Written thousands of years ago, Greek myths are still passed on and studied today. Edith Hamilton writes these myths in his book Mythology. He allows the reader to understand the Greeks and their ability to tell great stories, their relationship with god, their view on man and human nature, and how they have effected the twenty-first century. From myths of love to war, Hamilton allows the reader to see past the judgmental side of the Greeks and view how they lived and what they believed in. He does this best in the myths; Cupid and Psyche, Perseus, and The Fall of Troy.
The Greeks constitute great storytellers as they, in detail, employ action, suspense, mystery and love throughout their stories. The tone continually changes, allowing the reader to stay interested in the story Hamilton depicts this nicely as he writes the Greek story Cupid and Psyche. Cupid and Psyche is a tale of an elegant young woman, Psyche, in whom no man would love, only see. The story begins with a sorrow tone as Psyche, being incredibly beautiful, even compared to the goddess of love Venus, can not find a man who will marry her. The tone of the story changes, due to Apollo, as Psyche finds her husband and falls madly in love with him. At this point, her family has no idea where she is and even if she is still alive. Psyche does not know who her husband is or what he looks like. Her curiosity gets the best of her as the plot thickens and the suspense arises. Against her husband's will, she visits her sisters. When her sisters realize that she has never seen her husband, they put evil thoughts in Psyche's mind and make her believe that her husband was not a man and would some day turn against her and devour her. Psyche one night follows her sister's instructions and attempts to see him. As her husband sleeps, she holds the light above her husband's head only to find that he was not a monster, but the god of love.
Edith Hamilton, in her introduction to Mythology, writes that men and women who cannot explain what happens in the world, use myths to explain mother nature and human nature. ... Every year the Greek girls mourned for him and every year they rejoiced when his flower... was seen blooming again."... Adonis is a man whom all the Greek girls loved. ...
Chief examples of these incorporate "Genesis," the Greek philosophies, "The Epic of Gilgamesh," the Chinese beliefs, and Egyptian mythology. ... The Greeks had an equivalent story to that of "Genesis." ... Edith Hamilton discerns that "it was natural to think of these fearful creatures as the children of Mother Earth, brought forth from her dark depths when the world was young. ... (Edith Hamilton Mythology. p.65. para 2). ... The Greeks standpoint is relatively analogous to that of "Genesis" as is "The Epic of Gilgamesh." ...
Greek and Roman gods and goddesses were promiscuous. ... As stated in Classical Greece by C.M. ... In Edith Hamilton's book, Mythology, Zeus" private life is explored in detail. ... With a Pleiades, Maia, he had Hermes, or Mercury (Hamilton 467). ... Greek and Roman gods and goddesses were promiscuous. ...
Hades research paper The name that come to mind when a thought of Greek and Roman death is so notorious that even pre-grade children know and understand it. While it is not to formidable now, it struck fear in the hearts of millions of children in Greek and Roman times, for the god of the Underworld and of wealth is not one to be underestimated. ... (Mythology, Edith Hamilton) But he had his reasons for it. ... That included all the silver, diamonds, metal ore, and gold that the Greeks and Romans used to make their currency. ... Not very many Greeks or Romans had shrines of Hades in the...
Pylos, home of the Greek king Nestor, whom Telemachus interviewed in the epic, was found by C.W. ... IV- Characters: • Odysseus- also known as Ulysses; King of Ithaca; considered as the shrewdest among the warriors; a Greek hero; thinker of the Trojan Horse • Penelope- wife of Odysseus • Athena- Goddess of War, Wisdom, and Handicrafts; a.k.a Minerva in Roman Mythology; favored the Greeks during the Trojan War; daughter of Zeus and Hera. ... Mercury in Roman Mythology • Poseidon- God of the Sea IV- Plot - The epic Odyssey begins (as shown in the movie) when O...
