Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths, a novel by Bernard Evslin, retells short stories of the most famous gods and monsters of Greek Mythology. Evslin creates a simplistic way for the reader to understand more about these myths, through short story telling. Each god and monster is given their own chapter, and are explained thoroughly, but simplistically to help the reader understand these stories better. Evslin’s method of storytelling was effective and the way each story connected made it an easy and enjoyable read. I found it helpful that each piece was told through a maximum of about six pages.
He had seen a woman in a weaving contest with Athena, a boy with wings attached to his body flying a little too close to the sun, and many other interesting adventures. He grew up to look like a young man, even though he was actually way older than that, but he was still as adventurous and curious as he ever was. One day he was sitting on the edge of Olympus, watching the beautiful chariot of Apollo make its descent down back to the ground, with many different shades of red and blue streaking across the sky.
Mythological Greek/Roman Gods and Their Ancient Civilization Ancient Greek/Roman Civilizations took many moral values from their own Mythological stories through Made up Gods. These moral values consisted of loyalty, caring for others, temper control, and more. Through the mythological stories about their ancient Gods, each story could teach them something new about moral values. Ancient Greek/Roman civilizations values of loyalty, caring, and temper control are demonstrated or learned, by their mythological Gods. The first moral value the ancient Greeks/Romans got from their mythological gods and stories is the moral value of Loyalty.
Gilgamesh and The Odyssey are the stories that did that for people, even though they
In the inception, the Romans had their own original religion. But after being exposed to foreign culture or countries like Greece, they brought in the Greeks to Rome as slaves,etc. Now, these Greeks become tutors for the children of the Romans. Consequently, these tutors taught the children of Romans the stories and ideas of the Greek gods because they grew up knowing only their Greek gods. As a result, these children also grew up knowing the gods which the Greeces originally worshiped.
Mythology for many years has been seen as folktales and stories that help entertain people. In the modern world the influence of ancient mythology has been very impactful on the entertainment world, as it has allowed for the creation of fictional characters and films that have brightened millions of people's lives. The influence of these stories in ancient times may rival those of the modern world because of their vast influence on the world as it has affected many parts of it. The understanding of these topics is greatly led by the study of mythology which has given insight into human nature , and emotions of people as they often depict human experiences.
Greek mythology by David Stuttard. ““Drawing lots with his brothers, Hades and Poseidon, to see who should rule each of creation’s three zones – the land (together with the heavens); the sea; and the Underworld (of Hades) – Zeus won the earth and sky. Enthroned on the ridge of Mount Olympus, which is today called Stefani, and holding in his right hand a golden sceptre, he ruled both gods and men. A passage from the Iliad, said to have inspired his celebrated statue at Olympia, describes the sheer power of his presence: ‘Zeus, the son of Cronus, spoke, and he inclined his head with his dark brows, and the mighty king’s hair, anointed with ambrosial oil, fell forward from his immortal head. And great Olympus trembled.’
When I hear about the Greek Gods and Goddesses, I associate their stories with the modern-day representations of them and really never studied the history behind them. In my Western Civilization class, I read a lot about the foundation of the Orthodox Church and was able to relate to my own upbringing in the Greek Orthodox Church. However, one piece of lacking information that I want to find out about is how the Greek culture of a polytheistic religion eventually became monotheistic. I decided to take a tour of the antiquities of the Gods and Goddesses to search for evidence of their existence as more than a cultural element or if there is any relation to the monotheistic religion that grew out of Greece.
Religion and Mythology in Ancient Greece were looked upon with the highest importance, the Greek myths and tales of religion explained the unexplainable, gave reason to live and a sense of stability to a community. Ancient Greek myths can make the protagonist or other main character a role model in the way that they author writes them. The reader can also obtain life lessons from the myth or legend. A worthy instance of this is the Ancient Greek god Apollo, who is a wealthy king a, affectionate father, a dependable son, the founder of sports and music. Apollo is a good role model for people who grow up reading a myth or myths with Apollo in it.
Greek mythology is a very fascinating subject and it is very interesting to read about the various beasts and how they became one. Greek mythology is full of stories about gods and goddesses and heroes. There have been several Greek mythological creatures whose nature and behavior is captivating to read about. There are so many popular beasts like Centaur, Minotaur and Nemean, the lion. Today, these beasts have become very popular and also people use these names for products and various other marketing needs.
Looking back on it, I’m surprised I was allowed to read the series at all, as my parents are ultra Christian. However, I’m super glad they did, as my imagination became captivated by these new ideas. Myths have helped shape the great civilizations of old, the way they battled, why they fought, and even how they held back or progressed technology. This allows for the idea of how different culture's gods would interact with each other. I can spend hours revising my opinions on how they all would interact with each other and how multiple gods would complete the same task in different cultures and areas of the world.
Greek mythology can be viewed as a mirror to the ancient Greek civilization. Ancient Greek myths and legends often reflected how the Greeks saw themselves. Myths were used by Greeks to make justifications of every existing aspect of earth as well as their own society. In myths, Greek gods & heroes often represented key aspects of the human civilization. From Greek mythology, we can learn about the favorable characteristics of humans, such as their behavior and valuable skills that were approved of by the ancient Greek society.
From the recklessness of the youth to unbreakable love, myths can hold deep truths that can be interpreted in many different ways. Each person can see a myth and have their own meaning to the myth. However, the myth may have one main central truth hidden in the story. The four myths I chose were Daedalus and Icarus, King Midas, King Tantalus, and the story of Gautama & the Elephant. I love greek mythology, but for the last one I chose to do something different.
In Ancient Greece, on top of Mount Olympus, there lived the main gods and goddesses of Greece. While they were the most known throughout Greece, there were other gods and goddesses who didn’t have a throne in Olympus. Deep down in Tartarus, where the Titans are kept in misery and torment, lived the Greek goddess of the night, Nyx. She was not mentioned in most myths but was so powerful and beautiful that Zeus, King of Olympus, feared her so much that when Hypnos, the deity of sleep, at the bidding of Hera, put Zeus to sleep so she could disturb Hercules and when Zeus awoke, he was furious and would have killed Hypnos if he had not run to his mother, Nyx. Rather than face her motherly fury, Zeus let Hypnos live.
In the land of Mount olympus where Upoes the god of weather. He is one of the most powerful gods. He controlled everything on earth on how the day is going to look like. Though he gets complaints everyday that the weather is too cold but he never took it seriously, he always thought that the people were protesting for no reason. In that case the leader of the protest gang called Acacius was fed up of the gods.
