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GREEK MYTHS IN 140
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@l u cy co a t s - Greek myths in 140 characters
a tweet-book by u10
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Project - U10 (Michele Aquila, Valentina Carta, Valeria Di
Rosa, Rachele Storai, Giulia Fiorista) @udieci
Book Design - Martina Facco @rosemarinoo
Production - Manuele J Sarfatti @mjsarfatti
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Sunday, December 2 2012
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Perhaps no story is more powerful than a myth.
Lucy Coats (@lucycoats) from Northampton UK,
will re-tell 100 Greek myths in 100 Tweets.
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In ten minutes, @lucycoats
brings the #twitterfiction
showcase back to her Greek
myths in 140 characters.
Follow her to tune in! November 29
@TwitterBooks
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More excited than an excited
thing about #twitterfiction
Lots of amazing stuff to come
on Wednesday when it all
kicks off! - November 26
@lucycoats
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@lucycoats - Earth/Sky divorce rocks Heavens! Sky
dooms own kids to Tartarus! Cronos gelds Sky in
shock sickle strike! Earth weds Sea! #twitterfiction November 28
@lucycoats - Sulky Cronos swallows 5 godlets! Wife
Rhea devastated! Gran Gaia’s secret stone supper
saves baby Zeus from dad’s greedy gob
#twitterfiction - November 28
@lucycoats - Metis feeds pa-in-law toxic brew!
Cronos vomits 5 furious deities, flees minus mighty
powers! Zeus declared Lord of Universe
#twitterfiction - November 28
@lucycoats - Triple god power share! Zeus seizes
Heavens/Earth! Hades grabs Underworld domain!
Brother Poseidon snatches Seas for self
#twitterfiction - November 28
@lucycoats - Gods battle Gaia’s monster brood! 100headed Typhon trapped under Mount Etna, fat
snake mate Echidna flees! Deities triumph
#twitterfiction - November 28
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@lucycoats - Daedalus takes rap from vexed
monarch Minos! Cunning wax-winged escape leads
to tragedy! Sun-struck son Icarus in sea plunge
#twitterfiction - November 28
@lucycoats - Prometheus in ‘sneaky’ fire snatch!
Zeus chains to rock, condemns to daily liver ripping!
Giant eagle says “Yum!” to new job #twitterfiction November 28
@lucycoats - Prying Pandora gets nosy! Opens
forbidden box! Lets vile evils into unsuspecting
world! 'Only Hope left!' sobs weeping teen
#twitterfiction - November 28
@lucycoats - Man destroyed by Flood! Deucalion’s
Ark in 11th hour rescue of birds/beasts! Pyrrha
remakes humans in stone spell surprise.
#twitterfiction - November 28
@lucycoats - 'You’ll never sit in MY lap,' claims coy
Hera! Zeus fools shy fiancée with cuckoo con trick!
Olympian wedding bells ring out #twitterfiction November 28
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@lucycoats - Hades in Kore kidnap sensation!
Demeter’s deft daughter deal seals seasons! Queen of
Underworld returns spring to cold world
#twitterfiction - November 28
@lucycoats - Aphrodite arises! Uranos blood births
goddess in sea foam spectacle! Beauty’s love arrows
take aim, pierce hearts everywhere #twitterfiction November 28
@lucycoats - Zeus riled! Hurls craftsman son to
earth! Hera in risky rescue! Lame Hephaestus wows
gods with gorgeous gems, amazing armour
#twitterfiction - November 28
@lucycoats - Europa in bull beach 'sex scandal'!
Claims bulky bovine abductor 'was really Zeus'!
Pregnant princess defies despairing dad
#twitterfiction - November 28
@lucycoats - Zeus gifts captive Danäe with baby
surprise! Grandpa Acrisius in foiled marine murder
plot! Mum & Perseus saved by fisherman
#twitterfiction - November 28
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@lucycoats - Perseus aces ‘impossible’ quest!
Cunning mirror ploy slays Medusa! Invisibility hat
scuppers Gorgon sisters’ revenge plans
#twitterfiction - November 28
@lucycoats - Rescued Andromeda dubs Perseus 'My
Hero'! Pouting princess free from scary sea-monster
fate! 'It's Love' says smitten prince #twitterfiction November 28
@lucycoats - Apollo in successful snake skirmish!
Python driven from Delphi! Psychic Sibyl prophesies
Underworld career move for serpent #twitterfiction November 28
@lucycoats - Virgin naiad snubs sexy Sun God!
'Save me, Mother!' cries fleeing nymph Daphne!
Gaia o-bays with timely tree transformation
#twitterfiction - November 28
@lucycoats - Theseus/Ariadne in Minotaur
massacre. Shrewd string scheme saves sacrifices!
Lovers' heartbreak leads to sail mix-up misery
#twitterfiction - November 28
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@lucycoats - 20 more tabloid Greek myths at 14.00
GMT tomorrow! Meet Midas, Orion & Arachne!
Hope you enjoyed them today - let me know!
#twitterfiction - November 28
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3..2..1... RT @TwitterBooks:
In ten minutes, @lucycoats
brings the #twitterfiction
showcase back to her Greek
myths in 140 characters. November 29
@lucycoats
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@lucycoats - Bored shepherd woos Moon! Selene
brokers eternal sleep deal for mortal lover! Says sex
life now 'well dreamy'! 50 kids ensue #twitterfiction November 29
@lucycoats - Philemon & Baucis feed godly hobos.
Zeus & Hermes reward '2 Best Humans on Earth'!
Save generous couple from dire flood fate
#twitterfiction - November 29
@lucycoats - Ace weaver Arachne in saucy tapestry
stand-off with Athene! Owl goddess stuns impudent
spinner with spider-change sentencing
#twitterfiction - November 29
@lucycoats - Midas in Golden Touch Tragedy!
Barber reveals 'shameful secret' of royal asses' ears!
Pointy caps now must-have palace môde
#twitterfiction - November 29
@lucycoats - Bragging Niobe rues boastful ways! 14
kids charcoaled/frozen by Sun & Moon! Stone
queen weeps streams from new mountain home
#twitterfiction - November 29
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@lucycoats - 'My Grasshopper Husband!' Dawn
goddess despairs! Tithonus shrinks in bug drama!
'It's all Zeus's fault!' cries agitated Eos #twitterfiction
- November 29
@lucycoats - Apollo in resentful rage! Scorpion sting
fells mighty Orion! Sun god 'sorry', sends hunter to
stars! Artemis inconsolable #twitterfiction November 29
@lucycoats - Forbidden feast fiasco! Tantalus's
taboo 'Son Surprise' a dud for deities! 'Did he need
more salt?' asks cannibal demi-god #twitterfiction November 29
@lucycoats - Poseidon pours out agony over absent
Amphitrite! Delphinus in quest for God's missing
missus! Petulant pair kiss & make up #twitterfiction
- November 29
@lucycoats - Contest splits citizens! Athene or
Poseidon? Wisdom goddess wins with nifty tree
trick! Athenians choose olives over ocean
#twitterfiction - November 29
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@lucycoats - Evil innkeeper executed! Theseus in
close shave with expanding bed! 'Procrustes nearly
stretched me to death!' reveals hero #twitterfiction November 29
@lucycoats - Sharp-eyed Sisyphus spots sexy
shenanigans! Sneaky Zeus found out in illicit nymph
affaire! Turns lover Aegina into island!
#twitterfiction - November 29
@lucycoats - Phaëton pinches Sun chariot! Runaway
race ends in shattering smash with stars! Troubled
teen's tragic end saddens dad Helios #twitterfiction November 29
@lucycoats - Party god Dionysius concocts
treacherous tipple! 'Hic!" slurs hungover Hermes,
"Ish bloody brilliant thish wine stuff!" #twitterfiction
- November 29
@lucycoats - Leda in erotic antics with sensuous
swan! 'Feathers turn me on!' preens satisfied Queen!
Rainbow eggs due to hatch tomorrow #twitterfiction
- November 29
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@lucycoats - EXCLUSIVE! 'God of War a coward'
says secret source. 'Teensy cut made him blubber like
a baby!' Ares issues violent denial #twitterfiction November 29
@lucycoats - Cowstealing baby hits headlines on
Olympus! Apollo outfoxed & furious! 'Tee hee!
Can't catch me!' giggles wily infant Hermes
#twitterfiction - November 29
@lucycoats - Sisyphus Sharp-Eyes defies death no
further! Cunning King takes up eternal boulderpushing burden after Hades appeal fails
#twitterfiction - November 29
@lucycoats - Scorned Hera plots revenge! Moos of
protest from love rival Io! 'Let Zeus screw that stupid
cow NOW!' hisses spurned spouse #twitterfiction November 29
@lucycoats - Narcissus falls for own reflection! 'I
abtholutely ADORE mythelf!' lisps vain youth as
girlfriend Echo fades to a shadow #twitterfiction November 29
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@lucycoats - Hera has it in for Heracles! 12
Terrifying Tasks + more of my mythic headlines
tomorrow on #twitterfiction at 14.00GMT
#ReadAllAboutIt - November 29
@lucycoats - 'Nobody sees me naked!' Angry
Artemis chases speechless stagboy in fatal hunt!
Hounds tear Actaeon apart for pervy peeking
#twitterfiction - November 30
@lucycoats - Syrinx flees priapic Pan! Smutty goat
god in sordid sex romp! 'Let's make sweet music!' he
leers as nymph transforms to reed #twitterfiction November 30
@lucycoats - Nyx daughters 'weave own dooms'!
Fates ply spindle, thread, scissors! Bribe rumours
'unfounded' says incorruptible Atropos
#twitterfiction - November 30
@lucycoats - 'Kindly Ones' rise in bloodstained earth
birth! Snake-haired Furies wield whips on world's
wicked! Motto:'Vengeance is Ours' #twitterfiction November 30
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@lucycoats - Sly stableboy slays king in waxed
waggon wheel fiasco. Olympic Games will be 'Dad's
undying legacy' vows brave Hippodamia
#twitterfiction - November 30
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Look out! Here comes
Heracles the Hero…in... 3…2…
1… #twelvetasks
#twitterfiction - November 30
@lucycoats
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@lucycoats - Snakes in Cradle Mystery! Baby
Heracles strangles serpents with own tiny fists! Chief
suspect Hera says 'No effin' comment'
#twitterfiction - November 30
@lucycoats - Heracles in daring cattle swoop! Steals
Geryon's prize cows, kills 3-headed giant! Sails herd
to Tiryns! Task 1 completed #twitterfiction November 30
@lucycoats - Heracles in pongy poo mission! Palace
Stables 'cleaner than a virgin's arse' says a delighted
King Augeias! Task 2 completed #twitterfiction November 30
@lucycoats - Heracles battles bristly Boar of
Erymanthia! Pig 'too scary' for pet says Eurystheus
from oil jar hideaway! Task 3 completed
#twitterfiction - November 30
@lucycoats - Heracles in year-long deer chase!
Captured Golden Hind 'ornament to Palace
grounds' says King's Gardener! Task 4 completed
#twitterfiction - November 30
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@lucycoats - 'Fiery Bull Out of Control!' exclaims
Cretan Times! Hero Heracles dowses blazing bovine,
tows it to Tiryns! Task 5 completed #twitterfiction November 30
@lucycoats - Heracles in horsey horror! Man-Eater
Mares munch on murderous monarch! Eurystheus
bans petrifying new pets! Task 6 completed
#twitterfiction - November 30
@lucycoats - Heracles trounces fearsome feline!
Nasty Nemean Lion no more! Hero rocks 'Invincible
Lionskin Armour' look! Task 7 completed
#twitterfiction - November 30
@lucycoats - Heracles in Golden Apple raid! Crafty
champ tricks thick Titan! Outwitted Atlas shoulders
world once more! Task 8 completed #twitterfiction November 30
@lucycoats - Heracles attracts amorous Amazon!
Hippolyta hands hero gorgeous girdle! Admete's
verdict? Fashion failure! Task 9 completed
#twitterfiction - November 30
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@lucycoats - Heracles battles hostile Hydra. Freaky
fiend loses heads, grows more! Hero victorious, Hera
furious! Task 10 completed #twitterfiction November 30
@lucycoats - Heracles alerted to alarming avians!
Bronze feathers 'cause carnage'! Stymphalian Birds
routed by rattles! Task 11 completed #twitterfiction November 30
@lucycoats - Heracles in head-2-head with grisly
Guardian! Cerberus in chains! 'The End!' beams
happy hero! Hera in huff! Tasks complete
#twitterfiction - November 30
@lucycoats - Winged Pegasus is 'Horse for Hero'
says brave Bellerophon! Feathery steed & rider in
fatal flying strike on scary Chimaera! #twitterfiction
- November 30
@lucycoats - Sisyphus in canny cattle ruse! Thief
Autolycus trapped by trail of stolen steers! 'Evidence
overwhelming!' rules royal judge #twitterfiction November 30
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@lucycoats - Orpheus, Jason & Odysseus star in
tomorrow's mythic mayhem at 14.00 GMT! Hope
you've enjoyed today - please let me know!
#twitterfiction - November 30
@lucycoats - Wife duped by covetous centaur!
Doubting Deianeira destroys hubby Heracles! Dead
hero rises to Olympus! Hera in fuming fury
#twitterfiction - December 1
@lucycoats - Snake Giants attack Gods! Chaos on
Olympus! Shrewd scheme from hero Heracles saves
doomed deities! Even hateful Hera happy
#twitterfiction - December 1
@lucycoats - Sexist row over athlete Atalanta! Gutsy
huntress MUST run with men, declares loyal lover
Meleager! Teen's spear proves point #twitterfiction December 1
@lucycoats - 'Outrun me or die!' Bride in deadly
dare! Melanion addles Atalanta with smart-alec apple
drop! Speedy sprint scoops spouse #twitterfiction December 1
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@lucycoats - Princesses vs Muses! 'We simply sound
sweeter' warble regal 9! Muses not amused! Shrill
squawks from new royal magpie girls #twitterfiction
- December 1
@lucycoats - Death-defying Admetus does deal with
tipsy Fates! Wife Alcestis thwarts Tartarus king in
swap sacrifice! Hades 'not happy' #twitterfiction December 1
@lucycoats - First Ever Murder! Ixion takes rap for
fiery pit slaying! Killer pays price on flaming sky
wheel! 'Justice served!' say gods #twitterfiction December 1
@lucycoats - Orpheus in romantic rescue! Eurydice
makes epic error! Lovers torn apart in Tartarus
tragedy! Heartbreaker Hermes 'uncaring'
#twitterfiction - December 1
@lucycoats - Helpful healer Asclepius courts wrath
of Zeus! Banned Gorgon blood aids rogue
resurrection bid! Death by lightning forecast
#twitterfiction - December 1
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@lucycoats - Wedding woes of Peleus & Thetis!
Goddess friction flares over Apple of Discord!
Athene/Hera/Aphrodite in calamitous catfight
#twitterfiction - December 1
@lucycoats - Mum's ankle blunder seals baby
Achilles' fate! Mortal heel 'will trip him up' predicts
prophet. Tearful Thetis flees to sea #twitterfiction December 1
@lucycoats - Hero ship sets out on 'epic' voyage!
'Argo' endures persistent perils! Captain Jason joyful
as craft sails safe into Colchis #twitterfiction December 1
@lucycoats - Jason overcomes skeleton army! Hero
swoops on stolen sheep swag! Medea's magic aids
evening escape! Golden Fleece 'gone' #twitterfiction December 1
@lucycoats - Tug-of-love boy is Aphrodite's Adonis!
Persephone snubbed as handsome hunk 'prefers
Olympus'! Boar gore ends gigolo's life #twitterfiction
- December 1
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@lucycoats - Cowherd woos nymph in raunchy
romance! Paris 'My Prince!' gushes infatuated
Oenone! Gods interrupt pair's pastoral paradise
#twitterfiction - December 1
@lucycoats - Paris in challenging choice! Goddesses
make decision 'difficult'! 'Have Helen' coos artful
Aphrodite in unbeatable offer #twitterfiction December 1
@lucycoats - 'It's Menelaus for me' says star-eyed
Helen! Greek Kings swear to shield Spartan sweetie
forever! 'Witnessed!' thunders Zeus #twitterfiction December 1
@lucycoats - Eros arrows pierce Helen with passion
for prince! Paris swipes Spartan Queen! Mortified
Menelaus leads launch of 1000 ships #twitterfiction December 1
@lucycoats - Iphigenia sacrifices self as sin scapegoat!
Winds whirl ships out of Aulis! 'Trojans beware!'
trumpets aggressive Agamemnon #twitterfiction December 1
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@lucycoats - Mad or mendacious? Odysseus ploughs
sand in risky ruse to avoid call-up! Menelaus bests
clever King with sneaky son strategy #twitterfiction December 1
@lucycoats - Enjoy today? Tomorrow I'll tweet the
WHOLE of Homer's Iliad & Odyssey! Tune in at
14.00GMT for more #twitterfiction myth madness! December 1
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My last #twitterfiction festival
showcase will be at
14.00GMT today. Just the
whole Iliad & Odyssey to go.
In 20 tweets *head explodes* December 2
@lucycoats
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@lucycoats - Snake strikes Philoctetes! 'Yeuch!' heave
heroes as ace archer's wound worsens! Bowman left
on Lemnos by callous companions #twitterfiction December 2
@lucycoats - Priam's prophecy plot! Trojan king
calls horses of Rhesus to sip from Scamander! Spy
Odysseus ruins river plan, slays steeds #twitterfiction
- December 2
@lucycoats - Patroclus in armour swap! Heartbreak
for Achilles as Hector butchers best boyfriend! Hero
promises 'payback' for Trojan heir #twitterfiction December 2
@lucycoats - Heroes in sword smash ding-dong!
Hector dead, dragged round Troy by triumphant
Achilles! Sad Priam begs for son's body back
#twitterfiction - December 2
@lucycoats - Polyxena hatches poison ploy! Arrow
hits heel bullseye! Achilles' 'agonising death' as hero
pierced by Paris's perfect shot! #twitterfiction December 2
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@lucycoats - Pongy Philoctetes returns! Bowman's
bolt slays proud Paris! Love spell lifted, contrite
Helen haunted by continuing conflict #twitterfiction
- December 2
@lucycoats - 'Luck of Troy' lifted! Odysseus steals
sacred statue! Helen hopeful of imminent escape
from surrounded city! Trojans tremble
#twitterfiction - December 2
@lucycoats - Fleet retreat! Wooden Horse 'miracle'
cry triumphal Trojans! Hidden Greek heroes trigger
trap, sack city in deadly dawn raid #twitterfiction December 2
@lucycoats - Conquered city 'blazing or burnt' !
Menelaus recovers stolen spouse from razed ruins!
Penitent Helen hangs head, hugs hubby
#twitterfiction - December 2
@lucycoats - Prisoner priestess predicts doom!
Cassandra 'gabbles gibberish' claims angry Ajax!
Zeus hits hero with terminal thunderbolt
#twitterfiction - December 2
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@lucycoats - Odysseus loses luxe-loving crew to
Lotus-Eaters! Sleepy sailors say 'sod off!' Crotchety
captain lugs laggards aboard again #twitterfiction December 2
@lucycoats - Hungry heroes court Polyphemus
peril! Monster munches mariners! Odysseus hatches
sly sheep scheme! Early escape cons Cyclops
#twitterfiction - December 2
@lucycoats - Circe whips out wand in porcine
prank! Odysseus 'encourages' evil enchantress to
reshape hoggish heroes! All-round relief
#twitterfiction - December 2
@lucycoats - Magic mist shrouds ship! 'No sneezing'
says sorceress! Odysseus disobeys with triple 'atishoo'
after Tartarus ghost trip! #twitterfiction - December
2
@lucycoats - Wax-eared seamen row rapidly as
Odysseus defies deadly Siren singers! Only man ever
to escape winged women's wanton wiles!
#twitterfiction - December 2
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@lucycoats - 6-headed Scylla swallows shrieking
sailors! Cruel Charybdis sinks ship in violent vortex!
Odysseus 'only overboard escapee' #twitterfiction December 2
@lucycoats - Seven-year-itch hits homesick hero!
Calypso's confinement 'unfair', objects upset
Odysseus! Forlorn nymph bids fond farewell
#twitterfiction - December 2
@lucycoats - Prim princess 'petrified' after bareass
beachbum scare! Nausicaa grants garments to
apologetic Odysseus! Hero heads homeward
#twitterfiction - December 2
@lucycoats - 'My Hero Dad!' Tender reunion
touches Telemachus! Odysseus vows vengeance on
villains! Snooty suitors now 'dead men walking'
#twitterfiction - December 2
@lucycoats - 'Bend hubby's big bow!' Penelope deals
out diabolical dare! Odysseus slaughters shocked
suitors! Epic journey ends joyfully #twitterfiction December 2
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Apologies to #twitterfiction
readers trying to read Part 3 of
myth marathon on my blog.
There has been a techglitch.
I'll repost tomorrow. December 2
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