Enjoy Your Meal

People can be so rude. What was Erysichthon's deal with cutting down the goddess' favorite tree? You would think that after hearing the spirit of the tree telling him he would never get away with it that he would fall on his knees and apologize, but no, he just mocks the spirit and goes to sleep.

After hearing the spirit of her favorite tree, Ceres (goddess of agriculture) sends Hunger after Erysichthon. Hunger defeats Erysichthon to point that he has to sell his own mother to buy food. Remember how I said that Poseidon seems like a mean and powerful god? Well, he's still powerful but in this story we see a softer side of him as he helps the mother after her greedy son sells her. In the end, we witness a perfect example of "karma's a *itch": Erysichthon ends up eating himself.