gods, and Roman gods. The Modern English word myrrh (Old English: myrra) derives from the Latin Myrrha (or murrha or murra, all are synonymous Latin words for the tree substance). One of the moons of Uranus is named after her, in keeping with other Uranian moons named after Shakespearian characters. (wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu), Did mermaids what to drown humans? In the ending, Mirra has a mental breakdown in front of her father who is infuriated because the prince has killed himself. Still, it made Barnum a lot of money, and that was kind of his deal. Messier Album | The Solar System | The Constellations | Celestial Objects At this point, Thias desired to know who she was so he hid a light, illuminating the room and discovering Smyrna's identity when she entered. Which any print of goodness wilt not take, Critic Lorie Leininger argues that Miranda fits into the colonialist interpretation of The Tempest in that Prospero's use of Miranda as an unwitting player in his political revenge is expressive of the play's sexist attitude towards women. Miranda is amazed by the sight of him, questioning whether or not he is a spirit. Ed. 7374. Like Hades, the Greek underworld, Mictlan was where most people would spend their afterlife, regardless of moral standing. The name was created by Shakespeare for the heroine in his play The Tempest (1611), about a father and daughter stranded on an island. Hippolyte told the king that a girl of exalted parentage wanted to lie with him, but in secret. Unlike the other moons in the Solar System, which are named after Greek and Roman mythological figures, the moons of Uranus are named after characters from classic literature.