Study Guide For Mythology By Edith Hamilton
Religion is believing in someone or something much superior than the human race. More than two billion followers of Christianity roam this earth, being the most followed religion on the planet - worldatlas.com. However, looking back into time where Greek mythology was rapidly growing, humans believed in Gods or Goddesses. Everyone should read Mythology by Edith Hamilton because it will give you a detailed and descriptive look on how much religion has developed and how humans felt and thought a l Religion is believing in someone or something much superior than the human race. More than two billion followers of Christianity roam this earth, being the most followed religion on the planet - worldatlas.com. However, looking back into time where Greek mythology was rapidly growing, humans believed in Gods or Goddesses. Everyone should read Mythology by Edith Hamilton because it will give you a detailed and descriptive look on how much religion has developed and how humans felt and thought a long time ago.
Greek mythology is how the ancient Greek individuals thought, taught, and lived centuries ago. Though, in Mythology, Hamilton says, “The Greeks, unlike the Egyptians, made their gods in their own image.” Edith explains how Greek mythology is full of myths and made-up stories about immortal humans who are more high-caliber. For example, Zeus was the god of the sky and ruler of the olympian gods - greekmythology.com. He became supreieror when he overthrew his father, Cronus, over a battle with his other brothers, Poseidon and Hades.
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Zeus has been the most iconic and well-known god that’s still in pop culture today. Furthermore, Greek mythology wasn’t just a religion to the ancient Greece, it was also a lifestyle for people. Christianity has similarity when deliberating with mythology. Both religions rely on a god but Greek mythology has twelve main gods referred as “Olympians” and as for Christianity, people worship God. But, how are both similar? God created Eve, the first woman to step on the earth. On the other hand, in the Greek mythology legends, the first woman to roam the Earth was Pandora, meaning ‘all-gift’ in Greek.
Both stories end with the God’s power tempting the woman’s perception of how gullible they were. In conclusion, Mythology is an exceptional in depth of how most of the historical legends written by the people who roamed the Earth in Greece million years ago, perceived and how their beliefs were much similar to modern day Christianity with their stories.
A pretty quick overview of Greek and Roman Mythology (with a tiny sliver of an into to Norse Myths at the end). I appreciated that the author would switch back and forth between the Greek and Roman names for the Gods, depending on the sources for the tale. It made it easy to remember both names at the same time. She also listed the poets she used to put together each tale and her reasons for choosing their versions.
As the author was a woman, she was quick to point out the sexism inherent in the A pretty quick overview of Greek and Roman Mythology (with a tiny sliver of an into to Norse Myths at the end). I appreciated that the author would switch back and forth between the Greek and Roman names for the Gods, depending on the sources for the tale. It made it easy to remember both names at the same time. She also listed the poets she used to put together each tale and her reasons for choosing their versions. As the author was a woman, she was quick to point out the sexism inherent in the Myths, a perspective I imagine many Mythology books written in 1940 lack.